During the month of January, we are recruiting Host Families for the 2022-2023 school year!

THANK YOU to the 28 families who have already signed up to host next year!

The success of our Edina French Immersion program depends on having warm, welcoming host families for our amazing French Interns! Without French Interns, we could not sustain our position as a top immersion program.

To continue this momentum, it is critical we secure 62 Host Families by January 31st. With 62 Host Families, we can support 27 French Interns, meeting our ideal allocation of Interns across all schools:

Normandale French Immersion

K-2nd grade: 5 interns, 1 per class

3rd - 5th grade: 2 interns per grade

Valley View/EHS Extended French

Valley View: 3 interns

Edina High School: 3 interns

To learn more, check out our Rally Month hub on the Normandale PTO site.

Already know you want to host next year? Sign up now!

Hosting an intern is a one-semester commitment but the benefits are life-long!

Don't miss our second Rally Month theme day this Friday 1/14: Edina Day!

Wear your green and white or your favorite Normandale apparel!

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS - GET IN ON THE FUN!

Community Connections events are LIVE on our Membership Toolkit platform! There are many great events for parents and kids in all grades still open for participation. Winter is long; support French Immersion in the Edina Public Schools and delight your family with fun experiences!

LUNCHTIME VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

NEW: We need 2 volunteers on Fridays to help serve hot lunch. Volunteers will need to be masked (please bring your own) and wear a hairnet (provided at school). You may have to do some light lifting (i.e. moving pans of food to the serving area).

Please sign up HERE if you are able to help!

We need volunteers EVERY DAY to supervise home lunch in the Normandale Auditorium. Please sign up HERE if you are able to help. Volunteers are what allows us to offer a separate space for home lunch students.

Fully Vaccinated and Quarantines/Illness

Quarantine: To be fully vaccinated is to be 2 weeks out after your second dose.

If someone is exposed during that two week period, they would still need to quarantine, regardless of receiving the second vaccine.

Illness: Although a child or person may cross that glorious threshold of being fully vaccinated, it is still a requirement to test for COVID if you or your child has symptoms. If you need assistance accessing a test or need more clarification on when to test, call me ;) 

Curious on the benefits of getting vaccinated for you or your child?

1. Significantly decreases you or your loved ones chances of getting severely ill from COVID-19.
2. Offers greater protection to those around us who are too young for vaccination or are immunocompromised.
3. No quarantines if exposed to a COVID+ person (MDH Decision Tree)

FIND A VACCINE FOR YOU OR YOUR LOVED ONE HERE

LOLITA MOREL - FIRST GRADE

About me...:   Hello, I come from Moulins, close to Clermont-Ferrand in the centre of the France.

I have three brothers. Two older (Remy and Quentin) and one younger (Mattéo).

I live with my parents and my little brother in a little village. I love pass time with my friend and my family. I love travel and visit new places.

I love music so I love go to concerts and music festival...

I love cook. I prepare lot of cake, vegetables, verrines and deserts.



In The US...:  In Minnesota, I would like to see lakes, falls and snow ! I hope to try cross-country skiing and ice skating.

My favorite food…:  My favorite food is fish and crustaceans. I love eat this with seasonal vegetables.

Like all french people, I love cheese with a bread.

I am excited about…: What interests me this year at Edina is to learn english, discover a new culture and discover a new pedagogy. I study in master's MEEF to become a teacher. So, I thing this internship will bring me many tools to teach a class.

EDINA EARLY LEARNING CENTER

Do you have little ones at home? The Early Learning Center registration for school year 2022-23 opens January 25! Join us for classes for birth to PreK and parent and family education. Learn more here and at our open house on January 18 (5:30-7:30pm) and January 22 (Noon - 2pm).

MERCY CLOSET

If you are in need of winter clothing, check out Mercy Closet for no cost, gently used winter items. For more information, please visit https://www.mercycommons.net/mercy-closet-1

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