2022 NORMANDALE READ-A-THON

Congratulations Normandale students on reading 593,300 minutes during this year's Read-a-thon, La lecture, c'est magique! We surpassed our all school reading goal of 500,000 minutes! Bravo!

Now is the time to turn in pledges to support your student's reading! To donate, go to www.normandalepto.org for online donations. Thank you for supporting our students and our French Intern Program with your tax deductible donations. 

The final weekly classroom raffle will be held on February 25th. Please turn in your completed reading logs to your classroom teacher.

The last day to submit reading logs will be February 28th. Three grand prize winners will be drawn from ALL the reading logs submitted during the month of February. Winners will receive a $25 Barnes and Noble gift card.



Final collection of pledges will be due March 4th. All proceeds from this event will benefit the Normandale PTO and our incredible intern program. Donate here.

Check out the normandalepto.org website for additional information on:

• how to pledge reading donations to the intern fund
• quick links to print additional reading logs
• 4th and 5th grade author visitor information/book order form

As part of our Read-a-thon, students can listen to the video recordings of the Star of the North picture book contest by the Minnesota Youth Reading Awards group. Read all the books from the Star of the North nominees and vote at the end of the Read-a-thon! 

Students can ALSO listen to the video recordings of the Albertine Prix Jeunesse books written and recorded in French. Special thanks to Isa Punchard and Laura Volgre (2nd-grade intern) for their help in recordings. Read all of the books and vote at the end of the Read-a-thon.

Thank you for your continued support of our Read-a-thon. La lecture, c'est magique!

2022 IMAGINATION FAIR

Our annual Imagination Fair is an opportunity for Normandale students to showcase their experiments, inventions, or creations. All Normandale students, from kindergarten – 5th grade are invited to participate. Students may work alone, with another student, or in a group.

Online project registration: Friday, February 25th – Sunday, March 6th.

Don’t know where to start? Projects don’t have to be complicated! Let your imagination, creativity, and inventiveness guide you. Explore whatever interests you at the moment…nature, mechanics, art, technology, fashion, chemistry, photography, animals, weather, crafts, or any other hobbies.

To reduce the potential spread of COVID-19, grades K-2 will display their projects in the auditorium and grades 3-5 in the small gym.

ATTENTION 4th GRADE FAMILIES!

Did you know 83% of Edina 5th grade students chose to be in band or orchestra this year?

Are you interested in joining the 5th grade Band or Orchestra next year?

Instrument Registration is available NOW online!

Scholarships for instruments and lessons are available through Edina Give and Go.

Please sign up before March 4th!

Get all the details by clicking on this link:

https://sites.google.com/edinaschools.org/4th-grade-orchestra-band-2021/home 

GET YOUR PICTURES IN THE YEARBOOK!

The yearbook staff invites parents and staff to submit photos for the yearbook. If you’ve got great photos of school and community events or you and your friends just having fun, we’d like to see them!



Our photographers can’t be everywhere. Help us get as many photos as possible to create a terrific book everyone will want to have.  

Submit your photos online here. Login ID: 419965951

• Browse to select the photo(s) you wish to upload, click on “Select My Images.”
• Enter information about the photo and provide contact information in case the staff needs additional information.
• Click “Upload Chosen Images.”

It’s that easy! Submit your photos today!

LUNCHTIME VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

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.

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!

WATER BOTTLE NEEDED EVERY DAY

Please make sure to send your student to school with a water bottle EVERYDAY. Due to COVID, the drinking fountains have been turned off. The water bottle refiller is still on.

FREE COVID TESTS

Need rapid tests at home? White House passed a bill allowing every household to access 4 COVID tests, free of cost You can order 4 free tests to be delivered via USPS!

COVIDtests.gov - Free at-home COVID-19 tests



IMPORTANT COVID INFORMATION

Frequently Asked Questions From Parents/Guardians About COVID-19 and the Vaccines

CDC: COVID-19 Vaccines for Kids and Teens (safety information and locator)

Symptomatic? Close Contact? COVID+? Fill Out This Form!

COVID-19 Decision Tree

Find a COVID-19 Testing Site

EDINA COMMUNITY EDUCATION

Community Ed is looking for exceptional speakers to represent the widest possible spectrum of ideas and point of views for our TEDxEdina event next October. We want to bring new ideas and thinking to our community and we want you to share your ideas with us. Applications are due February 25^th. Sign up here: edinacommunityed.com/TEDxEdina

Community Ed Summer Registration is open!

Check out our 400+ camps and classes for age 2 through grade 12, our all-day care for incoming kindergarten through outgoing 5th grade, and employment and volunteer opportunities. Register on Edina Eleyo.

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE - BIENVENUE AUX SUMMER CAMPS!

Lifelong memories are made at summer camp. Alliance Française Mpls/St Paul is pleased to give your children the opportunity to have fun en français with their new amis. They will enjoy a variety of activities while learning French and discovering the French-speaking world. It’s as simple as un, deux, trois !

All levels are welcome from 3 to 18 years old!

Visit afmsp.org to learn more.

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE - MOIS DE LA FRANCOPHONIE

A CELEBRATION OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

You are invited to attend the opening concert of the Mois de la Franophonie series on Friday, March 4 from 6-8 pm. Siama Matuzungidi, Congolese soukous legend and Minneapolis transplant, will be performing at the Alliance Française to celebrate his beloved Congo with us.

This concert is an event for the entire family. With songs and smiles, Siama will have the kids up and dancing to his Soukous music. This will be a wonderful evening for all, listening to "the sound of happiness”!

Register for this special event here!

Please visit https://www.afmsp.org/mois-de-la-francophonie-2022#/ for information on all of the Mois de la Francophonie events.

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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