FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Chris Holden | @MonsieurHolden | 952.848.4100

Dear Normandale Families,

Testing. Testing. 1,2,3. Assessment season has begun at Normandale. This week 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th grade students take the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA) in Reading. Next week these same students will take the Math MCA and the last week of April, 5^th graders will take the Science MCA. 

Next month 2^nd grade students will take the Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) in Math. 

These standardized assessments are used to help EPS and Normandale gauge student progress across the district and over time. The MCAs also provide valuable information about individual student progress for next year’s teachers. In addition to these standardized measures, Normandale K-5 teachers are also busy gathering math and literacy data via less formal measures. At the lower grades these assessments target foundational literacy and math skills like letter sounds, nonsense words, decomposing (subtraction) and place value. At the upper grades, curriculum-based measures are used to gauge reading fluency, accuracy and comprehension. Regardless of the grade-level, these data points are used to help make instructional decisions for students. 

Being in-person this school year has helped Normandale staff leverage all of these tools for student learning. We hope to build on this momentum next year when we start the school year off with connect and assess conferences on August 29 and 30.

BONJOUR CAMPS SUMMER 2022

Are you interested in having your child practice French over the summer? Through the Edina Community Education program we have Normandale teachers Madame Abdo, Madame Heffelfinger, Madame Thomas, Madame Suglia, and Madame May who will be teaching our Bonjour Camps! This is a great opportunity for our students to practice their French before the fall. Links and dates for camps are listed below. Please note that the grade level is the grade they will be entering in the fall.

July

Gr. K 10am-12pm

Gr. K 1-3pm

Gr. 1 10am-12pm

Gr. 1 1-3pm

Gr. 2 10am-3pm

Gr. 3 10am-3pm

Gr. 4 & 5 10am-3pm

August

Gr. K 10am-12pm

Gr. K 1-3pm

Gr. 1 10am-12pm

Gr. 1 1-3pm

Gr. 2 10am-3pm

Gr. 3 10am-3pm

Gr. 4 & 5 10am-3pm

ONE TOWN, ONE FAMILY

Help create One Town, One Family April 14

The Edina community is invited to come together April 14, for authentic community engagement around the theme “One Town, One Family.” The gathering is for any and all Edina citizens who would like to help reimagine, define and create an inclusive Edina community.

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 still welcome volunteers to supervise lunch in the Normandale Auditorium. Please sign up HERE if you are able to help. 

Please note that volunteers are allowed in the auditorium only, not in the cafeteria other than Friday lunch service.

WEEKEND FOOD BAGS FROM EVERY MEAL

Sign up to receive a free bag of food every weekend. There are no qualification requirements and your family's privacy is protected. Once you have signed up, please check your child's backpack for the food bag each Friday.

Please contact our school social worker, Lisa Rapke Hoffman with questions.

EDINA COMMUNITY EDUCATION

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.

New This Summer: Tutoring for Developing Readers and/or Students with Markers of Dyslexia: Grades K-3. Edina Community Ed is partnering with Edina Schools' Teaching and Learning to offer specialized reading tutoring taught by licensed Edina teachers uniquely skilled in the Orton-Gillingham approach. Foundational reading skills are taught explicitly, systematically, and sequentially using multisensory approaches and research-based resources. To learn more and register, visit: edinacommunityed.com/Tutoring

If you have additional questions, read our “Common Questions and Answers sheet.” You may also email Jody De St Hubert at jody.desthubert@edinaschools.org and/or call 952-848-4096.”

EDINA GIVE AND GO ANNUAL EVENT

Edina Give and Go's free Annual Event is back and in person!

Join us on Friday, April 22nd​ at ​6:30PM at Braemar Golf Clubhouse​ for a casual evening ​where YOU are the key to unlocking opportunities​ for Edina Public Schools students.​

Full details and event registration can be found here.

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE - SPRING AND SUMMER CLASSES

All levels are welcome from 3 to 18 years old!

Check out the flyers below and visit afmsp.org to learn more.

Normandale PTO| [normandalepto.org]