Issue 23 - February 16, 2022 | | |
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Dear Normandale Families,
February is a short and busy month at Normandale! This month we launched Normandale’s annual read-a-thon, “La Lecture, c’est Magique”. This event comes at a good time since the cold, dark days of February are great for curling up with a book! As of last Friday, Normandale students have read 364,000 minutes! Students are so into this challenge that I see them reading on the playground and while walking to and from classes at Normandale!
In conjunction with "La Lecture, c’est Magique", Normandale brought back the Scholastic Book Fair. Students were very excited to re-visit this tradition and books were flying off the shelves. Friendship parties also returned to Normandale last week after a year’s hiatus. All these events mark a gradual return to normalcy at Normandale.
Next month, teachers will be reaching out to families of students that they would like to conference with this spring. These conferences are optional and are focused on students needing additional and behavioral academic support. Please contact your student’s classroom teacher if you have questions about your student’s progress.
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2022 NORMANDALE READ-A-THON | | |
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364,910 MINUTES!
We are over half way to our February Read-a-thon goal of 500,000 minutes! La lecture, c'est magique! Congratulations Normandale readers! Keep reading and turning in your completed reading logs to your classroom teacher!
Fourth and fifth grade students had the opportunity to visit with author Payal Doshi this week. If any student would like to purchase her signed book, Rea and the Blood of the Nectar, please turn in an order form to your classroom teacher or the Normandale front office by February 28, 2022.
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Our final two weekly classroom drawings will be held on February 18th and 25th. The final 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.
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
Need new French books? The French Book Swap is for you! Bring your swap books Monday, February 14th through Friday, February 18th to the media center. Exchange your books for "swap bucks" to pick out new French books to bring home. Bring as many French books as you like, maximum of 10 "swap bucks" per student for new books. Books in reusable condition, K-5th grade level and written in French only please!
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.
Bonne Lecture - Happy Reading!
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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.
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GET YOUR PICTURES IN THE YEARBOOK! | | |
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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!
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NOTES FROM THE HEALTH OFFICE | | |
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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.
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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
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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 25th. Sign up here: edinacommunityed.com/TEDxEdina
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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.
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EDINA PCN - PARENT COMMUNICATION NETWORK
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Do you enjoy hearing from experts on parenting topics?
- Are you looking to volunteer in the community?
- A volunteer opportunity that doesn’t involve fundraising?
- Do you want to shape the parenting topics that PCN brings to our community?
Edina Parent Communication Network (PCN) has a goal to support parents and educators to build stronger families and a stronger community. In the past year, PCN has brought forums on the topics of Sleep, Importance of Play, Amazing Marriage, Navigating Big Feelings with Kids. And two upcoming forums on “Five Things Today’s Teens Wish Their Parents Knew” and “Youth Sports Culture Today.” As a volunteer, there is a minimal commitment: one hour-long meeting a month, attend 4-5 forums a year, and do some research on speakers outside of the meetings.
If you are interested in joining us, please email Stephanie Braman, robertsbraman@hotmail.com and/or attend an upcoming volunteer meeting. It is with the community’s help that we can make these events happen. More information at edinapcn.com.
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