FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Chris Holden | @MonsieurHolden | 952.848.4100

Dear Normandale Families,

“How was school today?” If your family is like mine, the answer this year is great! Pre-COVID routines like field trips, the French Intern Program, room parents and lunch are back to normal. Most of all, students are happy and smiling as they navigate the classrooms and hallways of Normandale. In the next few weeks families will be able to experience some of this energy first hand when Normandale hosts fall parties at the end of October and fall conferences on November 8. So, for lots of reasons, school is great today! 

LA BELLE SOIRÉE - ADULTS ONLY FUNDRAISER

Join us on Saturday, November 12th for our Edina French Immersion gala - La Belle Soirée!

Tickets are $100 per person and are on sale starting TODAY, October 12! We expect this event to sell out quickly, so buy your tickets ASAP if you want to go!

Each year, our community tries to raise funds to send interested teachers to the gala. To cover those costs, we’ve added a donation form in the Normandale Membership Toolkit. No amount is too small. Merci Beaucoup!

We need many volunteers to make this wonderful event possible. If you are interested in being a part of our silent auction, live auction, or community connections teams, offering day-of support, or have other skills to lend, please email pto@normandalepto.org. Visit the Normandale PTO website to learn more about La Belle Soirée!

Can't make it to La Belle Soirée but want to support the Intern program during our largest fundraiser of the year? Donate here! 

ROOM PARENTS & VOLUNTEERS

Parents, we need you to volunteer! Yes, we are talking to you. :) All of the magical things that happen at Normandale don't happen by magic! We have several critical roles to fill this year.

Here are some of the volunteer opportunities:

• Love books and want to share that joy? Sign up to coordinate the Scholastic Book Fair
• Feeling grateful for your students teachers? Volunteer to help with Staff Appreciation.
• Can't get enough of Carnival? We need two co-chairs!



Please take a look at the volunteer sign up to lend a hand (it is for the kids).

If you have any questions, please reach out to our Volunteer Coordinator, Genna Porter. Merci!

ORDER YOUR 2022-23 NORMANDALE YEARBOOK

This year our Normandale Yearbook will be printed by Jostens.

For the lowest yearbook price, order your yearbook through Jostens before October 14!

Pricing is as follows:

Order until 10/14/2022 - $22 per yearbook

Order after 10/15/2022 - $25 per yearbook

SAY CHEESE!

You can help make our yearbook the best one yet by taking lots of pictures when you volunteer and sharing them with the yearbook team here.

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CROSS-COUNTRY RACES FOR 4TH AND 5TH GRADE

Attention 4th and 5th graders!

The EHS cross country teams are hosting a FREE 1 mile cross country meet with races at Edina High School on Saturday, October 29th at the lower north grass fields. We will have electronic timing for results and keep team scores by elementary school. 

All necessary information including registration is linked here. We hope you will join us!

Sincerely,

EHS Cross Country teams and coaches

FROM THE INTERN COMMITTEE

We need your help! The Intern Committee is hosting a pumpkin carving event for the interns and their host/partner families at Normandale on Saturday October 29th. We are looking for 8 adults to volunteer at the event from 12:30-3:00pm to help it run smoothly. It will be a fun event and a great chance to see what the intern program entails. Thank you for taking the time to support the intern program! Sign up here!

ART ROOM VOLUNTEERS

We are excited to welcome volunteers in the Art Room this year for Kindergarten, 1^st Grade and 2^nd Grade.  Please sign up here if you would like to volunteer. Please note that younger siblings are unable to join volunteers during art class. Other adults in your student's family, grandparents, uncles, aunts are welcome to take a turn volunteering as well! Thank you for your support!

EASY WAYS TO SUPPORT YOUR NORMANDALE PTO

Need labels for your back-to-school clothes? Purchase labels using this link from namebubbles.com and Normandale PTO will receive a portion of your purchase amount!

Shopping at Amazon? Choose "Normandale PTO Parent Teacher Organization" as your Amazon Smile charity and use smile.amazon.com when you shop.

NORMANDALE DIRECTORY

The 2022-23 Normandale Directory is live! The directory is available online here: https://normandalepto.membershiptoolkit.com.

To get started, please click on the "Register >> Login" button. 

If you are a returning user, you will need to re-confirm your family's information.

If you have never logged in to Membership Toolkit, click on "Create Account" under "New User". Fill out the Create Account form using the email address you have registered with the Normandale office. This is the only way your account will link with the information already in the directory. If you are not sure what email address the school has on file for you, please contact Sheri Rosen. Once you have created your account and verified you family's information, you will have access to the directory. 

If you have access to Membership Toolkit through another school, you can use the same login information to access the Normandale Directory. Click on "Returning User" and log in. You will need to verify your family's information for the Normandale directory before you will have access to the Normandale directory.

Membership Toolkit has a mobile app available in the App Store and in Google Play.

If you are using the Membership Toolkit app with more than one school, visit Settings > Change Organization (from within the app) to switch between them.

If you have any issues or questions with the Normandale directory, please contact Sheri Rosen at communications@normandalepto.org.

LISA JULES - KINDERGARTEN

ABOUT ME: I love walk and do some activities like sport, visting countries and see news landscapes.

IN THE US: I would like to see a maximum of landscapes in order to discover this country!

MY FAVORITE FOOD:  I love lot of food, I would like to eat healthy food!

I AM EXCITED ABOUT: I' m excited about meet my hosting family, about discover new culture, new food and new landscape.

I'm excited too about work in school!

2022 EDINA SCHOOL BOARD SPECIAL ELECTION

Voters in the Edina School District will have a special election on their ballot Tuesday, Nov. 8 to fill a vacant Edina School Board seat. To learn more, visit https://www.edinaschools.org/abouteps/school-board/2022-school-board-election. The Edina PLC (Parent Leadership Council) hosted a candidate forum on October 11, you may view the recording here. 

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE

The Alliance Française is the non-profit French cultural center serving the Twin Cities and is a proud partner of French immersion schools and their families. Alliance Française offers a library, summer camps for children of all ages and levels, French classes for adults, cooking classes, and more than 150 cultural events each year. Learn more about Alliance Française Mpls/St Paul at www.afmsp.org.

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