FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Chris Holden | @MonsieurHolden | 952.848.4100

Dear Normandale Families,

March 2 is “Read Across America Day” and Normandale has been doing its part! During our Read-a-Thon, La Lecture J’assure, Normandale students blew past their goal of reading 500,000 minutes and logged 887,349 minutes! 

As part of the Read-a-Thon we also had several authors work with Normandale students. Check out the list of authors and storytellers that stopped by Normandale over the past few weeks:

• Amy Grove- American author Amy Grove worked in person with kindergartners
• Camille Kohler- French author Camille Kohler worked in person with third and fourth graders
• Annie Groovie- Canadian author Annie Groovie met virtually with first graders 
• Anne Kovalevsky- French storyteller, Anne Kovalevsky, met virtually with fourth and fifth graders
• Chris Krie- American author Chris Krie, worked in person with second and third graders

It has been fun to see our students so excited about reading! Ask your student(s) what they remember from these author visits.

PARENT INPUT FORM

Each spring, teachers and support staff meet and confer to develop class lists for the coming year, striving to create classes where optimum learning for all students can take place. It is our goal to have balanced classes across each grade level. Although requests for specific teachers are not considered, if you have information about your child that should be taken into consideration, please complete the Parent Input Form. Note that this form is optional. Additionally, information that comes in after the deadline may not be considered as the placement process will have already started. The due date for this information is Friday, March 31.

We consider many factors as we try to balance classes and accommodate individual needs such as gender balance, emotional/social combinations, performance levels, special learning needs, teaching/learning styles, and behavioral factors.

IMAGINATION FAIR - MONDAY, MARCH 13 6:00-7:30 PM

Registration for the 2023 Normandale Imagination Fair is now open!

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

Online registration is available until Sunday, March 12. You must pre-register to share a project during the Imagination Fair. Visit the PTO website for more details and to register a project.

DONATIONS FOR INTERN APPRECIATION EVENT

We are so thankful for our wonderful interns this school year! Normandale school staff is planning an intern appreciation event for staff and interns on March 30th. We are looking for donations of food and drink for this event. If you are able to help with donations, please sign up on this Sign Up Genius form.

Thank you!

The Intern Committee

LAST CHANCE FOR LOST AND FOUND

Normandale's Lost and Found is overflowing! We will have items set out in the Normandale office lobby the week of March 6 from 7:30am-6:00pm. Please stop by when you are in the building (especially during the March 10 conferences). Any remaining items will be donated at the end of day on Friday, March 10.

The Lost & Found crew returns labeled items to students! Please make sure to label the things you bring to school like hats, mittens, waterbottles...

Purchase labels using this link from namebubbles.com and Normandale PTO will receive a portion of your purchase amount!

SUMMER BONJOUR CAMP

Are you interested in having your child practice French over the summer? Through the Edina Community Education program, we have Normandale teachers Madame Abdo (K), Madame Thomas (1st), Madame Heffelfinger (2nd), Madame Suglia (3rd), and Madame May (4th/5th) 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 24th-July 27th 2023

Kindergarten Morning

Kindergarten Afternoon

First Grade Morning 

First Grade Afternoon

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth-Fifth Grade

July 31st-August 3rd 2023

Kindergarten Morning

Kindergarten Afternoon

First Grade Morning 

First Grade Afternoon

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth-Fifth Grade

EDINA COMMUNITY EDUCATION WINTER/SPRING CLASSES

Registration for the Edina Community Ed Summer Catalog 2023 is open!

Register online at edina.ce.eleyo.com and find a place to belong with Edina Community Ed!

EDINA GIVE AND GO

Do you need help paying for sports or clubs? Edina Give and Go grants up to $1,000 per student per school year to pay registration fees for sports, after school clubs or classes, tutoring, AP exams, instrument rental, drivers education, and more. 

Click here to learn more and apply. 

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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