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Academic excellence and “…instruction that meets individual needs” is an Edina core belief that has been at the heart of Normandale’s work for 31 years! This year Normandale staff are focused on helping Normandale students in grades K-5 grow their reading skills. As part of this effort, I am looking to engage reading volunteers to work with 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students one-on-one and in small groups. Because we do not introduce English instruction until grade three, it is difficult to use non-French speakers in our primary classrooms. However, I know we have a large pool of English-speaking community members that are educators and/or are interested in helping students build their reading skills. If you have an interest in literacy, some free time and want to learn about literacy alongside our literacy coach, please contact me at [email protected] for more information. | |
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! Please take a look at the volunteer sign up to lend a hand (it is for the kids). You can sign up here - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c45acaf29a4fc1-normandale6. If you have any questions, please reach out to our Volunteer Coordinator, Genna Porter. Merci!
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FROM THE INTERN COMMITTEE
Help! ONE volunteer is still needed to drive to Hudson THIS SATURDAY from 1pm - 8:30pm.
We have a fun day planned for the interns to enjoy fall in the Midwest, but we need one more driver to make it happen. Please sign up here if you are able to volunteer!
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LA BELLE SOIRÉE - ADULTS ONLY FUNDRAISER | |
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Please join us on Saturday, November 12th for our Edina French Immersion gala - La Belle Soirée! Tickets go on sale October 12! Watch for a link in the next gala update newsletter.
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 [email protected]. Visit the Normandale PTO website to learn more about La Belle Soirée!
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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
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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.
User ID: 0t0a-W7_5I_EfZjSI2emHRA
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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 [email protected].
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ART ROOM VOLUNTEERS
We are excited to welcome volunteers in the Art Room this year for Kindergarten, 1st Grade and 2nd 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!
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EVERY MEAL PARTNERSHIP
Healthy eating is very important for children. Research shows that children who eat regular, nutritious meals are more likely to attend school and be engaged in learning. As a part of this, we are excited to partner with Every Meal to offer a free weekend meal program to all our students.
Every Meal is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to fight child hunger through community and school partnerships. They strive to make a difference in children’s lives by focusing on food gaps like weekends, school breaks, and summer when they can’t receive food in school.
- Free for all families
- No qualifications required
- Students enrolled in the program will receive a 4-5 pound bag of nutritious, nonperishable food each week
- Every Meal does not collect information from families; privacy is protected
- Families may choose to participate in the program anytime throughout the school year
- Families may choose from a variety of different weekend food bag options
Please sign up here. You may also contact Lisa Rapke Hoffman, School Social Worker at [email protected]
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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.
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ANDREA GALIAN-CARCELES - KINDERGARTEN | |
ABOUT ME: My name is Andrea, I am 20 years old and I am Spanish. My family and I come from a small region in the south of Spain (very beautiful) called Murcia ;). In this city I studied from the age of 3 to 17 in a bilingual school in French. At the age of 17 I went to study at the University of Strasbourg, in France. I studied the degrees of pedagogy and Hispanic philology, and this year I finished both university degrees!. In my family I am an only child but I am a very familiar person, therefore, although I have studied in a different country, we have different rhythms of life and although I cannot talk to them every day, I am still close to my family. I like to go for walks, to know new places and to see beautiful landscapes. | |
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IN THE US: Going to the United States for a whole year is an opportunity that I don't know if I'll be able to repeat it, so I would like to enjoy it a lot. I would like to travel to see other cities like New York or Los Angeles, I want to meet new people and learn about their culture. On the other hand, while I am in Edina I will enjoy and learn thanks to the wonderful program that allows me to pursue the profession of my dreams at the age of 20 and for which I have been preparing for these three years.
MY FAVORITE FOOD: I like to eat everything and try new recipes, let's see, within a limit... I don't like fried insects and thinks like that... ;). I always tend to eat healthy, although from time to time I do not reject a good hamburger or pizza ;) . Personally, I do not consider myself a good cooker, although it is true that some typical recipes from my region (Murcia) and from my country (Spain) although it is true that I usually cook some typical recipes from my region (Murcia) and from my country (Spain) and I think they come out good. My favorite dish is the Spanish omelette, also called"tortilla de patatas" . When I will be there, if my family wants, I'll cook it for them.
I AM EXCITED ABOUT: The simple fact of spending a year in the United States excites me. In addition, I have never lived with a host family and it is an experience that I have always wanted to live.
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HEALING CIRCLES
Artwork from hundreds of Edina Public Schools students will be projected onto the Edina Community Center building Oct. 7 for “Healing Circles,” an innovative public art initiative promoting student self-expression and conversations around mental health.
The Healing Circles project is a collaboration between Edina Public Schools and the City of Edina’s Arts & Culture Commission.
Students in grades K-12 have been creating circles filled with colorful designs, symbols and favorite images in crayon, colored pencil and other media. Elementary school students already have submitted hundreds of designs as part of an art curriculum created by Edina art teacher Leanne French-Amara.
Watch the projection of Healing Circles from 6:45-9:45 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, at the
Edina Community Center building, 5701 Normandale Road.
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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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