IMAGINATION FAIR - MONDAY, MARCH 13
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.
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LAST WEEK OF READ-A-THON MONTH! | | |
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We're heading in to the last week of our Read-A-Thon La lecture, j'assure! Reading is my Superpower!
Students can get a lot of reading minutes logged on these e-Learning days! Minutes reading means minutes learning. Our goal for the Normandale Read-a-Thon is to encourage and celebrate students' reading. Their habits of reading will develop lifelong learners, whether they read with imagination or read for information.
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Sign up here to track your students' reading minutes during the month of February! Families log minutes at home and teachers log minutes at school.
Watch this video for more Read-a-Thon Information!
Read-a-Thon incentives and prizes:
- Bookmarks for EVERYONE that registers and participates
- Weekly drawings on Friday afternoons for Wild Rumpus gift cards
- Final drawing for a $50 Wild Rumpus gift card
- Classrooms with 100% participation will be entered into a drawing to WIN a "silly string" party!
- Grade levels with 100% participation will be entered into a drawing to have a day with the robots for coding
- If our school reaches our goal of 500,000 reading minutes, Principal Holden will wear roller skates and a cape for a day!
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HOSTS NEEDED IN APRIL
We are looking for two families to host French adult female chaperones from April 10-21. The families would provide room and board for one chaperone, daily transportation to school, and rides to and from the airport.
These adults are chaperoning a group of students from Bordeaux, France. The French students are also staying with families, many of whose 5th grade students will be traveling to Bordeaux in June as a part of Normandale's Back-to-Back experience.
If you are interested in hosting a chaperone or have questions, please contact Shannon Case at the main office.
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LOST AND FOUND - CLAIM ITEMS BY MARCH 10 | |
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Help those hats, mittens, and sweatshirts find their way home! Please visit the lost and found between now and end of the day on Friday, March 10 to claim your lost items.
Items not claimed by Friday March 10 at 6pm will be donated.
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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!
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MARINE LEMAN - FIFTH GRADE | |
ABOUT ME: I live in the north of France, in a city called Lille which is 2 hours from Paris. Lille is a city with a historical past and which is quite dynamic (nightclubs, bars, restaurants, activities, shopping center). About my family, I am an only child and I have a part of my family living in Lille and the rest living in the south in Marseille. I also have a pedigree cat (Scottish fold). For hobbies, I like to do activities with my friends (hiking, shopping, restaurants, visit the area), I like to read I'm a fan of Stephen king also I play a lot of video games and I am interested in Japanese culture (I learned Japanese for 2 years). I also enjoy traveling, I have been to Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Corsica and I hope to continue. | |
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IN THE US: I would like to do a lot of things such as visit Las Vegas, Universal Studios Hollywood, Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore, Area 51 and so on For the activities I would like to do rock climbing, fishing, go to an American soccer/Basketball match, visit museums.. And go on a food trip, discover the specialties of the different states.
MY FAVORITE FOOD: I like everything, but my favorite food is French cuisine. Also I like to discover new dishes and cooking.
I AM EXCITED ABOUT: It's a state that I don't know so it's new and I want to discover. I did some research, it looks beautiful and there are lots of activities to do I especially want to visit the natural parks.
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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!
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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.
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EDINA A BETTER CHANCE BANANA BREAD BAKE SALE
We are excited to bake our way to supporting our Scholars! Send some chocolate chip banana bread to a loved one. Order at www.edinaabc.com
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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.
In March, the Alliance Française of Mpls/St Paul will celebrate Madagascar during Mois de la Francophonie, a month-long celebration of a French-speaking country! Click here for more details.
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