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Dear Normandale Families,
Fall Conferences are scheduled for Tuesday, November 8 from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. Teachers also have additional times scheduled outside of school hours for families who are unable to attend conferences on November 8. Music, Art, Phy Ed and Media teachers will be open for drop-ins from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm on November 8th.
Sign ups for conferences will be emailed to parents on Monday, October 24 at 9:00am. Please contact the Normandale office at 952-848-4100 if you do not receive your student’s conference sign up or have questions.
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LA BELLE SOIRÉE & COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS | | |
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We have received close to 30 submissions for Community Connections so far and they all look like they will be so much fun! Community Connections events are open to ALL Normandale and Extended French families, whether or not you are attending La Belle Soirée. Check out our preview of Community Connections.
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We are still missing events for some grades for both kids and parents. Last year we had around 70 events, let's see if we can have even more this year!!
Here are the groups we don't have a party specifically for:
- Kindergarten boys
- First grade girls
- First grade boys
- Fourth grade girls
- Fourth grade boys
- Fourth grade parents
- Fifth grade boys
- Fifth grade girls
If you think that you might be able to pull together an event, you can submit your event here. It would be great to have at least 4 events for each group in each grade, so don't hold back! Ideas for Community Connections can be found on this page. Consider hosting a CC with multiple hosts to split the costs associated with the party! Thanks for considering and if you have any questions please reach out to Berit Allar ([email protected]).
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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 [email protected]. 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!
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FROM THE HEALTH OFFICE: HEARING AND VISION SCREENING
Vision screening will take place on Tuesday, October 25* for all 1st, 3rd and 5th grade students. If your student has glasses for distance, please make sure their glasses are at school.
Hearing screening will take place on Tuesday, November 1* for all Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade students.
*Dates have been changed from earlier communication
Parents/Guardians will only be contacted if there are concerns with the screening results.
As with any school screening, you have the option to opt out of your student participating. If you have questions or wish to opt out, notify the health office at 952-848-4166 or via email: [email protected]
We need many volunteers to help with these screenings! Please sign up here!
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NORMANDALE VOLUNTEERS
We have several critical roles to fill this year:
- We need 2 coordinators to step up and organize the Scholastic Book Fair, scheduled for February 2023. Without coordinators, we will not be able to host this beloved annual event.
- We need additional co-chairs for La Kermesse (carnival) on May 13.
- We need additional co-chairs for Field Day on June 1.
There are many other roles to fill as well. Parents, we need you to volunteer!
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ORDER YOUR 2022-23 NORMANDALE YEARBOOK
Normandale yearbooks are available from Jostens for $25 each. Yearbooks must be ordered in advance, so please order yours now.
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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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CROSS-COUNTRY RACES FOR 4TH AND 5TH GRADE | | |
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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
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INTERN PUMPKING CARVING EVENT
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!
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INTERN THANKSGIVING EVENT | |
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Food donations should be dropped off by Friday, November 4th at the Jennen home (6720 Valley View Road, Edina, MN 55439).
Thank you for your support. If you have any questions, please contact Anne Jennen.
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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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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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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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SLIMANE IDIR - KINDERGARTEN | |
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ABOUT ME: I'm from Saint-Chamond, a little city in the middle of France. I come from a family of 5, with a little brother and sister. I am passionate about popular culture and its impact on the collective imagination (books, movies, art, music, video games). I like to learn about me and people with classics of philosophy.
IN THE US: In the US, I want to understand the American culture, deconstruct the preconceptions about it. I want to do whatever I can't do in my country and build a great network of people for my future.
MY FAVORITE FOOD: I guess pizza is the ultimate food. It's the perfect match between carbohydrate, protein and lipid, it can be shared with everybody, be eaten anytime of a day, with a multitude of tastes.
I AM EXCITED ABOUT: I am excited about being lost in my thoughts among the wonderful landscapes and meeting a lot of people to construct something important to me
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EDINA EARLY LEARNING CENTER
Did you know? Edina Public School’s Early Learning Center offers Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) classes for families with children ages birth through five years. We invite you to come meet other parents/caregivers, explore new experiences with your child, engage in discussions about parenting and child development, and feel supported by our licensed Parent Educators. It’s a great way to connect to other families and our EPS community. It’s not too late to register for this year! Visit our website to see current classes.
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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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