Kindergarten Open House: Kindergarten Open House is scheduled for Thursday, August 26 between 8 and 9:30 am. Remember to wear a mask if you attend.
Kindergarten Conferences: Kindergarten families should have received a Sign-up Genius link for Kindergarten Conferences on Monday, August 30. Remember to wear a mask if you are attending an in-person conference. Please contact the Normandale office with any questions at 952-848-4100.
Student Drop-off and Pick-up: We will be following the same procedures as last year for student drop-off and pick-up. Students can be dropped off at door 10 between 8:25 and 8:35. Students should not exit their vehicle until 8:25am. Families with student(s) ONLY in grades 3, 4 or 5 will pick up their student(s) by the sidewalk between Kuhlman Stadium and door 10. Families with students in grades K-2 (and any older siblings) will pick up their students in the circle by door 10.
Breakfast: Breakfast for students in grades 1-5 will be “grab and go” from the cafeteria. Students will then proceed to their classrooms to eat their breakfast. Kindergarten students will be served breakfast in their classrooms, starting the second week of school.
Lunch: In an effort to reduce the potential spread of COVID-19 and to reduce the need to quarantine students, we will be piloting a new lunch procedure for the start of the school year. While there are significant logistical challenges with having students eat outdoors at Normandale (the cafeteria is a long walk from outdoor areas, the outdoor areas are small and they are next to a busy frontage road) we will give the following plan a try.
- Students that bring a cold lunch to school may eat outside on the steps under the awning at door 10. We do not need, nor do we expect every student to elect this option. Each student that eats outside will effectively reduce the number of students eating in the cafeteria.
- Students eating in the cafeteria will have access to school lunch.
- Students eating in the cafeteria will sit with their classmates at assigned seats.
This effort will require additional adult supervision beyond Normandale staff. If you are interested in helping supervise lunch please sign-up here.
Parent/Student Handbook: Please take time to look through our 2021-22 Parent/Student Handbook.
Chris Holden
Principal, Normandale Elementary French Immersion School
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