You know your child best and your input is valued as we partner to best meet individual student needs and plan for next year.   The PARENT INPUT FORM is linked to the school's website (see lower right corner) and you are encouraged to fill it out and return it to the office by MARCH 30th.  The intent of this form is to assist in the gathering of information and insight from multiple perspectives.  Specific teacher requests are not guaranteed.  You can also click here to download form. 

Thanks,

Mme Lukaska

Want to get involved?  At the request of Mme. Lukaska, the School Advisory Team has begun researching possible changes to Normandale's Lost and Found Policy and our Playground Supervision Policy. The goal will be to evaluate current policy and propose policy updates as necessary.    If you would like more information on these topic areas, to get involved, or to leave comments on the discussion page - Click here.

The Edina Chamber of Commerce, through its Education Committee, wishes to recognize local teachers for their significant contributions in education and work with future leaders. Through the annual Teacher of the Year Award, a teacher who exemplifies creativity, enthusiasm, commitment and development of a positive learning environment will be honored.

 Who is eligible? Nominees must be a teacher in the Edina Public Schools to be eligible for this award and should be a teacher who goes "above and beyond" in the classroom. The nominee should be a teacher whose method of teaching is tailored to meet the individual needs of students.  Click here for more information and to access the nomination form.  All nominations are due by April 16, 2012.

Normandale 3rd graders would like to thank everyone who was involved last Wednesday in the Garage Sale for Lougou, Haiti. We were able to collect the amazing amount of $1,388.35 thanks to your purchases and money donations. Also, a huge thank you to all the parents volunteers who helped all day to make this event possible. We are very excited about the possibilities of these contributions and how we will be able to assist the community of Lougou.

Merci, les 3èmes années

Join Mr. Hannemann for sport stacking and fun! Training, drills, and games will be included to increase quickness and efficiency while keeping the atmosphere fun.  A snack will be provided during each session.  Loaner cups will be provided for those who do not own them or forget theirs at home.  Students who would like to purchase cups can choose either a Stackpack (cups, mat, timer, dvd) for $35 or cups only for $15 (payable to instructor).  Parents or assigned guardian will need to pick up students at the classroom each day.

John Hannemann, NBCT, teaches physical education at Normandale Elementary and is the former sport stacking world record holder for 3-3-3, 3-6-3, and cycle.  He is also the current US record holder for doubles cycle (all records in Master 1 division).

Starts the last week of February (Feb 27 or 29).  Click here for K-2 info or click here for grade 2-5 info. 

Congratulations!

Nicholas Rewey, from Mme Swiderski's 4th grade class, has created an artwork that was accepted to be part of a 500 piece display in New York City!  Nicholas's Mandala artwork will be in a slide show with art from around the country in Big Screen Plaza.  During the National Art Educators Association's National Conference on March 2nd and 3rd the slide show will run between 5 and 8 PM.  Artsonia, the website displaying Normandale's artwork, asked art teacher, Leanne French-Amara, to submit one work of art along with 499 other art teachers around the nation.  Normandale is very proud of this honor and we all want to congratulate Nicholas for his outstanding artistic work!  Please visit Normandale's Artsonia website to see all the student's artwork!

Empty Bowls:  3rd Grade Service Learning Project:  Thursday March 8th, 2012

These flower shaped bowls will be fired and glazed in our kiln.  When the bowls are finished, our third graders will pick one bowl to donate to the Empty Bowls Event and one bowl to keep.  The bowl they choose to keep will be photographed and posted on Artsonia and then returned to them. Please try to make it to this wonderful event!  Thank You!  Mme French-Amara