Correction to recent referendum mailing

View the brochure here.

Recently the district mailed an information brochure to all district residents about the upcoming Bond Referendum on Tuesday, May 5. The brochure includes information about the tax impact, polling locations and other general information about the Next Generation Facilities Plan.

 

Unfortunately, this publication contained an error regarding the polling location of Edina residents in Precinct 7. While the address of the polling location listed was correct, it should have said 

Normandale Lutheran Church rather than Normandale Elementary. We sincerely apologize for the confusion and want to assure Precinct 7 voters that their polling location has not changed since the last general election in November 2014 and that they are scheduled to vote at Normandale Lutheran Church (6100 Normandale Road) on Tuesday, May 5.

 

Want to view more district referendum publications, presentations and videos? 

All district referendum communications are archived on the website here.

 

Join the conversation: Referendum Community Conversation, April 20 at 7 p.m. at Edina City Hall 

Read more in Upcoming Events. 

Absentee voting available now

• U.S. MAIL -  Download an application from the City of Edina website and submit it 8to the contact information on the form. You will receive your ballot by mail and can then submit your ballot by mail or in person at the City offices
• IN PERSON - Starting March 20, you may go in person to the City of Edina administration office to fill out and submit an absentee ballot application. You will receive your ballot immediately and can cast your vote at the same time.

The School Board will hold its regular monthly business meeting at 7 p.m., Monday, April 13, during which the Board will recognize the state champion EHS Math and Boys' Alpine Ski teams.

The Board will then hear a leadership report of strategic study updates as well as an update on the May 5 Bond Referendum, and they will discuss proposed instructional size guidelines for next year. Among the items scheduled for Board action at the meeting are:

• 2015-16 General Fund Budget Adjustments,
• eLearning2 recommendations for 2015-16,
• a plan to install video cameras on district school buses, and
• 2015-16 School Board meeting dates.

Full agendas are available online.  

Previous School Board Meetings  

Recaps and videos of past School Board meetings are available online.

Artwork by students from six Edina elementary schools will be displayed at the Edina Library from March 19 through April 16. A public reception celebrating the show and the artists was held. The student art show is sponsored by the Friends of the Edina Library.

EHS Thespians Spring Showcase, April 16-18
Edina High School Thespians present The Spring Showcase. Enjoy three nights of performances on April 16-18, each starting at 7 p.m. in the Edina Performing Arts Center (EPAC). 

• Thursday, April 16 will be dedicated to the Literature of the Theater class. Students will perform student-directed and designed scenes from five well known plays.
• Friday, April 17 will feature the Thespian Club Cabaret. Students will perform various songs and monologues from musicals and plays.
• Saturday, April 18 will feature the first-ever 24hour Play Festival, in which up to 10 teams of artists, each with one playwright, one director and actors, will be writing, staging, rehearsing and performing an original play - all within 24 hours. A secret theme will be announced after Friday's Cabaret, and the teams will have one hour to meet before the writers go home to write an 8- to 10-minute play based on the theme. Each play must incorporate a particular prop announced when the teams are assigned, and a specific line must be incorporated into the drama. The writers, directors and actors will arrive at the theater as early as 7 a.m. to begin off-stage collaboration and rehearsals. Each team is allotted stage time between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m to rehearse. The show will begin at 7 p.m. 

4th Annual Edina Technology & Learning Fair, April 18 at ECC

The City of Edina Human Rights & Relations Commission (HRRC) will hold its annual Days of Remembrance event in conjunction with the state-recognized Genocide Awareness and Prevention on Sunday, April 19 at Edina City Hall. The program is called "Days of Remembrance: From the Armenians to the Holocaust."  

The event will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide and the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and the Holocaust. The program will feature a presentation from World Without Genocide Executive Director Ellen J. Kennedy on Holocaust and genocide denial. Holocaust survivor Dora Eiger Zaidenweber will share her personal story of her family's incarceration in a Polish ghetto, imprisonment at Auschwitz, transfer to Bergen-Belsen and liberation. Copies of her book "Sky Tinged Red" will be available for purchase. A performance of the play "Upstanders: Saving Armenians and Jews" will tell the story of courageous Armenians who fled from Europe during the Armenian genocide and then paid it forward to save victims and survivors during the Holocaust. The event is free and open to the public. Continuing education credit is available for teachers.  

South View to perform 'Footloose, The Musical'
 April 23-24, 7 p.m. and April 25, 2 p.m. in the SV Auditorium

Student Wellness Challenge, April 25 at South View

This year's Student Wellness Challenge will take place Saturday, April 25 in the main gym/auditorium at South View Middle School from 9-11:30 a.m. The Challenge will feature student stations, which will include topics such as: nutrition, Pros of the Rope, Tai Chi, cooking, and hand-eye coordination. There will also be several speakers who will cover topics such as adolescent psychiatry, benefits of yoga, stress management and anorexia. Watch for more details to come!