October 22nd is Picture Retake Day!

If your kids want their photos retaken, an order form or your picture packet (that you want to replace) is required.  

Please let the classroom teacher know that you are interested in retaking your child's picture. We will be visiting each classroom to escort these kids to the cameras.

Thank you!

Any questions, please contact Shannon Sieve.

Dear Normandale families, 

The intern committee is sending out a request for four more host families for this coming spring. Despite having had enough families sign up during Rally Week, we've had an unusual number of families drop out this year. 

The commitment for hosting is from mid-January 2014 until one week past the last day of school. You provide room and board for the intern and welcome them as part of your family. 

We have a questionnaire that we ask each family to fill out, we do a home visit and we have an orientation. If you are willing and interested in opening your home to host one of your schools interns, please contact Kris or Anne to start the process. Thank you for your consideration. Our children, teachers and schools all benefit from having these interns within our community. 

Thank you so much for considering this opportunity!

Kris Wetmore
Anne Jenne

The Normandale office has received numerous calls recently from parents voicing concerns about the safety of our parking lot. The safety of our children is important to us and we would like the community to work together to follow the rules of our parking lot. Unfortunately, these are some of the issues that have been brought to our attention:

• A parent dropped a child off, was frustrated having to wait, honked the horn and peeled out (tires squealing) cutting everyone else off exiting the parking lot.
• Parents are parking in the pick-up lane, and walking to get their children instead of parking in the lot.
• Parents entering the pick-up lane line incorrectly via the roundabout, while others wait in the queue.
• Some parents driving at such a high speed that others were concerned for the safety of the children walking around.

Please be sure to follow the guidelines for parent drop-off and pick-up as noted under the section titled "Drop Off / Pick up" under the Quick Links on the Normandale homepage. There is also a link here to our traffic plan for those of you not familiar with the procedure. If a grandparent or someone not familiar with the parking lot rules is picking up your child, please review the routine with him or her.  

Thank you for modeling good citizenship for our children by respecting these guidelines to ensure the safety of all students and families at Normandale!

Registration is open for Art Adventure!  

Students in grades 3 - 5 are invited to participate in Art Adventure. This free program will be held seven times during the year, starting in November. There will be one program per month, taking place over the lunch hour (actually 45 minutes). Participants will learn about a work of art at each session while enjoying a brown bag lunch brought from home. A related art project will also be offered. Programs are led by parent volunteers.

About Art Adventure

Art Adventure is an art appreciation program for students in grades 3-5 based on original paintings, sculpture, textiles, and photographs from the collection at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. This year theme is Sources of Strength. 

How do you register your student?  To sign up your student please fill in this form. Note that there is one tab per grade (at the bottom of the workbook).

Please note that because of fewer volunteer presenters this year we need to limit Art Adventure to 25 students per grade.  

Thank you so much for your participation 

in the Innisbrook gift wrap fundraiser!

Please enter your orders at the www.Innisbrook.com website, print out your order voucher and turn it in along with your payment. You may turn it at the front desk at Normandale or have your child deliver it to his/her teacher.

Also we will soon be looking for volunteers to help with the unloading and distribution of the Innisbrook products. Specific dates are Wednesday Nov 20th at noon, Thursday & Friday Nov 21st and 22nd in the afternoon and Monday Nov 25th (conference day). Look for links to sign up for a shift in a few weeks. Thanks for all your efforts this year!

Please contact Jennifer Scott or Beth Ann Monsen with any questions.