For current Normandale families with a child who will be kindergarten age by September 2014, please remember that to receive "sibling preference" for Normandale, you must notify the district office by 4:00 PM on Monday, January 13, 2014.

You should have already received your mailing from the district. Instead of an envelope this year, it is a 5-fold cardstock brochure with the "pink" Program Preference Form as one of the panels. There are different options this year for submitting your information.

1) You can tear this "pink" page off and mail it in. You will receive an email confirmation that it has been received. 

2) You can drop it off at the Welcome Center on the first floor of the Edina Community Center.

3) You can fill it out online. The web address is listed on the pink page. You will receive a message that your form has been submitted.

Information turned in after the deadline will be numbered in the order received and placed at the end of the waitlist if a lottery is necessary.

If you should have any questions about the process, please contact the Normandale office at 952-848-4100.

  

Join us January 29th and 30th for the annual Scholastic Book Fair! Find your favorite authors and some new ones, too. All proceeds go toward our wonderful intern program. More details to come.

  

PCN's upcoming forum will be held on Monday, January 13, 2014 in the Normandale Auditorium from 7-9 PM. Admission is Free!  Please see the PCN website for more information.

Make a Nomination!
Have you connected with a kid in 2013? Or do you know someone who has? Connecting With Kids believes that our community and all of its members have a powerful influence on the development of youth. To honor those who have consistently worked to build assets in our youth, Connecting With Kids will present Leadership Awards at our Breakfast on February 28, 2014.

Who?
Any individual, school, school group, organization, religious organization, foundation, club, or company who shares our vision that healthy kids lead to a healthy community. The nominee(s) must have had an impact on kids within the city of Edina.

Nominees DO NOT need to be affiliated with Connecting With Kids, the Edina Community Foundation, the City of Edina, or Edina Public Schools (although they CAN be).

How?

To submit a nomination, be sure to include:

• Your name and contact information;
• Information regarding the nominee, including contact information
• The reason for the nomination. Consider referring to specific developmental assets, providing specific examples of work with youth, length of time in work with youth, and youth group(s)/individuals supported through this work. Endorsement of the nominee from others, though not required, is helpful. Please keep your nomination to 750 words or less.

When?
Submissions must be received no later than Friday, January 17. Please send nomination(s) via email to Connecting With Kids.

Winners of the 6th annual Leadership Awards will be selected by the Connecting With Kids Advisory Council. Winners will be notified prior to the Leadership Breakfast.

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