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Parent Input Forms
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Each spring, teachers and support staff meet and confer to develop class lists for the coming year, striving to create classes where optimum learning for all students can take place. If you have specific information about your child that should be taken into consideration, please complete the optional Parent Input Form. The due date for this information is MARCH 25.
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Yearbook Orders
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If you have not already placed your Yearbook Order, please make plans to do so soon! Most Normandale students order yearbooks, so don't miss out!
The deadline for placing your yearbook order is April 8.
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Vide-Grenier Results
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Merci beaucoup!
The 3rd grade vide-grenier (garage-sale) raised $1,460.36 ($215.98 more than last year!).
This week, 3rd grade students voted on a Google Form using their Chromebook. Here is how the money will be allocated through the COFHED website:
- 2 dairy cows will provide milk and more offspring. It's like a savings account for a family ($438 x 2)
- 19 large hens - A gift of a hen can provide a boost to a family's nutritional status as well as income ($10 x 19)
- 4 business startups will help moms start their own small business in a rural community ($100 x 4)
BRAVO 3rd graders and the entire Normandale community; you are making a global difference!!!
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La Kermesse (Normandale Carnival)
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It's Carnival Time Again!
Saturday, April 16th, 4:30 - 7:30pm, ECC Gyms
Our kids LOVE the carnival. And they are going to love this year's carnival more than any before. They'll be able to:
- Throw a cream pie at Principal Holden!
- Win a Hoverboard or a Chromebook!
- Play cool games and win even cooler prizes!
- Eat a complete, healthy (and tasty) dinner!
- Play in bounce houses, have faces painted, hang with friends!
- And much, much more!
The carnival is one thing our kids look forward to -- and remember-- every year. Best of all, the profits fund our award-winning intern program.
PLEASE DONATE TO OUR RAFFLE BASKETS BY MARCH 25.
All the kids' eyes light up when they see the gym FULL of raffle baskets at the carnival. Please donate $10 per student to our raffle basket fund so we can create an awesome display of baskets at this year's carnival.
Donate to our carnival classroom raffle baskets right here: DONATE HERE
Please donate today! Give our kids a chance to win a Hoverboard, an iPad Mini, a 2016 American Girl Doll, 100 $1 bills, a Star Wars Lego set, and so much more!
Mark your calendars NOW for this year's carnival! See you there!
Please contact Carnival Chairperson Chris Deets with any questions.
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Band/Orchestra Sign Up
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 Attention all 4th Grade Families!
Do you want to play in the Band or Orchestra next year? Sign up for a Band/Orchestra interview time now! All the details can be found here.
Don't delay -- sign up today!
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Immersion Fair
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For the past several years, MAIN Parents, (Minnesota Advocates for Immersion Network), has hosted an Immersion Festival. This year's Immersion Festival is on Saturday, April 9th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at Minnetonka High School Arts Center, located at 18301 Highway 7, Minnetonka, MN 55345.
The purpose of the event is to celebrate our immersion students' efforts to learn world languages, expose them to other languages and cultures, and to foster a sense of belonging with the larger community of Minnesota language immersion learners.
At this year's festival, Ev Emerson and some of her students will represent Normandale through song! In addition to Normandale's performance, other metro immersion schools will be performing songs, skits and poetry.
Attend the MAIN Immersion Festival and learn about camps, cultural events and language related activities in the Twin Cities area.
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2016 Edina Student Art Show
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The 2016 Edina Student Art Show is underway! Artwork by students from six Edina elementary schools is currently on display at the Edina Library located at 5280 Grandview Square. The artwork will be displayed through April 17th. Normandale has over 60 works of art on display!
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Teacher of the Year Nominations
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 The Edina Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for their annual Teacher of the Year Award.
The recipient will receive a $500 cash award, sponsored by Royal Credit Union, and is recognized at the Chamber's annual meeting in May. Also, the Chamber's education committee plans a "classroom surprise" to notify the selected teacher.
To nominate a teacher who has made a difference in your student's life, complete this nomination form by April 8th.
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From the District
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Planning for Next Gen Gifted Services is Underway
As part of the district's implementation of its Next Generation Strategic Plan, a study of gifted and talented services has been looking at how best to personalize instruction and continue to challenge learners so they can achieve their full potential.
The study's design team, comprised of teachers and administrators, have developed draft recommendations that will be shared with stakeholders this spring. In addition to gathering feedback from staff and the Gifted Advisory Committee, the district is also seeking broader parent and community input.
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- WHAT: Gifted and talented program study recommendation input sessions
- WHEN
- Monday, April 11, 5-6:30pm
- Monday, April 18, 6:30-8:00pm
- WHERE: Normandale Elementary Auditorium
- For more information, contact Debra Richards, Gifted and Talented Coordinator, 952-848-4935
Interested in new events? Have an event to share?
Check out what events are happening in Edina. If you know of a non-profit partner who has an event to share, post it at the Edina Community Bulletin Board.
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Happening in the Community
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Father & Son Connecting: Growing Up Workshop
Saturday, April 16th, 9:00-12:00
Edina Community Center, Room 165
Growing up can be exciting, exhilarating, confusing and scary - all at the same time! Join staff from myHealth for Teens & Young Adults for a fun and informative three hour workshop that will take some of the mystery out of puberty and the questions out of adolescence.
Boys ages 10-13 and their father, or other trusted male adult, will engage in fun and thought-provoking activities that help them learn about:
* Puberty and development in males and females * What is normal (and great) about growing up * How to have the best parent-child communication possible * How to maintain and strengthen family bonds
Register at Edina Community Education. $40.00 registration fee is for two attendees, a trusted male adult and a youth. Please register with the adult's name. Call (952) 848-3908 with any questions.
Capturing the Excitement of Edina Public Schools!
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Last Week's News
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Previously included La Liaison articles are listed below in case you missed them.
- From the Principal: Immersion Fair
- Parent Input Forms
- From the Health Office
- 2016 Edina Student Art Show
- Normandale Carnival -- Raffle Basket Donations
- Skateboarding in PE
- Skateboarding Club
- Edina Fitness Club
- Teacher of the Year Nominations
- From the District
- Happening in the Community
- Last Week's News
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