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We look forward to seeing you at Exhibit Nights this week as we celebrate student learning from the third quarter. As we move toward the fourth quarter, help your student reflect on their learning and set goals for success.
Thanks,
Jamelie Johns
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Upcoming Calendar
Mar 6-9 Lower School Book Fair
Mar 7 Exhibit Night k, 2, 4, 6, 8. Check Lost and Found
Mar 9 Exhibit Night Prek, 1, 3, 5, 7. Check Lost and Found
Mar 13 Prof Dev Day NO STUDENTS
Mar 22 Principal Coffee 8:30 at Upper School
Apr 3-7 Spring Break
Apr 14 SPARK Trivia Night
Apr 29 Normalpalooza
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| | News from Nurse Dawn and Nurse Jennifer
Students are not allowed to take medications in the classroom. Medication should be in the nurse clinic. The only exception is that 7th & 8th graders may carry their inhaler in their backpack
We have a new AED machine at lower school. It is located inside the gym by the door that leads to the playground.
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| | Volunteer Opportunities (Click Links)
Lower School: Mrs. Mathis needs help with 10 stools that are a bit wobbly. Volunteer will would need to bring their own screwdriver/drill. Contact Mrs. Mathis mathis_s@hcde.org to set up a time to come in and help. This can be done before or after school.
Mrs. Hardin needs art room volunteers to hang 2nd grade mobiles (will require being comfortable on a tall ladder) and to help with other finishing duties such as matting. Please contact hardin_stephanie@hcde.org for details.
NEW Lower School Student Monitor and Indoor Odds & Ends: Friday, March 10th. Volunteers may sign up for more than on session. https://signup.com/go/meExsAZ.
NEW Upper School Student Monitor: https://signup.com/go/wkOnDZV
Normalpalooza: 4/29 at LS. Coming Soon
Upper School Needs: We need volunteers to unbox and put together stools, and shelving units for the eLab. All supplies are provided and can be done in the afternoon! Email: august_sonia@hcde.org a date/time that works for you!
Upper School Art Room: A volunteer is need to install a wooden shelf into cinderblock wall in the US art room. All materials are provided. Please contact Mrs. Myers myers_annalouise@hcde.org.
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Normal Park Trivia Night Tickets On-Sale NOW!
Calling all movie-buffs and party-people, Trivia Night tickets are on sale now at NPMMTrivia.eventbrite.com.
After the success of last year's event, we are back at Daily Ration for a night of movie magic. Get a group of fellow Normal Park parents and friends together for a team of 10 players. Your ticket will include dinner, drinks, trivia, and music by NPMM family-owned company Golden Gate Entertainment.
Click to purchase $50 Tickets.
Questions? Contact NPMM parent and event coordinator, Cassie Nice at cassandra.nice@gmail.com.
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Grade Level Memos and Updates
Click here to make School, Learning Expedition, Athletic, or Pre-K payments. Pre-K payments are due at the first of month and can be paid at the link above.
Add money to your child's lunch account here.
Do you have any connections with landscaping companies or a way of getting kindergarten students their own tree to plant for our Q4 module study? ease contact Mrs. Porter for details and a plan. porter_kerri@hcde.org.Volunteer hours will be offered for your assistance.
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Thank you Volunteer Readers! Thank you so much to the many parents, room parents, grandparents and CCA students that read to the our Normal Park students last week. Many thanks to all students and staff that dressed up as a story book character to celebrate Read Across America 2023.
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Congratulations to our many winners, and all whose work was chosen for display, in the art contest during the Community Celebration at Bessie Smith Cultural Center on Saturday, February 25th. Many artists and their families came to celebrate art and diversity in our community. Thanks also to staff members who took the time to come to the museum and support our students. The artwork will remain on display at the museum through March.
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Kidtopia at Normal Park Lower school students will be able to shop in Kidtopia on exhibit night. 20 shops will be open for business geared towards the wants and needs of Normal Park students. There will be goods and services available to purchase varying in price from $1 to $5 in Kid Bucks. Kid Bucks can be purchased prior to exhibit night. They come in increments of 5,10,15, 25, and 35 Kid Bucks. See links below to order.
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It's Time to Clean Out! Please talk with your child about exploring the lost and found on the lower school cafeteia. We have all types of items from coats, jackets, lunchboxes, hats, socks, and school supplies left in our lost and found bins/rack. All parents are welcome to view the lost lost and found during our Exhibit Nights.
All items will be donated to a local charity after Exhibit Night.
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All for Books provides books to children who could not otherwise afford them at Normal Park Lower School. Any leftover funds will be used to refresh your school library.
Ways to Give Back:
1. Your teacher should be reaching out within the next week with your individual teacher's EWallet and Wishlist. Feel free to add money to supplement your teacher's EWallet or to purchase a book off the Wishlist to help your teacher fill his or her classroom with the best books.
2. You will have opportunities at the in-person Book Fair to "round up" your change at the cash register OR to purchase a $1 sticker to raise money for All for Books. Each sticker purchase will count as a lottery entry. One name will be drawn at the end of the Book Fair to win a special prize!
3. You can donate to the All for Books EWallet with the link below:
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More Book Fair News:
You and your child can pay for books with cash, card, check, or EWallet (you can visit https://www.scholastic.com/bf/normalparkmuseummagnetls to set this up under the Before the Fair-->Create EWallet option! Your money NEVER expires and can be used throughout the year or in future book sales).
Your child will have the opportunity to buy additional books on his or her library day as well as during designated times during the school day. Be on the lookout for information from your teacher about opportunities to purchase books for your teacher's classroom in the next couple of weeks!
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| ORDER YOUR YEARBOOK TODAY
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| | Grade Level Memos and Updates
Click here to make School, Learning Expedition, Athletic, or Pre-K payments. Pre-K payments are due at the first of month and can be paid at the link above.
Add money to your child's lunch account here.
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Read Across America Fun!As a part of their science and language arts classes, 6th graders wrote picture books on animal allies. They traveled to the lower school to share with 2nd graders and read them on Read Across America Day!
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Lending a Lightning Hand
The NP culture committee has been working on this year. We want to build a culture around service and giving in the NP community. Our goal is for each grade level to work on one way that they can "Lend a Lightning Hand" to our NP community (which can expand to our museum partners)!
Our ultimate goal is to make NP feel like a community and to encourage our students to give back to that community. Let us know how we can help you achieve that goal both this school year and next school year!
There will also be a poster in the cafe (posted on the inside middle door) where students can write down good deeds as they are completed. This is not a competition but rather a place where we can highlight the good! These acts can be ones featured on the flyer or deeds your class came up with. Feel free to allow kids to record the deeds on the chart—kid handwriting is 2 cute.
Here's a very short video demonstrating the process so kiddos have a visual!
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| We are now collecting new and used clothes, shoes, school supplies, as well as hygienic products that we can distribute to students in need of such things. Students will be able to pick items that interest them/are needed. If this is something you wish for your student to participate in, please complete and return the form sent home before break or email hb_colby@hcde.org.
Current Needs:
- GIRLS
- Shirts = Youth Large
- Sweater = Youth X-Large
- Pants = Adult 18
- Shoes = Adult 8
- Bras = 38 A
- HYGIENIC
- Tampons (any absorbency)
- Pads (any size)
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Athletic Calendar
Check specfic sports sections for tryout and practice days and times.
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Middle School Track and Field tryouts will be held from 3:15-4:45 pm on Monday, March 6th and Wednesday, March 8th. Please plan on attending both days. We'll meet behind the school on the athletic field. Bring a water bottle and dress for physical activity. Before they can tryout, all athletes must have an updated physical uploaded to Dragonfly. On Friday, March 10th, the final team roster will be posted on the school webpage. Practices will begin the following week and will be Monday- Thursday from 3:15- 4:45. If you have any questions, please contact Coach Gaines via email at gaines_j@hcde.org.
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Lightning Track:
Coach John Dorough and assistant Tiffany Phillips will be hosting elementary track evaluations, 3rd-5th graders, Monday March 6th, 6pm on the GPS track. Practices the first two weeks will be held at GPS on Monday and Wednesday from 6-7pm. Please complete the registration form if you plan to attend the evaluation. All student athletic must have an up physical (dated after 4/15/22), complete all forms within Dragonfly, and be cleared before running in the first meet.
Track Meets:
Meet 1 :3/20
Meet 2: 3/27
Meet 3: 4/11(Tuesday) or 4/17
Meet 4: 4/17 or 4/24
Rain Make up 4/24 or 5/1
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Middle School Cheer Tryouts are March 15-17 at 3:15ish.
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Middle School Baseball: Student athletes MUST have a physical on file with the school in order to participate. Please submit a physical to the school or upload the necessary info to the Dragonfly app.
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2022-23 Lightning Athletic Club Board Members
LAC WOULD LOVE TO ADD MEMBERS TO THIS TEAM FOR 2023. PLEASE EMAIL emilygoolsby@hotmail.com
Emily Goolsby: Director
Joe Winland, Tiffany and Matt Phillips, Alison and John Dorough, Tammi and Eston Mayberry, Caroline and Blake Kaylor, Danielle Farmer, Yasmine Key, Brittany Griffin, Brandi and Eric Engle, Jimmy Gaines, Paul Hoeswicher, and Heather Cockerham.
Join Lightning Athletic Club via Facebook or contact lightningathelticclub@gmail.com.
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Interested in Coaching at NP?We are currently in search of a Middle School Track Coach, boys or girls for the 2023 season?
2023-24 Season
Head Middle School Football Coach
Head Middle School Cross Country Coach
If you are interested in these paid coaching positions, please contact Joli Brown brown_joli@hcde.org.
BLOOM! NPMM: How does your garden grow? First grade is about to start a new adventure during Quarter 4. The students will be involved in project/problem-based learning and will be designing & planting a native plant garden in our school yard. This is a new challenge for us. So, we need all the help we can get. Any amount of help is appreciated. Advice, knowledge, time/assistance, garden tools, large garden rocks, or more. You may have ideas that we have not even considered. If you would like to be involved, please reach out to Mrs. Zeigler (zeigler_jennifer@hcde.org). Thanks in advance. We look forward to working with you!
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