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HAPPY NEW YEAR

Thank you for a wonderful first semester of the 22-23 school year. It is hard to believe how fast it has flown by. We love your children and are so proud of the hard work they have done. Thank you for coming to exhibit night, band concerts, dance performances, and athletic events in December to celebrate the many talents and learning with us. We also appreciate the many volunteers who made it to help with Read-A Rama and the holiday hoopla activities.

We look forward to welcoming everyone back on Wednesday. As a reminder, the Upper School tardy bell rings at 8:00 (carline starts at 7:35) and the Lower School tardy bell rings at 8:10 (carline starts at 7:45). Students need to be on time to school and ready to learn in their classrooms when the bell rings. Please help them start the day off successful by getting them to school on time. Carline doors will close at the bell time and students will need to come to the front door to get a tardy slip. Lower School students need to be signed in by an adult.

Let's have a great second semester!

Thanks,

Jamelie Johns

Jan 16 MLK day - no school

Jan 17 Principal Coffee for parents - focus K-3 literacy and 3rd grade retention law 9:00 at Lower School

Jan 19 Spelling Bee 1:00-3:00 US auditorium for grades 3-8 students who qualified

Jan 20 Friday Night Lightning grades 4-8 - more info to come

Feb 1 ½ day for students; dismissal at 11:30

Feb 3 Individual picture retakes and makeups

Volunteer Opportunities (Click Links)

All you need to know to volunteer at NPMM : ABC's of Volunteering at NPMM
NPMM school website: https://normalpark.hcde.org/

SignUp Links to Volunteer

Indoor Workday: More information to come!

Lower School Library: https://signup.com/go/rTyMfgs

Lower School Copy Fairies: https://signup.com/go/eXujVep

Happy Cart (Upper and Lower): https://signup.com/go/zhwMpTP

Click here to log hours: Normal Park Parent Volunteer Form. You may email Heather Cockerham cockerham_h@hcde.org at the Lower School or Sonia August august_sonia@hcde.org at the Upper School with questions regarding your volunteer hours.

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.

Playground update: We are scheduled for installation beginning January 16th, pending weather. The installation will take approximately 2 weeks. We are excited for this to happen for our students!

Sign up for Lower School Afternoon Activities. Click here.

SPARK provides a dance teacher!

Thanks to parent and community donations during Fork and Gavel, we have hired a dance teacher for the lower school!!

Please welcome Jordan Burse. We are thrilled to have her as she is passionate about dance and teaching!

Each student will now have five related arts classes (art, PE, library, dance, and music). You can anticipate the schedules changing for days that students attend each class. Homeroom teachers will communicate that to students when they return. Thank you so much for your support and patience as we have worked to prioritize this program for our students.

Free At-Home Reading Resources for K-2 Tennessee Families

Click here to order free books

Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation is partnering with the Tennessee Department of Education to provide at-home reading resources for free to all Tennessee families of K–2 children to help young learners become stronger readers. Based on your child’s grade level, they will receive the At-Home Decodable Book Series, a collection of seven booklets containing 20+ exciting stories full of sounds and words to practice, and age-appropriate, high-quality Scholastic books.

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.

Clubs are a hit: Students in grades 4-8 will all continue to participate in clubs. Students chose their clubs in October and they meet every other week. The purpose of the clubs is for students to have success in an area of choice and to find a small group of peers with whom they can connect to. We will continue these this semester starting this Thursday.

School newspaper first edition: Our School News Club has put together an amazing newspaper to highlight issues related to Normal Park Upper School and the community. Please take the time to read it here.

Related Arts changes for grades 6-8: All middle school students will receive new related arts classes for the second semester. Seventh and eighth grade students made choices for the second semester before the break for their new classes. Sixth grade students will be placed in their quarter 3 classes based on what they have or have not taken yet. Sixth grade students will make choices for quarter 4. First semester, we ran an A and B schedule so all students potentially had 4 related arts classes each meeting every other day. This semester, we will run an everyday schedule so all students will have 2 related arts classes. In other words, if a student is taking an art class, they will have it every day instead of every other day. This will allow students to specialize in specific areas and have less classes to keep up with each week. Students will receive their new schedule on Wednesday morning from their homeroom teacher.

Jan 4-5 Volleyball tryouts after school

Jan 10 Climbing meet at Downtown vs Silverdale 4:30

Jan 13 Volleyball match at Soddy Daisy

Jan 14-15 Swim meet at McCallie

Jan 17 Volleyball match at CSLA

Jan 19 Volleyball match at Dalewood

Jan 19 Climbing meet at Riverside vs Boyd Buchanon 4:30

Volleyball tryouts will be on Wednesday, 1/4 and Thursday, 1/5 from 3:15 to 5:00 at the Upper School Gym.

2022-23 Lightning Athletic Club Board Members

LAC WOULD LOVE TO ADD MEMBERS TO THIS TEAM! WE NEED ASSISTANCE WITH CONCESSIONS AND BOARD POSITIONS 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.

Please contact Emily Goolsby to join the LAC Board at emilygoolsby@hotmail.com. Any parent/guardian of a student althlete is welcome to join this team!

Join Lightning Athletic Club via Facebook or contact lightningathelticclub@gmail.com.

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