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It's Normapalooza Time! Saturday, 4/29 at the LS
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Thank you for your continued support to get students to school on time during these state testing days. It helps students to be prepared when they are on time, have a chance to eat breakfast, and settle in with their class before testing begins. We will complete state testing this Friday and will celebrate with our students when it concludes. Make up tests will continue the next week. We are so proud of the effort that our students have shown already as they completed their ELA assessments last week. While we know these tests do not define our students or necessarily show all that they have learned this year, we do want students to feel successful. Keep up the good work!
We appreciate the many families who have already volunteered to help make Normalpalooza a wonderful event. We look forward to celebrating with all of our school community this Saturday. Come see our students perform. Shop at a vendor. Listen to music. Or just come and play or hang out. There is something for everyone. And if you still need volunteer hours, this is a great time to get them. We need tons of volunteers to pull it off!
Are you interested in working at Normal Park? We are hiring! We are looking for the best to work with our students and we know you want the best working with your children. Spread the word or maybe you are interested!
Do you want to work part-time and have a love of working with students to help them read? You are in luck! We have some part-time tutor positions available. You can work about 23 hours a week to help support students in reading. We have positions on each campus for $20 per hour. Click here to apply... lower school tutor or upper school tutor
Do you have a passion for working with students who need extra support learning in the classroom? We have an exceptional education assistant position available at the upper school. This is a full-time with benefits position. Click here to apply...upper school exceptional education assistant
Are you organized? Are you passionate about our museum partnerships? Then this job may be for you. We are hiring a clerical assistant for each campus. This position is for someone who is interested in our museum programming. The primary roles will include scheduling learning expeditions, ordering supplies for museum programming, preparing for exhibit nights, and coordinating between the school and the museums. The position requires a lot of organization and works primarily with adults. This is a full-time with benefits position. Click here to apply... lower school clerical or upper school clerical
Are you a certified teacher or do you know one who wants to come to Normal Park? We have a 4th grade math and science position available and an upper school media specialist position available. Both of these require certified teacher licenses. Click here to apply...4th grade or media specialist
Have a great week!
Jamelie Johns
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Apr 25 Young Southern Writers Award Ceremony 6:00 and 7:30 Abbas House
Apr 27 US dance concert 6:00
Apr 29 Normalpalooza
May 5 PK-5 Birthday Celebrations
May 8-12 Teacher Appreciation Week
May 10 US talent show
May 12 Friday Night Lightning
May 16-19 Jekyll Island Trip
May 18 1st grade play 6:00
May 19 1st grade play for LS students 2:00
May 22 Step Up day
May 22 8th grade promotion 8:30
May 22 Exhibit Night 5:30-7:00
May 23 Field Day and End of the Celebrations
May 24 Last day of school with students, report cards go home, full day
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7th Grade Regatta: It's that time of year again! 7th grade needs massive amounts of cardboard and duct tape. We are working towards building 8 boats that can carry students in the TN River. Parent can earn 1 volunteer hour for every 3 rolls of duct tape donated (please send us the good stuff 🙂). Limited to 5 hours per family.
Lower School Field Day: Coming Soon
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All Things Normalpalooza
Normalpalooza is a few short weeks away, and the NPLZ Planning Committee needs your help to make the event an amazing success! Take a look below for several opportunities to donate your time, treasures, and talents…
Normalpalooza Mural Project Needs
Festival goers have an exciting opportunity to put their mark on the LS Gym at this year’s event with our NPLZ Interactive Mural Activity! We are working with super-talented artist and NP parent Ali Kay to design an inspiring mural that the kids will paint during the event.
Mural Prep Volunteers: Starting on April 16th, around 2:00 pm, Ali needs parents and/or artistic students with steady hands to help paint mural outlines. When: Week of April 16th, Sunday @ 2:00 and flexible times between 8:30-5 during the week, depending on availability. Where: Ali’s studio. If interested, please contact: alisynkay@live.com
To protect the gym and the tiny painters’ clothes from paint, they need:
Old long sleeve T-shirts so they can create “aprons"
Drop Cloths/Old Sheets
Cloth rags (old T-shirts work, too)
Please send these items in with your kiddo or drop them off in the office, bagged and labeled NPLZ Mural, by April 26th!
There’s More…
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Sign up to help with Teacher Appreciation Week
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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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| | 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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Middle School Baseball: Schedule is subject to change
Tues 4/25: vs. Orchard Knob 5:30pm
Thurs 4/27: vs. Lookout Valley 5:30pm
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Middle School Lacrosse:
April 29 – South Region Tournament - @ McCallie
May 13 – ETYLA Tournament/AllStars
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Lightning Track:
Track Meets: 4/24 St. Peters, Rain Makeup date 5/1. Championship at CCS 5/5.
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2022-23 Lightning Athletic Club Board Members
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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Over the next few weeks, our students in grades 3-8 will be taking the state test known as the TCAP. This assessment gives us valuable information to see what students learned this year in regard to our state standards. Students will test in English Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies (grades 6-8 only). Here is our daily testing schedule:
Monday, April 24 Science
Tuesday, April 25 Math part 1
Wednesday, April 26 Math part 2
Thursday, April 27 Math part 3
Friday, April 28 Social Studies (grades 6-8)
We have broken the test up over several days so on some days students will only test for 30 minutes while on others they may test for 80 minutes. The total testing times can be found here. All testing at the Upper School will begin around 8:15 and all testing at the Lower School will begin around 8:30. Please ensure your child is on time to school and that they have time to eat breakfast. Please attempt to have your child at school for testing and avoid scheduling appointments on these mornings. Most testing will be completed first thing in the morning each day. Thank you for helping to set the students up for success on these assessments. Scores will be reflected in student fourth quarter grades and families will get a report in the fall to show how the student has done.
Hamilton County video known as HCS Real Talk with students in grades 3-8. Students in grades k-2 will have some form of the discussion about their words and actions but it will be in a more age-appropriate way. Here is a video called HCS Real Talk for Families that can help you to know more about what is being discussed. If you have questions, please reach out to your child's teacher or to Dr. Jamelie Johns
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Summer Reach Enrollment Now Open
Enroll your child for four weeks of fun and learning. The Reach program operates Monday through Friday from 8:00 - 2:00 for elementary school and 9:00 am - 1:00 pm for middle school. The program is entirely free. Students will receive a free lunch every day and transportation will be provided. Each day students will have instruction in reading and math, time for physical activity, and innovation, and hands-on activities. All students will attend at least one field trip as an attendance incentive.
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