** HALF DAY WEDNESDAY! **

11:30 Dismissal

Principal Coffee

The Topic for Thursday is understanding how we staff the positions at our school and how these staff members support students. We will meet at the upper school but parents and guardians from either campus are invited

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Normal Park Calendar

2023 Coupon Book Sales- Order Online Here

Check out the prizes that are availbale this year for every book your child sales: Prizes

ex: if they sale 5 books they get to participate in a glow and dance party in the gym!

To purchase books online, anyone can follow the link below and just type in the student's name that they are supporting. You are also welcome to come to the front office and pay with cash or check. Books are $15 and Normal Park gets $10 back for each book sold, so that's a great deal for us. Distribution days are Tuesdays and Fridays for all online orders; we will deliver to classrooms to be put in backpacks. For a list of participating businesses click here

We will be set up outside the front of the lower school to sell books Tuesday and Friday

Thank you Normal Park! Tickets to the 19^th Annual Fork & Gavel have SOLD OUT!
If you are interested in attending, email npmmforkandgavel@gmail.com to be added to the waitlist. There are still tickets available for the Pre-Party beginning at 6pm on September 29. Click here to purchase a Pre-Party ticket.

Over 30 Volunteers are still needed to help at Fork & Gavel. Click here to sign up!

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

**All rollover hours from the 2022-2023 school year will be posted by the end of September

Volunteers Needed

Happy Cart (Upper and Lower): Signup

Lower School Exhibit Help: Signup

Upper School Exhibit Help: Signup

Football Game Volunteers: Signup

Fork and Gavel Volunteers: Signup

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

Donations needed: 7^th grade history is looking for coffee cans or canisters (oatmeal, grits, etc...). You can drop off at the office at the US labeled 7th grade

Lunch Money Limits : We have students that are purchasing additional items in the cafeteria. If you do not want your students buying additional items, you must create spending limits on LINQ Connect. See the pictures attached for further clarification.

Library News

Library News and book check out policy

READ 20 - Normal Park Students Prek-3^rd grade will participate in the Read 20 Probasco Readers Program. Please enter at least 20 minutes’ worth of reading time for your child each weeknight. You may sign logs by the day or for the week. (5 days = 100 minutes for the week.) But the more minutes you read and enter, the closer we will reach our goal of reading 1.2 million minutes this school year! Students who complete their reading logs and turn them in will have their names entered into a grade level drawing for monthly prizes.

Click on the link below and fill out the Google form each day or week to log your student’s reading minutes. Read 20: 2023-2024

Important Reminders and Updates

**We will no longer dismiss students after 2:30. The last few minutes of the school day are very important and lots of movement is happening.

**PLEASE email parent and doctor's notes to Heather Buttram: buttram_h@HCDE.org

Click here for Grade Level Memos

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.

All visitors must bring their Driver's License when entering the building to volunteer or dismiss a student during the school day.

Per School Board policy: Upon a student's arrival in the building, all electronics, cell phones, headphones, and smart watches should not be seen or heard during the school day and kept in a locker or backpack. First violation: The device is confiscated and parent must pick up or held for 3 days.

Playground Reminders:

The playground is open to the public after 6 PM and on weekends.
Animals are not allowed on campus, the playground or field at any time.

Dropoff and Dismissal Reminders:

**Please be mindful of your surroundings when driving, parking or pulling out in the school zone. Please SLOW DOWN. We have seen people come very close to being hit by a car**

All: Unless you are utilizing the handicapped parking spaces at the rear of the building, no one should drive up the ramp/drive for drop off or aftercare pick up.

Car Riders: Please put away your cell phones when in the car rider line. All students must be dismissed into a vehicle with a car tag. If you park your vehicle, you must pick up your student from walkers.

Students can only be loaded and unloaded on the right side of the car
The entrance of the car line is at Barton and Worthington. Please do not make a U-turn and cut into the car line.
Parents should not get out of the car in the car line.
Do not enter the car line from Dugdale St

Walkers: For the safety of our students, please DO NOT walk thru the car rider line. Use the sidewalks and crosswalks to safely get to your car.

Please do not complete the QR code until you are on school property
All parents must come to the edge of the front steps to retrieve their student.
No dogs are allowed on campus

Playground update:

The upperschool playground inspection is scheduled for Monday afternoon. If all goes well, the new playground will be open for use by the students on Tuesday! The students are excited to try out the new equipment

Library News- Upper

I have deleted any lost or damaged book fines prior to the beginning of this school year so we can start the year off with a fresh start. Students who have lost or damaged books starting this year will have forms going home every quarter so that these books can be paid for and replaced.

I also recently used Scholastic book funds to purchase $3000 worth of new books for the upper school library. These include multiple book award winner sets and numerous books in Spanish.

September is National Hispanic Heritage month and we are celebrating Pura Belpré and the titles who have won her American Library Association award for achievement in Latino/a representation.

Thanks!
Lauren O'Neill

Important Reminders and Updates

Grade Level Memos

Click here to make School, Learning Expedition, or Athletic payments.

**PLEASE email parent and doctor's notes to Miss Billie at the Upper School bowes_billie@hcde.org.

All visitors must bring their Driver's License when entering the building to volunteer or dismiss a student during the school day.

Per School Board policy: Upon a student's arrival in the building, all electronics, cell phones, headphones, and smart watches should not be seen or heard during the school day and kept in a locker or backpack. First violation: The device is confiscated and parent must pick up or held for 3 days.

Drop off and Dismissal Reminders
Car Rider line: Please try to pull all the way forward when inside of the car rider loop so that we can maximize the number of children in each "wave". If you are within the loop, PLEASE have your child exit the vehicle when the traffic stops so that we can avoid any unnecessary stoppage of traffic.
Morning and Afternoon Pickup- Please be midful of the children moving within the loop

There should be NO cell phone while your vehicle is within the loop, please keep eyes on the road and vigilant for children who may move unpredictably (THIS IS A STATE LAW)

Playground Reminders:

The playground is open to the public after 6 PM and on weekends.
Animals are not allowed on campus, the playground or field at any time.

Upper School Activites

Click here for Girls on the Run - 3rd-5th Grade girls

Career Exploration Class

This year, 6th - 8th graders have the opportunity to take a career exploration class. To make this course the best it can be, I need your help! I am hoping to embed as many opportunities as possible for students to interview, get feedback from, and visit experts in the field. It is my goal to expose students to as many different career pathways as possible!

***If you would like to get involved, please indicate your preferences on this survey

*Donations Needed- Blank thank you cards. Students will use these to practice writing thank you cards for guest speakers and interviews

Ready to SWIM??!!??

💦Open to any unattached swimmers in grades 6-12

💦Practice Registration is OPEN!

https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/sescac/page/group--practice-information/mshs-group

💦Team Registration is OPEN!

https://forms.gle/nz4oJ8ZxZNcDsqKH7

Elementary Cross Country Results

NPMM 3rd - 5th grade cross country team had 32 athletes run the meet on last Monday. NP had three first place finishers - Rosalie Mansueto (3rd grade), Eleanor Hibbard (5th grade) and Myles Jones (5th grade). Three top five finishers - Brooke Dryer (3rd grade), Miles Mitchell (3rd grade) and Carter Mckinney (4th grade). 4th and 5th grade girls placed 5th as a team and 4th and 5th grade boys placed 2nd as a team.

2022-23 Lightning Athletic Club Board Members

Emily Goolsby: Director
Tiffany and Matt Phillips, Alison and John Dorough, Caroline and Blake Kaylor, Yasmine Key, Brittany Griffin, Jimmy Gaines, Paul Hoeswicher.

Please contact Tiffany Phillips to join the LAC Board at phillips_tiffany@hcde.org . 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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**If your child is sick and needs to be absent from school, please notify only 3 people:
1) Nurse Dawn OR Nurse Jennifer
Lower school: morrow_dawn@HCDE.org
Upper school: defoor_jennifer@HCDE.org
2) student’s teacher
3) attendance office
Attendance for lower is Mrs. Buttrum; buttrum_heather@HCDE.org Attendance for upper is Mrs. Bowes; bowes_billie@HCDE.org

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Principal Coffee

View and save the 2023/24

Normal Park Calendar

2023 Coupon Book Sales- Order Online Here

Library News

**We will no longer dismiss students after 2:30. The last few minutes of the school day are very important and lots of movement is happening.

Playground Reminders:

The playground is open to the public after 6 PM and on weekends.

Animals are not allowed on campus, the playground or field at any time.

Playground update:

Library News- Upper

Thanks! Lauren O'Neill

Important Reminders and Updates

Playground Reminders:

The playground is open to the public after 6 PM and on weekends.

Animals are not allowed on campus, the playground or field at any time.

Upper School Activites

Career Exploration Class

Elementary Cross Country Results

PREVIOUSLY SHARED

Thanks!
Lauren O'Neill