PAY SCHOOL PAYMENTS HERE, (SCHOOL, LE, AND ATHLETIC)

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

Volunteers Needed

➡️March 2nd- Upper school work day

➡️Lower School Copy Fairies-February

➡️LAC Showdown Volunteers- February 26

➡️Book Fair Volunteers

Donations Needed

➡️Help stock our Care Closets: Amazon Wishlist: UPPER SCHOOL LOWER SCHOOL

➡️HAPPY CART

➡️ Food Drive Collection Bins

➡️Friday Night Lightning Dance Donations- Sweets and Treats

Click here to log hours: Normal Park Parent Volunteer Form. You may email Tiffany Phillips, phillips_tiffany@hcde.org at the Lower School and Monica Arnold, arnold_monica@hcde.org at the upper school regarding your volunteer hours. *Once you submit hours online please give 2 weeks for them to show in Power School.

Fork and Gavel Community Experiences

We have had so many fantastic Community Experiences already this year, and we would love for you to join us for the Experiences coming up in the second semester. These are a wonderful opportunity to get to know other people in our school community, while contributing to our students by supporting Spark!

⭐We still have spots available for many upcoming events:

⚡Capture the Flag for NP Upper School students- Feb 25

⚡Pickleball with the Pros- Mar 1

⚡Spring Egg Hunt- Mar 23

and more!!

For more information and to sign up click below

Make plans to join us at Normalpalooza on Saturday, April 27 from 10am – 4pm at the Lower School playground. We’ll have inflatables, games, student performances, artisans, vendors, music and more! This event requires an army of volunteers – if you are interesting in getting involved, please email Caitlin Studer at normalparkfund@gmail.com

We heard you and TRIVIA NIGHT IS BACK on Friday, April 5 at 6pm at Daily Ration. The theme this year is time travel – get your team together and travel back in time to your favorite decade or historical era. Cleopatra, disco, roaring 20s or King Henry VIII should all make an appearance. As always prizes will be given for best team name best dressed and new this year – best table décor! Bring out those artifacts and set your team up for success! Questions? Email Caitlin Studer at normalparkfund@gmail.com

GARDEN PATCH UPDATE

Thank you to our volunteers who came out to help prepare our garden for the spring

March and April will also have some grades planting in the Lower School garden during the school day, which is always a lot of fun. This has traditionally always been a part of the 1st and 2nd grade curriculums, and we are looking for ways to include other grades, also. Let us know if we can mention you as an interested parent contact / volunteer for a specific grade. normal.park.garden.patch@gmail.com

The Green STEAM Club at the Upper School has started seeds, which will hopefully grow to become baby plants that they can sell at Normalpalooza to raise funds for club initiatives. Please email us normal.park.garden.patch@gmail.com if you can help them with watering and caring for the plants from time to time throughout the next couple of months. That would look like popping in during club meeting time at the end of the school day to help them with watering, etc.

Important NP Information

➡️ Reminder: Please make sure your child has an extra pair of clothes, including socks and underwear. We have had many kids need an extra pair from playing in puddles or mud outside.

ATTENTION: When parking for drop off or pickup please do not block neighbors driveways or mailboxes. We have had some tell us the mailman will not stop if it is blocked.

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

REMINDERS

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

LIBRARY NEWS- Lower

Don’t forget to read for 20 minutes a day!!! Students who complete their reading logs and turn them in will have their names entered into a grade level drawing for monthly prizes. There will be another drawing at the end of January.

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

Birthday Book Club : Welcome to Our Birthday Book Club!!! Please use this site to choose a book in honor of your child, grandchild, niece or nephew!! This book will support curriculum and student requests to become part of the library’s collection. You will be giving a gift that will be treasured by many, many children for years to come. Thank you for your generosity!

REMINDERS

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

UPCOMING TRYOUTS

All students trying out for a sportmust have a physical uploaded in FinalForms before tryouts. See the following link for instructions: Important Forms - Normal Park Museum Magnet (hcde.org).

🥍LACROSSE 🥍

Parent meeting Tuesday 2/20 @ 5:30 on NP field.

🏃‍♀️MS TRACK AND FIELD🏃

Tryouts will be held February 20-22 from 3:15-4:45 pm . Please plan on attending each day. We will meet behind Normal Park Upper School on the athletic field. Bring a water bottle and dress for physical activity. The final team roster will be posted on the Normal Park school website on Friday, February 23rd. Practices will begin the following week and will be Monday- Thursday from 3:15- 4:45. All Students must have a physical form uploaded to Final Forms before tryouts. If you have any questions please contact Coach Gaines via email at gaines_j@hcde.org

👉Coach Gaines is currently looking for an assistant if you would be interested in helping him with track this season

ELEMENTARY TRACK- (grades 3-5)

Please complete this form if interested in running track

⚡2023-2024 Lightning Athletic Club Board is searching for new members.

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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Campus Reminders and Policy

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

Electronics policy: Per school board, 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.

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