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Lightning Letter Normal Park Museum Magnet Weekly Newsletter: March 1 Edition
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Normal Park CalendarMarch
11: Virtual Exhibit Night
15: Professional Development, no students
19: Fork and Gavel Trivia Night
30: Picture Retake Day
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Big THANK YOU to our volunteers!Thank you to volunteers Ben Connors and Daniel Loveless for donating their time to add a rain tarp and awning at our Pre-K door. Our parents and students will now remain dry, shaded, and happy at morning and afternoon check-in. BIG THANKS!
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Online Meal Account Payments: YES! BREAKFAST AND LUNCHES REMAIN FREE FOR 2021, BUT THIS IS FOR A LA CARTE ITEMS SUCH AS CHIPS AND ICE CREAM.
The Titan Family Portal offers parents and staff a convenient, easy, and secure way to deposit money into your child's account using your bank account or credit card. You can also review purchases on your children(s) accounts, transfer balances, submit a free & reduced application, and view the status of your free & reduced application. There is a fee of $2.60 to make a payment on your child's account. All other features are free. For more information see the Titan Parent FAQ.
Garden and Outdoor Work Day: Sign up to volunteer Saturday, March 6th 1:00-3:00.
Notes from Nurse Dawn: New COVID cases continue to decrease, but please continue to stay diligent and wear your masks and use good handwashing! Even if you have had the vaccine, please continue to wear your mask-be the positive example to help others continue to be safe.
Introducing the NPMM Care Closet: Time for you to clean out you closets and add to the NPMM Care Closet. This special closet will be set up in the lower and upper school for students in need of clothing due to need, art spills, or accidents. Personal hygeiene and seasonal items will also be included in the closet. The school counselors will work with teachers and staff as student have specific needs for the Care Closet. We will begin building the Lower School Care closet first and add the Upper School Care Closet in the near future.
Please send clean and gentle used items in to school labeled Care Closet to the Lower School only at this time. Immediate Needs: size 8/10 girls clothing (socks, panties, and pants).
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Youth Art Month
Student of all ages in the state of TN will be given weekly prompts that will guide the creation of work for a weekly virtual gallery for the month of March. Students will send work to teachers who will upload the best art to Instagram with the hashtag #YouthArtMonthTennessee. These will be reposted on a dedicated and curated YAMTN Instagram account. This work can be created in any medium and photographed as a jpeg for uploading. The virtual gallery will feature art from all over the state.
Week 1: March 1-5: Create a work of art featuring the TN State bird (The Mockingbird)
Week 2: March 8-12: Your hand holding an object that is made or grown in TN
Week 3: March 15-19: A work of art that represents your TN hometown
Week 4: March 22-26: Design a new license plate for the state of TN
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Hey All,
Fork and Gavel: Trivia Night Edition is this year’s answer to what to do now that you have finished Netflix. On March 19th, Normal Park will host its largest fundraiser of this ab-Normal year. Join us from the comfort of your living room or the place where you now hide from the rest of your family for a night of food, fun, and lots of pointless information….yes, this is what it has come to.
There are a few ways that you can celebrate Fork and Gavel this year. Order a delicious meal from Il Primo, participate in our daily lead up auctions, and join the Trivia Night on Friday, March 19th. Please visit npmmforkandgavel.com for more info than you will ever need for this fun and safe way to help support Normal Park.
A few highlights:
Lots of ways to win!
Team Trivia: The teams are 10 people each. Buy your team ticket individually, but pick a captain to get us the team info. Pick a name...Something funny or punny...Les Quizerables? I am Smartacus? Team Redundancy Team? Winner Winner Chicken Dinner? The winning team will win 10 bottles of wine and a $500 gift card to Primo for a team celebration when you are ready! (There will also be door prizes during the games!) Team tickets are $100 each
Individual Game: You are on your own here, but it could be well worth your while. The winner of the Individual Game will win the Travel Basket that includes a $500 VRBO gift card! Individual tickets are $50 each
Door Prize Drawings: We will soon begin posting auction items and there will, also, be door prize drawings during the the Trivia Games!
Spread the word: Anyone can be a part of Trivia Night, order the dinner, or visit the online auction! Just go to npmmforkandgavel.com for everything!
We are looking for Team Captains to recruit 9 other people to create a team! All Team Captains will be entered into a drawing for a $100 Target Card! For more info contact Bridget Huckabay (423) 240-1440.
Bridget Huckabay
Development Coordinator
Normal Park Spark
Normal Park Museum Magnet
423.498.6880
423.240.1440
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Pre-K Reduce, Reuse, and RecyclePre-K students are learning about reducing and reusing. The kids drew blueprints of a creation they wanted to make and then used recycled/reused objects to create them. We had children make an RV, several robots, guitars, and even an airplane!
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Lower School
Kindness Week Success: Kindness Week at the Lower School was a huge success! Pre-K - 3rd grade competed in a "Fill Your Bucket" pom-pom challenge. In all, we totaled 710 kind acts for the entire week! And a special shout-out to 2nd grade who filled their bucket with the most pom-poms. They had a grand total of 200 kind acts! Thank you to all of our students for working so hard to make it a kind week! -Mrs. Callaway
Donation Opportunity:
1. Happy Cart Snacks for Related Arts Teachers, Staff, and HCS@Home Teachers. Please send individually wrapped candy bars, chips, crackers, granola bars to help brighten a teachers day. Send in with your student labeled Happy Cart.
2. Small water bottles are needed at both campuses. Water fountains are not available and students often need a refill or forget his/her water bottles.
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Upper School
Donation Opportunity:
1. Happy Cart Snacks for Related Arts Teachers, Staff, and HCS@Home Teachers. Please send individually wrapped candy bars, chips, crackers, granola bars to help brighten a teachers day. Send in with your student labeled Happy Cart.
2. Small water bottles are needed at both campuses. Water fountains are not available and students often need a refill or forget his/her water bottles.
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Lightning Athletic Club (LAC)Congrats to the 2021 MS Volleyball Team
Kai Viland
Caroline Brinson
Becca Rogers
Kruz Smith
Maggie Pollock
Aubrey Olinger
Ansley Loyd
Anna Flint
Cullie Cappechi
Madison Monford
Arden Beach
Aidan Curley
Megan Dean
Meghan Royal
Ja’Kaia Simpson
MS GOLF: Golf tryouts for girls and boys 6th-8th graders are on Monday, March 1st at Mocassin Bend Driving Range from 3:30-4:30. You must have playing experience to tryout. You also must have your own set of clubs. Please DO NOT buy any equipment until you’ve made the final roster. Clubs will be made available at tryouts. Please email Paul Hoeswicher if you plan to tryout. Please email Coach Paul Hoewischer hoewischer_p@hcde.org if you plan to tryout.
MS TRACK: **Tryout schedule change** Tryouts next week will be Monday and Wednesday - Friday from 3:30 - 4:45 pm. We will not be meeting on Tuesday. We will post the team roster on the school website after tryouts and there will be a parent meeting after practice Monday from 4:45-5:00.
Middle School (6th grade - 8th grade) Track and Field tryouts will be held March 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th (M & Wed-Fri) from 3:30-4:45 pm (no tryouts on Tuesday). We will meet on the field behind the school. Bring clothes for colder weather and be prepared to practice inside if the weather doesn't cooperate. Please bring a water bottle. Practices will generally be Monday - Thursday from 3:30-4:45, and a few Fridays.
If you have any questions, please email Coach Kusnerick (Boys’ Coach) - kusnerick_brian@hcde.org or Coach Gaines (Girls’ Coach) - gaines_j@hcde.org.
Elementary Track: First practice begins 3/3 at 5:00 at Red Bank Track. Practices: Wednesday at 5:00 and Sunday at 4:00 (optional) at Red Bank High School track. Meets in be at the Bright School on Mondays at 4:00 on 3/22, 4/12, 4/19, 4/26, and a Championship on May 7th @ CCS. If your student athlete is on the wait list and a grade level spot opens up, you will be notified after Wednesday.
MS LACROSSE: Please turn in all paperwork Still interested? All lacrosse fees MUST be submitted before the first game. All monies need to be turned in to coach with checks payable to LAC.
2nd-5th grade LACROSSE: Visit and sign up at SOUTHERNEDGETOURAMENTS.COM. Write NPMM on the registration so that your child can be placed with other NPMM students.
For the 2020-21 school year all student athletes participating in Normal Park sports will be required to upload physical forms to dragonfly. This is a new database provided by Hamilton County so that our coaches may utilize students information at a moments notice.https://max.dragonflyathletics.com/maxweb/max-cover/login.
Join Lightning Athletic Club via Facebook or contact lightningathelticclub@gmail.com.
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