ONLINE KIDS FIRST COUPON BOOK SALEBegins Sept. 25 - Oct.8
Distribution days: All books will be packed with gloved hands and sent home via in your students backpack.
Tuesday, Sept. 29
Thursday, Oct. 1
Tuesday, Oct. 6
Thursday, Oct. 8
NPMM students and families we encourage to follow CDC guidelines for outside sales. Instead of a door to door options, we encourage a full online and social media campaign for personal your sales.
A shareable link will be available 9/25 to share with friends and family.
ALL COUPON BOOKS MUST BE ORDERED AND PURCHASED ONLINE STARTING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH! We will NOT be collecting any funds onsite.
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School Resources
Coupon Book Sale: Live on Friday, 9/25
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Phase 3Hamilton County Schools will continue to follow the Phase 3 schedule through Oct. 8. Schools will remain open five days a week for on-campus learning and follow the normal bell schedule. Some schools may experience temporary building closures accompanied by remote learning if there is a confirmed COVID-19 case.
Fall Break will take place Oct. 9 through Oct. 19. The phase schedule for Oct. 20 through Oct. 30 will be announced on Friday, Oct. 9.
Now that schools have been open for more than a month, the district has enough data about student and teacher absences to start tracking that trend as part of our phase considerations. To view the latest phase tracker, visit www.hcde.org/reentryplan.
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Normal Park Calendar9/21: MS XC Meet at 5:00
9/24: MS Football at 6:00 at Home
9/24 and 9/25: MS Girls and Boys Soccer Tryouts at 3:15 at NP field.
9/25-10/8: Kids First Coupon Sale
9/28: MS XC Championship at 5:00
10/1: MS Football at 6:00 at OLPH
10/09-10/16: Fall Break *HCDE CHANGE
11/11: No School * HCDE CHANGE
11/23-11/27: Thanksgiving Break *HCDE CHANGE
12/18: No School *HCDE CHANGE
12/19-1/5: Winter Break *HCDE CHANGE
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Quarter 1 Exhibit Night
Because of social distancing and gathering guidelines, our end of quarter 1 exhibit will be virtual. We will host our 1st quarter exhibit or celebration of learning on Thursday, October 8th via a Zoom call (similar to our Meet and Greet). Each homeroom teacher will host a Zoom call (link will be shared in the Monday Memos in the coming weeks) where they will go through a Padlet of student work and allow students to briefly explain the piece.
Lower School: 5:30 - 6:15
Upper School: 6:20 - 7:05
If you would not like your child’s work displayed on our virtual platform, Padlet and Zoom, please let your homeroom teacher know by September 30th.
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The Spark Kick Off Campaign has begun!
We need to raise $15,000 to replace our usual registration campaign that raises twice that much. Please consider a one-time or recurring donation. You can do this in 5 minutes at normalpark.kindful.com! While this year is unique, Spark still has obligations and expenses as well as unexpected and new costs. Help SPARK continue to be able to support NPMM during the pandemic and be prepared when "Normal"ness returns! If you donate $50 or more, you will receive our 2020 window decal. With a donation of $300 or more, you will receive a sticker and 2020 yard sign! If you have any questions, please contact:
Bridget Huckabay
423 240-1440
normalparkfund@gmail.com (new email!)
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Lower School News
Note to morning Car riders: Please be sure your child has their mask on & backpack ready to go when you get in the car rider line. The teachers will be getting two cars at a time, so please wait for an adult to get your child out of the car. We are trying to move cars quickly to get students to class on time. Thanks!
Volunteer Opportunities:
Happy Cart items are still needed. Please send in donations of individually wrapped snacks (candy bars, chips, crackers, popcorn, etc.) for our Happy Cart. Happy Cart is a collections of sweets and treats delivered to teachers and staff on Friday's. Drinks and baked goods are not needed at this time! Send any items in with your student labeled Happy Cart or leave on front steps of either campus.
School Fees: All student fees (Art, Science and Technolofy fee and Magnet Program fee) are due at this time. Pay school fees today!
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Lower School Book Fair
This year we are hosting a Virtual Scholastic Book fair to help keep our students and school families safe. Now more than ever our children need the ability to loose themselves in the magic of a great book. We want to encourage all of our young readers through book choice. When you shop online, you can search by age, grade, series, and even subject matter. We are hosting the book fair from September 14-27th. Please click on the link to start shopping Come to Our Book Fair! Normal Park will get credit for any purchases you make using our school's link. Please help us raise funds for the library by shopping our book fair. Orders are delivered right to your home and you can take advantage of FREE shipping on book-only purchases over $25!!!
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Upper School News
We are excited to share with you a new option to provide our students with high-speed Wi-Fi at home and at no cost to you through HCS EdConnect, a program supported by EPB and local public and private partnerships.
In order to participate in EdConnect, you must opt-in, which is quick and easy. Just two questions! To begin the opt-in process, respond to the survey linked here: https://forms.gle/QqAVCVEvNVUUqBaT7
Once you have finished responding to the survey, wait 3 days and then call EPB at (423) 648-1372 to arrange for service. This home internet access will allow students to use remote learning tools, like Zoom meetings, videos, and iReady without interruption. Even if you have internet access through a cell phone or another basic internet plan in your home, you are still eligible for the EdConnect program.
If you have additional questions, please contact Mrs. August by email august_sonia@hcde.org or phone (423) 498-6880.
Volunteer Opportunities:
We continue to need bottled water. Please consider donating cases of water to the Upper School. Please leave at side door near 4th grade hall. Thanks in advance for your donation.
Handy? Volunteers needed to install 2x4s (maybe 3 or 4, one on each wall of the room) and space the hooks out so there are 3-4 groups of hooks around the Mrs. McDuffie's classroom. Please contact mcduffie_lauren@hcde.org for more detail.
Crafty? Mrs.Hawkins and Mrs.Bowes in the Upper School office are looking for a parent to build a small swinging barn barn doors for the office counter We have a ton of fencing that they could use and the paint from the walls. Would need some swinging hinges. 30” wide (or about 15” each door). Please contact hawkins_k@hcde.org if you are interested in this project.
Happy Cart is back! Please send in donations of individually wrapped snacks (candy bars, chips, crackers, popcorn, etc.) for our Happy Cart. Happy Cart is a collections of sweets and treats delivered to teachers and staff on Friday's. Drinks and baked goods are not needed at this time! Send any items in with your student labeled Happy Cart or leave on front steps of either campus.
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Lightning Athletic Club
5th ISC Middle School XC meet TODAY at Woodland Park 5:00. All regular season meets take place at Woodland Park Baptist Church: 6735 Standifer Gap Road
Middle School Girls run at 5:25
Middle School Boys run at 5:55
Purchase Tickets for 9/24 Football Game. Buy here! Please purchase tickerts early in the week. The game will be 6:30 at Red Bank High School. You must wear a mask to enter and no tickets will be sold at the door. Volunteers are need to help with the gate and chains. Please let Coach Bowser bowser_w@hcde.org if you are available.
Middle School Soccer (Girls and Boys) Tryouts: THIS WEEK! Thursday 9/24 and Friday 9/25 at 3:15 at the NP field. We will start practice daily on 9/28, and a game schedule will be posted soon. Games will start the week of 10/5. Contact Sarah Andrews with questions andrews_s@hcde.org. PHYSICALS ARE REQUIRED!
Elementary Sports: All Lightning (PreK-5th) elementary sports are cancelled at this time. Elementary sports at NP are considered afterschool activities and per a HCDE mandate, all elementary afternoon clubs and activities are cancelled at this time due to the Covid19 virus. The Lightning Athletic Club (LAC) encourages all student athletes and families to reach out in our community to join the North River YMCA, Trykidz, North River Soccer, High Point Climbing gym, Rivermont Youth Athletic Association, CFC, or one of the many athletic organizations to stay active and keeping moving!
For the 2000-21 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.
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