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We hope you and your family have had an enjoyable fall break and we look forward to welcoming all students back on Tuesday. As a reminder, the Upper School first bell rings at 7:55 and students are tardy at 8:00. The Lower School tardy bell rings at 8:10. The teachers have worked hard to plan meaningful units of study for the second quarter. We are eager to see your students shine academically, artistically, and athletically.
We want to remind all students of the Normal Park Way – Be safe, be respectful, and be responsible. As students come back from fall break, we will revisit these expectations in a variety of ways. Has your student done something extra kind lately? Encourage them to fill out the QR code that can be found around school or the link here to help Hamilton County Schools reach One Million Acts of Kindness.
We are excited to see so many of you at Fork and Gavel on Saturday and appreciate the support you have given by buying tickets. If you haven’t checked out the online auction items, please do, as the committee worked hard to ensure there are a variety of items at a variety of price points. There is something for everyone!
Thanks,
Jamelie Johns
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Oct. 21- Report Cards go home
Oct. 22 - Fork and Gavel (Hunter Art Museum) @ 6:30
Oct. 31 - Students and Staff may dress in costume. See Costume Guidelines.
Oct. 31 - Lower School Costume Parade @ 2:30
Nov. 9 - 1/2 Day for Students. Dismissal at 11:30
Nov. 14 - Jan 31: Open enrollment for magnet families
Nov. 23-25 Thanksgiving Break
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P-EBT Update
Parents received summer benefits on their P-EBT card on or around September 29, 2022. To be eligible, the student must have been enrolled in a CEP school or approved for free/reduced benefits through an application or direct certification as of May 2022. Parents who discarded or lost their card or are wishing to check on the status of their benefit can visit https://onedhs.tn.gov/parent or call the P-EBT hotline at 1-833-419-3210. Parents are currently experiencing long wait times when calling the hotline, so the School Nutrition office can confirm eligibility by calling 423-498-7275; however, we are unable to issue new cards.
Parking Announcement: The parking lot above the gym at the upper school is reserved for teachers whose children attend daycare at the upper school. When dropping your child off in the morning, picking up in the afternoon, or attending sporting events please do not park in this parking lot unless you need to use the handicap parking/access to the gym. When this lot is used by parents, it is extremely difficult for our teachers to pick up their children.
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18th Annual Fork and Gavel: Saturday, October 22, 2022
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Normal Park Costume GuidelinesStudents on both campuses will be given the option to wear costumes to school on Monday, October 31. We ask that students use the following guidelines when selecting a costume:
1. No head coverings. NO costume masks or face paint. Staff members must be able to identify students.
2. Costumes that depict violence as well as fake weapons are not allowed.
3. Costumes that could be offensive or perpetuate a stereotype of someone’s culture, gender, heritage, or religion are not permitted.
4. Costumes should not hinder students’ ability to participate in classes including P.E.
5. Costumes may not disrupt or impede traffic, or present issues of safety in the hallway.
6. No accessories or props to the costume may be brought to school. Only the costume itself can be worn.
7. Costumes must meet dress code requirements as stated in the student handbook:
- Skirts, shorts and dresses must be at least mid-thigh in length on all sides of the leg. Shorts must be the same length all around the leg.
- Leggings may be worn with a garment that covers the backside and is equal length all the way around. Leggings should not have any see-through portions which are above mid-thigh length.
- Shirts and dresses must have fabric covering the front chest area, sides and back. Clothing must cover undergarments and the layer covering undergarments must be opaque (not see-through).
- Shoes must have a back to properly secure the shoe.
- Clothing may not depict, advertise or advocate the use of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana or other controlled substances.
- Clothing may not use or depict hate speech targeting groups based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious affiliation or any other protected groups.
- Clothing that could be perceived as gang identifiers may not be worn.
8. The school will not be responsible for any costumes that may become damaged at school.
If a student wears a costume that distracts from their own or other students’ learning, the student will be asked to change into normal school attire.
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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.
Museum Passports/Parent Hours: Your child should have brought home a silver card, which is their museum passport, after Meet and Greet this year. This can be used for free admission for either students or guardians to our museum partners - see back of card for information. If you use your museum passport at any of those locations, you can turn in a reflection sheet for parent hours! This is a great way to be more involved with our partners outside of school hours. The form is here https://normalpark.hcde.org/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=35245081
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Library News: 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. Reading logs may be turned in each day of the week (20 minutes) or for the whole week (100 minutes).
NPMM Read 20: 2022-2023
Congratulations to the September READ 20 Readers. Alex Granberry, McKinley Shipley, John Eli Carrico and Cade Jorgensen.
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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.
Tech and Stage Crew Applications for Shrek the Musical Jr will be available in the Main Office tomorrow, October 18th! Applications are only available this week and are due on Friday the 21st!
Museum Passports/Parent Hours: Your child should have brought home a silver card, which is their museum passport, after Meet and Greet this year. This can be used for free admission for either students or guardians to our museum partners - see back of card for information. If you use your museum passport at any of those locations, you can turn in a reflection sheet for parent hours! This is a great way to be more involved with our partners outside of school hours. The form here. https://normalpark.hcde.org/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=35245081
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| | Guitar Tuning with Mrs. McKee: Thank you all for responding to my request for help with the guitars! Having multiple volunteers is fantastic because the guitars get used a bunch during the week and the Jasmines get out of tune really quickly. The guitars aren't used from 8:00-11:00, and 1:35-2:15 each day, so coming during those times or after school would be best.
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Middle School Basketball
10/25 vs Lookout Valley HOME VG 5:00 VB 6:15
10/27 vs CSAS HOME VG 5:00 VB 6:15
11/1 vs Chatt. Charter HOME VB 5:00 VG 6:15
11/3 @ CSLA AWAY VG 5:00 VB 6:15
11/8 @ Sale Creek AWAY VG 5:00 VB 6:15
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Elementary (2nd-5th grade) *Lightning Basketball Tryouts
BOYS:
Tuesday, October 18th ONLY
2nd thru 5th grade: Upper School 6:30-8:00. Parents will need not be allowed to sit in stands or the lobby during the tryout. All participates MUST have physicals to tryout.
GIRLS:
Tryout Date will be week before Thanksgiving Break. More details to come.
2nd-5th grade: Upper School (Time to be determined)
*Lightning Basketball (2nd-5th grade) will have four teams of ten players.
Boys will be in the North Hamilton Basketball League (practice at NP and games in various gyms across the Chattanooga Area). Season begins Dec. 2 thru February.
Girls will be in the Trykidz League (practices will be at NP and games at McCallie or Baylor, and GPS). Seasonal begins in January.
Lightning teams will practice one to two days a week at NP or off site (as determined by the coaches) and games will be played on Saturday with an occasionally weekday game.
All interested must have a current physical completed, signed and dated after 4/15/22. No one will be allowed to tryout without a current physical uploaded to Dragonfly. Instructions and help with Dragonfly can be found at
https://normalpark.hcde.org/athletics___clubs/important_forms
We encourage all to tryout but understand that all elementary players will not be added to a Lightning roster. We also encourage all players who do not make the NP Lightning roster to play at the North River YMCA with school peers. If you wish to play with NPMM students at the YMCA, please write Normal Park on the top of your YMCA registration form. All must register directly through the YMCA.
For questions regarding Elementary Basketball, contact LAC Elementary Sports Coordinator, Tiffany Phillips at tiffrphillips@gmail.com.
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Gear up and let’s get climbing! The 2022-23 Climbing season is almost upon us. Normal Park will be climbing hard to win our fourth league championship in a row. The team is open to boys and girls and meets twice per week at Highpoint Climbing and Fitness. If your middle school student (grades 6-8) is interested in joining the climbing team or if you have any questions, please contact Coach Brian Fahey fahey_b@hcde.org.
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Middle and Elementary School Cross Country
Saturday, October 22 KYA State Meet - Knoxville
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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.
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