We are ready to welcome back our students for the first day of school on Tuesday, August 29! Good to see many of you at our connect and assess day!

Thank you to our fabulous PTA for organizing our Back to School picnic! What a great turnout of students and families to celebrate the start of the year!

We truly had the BEST day today! Welcome back Normandale Hills Elementary students and staff!

Community building is key during the first few weeks (and all weeks) of school. Check out our Grade 5 students playing “Boom, Clap, Snatch”!

First rally day at NH! Check in with your students to think about how we can help everyone to feel like they BELONG at NH!

What a beautiful day for our first outdoor rally focusing on friendship! The messages shared with students include, " If you want a friend, be a friend", and "Friends look out for each other".

Did you know it is National Custodian Day? We are lucky to have some of the BEST at NH! Thank you to Chuong, Bobby, and Katie for keeping our school clean and safe for our students every day!

What a great first field trip experience for our fifth graders this year. We are thankful to Base Camp for the chance to learn how to rock climb, orienteer, team build, and more!

It's National Fire Prevention week and the Bloomington Fire Department is visiting schools to raise awareness. Thanks for meeting with our Kinders!

Congratulations to our September Knight Note winners on their first Pizza with the Principal!

Congratulations to our NH Kind Kids who were nominated by their individual class as showing kindness to others. These Kind Kids are also in charge of our "Kindness Kart" to bring cheer on Fridays to our staff.

It was our fall celebrations today! Thanks to the many volunteers who provided such a fun experience for all of our students.

Reminder there is NO SCHOOL Wednesday, October 18-Friday, October 20. During this time, our building will switch into our next (and last) phase of construction!

The theme from our latest rally is, "Feelings Matter". Our second grade taught us about mindfulness, breathing, and shared their voices in song!

October's Pizza with the Principal crew! So proud of these students for being respectful, responsible, and safe!

We honor and recognize all military veterans as we celebrate Veterans Day today. Check out this video of the Normandale Hills Elementary community observing Veterans Day. Credit: Jeff Zupfer bit.ly/nh-veterans

Normandale Hills will be e-Learning on Thursday, November 16 and Friday, November 17. We will see everyone back in-person on Monday, November 20.

It was PJ/Comfy Clothes day at NH!

Congratulations to Normandale Hills Elementary teacher Jennifer Hadden who earned an Inclusive Educator Award for her work to support the inclusion of unique learners. The award is given by Intermediate School District 917. Read more: bit.ly/bps-inclusive-…

Reading is RAD! Our annual Read-A-Thon from January 13-January 26 encourages the love of reading and is also our biggest fundraiser of the year. Check out NH's 23-24 Read-A-Thon video created by Mr. Z and our NH staff: youtube.com/watch?v=1bcSzi…