Every week students are receiving achievement awards for academics and leadership!

Re-Enrollment is now open for current students 2024-2025

(Secure your spots for next year! As of February 1st, we opened enrollment to new students.)

ONE MORE QC PIZZA NIGHT!!!

*$5.00 is donated to our school (for the playground) for every pizza sold on Wednesdays this month)

• Wednesday, April 24 - QC Pizza Night!

Thursday, April 25 - Family Engagement Night (4:00 - 6:00)

• Kindergarten Open House
• Free Food, MN Science Museum Math Night Interactive Stations

Monday, April 29 MS Field Trip "Wildnerness Inquiry - Canoemobile"

Friday, May 3 MPR Assembly "e(L)ement musicians

Monday, May 6 K and 1st grade to Orchestra Hall

Week of May 6 - 10 Teacher and Staff Appreciation

Friday, May 10 - School Carnival (4:00 - 7:00 PM)

Wednesday, May 15 NMFA School Board Meeting 4:00 **We still need more parents on our board!!

Friday, May 17 - Finding Nemo Jr. Musical

• Day 9:00 AM and evening performances (TBD)

Thursday, May 23 - Spring Music Concert and Art Show (9:00 AM)

Friday, May 24 MPR assembly "Paper Clips" performance

Monday, May 27 No School Memorial Day

Tuesday, May 28 K-2 Field Trip to Como Zoo

Thursday, May 30 - Band and Orchestra Concert 9:00 AM

Friday, May 31 3rd and 4th grade Field Trip

Friday, May 31 Student Council has planned SPRING FLING DANCES

• 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM K-4 with parents
• 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM 5th - 8th Grade (parents my drop off, staff chaperoning)

Monday June 3 MS Valleyfair Field Trip (extended day, parents will need to pick students up at school at approximately 5:30/6:00)

Wednesday, June 4 Kindergarten and 8th Grade Graduations (More info to come)

Thursday, June 5 - Track and Field Day AND Last Day of School!!

June 17 - 28 MITL MN Institute for Talented Youth Summer Program

ESY Summer Program (TBD)

Miss Jennie!!

Simply the Best!!!!

🥰

Kindergarten: Earth Day celebration activities

First Grade: Adding and subtracting; permission slips are due for Orchestra Hall

Second Grade: Earth Day activities; measurement unit in math; and cursive handwriting

Third Grade: Multiplication and division in math; recycling for Earth Day; and starting a unit about Biographies

Fourth Grade: Earth Week activities; starting a unit on the States

Middle School: Finishing MCAs; ELA classes are starting work on argumentative 5 paragraph essays

Middle School Math MCAs

5th grade one step equations

6th grade integers

7th grade equations

8th factoring polynomials

Middle School Social Studies

5th grade American revolution

6th grade World War I

7th grade Reconstruction after Civil War

8th grade Middle Ages

Middle School Science

Plants and animals

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Every Wednesday in the month of April, QC Pizza in Mahtomedi has generously offered to donate $5 for EVERY PIZZA ORDERED (not just orders from our school, but orders from the community as a whole) back to our to school towards our fundraising efforts for a NEW PLAYGROUND FOR OUR STUDENTS!! We are excited about the idea of a new playground! We can do this! We created a library for a students - we can build them a new playground! Check out QC's menu! https://qc.pizza

We are in need of a few donations this year to make the carnival a success. Below is an abbreviated list, but at the link following you will find our full "wish list". 😁. Please consider making a small donation, or even donating something similar that may not be on this list. THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

• Temporary Hair Color Spray
• Little Debbie Cookie Variety Packs
• Little Debbie Zebra Cakes
• Little Debbie Cosmic Brownies

https://a.co/4UxvhpK

This spring we are receiving numerous Twins tickets for families. All the April game tickets have been taken. Stay tuned for the Twins game tickets we have for May!

Throughout the year we practice many different types of safety drills; such as fire, lockdown/holds and tornado.

This year North Metro Flex Academy has been chosen by Disney Musicals in Schools to learn and perform the musical version Finding Nemo! This is an amazing opportunity to introduce your student to the world of theater. The show will be directed by three North Metro Flex Academy staff and two Teaching Artists hired by Disney whose expertise is in musical theater and working with students.

It meets via Zoom on the First Tuesday of the month from 11:00am - 12:00pm Central Time.

Dates for Spring 2024: February 6, March 5, April 2, May 7, June 4

MCGT's Discussion groups are open to everyone, no registration required, drop in and join us!

Join Zoom Meeting:
https://zoom.us/j/94428468815?pwd=c01jYXlZdDhKeDVmT2tBcnI4Slp2UT09

Meeting ID: 944 2846 8815
Passcode: 808798

And don't miss MCGT's other Discussion Groups, Building Bridges and Lean on Me!

Call the office at 651-300-6300 or email the Orchestra Teacher directly

GenieMeltzer@gmail.com

There is still space available for students to enroll in our afterschool program. Please note that county assistance is not available for this program. If you would like to enroll or have any questions, please email info@nmfamn.org.

Attending school regularly helps children feel better about school - and themselves. Let's help our NMFA children by building the habit of a good attendance record early which will lead to success in the classroom!

School hours are: 7:30am – 2:00pm

School doors for parent pick up in the morning: 7:15am - 7:30 AM

School doors for parents pick up open in the afternoon: 2:00pm

PARENTS - DROP OFF AND PICK UP REMINDERS

All students must be signed in by an adult after 7:30 AM. Students will be marked tardy if they are arriving after 7:45 AM.

Any students being dropped off in the morning should be brought to the cul-de-sac on Helen Street until 7:30 AM. If you are needing to pick up your student who normally rides a bus, please call the office no later than 1pm to notify the front desk. They will get the message to their teacher.

For students who ride bus stops, your students must be at their assigned stop 5 minutes prior to the pick up time.

If your student is sick, please leave a message on the attendance line, utilize the attendance form on our website, or use the JMC Family App to submit attendance. As a general reminder, students will be sent home from school if they have a fever of 100 or over, they have vomited or have diarrhea. We may also call to ask that you pick your student up if they are not able to participate in class due to feeling ill. Students should be kept home until they are fever, vomit, or diarrhea free for 24 hours with no medication. Students who miss 3 or more days will need a doctors note.

Please call the front office if you are needing to speak with a staff member directly, or send an email to that staff member. During the day they may not be available to take a call directly but will call you back as soon they have a free moment.

Buses A, B, D, S2 AM ..... (651-621-1980)

Buses C, S2 PM ............. (651-777-2319)

East side Families ......... (612-808-8868)

Please see the link below to enroll in a free weekend meal program! If you are interested and sign up student will receive 1 bag of ingredients. You have different options to choose from as well. All information requested in the form is for the school only.

NMFA Every Meal Sign up

Carter Yang

Sonja Palkowitsch

Bilal Jiru

Amos Moses

Bentley Hartman

Emmanuel Merchant

Mariska Herbst

Harper Reed

Miguel Rivera Reyes

Joseph Moijueh

Jabari Collins

Ace Halvorson

Skylar Westerman

Zoey Cook

Hamza Abdulahi

Charlyn Tefeck

Bishop Jackson

Mia Arroyo-Guerra

Join MCGT for a Lean on Me Discussion Group! It meets via Zoom on the Fourth Tuesday of the month from 7:30pm - 8:30pm Central Time.

Dates for Spring 2024: January 23, February 27, March 26, April 23, May 28, June 25

MCGT's Discussion groups are open to everyone, no registration required, drop in and join us!

You are not alone in this journey of parenting bright children. Find your people in this monthly discussion group where we talk about raising gifted, creative & talented children. The group focuses on listening, generating ideas, resource sharing, and is for anyone who is a caregiver of elementary and teenage gifted, creative and talented kids.

Join a Zoom meeting:

https://mcgt.wildapricot.org/EmailTracker/LinkTracker.ashx?linkAndRecipientCode=%2fo18C9zwBietmMqeoePKp1ZnygmbuBblu5ytsbHqcrcSYzedRNxJ40gRr9S2Imdua%2fpQcvRbTzhJYd0UhVB4nAhe%2bUp6U%2fyzUhK5dxrf1iI%3d

Passcode: 161757
Meeting ID: 951 4069 1227

And don't miss MCGT's other Discussion Groups, Talented Tots and Building Bridges!

o Debbie Kranz ~ Principal dkranz@nmfamn.org

o Dave Isaacson ~ Special Education Coordinator disaacson@nmfamn.org

o Chelsea Smieja ~ Operations Manager csmieja@nmfamn.org

o Jenny Hubin ~ Office Assistant jhubin@nmfamn.org

Where You're Challenged and... Belong

Email: info@nmfamn.org
Website: www.nmfamn.org
Location: 2350 Helen Street North, North Saint Paul, MN, USA
Phone: (651)300-6300
Facebook: https://facebook.com/NorthMetroFlexAcademy/