Volume 14, Issue 9 May 3, 2017

Frances Norton Elementary School

Knights Knotes

May 1-5 Staff Appreciation Week

8 STAAR Testing Math 3rd, 4th, 6th

STAAR Retest Math 5th

9 STAAR Testing Reading 3rd, 4th, 6th

STARR Retest Reading 5th

10 National School Nurses day

STAAR Testing Science 5th

12 Spring Carnival

16 PTA Meeting / 4th and 5th grade Recorder Recital 7pm

17 International Bike to School Day

19 World Cultures Day

26 Field Day

29 Holiday: Memorial Day

30 Kinder Review 8:30am

End of Year Parties Kindergarten 11-12:30 Watters Crossing

Pavilion

31 End of Year Parties 1st Grade: 12:30-1:15 Norton Shade Structure

2nd Grade: 11:15-12:45 Watters Crossing Pavilion

3rd Grade: 1:45-2:30 Watters Crossing Pavilion

4th Grade: 12:45-1:30 Gym

6th Grade: noon-2:30 Off Campus

June 1 Last day of School / Flag Ceremony

Read In

6th Grade Graduation 10-11am Gym

6th Grade Reception 11am-12pm MPR End of Year Party 5th Grade 1– 1:45pm Cafeteria

All student library books are due to the Norton library on May 12.

Library inventory will occur May 15-19.

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Week of March 24 K: Charissa Yang, Collin Islas, Imaan Ahmad 1st: Amara Hunyh, Rithya Cheela, Rehana Shipchandler, Camden Carter 2nd: Bennett Crawford, Zachary Barraza, Joe Gillard, Roberto Friedrich 3rd: Sophia Cochran, Cole Dolton, Jake Zaino 4th: Adeline Wallace, Nathan Stilovich, Jace Hardin, Joshua Varughese 5th: Mason Graham, Jisoo Kwon, Kiehl Sutton, Katelynn Buford 6th: Ashlyn Dolton, Philip Ma, Kyle Cekinovich, Emma Reysa

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Week of April 7 K: Sloane Hill, Brenna Conoly, Ashland Parks, Serenity Bell 1st: Gavin Moss, Honor McCorkle, Noah Goclano, Beck-ham Alcorn 2nd: Addison Taylor, Nicole Kim, Janie Kim, Paxton Bruns 3rd: Kaden McAllister, Emma West 4th: Tanner Bookout, Darrion Nguyen, Josef Dean, Briana Griffen Cravin 5th: Kyle Hernandez, Mikayla McClain, Chris Mendez, Trent Neighbour, 6th: Marina Martinez, Matthew Lengel, Chris Walls, Breckan Cooper

Week of March 31 K: Grayson Alfred-Jackson, Ryan Faraj, Mila Millhorn, Eden Asbill 1st: Madison Oerke, Max Neuf, Ben Kim, Leona Hidi 2nd: Evan Savitch, Ryan Garcia, Matt Dowdy, Linda Jiang 3rd: Nathan Murillo, Ivy Elliott, Hailey Copeland 4th: Ellis Giese, Kathryn Herbig, Kayla Bui, Caroline Matthews 5th: Emma Garrison, Travis Beach, Daniela Movshis, Raven Harrison 6th: Logan Phillips, Michael Oake, Samuel Xu, Haiying Shen

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Week of April 21 K: Michael Parker, Rishika Bansal, Fiona Inman, Ozzy Laguna 1st: Alisyn Sehnert, Molly Wallace, Caleb Hudson, Keer-thana Aran Kumar 2nd: Mason Arroyo, Warren Hermanto, Bryce Chacon, Jack Roberts 3rd: Lizzy Halliburton, Chloe, Cracknell, 4th: David Yu, Nadia Lu, Jace Hardin, Maggie Nesin 5th: Micah Gadd, Grace Glotzbach, Dylan Little, 6th: Claudia Kim, Simmi Purohit, Reagan Tuer, Emily Rodriquez

Week of April 14 K: Drayke Trice, Amber Coleman, Aariz Hossain, Jad Faraj 1st: Kenzie Krause, Ramsey Kirkhart, Tess Mancin, Noor Al-Azzawi 2nd: Peyton Cunningham, Aden Julion, Mia Goclano, Mason Kelly 3rd: Addi Mason, Samuel Ko, Kole McAllister 4th: Landon Burkes, Abby Tenner, Sophie McDonald, Eli Luna 5th: Devon Canova, Rachael Gadd, Sophie Ficklin, Miyabi King, 6th: Colton Rovira, Violet, Santillanes, Madison Richardson, Alex Loftus

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NORTON WORLD CULTURE DAY’S

PARADE OF NATIONS MAY 19, 2017

Who: Any Norton student and their family who would like to dress up to represent their native country or culture and carry their native flag.

When: Friday, May 19, 2017

Where: Pre-parade line up in Norton Gym beginning at 7:30 am. Parade will march in Norton hallways to showcase all the wonderful cultures represented at Norton Elementary!

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Stay Informed at Norton

1120 Newport Drive Allen TX 75013

Phone: 972-396-6918

Fax: 972-396-396-6923

Today, I will be a knight in shining armor, I will do more than I have to,

I will treat others the way I want to be treated and I will be the best I can be.

Frances Norton Elementary School

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Get "free money" for Norton Elementary! By using your grocery key tag or reward card, you can support your school at no cost! A percentage of every dollar spent at Kroger and Tom Thumb goes directly to the Norton PTA. This results in several hundred dollars per year being donated to our school! So make sure that all of the grocery shoppers in your household have a rewards card linked to Norton - and tell your neighbors, family, and friends too!!