Upcoming Events

Event- No School-Report Card Pick-Up
Date: 11/13/19

Event: Family Game Night
Date: 11/15/19
Time: 6:30-8:30

Event: Parent SEL Book Club
Date: 11/19/19
Time: 5:30
Location: TBD

Event: LSC Meeting
No Pre-K on agenda)
Date: 11/19/19
Time: 6:00
Location: Auditorium

Event: Thanksgiving Break
Dates: 11/28 and 11/29

​​News and Announcements

Student Council Holiday Food Drive

​In the spirit of giving, Student Council will be hosting their annual Holiday Food Drive for New Hope Food Pantry! The food pantry is requesting the following items: boxed stuffing mix (Stove Top), cake and brownie mixes, cornbread mixes (Jiffy), canned goods, and gravy packets. The class that brings the most food will receive an in-class recess or free choice time. All donations will be collected the week of November 18-22. Thank you for all your support!

PTO Family Game Night

The NPS PTO invites all NPS families to our Family Game Night on Friday, November 15th from 6:30 - 8:30pm. Bring your favorite board game to share and come ready for a fun time! See the attached flier for more information: Game Night 2019.jpg

Elementary School GoCPS Application

The GoCPS Elementary Application for magnet and other selective enrollment schools is now open. Siblings of current magnet students may apply to NPS through this application, but there is not a guarantee siblings will have a spot at NPS. Please know that in recent years we have been very short on classroom space and have been able to offer very few to no lottery spots. We strongly encourage lottery families with siblings to have strong second and third options. Please see the attached document for more information: FAQs_2020-2021_ElementarySchools_v3.pdf and a letter to parents from CPS Department of Access and Enrollment: Letter to parents re sibling and preschool_2020-2021.pdf

Volunteer Project
​ of the Month

All NPS families and community members are invited to take part in our Volunteer Projects of the Month. Each month we will have a new project designed to help NPS in a specific way. November is painting projects around the school part 2 (we were a little short of time in October).
Any amount of time helps. Come in for an hour or two, we'd love to have your help in meeting our goal of giving various areas of the school a fresh coat of paint. Email Ms. Rajanen (kfrajanen@cps.edu) to set up a time to come in!

Parent Book Club

Ms. Cuvalo would like to invite all NPS families interested to join the Parent Book Club. The first meeting is scheduled for January 14th at 5:30pm in room 211. The first book selection is I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez. Please send an email to NCuvalo@cps.edu if you are interested in joining or if you have any questions. Happy Reading!

​Sticky Fingers Cooking Club

We are excited to welcome Sticky Fingers Cooking Club to Norwood Park this winter. They will be providing an after school cooking club for students in grades K-5th. Please see the attached flier for more specific information and links to sign up! Sticky Fingers Cooking Eflyer, Norwood Elementary School, Winter Session 2019-2020.pdf

Parent SEL Book Club

SEL Parent Book Club
All NPS parents and caregivers are invited to join the SEL Parent Book Club. We will be reading the book Yardsticks by Chip Wood. Stop by the main office to pick up your free copy! The dates/times and pages we will be discussing are below. Please contact Ms. Rajanen (kfrajanen@cps.edu) or Ms. Irwin (mlirwin@cps.edu) with any questions. Hope to see you then!
Session 2: November 18th, 5:30pm or November 22nd, 8:15am. Chapters focusing on 6 - 9 year olds (pgs. 43 - 93).
Session 3: December 10th, 5:30pm or December 13th, 8:15am. Chapters focusing on 10 - 14 year olds (pgs. 109 - 173).
Before & After Care
Enrollment Form
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Before and After School Care 2019/20
File Size: 118 kb
File Type: pdf
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School Hours
Hours: 8:15-3:15
Earliest Drop off: 8:00

CPS 2019/2020 Calendar

2019-2020 CPS Calendar​
Norwood Park School in the snow
Drawing the Notre Dame in Architecture Club.
Student Art Tiles
Spanish Book Club Fun!
Picture of 100 NPS Celebration
New Whiteboard Tables for use during 5th Grade Math.
Mr. Coors
Celebrating inclusion at NPS.

School Partners

LEAP Innovations is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization connecting innovation and education to reinvent our one-size-fits-all system and transform the way kids learn. 
Facing History and Ourselves uses history to teach empathy in classrooms around the globe. Our school is committed to using Facing History in our classrooms and across the school community in order to positively impact school culture.
Calm Classroom is the largest provider of school-wide mindfulness programming in the U.S. We are committed to cultivating peaceful, engaged classrooms and school communities by empowering students and teachers with mindfulness skills that support mental and emotional wellbeing.