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  • 2008/2009 District Calendar
  • 2007/2008 District Calendar
    APRIL
    MAY
    8 Kindergarten Round-Up 9:30 AM
    8 Spring Options Classes 12:55 PM (Th)
    8 Leadership Council Meeting - CANCELLED
    8 Area C Parent Forum 6:30-8:30 PM at Windom Spanish Dual Immerson
    9 Plant Sale Pick Up 2-7 PM
    10 Plant Sale Pick up 9 AM - 3 PM
    13 Spring Options Classes 12:55 PM (T)
    14 Spring Options Classes 12:55 PM (W)
    15 Spring Band Concert 9 AM & 7 PM
    16 Council Candidate Statements due
    17 Clean Air Fair 9-11 AM
    20 Principal/Council Parent Conversation
    21 Uppers Musical Sound of Music
    22 Uppers Musical Sound of Music
    23 Deadline for Kindergarten Registration
    26 No School K-8: Memorial Day
    27-28 Lake Pepin Field Trip for Rooms 209, 211, 218 and 220
    29 Leadership Council Meeting 6-8 PM
    JUNE
    3 Spring Strings Concert 9 AM & 7 PM
    6 Lake Day Awards Program 10 AM
    9 Uppers Exhibition/Portfolio 4-6 PM
    10 8th Grade Graduation Program 4 PM
    11 Last Day for Students K-8
    12 Last Day for Teaching Staff
    19 Area C Parent Forum 6:30-8:30 PM at Burroughs Community School
    JULY
    8-11 First Week of Summer School (T-F)
    14-17 Second Week of Summer School (M-Th)
    21-24 Third Week of Summer School (M-Th)
    28-31 Fourth Week of Summer School (M-Th)
    AUGUST
    25 First Day for All Teaching Staff
    28 Meet Your Teacher Social
    SEPTEMBER
    1 Labor Day Holiday

School Tours / Info For Prospective Parents

Minneapolis Public School - Referendum 2008

Please join fellow MPS parents and community members to learn about the 2008 Referendum Campaign.

Wednesday, May 14
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Burroughs School
1601 W. 50th Street

Guest speakers will include:

Courtney Cushing Kiernat, Referendum Volunteer Co-Chair and Kenwood School parent

Hussein Samatar, Referendum Volunteer Co-Chair and future Seward School parent

Paul Rohlfing, Referendum Campaign Manager

Dan Loewenson, MPS Board and Community Liason

Plant Sale Pick-up Friday and Saturday!!

Mossroses_2 Don't forget that your plants are available for pick-up at Barton on Friday, May 9,  2:00 - 7:00 PM and Saturday, May 10, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM.  Please wait until 2:00 on Friday to pick up your plants to make sure to allow bus traffic to go smoothly.

VOLUNTEERS are still needed to help during the pick-up times.  Please call Nancy Polacek if you are available for a shift on Friday or Saturday (612-823-3640). 

WAGONS are needed to assist customers in filling their orders.  If you are have a wagon to loan us, please drop it off in the front hallway in school before Friday.  Please label your wagon with your family name and phone number.

Thank you!

Area C Meeting May 8

Fellow parents,

Please consider joining us for an Area C meeting on May 8 at Windom Dual Spanish Immersion School. We will have presentations on gang awareness and bus/transportation issues. Our speaker is William Vominguez, who is from El Salvador and was a gang member himself, and comes highly recommended from La Oportunidad, one of the MPS Community Partners. In an attempt to provide more outreach to our Latino families, he will be doing the presentation in Spanish with interpretation services provided to our English speaking parents. The bus portion of the agenda, including safety and concerns about drivers, will be conducted in English by Roy Hallenger. Marianne Norris, our Area C Superintendent, is available at the end of the program for Q & A regarding general district issues.

Interpretation services for Somali and Hmong are also provided, as well as bilingual child care.

Windom Spanish Dual Immersion & Open School
5821 Wentworth Avenue South
6:30 - 8:30 pm
Media Center

Download May_8_08_Area_Forum_Flyer_English.pdf

Welcoming, Honoring, and Connecting Event

The Minnesota Parent Center/MN PIRC, is offering "Welcoming, Honoring, and Connecting," a free event for parents of Minnesota children. On May 1, a free dinner celebrates parents' dedication to helping their children succeed in school. On May 2, a free conference explores ways parents can support their children's education. Both days feature an exciting speaker; the conference includes helpful workshops that will inspire parents to help their children learn in new ways. Advance registration and application are required. Limited stipends are available for child care and travel, if requested. 

Minnesota Parent Center is Minnesota's Parental Information and Resource Center (MN PIRC), a federally funded project that works statewide to build effective parental involvement in Title I schools. For more information, visit http://www.pacer.org/mpc/index.asp, or call 952.838.9000.

Leadership Council Meeting

Minutes from the April 10 Leadership Council meeting have been posted to the site.  The 2008/2009 budget and a new after school Minneapolis Kids program at Barton were topics discussed.  Our next council meeting is scheduled for tomorrow, April 24 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm in room 216.  You can read about the details from this meeting and previous meetings in the right hand column of this page.  Just scroll down to the heading COUNCIL MINUTES. 

Plant Sale Extended to Thursday

The deadline for the annual Barton plant sale has been extended.  Thursday, April 24  is the VERY LAST DAY  to turn in plant sale order forms.

Hopes and Dreams

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20080421_0183_4 Our students' "hopes and dreams" are in bloom on the south side of the school!

Wolf Ridge Environmental Trip

20080326_0016  Here are just some of the life experiences and great memories the middles students can claim after their three day trip to Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center in Finland, Minnesota:

  • chickadee perched on your head and eating from your hand
  • jumping off a 25 foot high platform and zip-lining down to the ground
  • catching your teachers laughing uncontrollably
  • losing your boot in deep snow, and digging for 30 minutes to find it
  • learning to use a compass and find a place based on orienteering instructions
  • noticing a white-tailed deer track between your snow shoes
  • getting stuck on the tight rope and having your friends give you the courage to walk to the end
  • learning how to cross country ski

Click here to see more photos from the trip.

6th Graders Receive Award in District Math Competition

6th_grade_math_photo Seven 6th grade "mathletes" spent an entire Saturday morning back in March competing in the annual Minneapolis Public Schools district math competition.   The very happy smiles in the photo show the student's enthusiasm for this event and their pride at winning third place in the team competition!  Congratulations 6th graders on your success in the competition and your hard work during and after school preparing for the event!  Thanks to parent coaches Jeanne Arp and Karen Fassett-Carman.

Spring Break!

Barton_0034 Don't forget that Spring Break begins with no school on Friday, March 28thClasses resume Monday, April 7th.

Have a restful and safe Spring Break!  And, if you can, sell a few GREEN PLANTS!

Maybe Sue's buckets on the maple trees will have some sap in them by then!