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Please join the Barton School community for an evening of roller skating fun at the Roller Garden in St. Louis Park TONIGHT (Thursday, February 23)from 6 to 8 PM. Admission is $4.00, which includes free roller skate rental, in-line skate rental is $3.00 more.
The Roller Garden is located one block west of Highway 100, exiting on the Minnetonka Blvd. exit, next to the Marathon Gas station.
Students' bright and beautiful winter artwork adorns the hallway outside Claire's room.
The Welcome / Response board in Mark's room is part of a responsive classroom.
5th and 6th grade students created monarch butterfly books.
After a long absence, the minutes of the Barton Leadership Council meetings have returned to this website. Please scroll down to find the sidebar to the left labeled COUNCIL MINUTES.
The next meeting is Thursday, March 9th at 6:00 pm in the 2nd floor resource area outside the 3rd and 4th grade classrooms. All meetings are open to any member of the Barton Community. For more information about the Leadership Council see the sidebar at left labeled BARTON LEADERSHIP COUNCIL.
Students from Ambers’ World War II and the Holocaust class collaborated to design and paint canvases illustrating what they had learned during the semester. The class studied World War II history and geography focusing on the Holocaust at its roots. The canvases are on display in the uppers' hallway. For more photos click here.
“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main, if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less . . . any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind . . . therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” John Donne
After studying the Civil Rights Movement and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Amber’s 7th and 8th grade Social Studies class constructed an “eternal flame of justice”. Each individual composed a metaphor based on a civil rights issue and then collaborated to construct a mural of all the metaphors together. It is displayed in the uppers hallway. For more photos click here.
Olympians Scott Bjugstad (1984 Men’s Hockey) and Karyn Bye-Dietz (1998 and 2002 Women’s Hockey) spoke with Barton students on Wednesday morning.
Scott talked about his dream to play on his high school team and how he ended up playing for many years with the best players in hockey despite many obstacles. Scott’s 1984 team did not win a medal, but he said it was the journey to the Olympics where his dreams were realized. His message to the kids was to believe in their dreams. “If you don’t believe, you can’t succeed!”
Karyn told of being the only girl on her high school team and setting new goals for herself every year. Her message for the students was to “have a dream, believe in yourself, set goals for yourself, and accept people for who they are.”
A local film crew was also there and produced a segment for the evening news. Read their story here.
An article in this week's Bugle addresses ways for parents to help their children with use of the Internet. The two sites listed with safety information and tips for parents are: http://www.blogsafety.com/ and http://www.wiredsafety.org/
KNOCK, a design firm where Barton parent and council member Steve Richter is a partner, is working on designing the 2006 Children's Theatre materials. The materials will show beautiful portraits of kids that enjoy Children's Theatre. We have some of the top commercial photography talent and are looking for a variety of interesting looking kids and a range of ethnicity. The casting sessions will occur February 6 and 7th at the CTC. All inquiries or interested parties should contact Jen Rico: 612-333-6511.
