Clara Barton Open School

The Hills are Alive!

The Commons was alive with the sound of music, laughter and applause during last week's three smash-hit performances of the Uppers' musical. See more exciting photos from rehearsals and the performances of The Sound of Music here.

Leadership Council Endorsement Ballot

Each adult in a Barton household has nine votes to endorse parent members for participation on next year's Leadership Council.  Your child should have brought home a ballot with last week's Bugle, or you can print one from the links below.  Please return the ballot to your child's teacher by Thursday, May 29.  

Ballot:  Download official_ballot_check_box_0809.pdf

Candidate Statements:  Download Candidate_Statements_2008.pdf

Camping at Baker Park

Last week's camping trip to Baker Park for Kristen, Dawn, and Christina's classrooms was a great success.  Here are comments from student teacher, Erin. 

"Camp was fabulous!  I had such a great time and I know the kids did, too.  Thank you so much, parents, for all that you did in making camp such a success.  I had many parents asking me over the two days if I would ever consider taking first and second graders camping in the future.  My response to them was “Of course! So long as the parents were as great as Barton parents.”  It was truly amazing to see the children out in nature."

 

 More photos are available at: http://www.kinneavy.com/room102/2007_2008/index.html

Uppers Spring Musical - The Sound of Music

This year's spring musical is The Sound of Music, directed by Grant Richey, Tinia Moulder, and Dawn Allan.  Performances are:

Wednesday, May 21 at 7:00 pm
Thursday, May 22 at 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm

Enjoy a preview by the Laura Balfour Company to Edelweiss.

Tickets at the door, $3 per person and $10 per family.  Please call the Community Education office at 668-3585 if you have questions.

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!!

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