Anthony and Nurse Jen took some kids to MSU for a visit last Friday. At the end of the visit the kids got to show their competitive and team work skills in a few games in the gym! We also went through Minneopa State Park and saw some Bison before heading to the campus.
MNCS received a $10k Rural School Innovation grant from Compeer Financial to purchase a mobile kitchen to help students learn healthy ways of preparing and serving nutritious foods.
More Arboretum Fun!!! The Minnesota Arboretum proved to be both beautiful and impressive! There was so much for students to see and do! Students enjoyed everything from the nature exhibits, the gardens, walking trails, mazes, and so much more! What a great way to spend the day with fellow MNCS friends and learn!
MNCS Elementary students visited the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum today for an Experience Friday! Rain or shine, students were able to appreciate some outstanding displays of nature and horticulture! What a fun learning experience- letting nature be our classroom for the day!
A crew of cookie makers had fun making and baking "the best chocolate cookies"!
We do projects here. This student’s project is designing and constructing a bench for the Ney Nature Center.
We are excited to announce that the CHARTER SCHOOL DAY at the St. Paul Saints baseball game will be Sunday, June 12th. This event builds on the successful Charter School Day last August at a MN Twins Game.
If you have never had the opportunity to attend a St. Paul Saints Game you have missed a wonderful experience – not only good baseball, but a lot of interesting on field events and entertainment.
TICKETS for the June 12th St. Paul Saints vs the Rochester Red Wings (Rochester New Tour) are only $17 each – which also includes a St. Paul Saints Baseball Cap.
All charter school families are invited to participate in this fun event.
We look forward to seeing you on June 12th in Lowertown St. Paul at CHS Field.
MNCS Elementary students recently had the opportunity to learn how to make maple syrup! Students experienced hands-on learning and how to take the sap of a maple tree and turn it into pure maple syrup! The process includes tapping the tree, collecting the sap, boiling it into syrup, and the best part- sampling the finished product! YUM!!!
We were out at Edgewood Farm today setting up and decorating for prom which takes place Saturday night! It turned out beautifully!
Group of students visiting Branson, Missouri during their experience week. Look at that gorgeous weather!
Students created unique jars using a fun painting method! Students put the mason jars upside down and picked their favorite paint colors which all went into a cup. Then each student slowly poured the paint in a circular motion around the bottom of the jars so it flowed down, creating different designs and texture! Using all sorts of alternating colors, the jars turned out so vivid and colorful and students had a lot of fun creating them!
MNCS Elementary students in all grades have been working on their Batiking art projects. Students picked an initial and were told to create and personalize a designed frame around that letter that was unique to them. Batiking is the art of wax-resistant dye on fabrics to create beautiful and colorful designs. With this version of batiking, students used glue instead of wax and paint instead of dyes. The older students will be making something out of their batiking project such as a book cover, pillow, or whatever creative item students can think of! What a great project to learn a traditional method of dyeing fabrics from around the world and create something uniquely beautiful!
The Art & Science group were learning and experimenting with polymers today and how they are apart of our everyday lives. The list of products that contain polymers is almost endless!
Anthony's Experience crew is out at Unimin everyday this week to clean up bird houses and get them ready for the 22-23 Rental Season. Looks like more fun than work! :)
Here are some photos from the Science and Art experience group. Yesterday they had fun with clay, today they were working on drawing with perspective!
After the Culinary Experience crew visited Hennepin Technical College they were onward to Minnesota Nice Cream, a small locally owned business in NE Minneapolis. Yuummmm!
On Monday the Culinary Experience crew visited Hennepin Technical college in Brooklyn Park to lean about their offerings, specifically the Culinary Education. Got up close and personal with Chef Tracy and were able to sample some treats the students were preparing.
Minneapolis Institute of ART! Several MNCS Elementary students were able to visit the Art Museum last Friday! Housing over 90,000 works of art and representing global exhibitions, history, fostering creativity, and inspiring our students as they explored the ART!
Enrollment forms are due April 5th if you would like to be apart of our '22-23 lottery! Lottery is held on April 18th. You will be notified a few days after if you have been drawn or if you will be placed on our waitlist. https://www.newcountryschool.com/page/enrollment
On Friday a group of MNCS students participated in a Short Comics Workshop with artist/illustrator extraordinaire, Kat Baumann. Special thanks to Kat for being our teacher and to The Wooden Spoon in Mankato for hosting us.
