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Elementary Announcements

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Announcements

Upcoming Dates to Remember...

5/28 - Early Release (1:00pm Elementary) - Last Day Of School Picnic!

Early Release - Bus Schedules:

Palmer Buses

Trailblazer Transit

5/29 - Valleyfair Day (optional for 6th grade students)

**Click here to check out the MNCS 2024-2025 Calendar

Nuts and Bolts

Nuts and Bolts

We're excited to invite you to join the Minnesota New Country School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)!

This is your chance to actively contribute to our school community, help plan fun events, and advocate for students' needs.

Thank you for your continued support! We value your input and appreciate our MNCS parents!

Please contact Angel Ingles for more information!

picture day

School Pictures

Picture proof packets have already been sent home and you can also view your child's pictures on the Strawbridge website too. If you have not ordered yet, there's still time to do so! Ordering details and the code are located inside of the picture proof packet.

Ordering Information:

Go to https://www.strawbridge.net/code-lookup/ and search "Minnesota New Country Elementary School"

Click the school code and fill out the form to proceed to the order page.

Questions? Strawbridge has a wonderful customer service and will be able to answer your questions! Live Chat is available on the Strawbridge website. You can also email at: customerservice@strawbridge.net or you can call their customer service line at 866-624-6229.

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Orders placed more than 5 days after picture day/retake day may incur a fee of $6.99 for shipping & handling. This is due to the package being shipped alone and not with the group of orders coming to the school.

Yearbook

2024-2025 MNCS Elementary Yearbooks

It's not too late...you can still order an MNCS Elementary 24-25 school yearbook! We will have order forms available at our Last Day of School Picnic- Wednesday, May 28th. Once printed and ready, orders will be sent directly to your home address.

Yearbooks preserve precious memories, encompassing milestones, events, and the students and friends who made this past school year amazing! It is sure to be a treasured keepsake for years to come! This year's yearbook is published through Student Treasures. You can choose to order from either a softcover book for $25.95 or a standard hardcover book for $30.95.

We look forward to another great school year ahead and more wonderful memories and experiences to be made!  

ALL MNCS Families, New, & Existing Students Need To Be Registered through JMC!

If you have not done so already, you will need to log into our JMC portal and make sure ALL of your forms have been submitted (double-check even if you have already filled them out). 

If you have any questions about the process that the video is unable to answer or are unable to log in, please contact us via email:

Jake Zeiher - jzeiher@newcountryschool.com or

Nick Ryan - nryan@newcountryschool.com

UPDATE Your Contact Information  

Please update your contact information in the JMC Portal. Starting January 2022, you will be receiving emails through MNCS Website/JMC (High School Announcements, Covid Response, along with School Closing, etc). 

For more information and log in, instructions CLICK HERE

JMC Update

Other Information

Experiences/ Field Trips

Wednesday, May 28th (Early Release Day): ELEM Last Day of School Picnic!

We want to invite all MNCS Elementary families to join us for the Last Day of School Picnic on Wednesday, May 28th!

Time: 11:00am

Location: Allanson's Park in Henderson- (500 South St in Henderson at the picnic shelter/playground). Families can take their student(s) home once done. If you are unable to attend, after the picnic we will travel back to school in time for normal early release after school bussing and parent pick up.

Potluck: Please bring a dish or dessert to share! If you bring an item that needs to be chilled, if you could bring some ice and a pan to hold it in, that would be great! We will be grilling out and provide hot dogs, chips, and beverages.

Come and join us in celebration of what a wonderful school year this has been and we hope to see you all there!

Thursday, May 29th: Valley Fair (Anaconda's Class Only-Optional)

For students in Mr. Cory Anda's class that have completed all of their work by May 15th, they will have the option to go to Valley Fair on Thursday, May 29th. If you would like to know if your child has work left to do please email Cory Anda. This is an optional day and if a student has their work done and doesn't want to go to Valley Fair then they will not need to come to school that day. Cost is $30. If a student has a year pass they can just use that and not have to worry about paying. Online payment is available HERE.

**Tickets can NOT be purchased after 5/14/25

Important Transportation Information:

There will be normal Palmer and Trailblazer busing in AM to school

Bus leaves MNCS @ 8:30am to head to Valleyfair

Bus leaves Valleyfair @ 4:00pm to head back to school

ONLY Palmer bus will drop off at Le Sueur (drop off @ 5:10pm), St. Peter (drop off @ 5:30pm) & Mankato (drop off @ 5:45pm) in PM

NO trailblazer in PM if you ride trailblazer, you will need to get picked up from the school after Valleyfair

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Wish List

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Hot lunch Menu March

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MNCS School Lunch

UPDATE: While in process of the application with National School Lunch Program, the MNCS Nutrition & Compost Team has decided to take advantage of our newly licensed kitchen and provide a hot lunch one day per week to both sites- MNCS Elementary and High School! Hot lunch meals will be provided every Tuesday (starting January 7th, 2025) at no charge. Cold lunches will still be available to students for FREE every day (cold lunches consist of sandwich option or Lunchable).

We will always ensure that our students are given a meal in the chance that they forget to bring a lunch from home.

Free and Reduced Lunch Program: Parents need to fill out this form Application for Educational Benefits . You can turn applications into the Administrative Assistants at either school or send to Carrie Rice, MNCS Nutrition Manager at crice@newcountryschool.com

YEARLY MILK SUBSCRIPTION

Yearly Milk Subscription- Milk is available for elementary students.  To purchase ONE milk a day for your child, cost is $50 per child per year. To purchase TWO milks a day for your child, cost is $100 per child per year. Checks can be made payable to MNCS or online payment through our MNCS Online Store (Here)

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