Elementary Announcements
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Announcements
Upcoming Dates to Remember...
4/17-4/21 - No School - Block Break
4/23 - Early Release (1:00pm Elementary)
Early Release - Bus Schedules:
4/25 - "The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical" at Stages Theater
5/2 - No School
5/15 - 6th Grade Presentation Night
5/19 - 5/23 - Elementary Experience Week
5/22 - Presentation Night (both Elementary & High School)
5/26 - No School - Memorial Day
5/28 - Early Release (1:00pm Elementary) - Last Day Of School!
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!
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.
2024-2025 MNCS Elementary Yearbooks: Pre-Order Yours Today!
Our 2024-2025 MNCS Elementary Yearbook is now available to pre-order! 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 will be 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. If you are interested in owning a copy, families can order yearbooks online here: https://studentreasures.com/preorder or you can fill out a paper order form. Paper order forms have already been sent home with your child.
Please make sure to place your order by Monday, April 21st so we can get an accurate number of orders. We apologize for the short notice and appreciate your understanding and support! We want to get the orders in soon so that there is time for students to view and have their friends sign before the end of the school year!
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
Other Information
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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)
2024-2025 Classroom Supply List
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On your next Amazon purchase shop through AmazonSmile - AmazonSmile donates 0.5% of your purchases to MNCS, at no extra cost to you! Already set up, THANK YOU! If you are using AmazonSmile on your mobile app, it may need to be renewed.
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