Lake Nokomis Community School PTA

🎉 Join us for the Lake Nokomis Community Schools End-of-Year Bash! 🎉
Keewaydin & Wenonah families are invited to celebrate the end of an amazing school year with:
✨ Inflatable obstacle courses
✨ Dunk tank
✨ Face painting & balloon twisting
✨ DJ, bubbles, pizza & popcorn
✨ Silent auction baskets created by each grade level
📅 Friday, June 5
⏰ 4:30–7:30 PM
📍 Outside Keewaydin School
We’re also collecting donations for themed auction baskets! Please send in new items that match your student’s grade-level theme by May 29.
Thank you for helping make this community celebration so special! 💙💛

It’s Bike Bus Season!

Lake Nokomis Community School Bike Bus day is this FRIDAY May 8th. If you are reading this you are invited to join fellow LNCS students and caregivers and community members on the best bike bus around.

A bike bus is a group of folks riding their bike along a predefined route picking up other riders, on their own bikes, as they ride toward a final destination. It’s just like a school bus, but way cooler. Caregivers are expected to ride with their child to their school.

The LNCS Bike Bus will leave from near Agrarian Seed and Garden (52nd St at 47th Ave) at 8:30 AM, then work our way towards Wenonah, picking up riders at designated stops along 52nd St. Keewaydin students will peel off at 30th Ave. At 26th Ave we will head South, toward Wenonah along Shoreview Ave. See the “rough” schedule below for the location of each stop.

Estimated Schedule for the Bike Bus:
8:15 AM: Rendezvous at Agrarian Seed and Garden (47th Ave and 52nd St), this is where most people like to join the ride
8:30 AM: Leave from Agrarian Seed and Garden
8:35 AM: Stop 1: 40th Ave and 52nd St
8:40 AM: Stop 2: 35th Ave and 52nd St
8:45 AM: Stop 3: 30th Ave and 52nd St (Arrive at Keewaydin School)
8:50 AM: Stop 4: 26th Ave and 52nd St
8:55 AM: Stop 5: 54th St and Shoreview Ave
9:00 AM: Arrive at Wenonah School - Coffee and connecting for adult bikers!

Because of various after school activities there will not be a bike bus for the ride home after school. Caregivers are responsible for making sure their child and their child’s teacher know how the student will be getting home from school - include a note, email, or message via Talking Points if it’s different than usual.

**Caregivers are responsible for making safe choices for getting their children safely to and from school. All participants must wear bike helmets.
**Remember a bike lock!

🚲🌼 It’s Bike Bus Season! 🏫😊

Lake Nokomis Community School families, students, and community members—you’re invited to join the BEST bike bus around this Friday, May 8th!

A bike bus is a group ride along a set route, picking up more riders along the way as we head to school together. Think school bus vibes… but way cooler 😎 Caregivers should plan to ride with their child.

📍 Starting Point: Near Agrarian Seed and Garden (52nd St & 47th Ave)
🕣 Departure Time: 8:30 AM

We’ll roll down 52nd St, picking up riders at designated stops, with Keewaydin riders peeling off at 30th Ave. Then we head south on Shoreview Ave toward Wenonah.

🗓 Rough Schedule:
• 8:15 AM – Meet up at Agrarian Seed and Garden
• 8:30 AM – Ride begins
• 8:35 AM – Stop 1: 40th Ave & 52nd St
• 8:40 AM – Stop 2: 35th Ave & 52nd St
• 8:45 AM – Stop 3: 30th Ave & 52nd St (Keewaydin arrival)
• 8:50 AM – Stop 4: 26th Ave & 52nd St
• 8:55 AM – Stop 5: 54th St & Shoreview Ave
• 9:00 AM – Arrive at Wenonah School ☕ (coffee + connection for adult riders!)

🚫 No bike bus ride home this time—please make sure your child and their teacher know the after-school plan if it’s different than usual.

Safety First:
✔️ Caregivers are responsible for riding with their child
✔️ Helmets are required for all riders
✔️ Don’t forget a bike lock!

Grab your bikes and join the fun—we can’t wait to ride with you! 🚲💛

💙 Thank You, Wenonah Volunteers! 💙

We are so grateful for the time, energy, and care our volunteers give to support our students, staff, and community. You make a difference every single day, and we couldn’t do it without you!

To show our appreciation, please join us for the:

Wenonah Volunteer Recognition Party 🎉
📅 Friday, April 24
🚪 Doors open at 9:30 AM
🕙 Program from 10:00–11:00 AM

Please RSVP to Renee Carey by texting 612-508-8826.

We hope to see you there as we celebrate all that you do! 🙌

LNCS Community Conversation: Kids and Technology

📅 Thursday, April 30, 2026
⏰ 6:30–7:30 PM

📍 Nokomis Library – Meeting Room
5100 34th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55417

Calling all LNCS caregivers! Join us for an open discussion about the impact of technology on our kids—at home and at school. We’ll share concerns, talk about cell phones, online safety, school-issued devices, and ways to advocate for our children.

🔗 Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSek228TfG5rShsZhoggPl_Dw7GIS1lKwxaH1FGWTbXR3OMgtA/viewform

Please note: childcare will not be provided. Feel free to have your kids spend time in the library during the meeting.

Questions? Contact: [email protected]

LNCS Community Conversation: Kids and Technology Thursday April 30, 2026 6:30-7:30pm Nokomis Library meeting room: 5100 34th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55417 This meeting is for LNCS caregivers to discuss the impact of technology on our kids, both at home and school. Share concerns and learn about cell phones, online safety, school issued devic...

🎉 NEW for 2026: Our Silent Auction is ONLINE!
🗓 Opens Thursday, April 9 at 4:30 PM
Browse and bid on amazing items from anywhere—and don’t forget to share with family & friends!
👉 Register and view items here:
https://app.givebacks.gives/lakenokomisauction/Campaign/Details
✨ All items will also be on display at Saturday’s event, with pickup available that evening.
Don’t miss your chance to snag something special while supporting LNCS!

Join us for a FUN-filled evening at the LNCS PTA Spaghetti Dinner, Dance & Silent Auction!

🗓 This Saturday, April 11
⏰ 4:30–7:00 PM
📍 Keewaydin
🍝 Enjoy a delicious meal from Fat Lorenzo’s: spaghetti, meatballs, salad, breadstick, beverage & a sweet treat!
💲 Child: $10 | Adult: $12

🎟 Pre-purchase your meal tickets here:
https://www.lncspta.org/product-page/spaghetti-dinner-meal-ticket-pre-sale
🎶 Come hungry, ready to dance, and support our amazing school community!

Spaghetti Dinner Meal Ticket Pre-sale | lncspta Enjoy a meal at the LNCS PTA Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser. Each ticket gets you a plate of spaghetti with meatballs, bread, a drink and dessert. Food comes from neighborhood restaurant and LNCS PTA supporter Fat Lorenzo's. $10 for kids$12 for adults Make sure to look for the pre-sale ticket pickup ta...

Tonight is the 4th Wednesday of the month and that means is Parkway Pizza Longfellow's Dine Out for Schools supporting LNCS! A portion of every dine-in order at the Longfellow Parkway Pizza goes to LNCS PTA to support the programming and needs of our schools! See you at Parkway!

Valid only at the Longfellow location.