Waite Park Community School

Minneapolis Public Schools will move to an inclement weather e-learning day tomorrow, Monday, Jan. 10, based on the extreme windchill forecast at 6:30 a.m. and reduced capacity to safely transport students given the weather conditions and increased COVID-19 cases reported over the weekend.

Students should remain at home tomorrow and follow instructions from their schools and teachers to complete e-learning activities. District and school buildings will be closed to the public.

Minneapolis Kids sites will also be closed and all Minneapolis Community Education evening classes, athletic and school-sponsored activities are canceled.

“Temperatures for Monday are projected to be colder than they were last Thursday and Friday,” explained MPS Superintendent Ed Graff. “We were able to make it work last week. But with the increased limitations on our transportation department as a result of COVID-19 infections reported over the weekend, we decided that bus transportation tomorrow just poses too great a safety risk to our students.”

Learn more about winter weather guidelines at www.mpls.k12.mn.us/school_closing. For a list of food resources when our school buildings are closed, visit the City of Minneapolis website.

Winter Break - NO SCHOOL
December 18 to January 2nd

REMINDER: School Picture RETAKES will take place on WEDNESDAY, December 8th.

➽ Holiday Food and Toy Resources Wondering about options for Holiday resources? Check out our resource list! If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Watson-Ostroot, School Social Worker, at 612-668-1600, or [email protected].

HOLIDAY Resources 2021 Holiday Food and Toy Resources November and December - 2021 I.THANKSGIVING FOOD/MEALS THANKSGIVING MEAL FOR FAMILIES Marie Sandvik Center Address: 1112 East Franklin Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55404 Thanksgiving meal - Served Thursday, Nov 25th 11:00-1:00 UNITED WAY 2-1-1 United Way re...

There will be NO SCHOOL from Wednesday to Friday, November 24th-26th, due to Thanksgiving. We wish you a wonderful and restful break.

A 5-alarm flag tangle requires Minneapolis' finest! Thank you, Minneapolis Fire Department, for your assistance.

Soooooo MANY opportunities for COVID vaccines this coming weekend! Check out our list:

COVID Vaccine Clinics (November 19-22) COVID Vaccine Clinics (November 19-22) ➽ Marcy School for the Arts Vaccine Clinic Marcy School for the Arts has invited Waite Park families to their COVID vaccine clinic(kids aged 5-11) on Friday, November 19th from 4pm - 8:30 pm. Click HERE for more information. ➽ MPS Davis Center Vaccin...

This week (November 15-19) we will celebrate, recognize and raise awareness of American Indian people and culture. We invite students, families, staff and the larger community to participate with us.

ORANGE SHIRT DAY --Thursday, September 30th --MPS American Indian Education Invites you to Wear an Orange Shirt with us on September 30th!

Orange Shirt Day is a day to honor and remember Indigenous children who were sent away to boarding schools. This date falls during the time of year when Indigenous children were taken away to boarding school.

Boarding schools were government and church run schools where approximately 85% of Indigenous children were sent between the 1850s through the 1990s. The schools harmed Indigenous children by removing them from their families, forcing them to speak English instead of their ancestral languages, disconnecting them from their culture and traditions and forcing them to adopt
Christianity in order to assimilate into American society.

The “orange shirt” in Orange Shirt Day refers to the new shirt that Phyllis Webstad was given to her by her grandmother for her first day of school at St. Joseph’s Mission residential school in British Columbia, Canada. When Phyllis got to school, they took away her clothes, including her new shirt. It was never returned. To Phyllis, the colour orange has always reminded her of her experiences at residential school and, as she has said, “how my feelings didn’t matter, how no one
cared and I felt like I was worth nothing. All of us little children were crying and no one cared.”

Phyllis Webstad’s message has since travelled throughout Canada and the United States. Orange Shirt Day was founded with Phyllis Webstad’s message that every child matters!

Check out our newly-launched school website! Watch our website for details on the upcoming school year!

Home - MPS_CMF To maintain social distance, we will be assigning each family a specific time to attend based on last name. Please watch for more info to come home soon.

It's that time of the year again! The 2021-22 School Supply List is now available. We can't wait to see you in September!

2021-22 School Supply List WAITE PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL SUPPLY LIST 2021-2022 Bringing school supplies is encouraged and appreciated, but not mandatory. HIGH FIVE 1 backpack – big enough to hold a folder 1 pair of tennis shoes for gym class - Velcro if your child can’t tie 1 change of clothes (shirt, long pants, under...