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Barton Open

4237 Colfax Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55409

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Grades: K-8
Principal: Steven DeLapp
Enrollment:
Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Phone: 612.668.3580
Fax: 612.668.3590
Email: steven.delapp@mpls.k12.mn.us
Website: barton.mpls.k12.mn.us/
WE OFFER: All-day and Half-day Kindergarten • Band • Strings • Middle School Dance Classes • Somali English Language Learner Program • Special Education • Visual and Performing Arts • Swimming (Blaisdell YMCA)

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:
  • Emphasis on strong social skills and academic choice
  • Multi-age classrooms and cross-age teaching
  • Specialist classes: art, music, physical education, media and technology, science (K-6) and health (7-8)
  • Emphasis on the arts and the sciences
  • Writing emphasized throughout the curriculum
  • Emphasis on multiple intelligences and visual learning
  • Active parent leadership and classroom involvement
  • Portfolio sharing and student exhibition events
  • Student-led goal setting conferences
  • Performance opportunities in music and theatre
  • Outdoor environmental learning experiences
  • Schoolwide themes and all-school morning meetings


EXTENDED-DAY ACTIVITIES: Community education classes, debate team, math competitions, inventors fair, student council, middle school athletics (girls volleyball, boys and girls basketball, boys baseball and girls softball), yearbook, musical, book fairs, tutoring/mentoring volunteers.

School Summary
All Minneapolis Public Schools (K-8)
  • K - 8 Schools
Magnet Schools
  • Open Program
English Language Learner Programs
  • Somali
Academic Opportunities
  • Arts
  • English Language Learner Program
  • History Day
  • Interdisciplinary Curriculum
  • Physical Education
  • Visual Arts
  • World Languages
After-school Activities
  • Art Club
  • Chess Club
  • Community Education Classes
  • Dance
  • Debate Team
  • Drama
  • Jazz Band
  • Math Masters/Math Counts
  • Sports
  • Yearbook
Before and After School Care
  • Minneapolis Kids
Extra-curricular Activities
  • Band/Instrumental Music
  • Dance
  • Music
  • Orchestra
  • Science Fair
  • Strings
  • Student Council
  • Swimming
  • Theatre/Performing Arts
  • Wolf Ridge Environmental Program
  • Middle School Sports
World Languages
  • Spanish
Kindergarten Options
  • All Day Kindergarten
  • Half-day morning kindergarten
  • Half-day afternoon kindergarten
Family and Student Support
  • Individual Learning Plans
  • Family Fun/Learning Nights
  • Parent Involvement Leadership
  • Site Council
  • Student Leadership
  • Tutoring
School Information
  • Computer Lab(s)
  • Internet Connection in Every Classroom
  • Responsive Classroom
  • Science Lab