WE OFFER: Specialists in Media (Three iMac Labs) • iBook Lab (Grades 6-8) • Physical Education • Vocal Music • Art • Band • Strings • Special Education Services • Middle Grades Athletics Program • STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) Focused Integrated Instruction • Daily Recess • Spanish Language (Grades 7-8) • Health (Grades 6-8)

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:

• Annual student participation in Spelling Bee, Inventor's Fair, Math Counts, Math Masters competition, Science Bowl, Club STEM (GISE & GEMS), History Day competition, Middle Grades Knowledge Bowl, Middle Grades traveling athletic teams and a zero hour Jazz Band
• Working in natural group settings (WINGS) for students with special needs
• Student Council and service learning opportunities
• "Second Step" social skills and anti-bully programs
• Student led peer mediation in grades 6-8
• Physical Education classes which include kayaking, archery, cross country ski competition and a bicycle unit
• A spring Art Show and Strings Concert
• “The Connection” a weekly electronic newsletter
• A school web page where each teacher maintains a classroom web page with pertinent academic information.
• Student directory, yearbook and parent/student handbook published annually
• Active PTA that provides significant funding for enrichment programs and activities, coordinates the annual book fair, school fundraising, school carnival, and fall open house/curriculum night
• Parent and community volunteer opportunities through the PTA: annual spring carnival, Junior Great Books and Science and Learning Fair
• Partnerships with The Bakken Science Center, Arts for Academic Achievement, Engineering Is Elementary (Cargill and The Science Museum), University of Minnesota Bell Museum and Upstream Arts
• Site Council; shared school leadership among parents, community and staff
• "Green" organic composting and recycling in cafeteria
• A balanced emphasis between the visual and performing arts and science, technology, engineering and math

EXTENDED-DAY ACTIVITIES: Minneapolis Kids Childcare, Homework Buddies, Math Masters, Chess Club, Jazz Band, middle grades athletics (tackle football, girls volleyball, boys and girls basketball, softball and baseball), Bike Club, Fee-based before school University of MN Language Center Spanish Program and on-site community education offerings.