Educational Escape Room!!
The clock started, let the adventure begin! Students in the Critter's classroom participated in a classroom escape room right before spring break. Escape rooms are a playful and motivating learning method where students are able to develop and utilize skills such as logic, communication, and TEAM SPIRIT! Students solved the puzzle, completing the challenge in time and was a fun way to learn and think outside of the box!
Just in time for SPRING...MNCS Elementary student with a BABY CHICK!! One of our students did a school chick-hatching project which involved fertilized chicken eggs in a classroom incubator. It was amazing to see how the chick hatched, pecking its way around the shell and the process of the life cycle! This was such an awesome project for observing a real-world aspect of biology!
ENCORE!!! More pictures from the recent "Wizard of Oz" performance this past week! Congratulations to everyone on a wonderful show!
What a show!! MNCS Elementary performed "The Wizard of Oz" last Friday with Prairie Fire Children's Theatre. We thank all of our students for their hard work, our student's families who helped throughout the process, and our MNCS staff and community members! Everyone helped to make it a special day of performances to remember!
Update!! The Leprechaun visited the Frog Class after they made traps last week. Unfortunately, they did not catch him! The Leprechaun did leave a trail of green sparkles in his path and was such a fun project for students! The legend lives on...maybe next year!😁☘️
The MNCS Archery Team traveled to Becker MN for the MN South Region 3 NASP Tournament on March 19th. Three students PR'd and Emmett Ische got 3rd Place out of 121 high school boy archers.
Congratulations to Emmett and all of our athletes who participated!
Excel energy cut down 6 ash trees on the property Friday. Seven students worked really hard all day to help load 6 trailers full of brush and unload it at the compost site in Henderson!
A collage of photos from Presentation night!
A sneak peak...
Reminder- MNCS Elementary & Prairie Fire Children's Theatre proudly present the beloved classic, "The Wizard of Oz" musical tomorrow! There are two performance times available for families to come and enjoy the show- 1:15pm and 6:30pm. We hope to see you there!
How To Catch a Leprechaun!
Students in the Frogs classroom celebrated the St. Patrick's Day holiday yesterday by creating "Leprechaun Traps"! Students were excited to think of ways to outsmart a Leprechaun with a project that used brainstorming, inventiveness, and engineering! Some students had a series of ropes and obstacle courses galore! Others used cups and creatively thought of mechanisms that would feature the cup flipping over and trapping the elusive Leprechaun! Some used colors and paint to lure and aid in entrapment. It was a day of engineering masterpieces and a fun lesson that excited students with the holiday spirit!
Happy St. Patrick's Day from MNCS Elementary! It was a sea of green throughout the halls of MNCS Elementary today, students and staff sporting their festive St.
Patrick's Day attire. Two of our paraprofessionals represented the day in true holiday spirit! To all of our MNCS families, may your day have been filled with a little luck and lots of happiness!
Reminder! Tomorrow, March 17th is the food share at MNCS high school at 4:00pm. The following one will be Thursday, April 21st.
Adam Herd's class and Mrs. K took elementary students to the High School to work on an awesome ceramics project! Students had fun exploring and experimenting with the clay, making all sorts of incredible ceramic art!
In celebration of Dr. Suess' birthday on March 2nd, students in the Frogs classroom celebrated with fun dress-up days this week! This past Tuesday was "Fox in Socks" day where students wore silly mismatched socks! What a fun way to celebrate a beloved classic!
Math students had a blast figuring out a math problem called 31-derful! It's a bit like sudoku and after one hour they did it! Team Stephanie, Pancake and Sheets solved the 31-derful challenge. It's tough and so is this team. Woot woot!
MNCS Nuts and Bolts is back in action!!!
We are going to do the Flower Power Fundraiser again!
Are you dreaming of warmer weather, springtime, and sunshine? So are we! Planning a garden is a really great way to pass the time when it's cold out. Who doesn't love to look at photos from a garden catalog and dream of how great everything will smell and taste when it's in your very own yard?
This year, Nuts + Bolts is hosting an online fundraiser with Flower Power Fundraising. All you have to do is dream about your garden and then order some things from the online catalog. Here's the link:
http://NUTSANDBOLTS.fpfundraising.com
It's as easy as that! All proceeds from this fundraiser will benefit MNCS. You can help us grow by planting some things that grow --- pretty great, right?
Thank you for supporting the students and staff at Minnesota New Country School!
Here's to dirt under our fingernails and grass stains on our knees!!
MNCS Kindergarten Round-Up is right around the corner!
If you have a child who will be entering Kindergarten, or if you know of someone who does and is interested in enrolling into our MNCS Kindergarten class for the 2022-2023 school year, this is the time and place to meet the teacher, tour the school, and receive more information!
TUESDAY, MARCH 8TH, 2022
6:00pm to 7pm (light refreshments will be offered followed by Round-Up)
127 N. 8th Street, Henderson MN 56044
TO PRE-REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT, or for more information, please contact Brianne Fuhrmann, Elementary Administrative Assistant at 507-868-0071 ext. 0 or email [email protected]. We welcome incoming Kindergarten families and look forward to meeting you soon!
For more information about Minnesota New Country School, please visit https://www.newcountryschool.com
Here are some photos from last Friday's Ice Fishing trip! Not much was caught, but they all had a great time!
Happy 100th Day of School!!!
MNCS Elementary students had fun dressing up to look 100 years old in celebration of this milestone- the 100th day of school at MNCS for this year! This is how awesome 100 looks! What a great day and a great group of students! Happy 100th day from MNCS Elementary...and here's to many more!
Henderson Area Food Distribution
Thursday, March 17 at 4:00pm
