Upcoming PreK3 & PreK4 Open Houses

• ​Wednesday, February 27 from 5:30 - 6:30 PM

​All open houses will begin in the Parent Center in Room 101. Children are welcome to attend.

The common school lottery opened Monday, December 10. Apply here. ​Miner is a DCPS "Early Action" school, so if you're in bounds for Miner, you're guaranteed a PreK3/PreK4 seat if you include Miner on your lottery application.

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Miner's New Spirit Store is now live!

Introducing the brand new Miner Elementary School Spirit Store via CafePress. Our store features adult and children's apparel, accessories and gifts! All clothing is uniform approved, including brand new designs, sweatshirts and sizes!

Display your school spirit everywhere you go with stickers, car magnets, tote bags, mugs and more! Just in time for the holidays, shop for Mighty Bear gifts today!

Our original design t-shirts, short-sleeve or long-sleeve, navy or white, are always available for purchase and pick up at Miner. Click for details.

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2018-19 Fundraising Drives

Explore!Excite!Expand! campaign goals:
​$15,000 and 50% family participation
Progress so far: 
$12,470 from 44 families

​Move!Play!Grow! campaign goal:
​$15,000 from area businesses
Progress so far: ​
$5,750 from 6 businesses
​See our sponsors

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Upcoming Events

Monday, January 21

• School Closed: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

Tuesday, January 22

• No school for students: Professional Development day​ & Records Day

Wednesday, January 23

• No school for students: Professional Development Day​
• 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM in Room 101 // Upper Grade Open House: Parents of students K-5 are invited to hear all about Miner and have their questions answered. No RSVP is necessary and kids are welcome to attend too!

Tuesday, January 29

• 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM in TBD Location // ECE Parent Cafe: Parent Cafés are physically and emotionally safe spaces where parents and caregivers talk about the challenges and victories of raising a family. Through individual deep self-reflection and peer-to-peer learning, participants explore their strengths, learn about the Protective Factors, and create strategies from their own wisdom and experiences to help strengthen their families. Dinner and child care provided.

Thursday, January 31

• 4:00 PM at Watkins ES // Basketball Game: Come cheer on our Mighty Miner Bears as they take on Watkins ES!

Upcoming Events Page

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Want Miner’s shared calendar to appear in your device’s calendar application and stay synced? See instruction here  https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37100?src=soctw to add minerelementary@gmail.com’s calendar.

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Menus - December 2018

• Breakfast - ECE
• Breakfast - K-5
• Lunch - ECE
• Lunch - K-5
• Supper - All grades

Link to DCPS menus: dcps.dc.gov/menus

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​Volunteer & Donation Opportunities​​

All contributions to Miner Elementary Parent Teacher organization are tax-deductible.

Donate Today via Paypal:

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Volunteering Page

Donation Page

Shop via Amazon Smile:
Link your Amazon account to Miner PTO to have a percentage of your purchases benefit Miner! Click the banner below to log into Amazon and sign up.

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Principal's Corner

View the latest message from Principal Jackson to the Miner community here.

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"Bears Bulletin" newsletter

Check out the latest edition of "Bears Bulletin," Miner's newsletter here.

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"PTO This Month" newsletter

Download a copy of the monthly report on the accomplishments and plans for each of the PTO's committees here.

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If you are a Miner parent and would like to receive emails sent directly from the school administration, please email Principal Jackson at bruce.jackson@dc.gov

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Tweets by @MinerPTO

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SY2018-19 PTO General Meeting Dates:

• September 11
• October 2
• November 13
• December 4
• February 5
• March 5
• April 2
• May 7
• June 4

All meetings start at 6:00 PM in the cafeteria. Free babysitting is provided. See you there!

Visit our PTO page for more information.

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SY2018-19 LSAT Meeting Dates:

• September 18
• October 16
  
• November 20
  
• December 18
  
• January 15
  
• February 12 (to be confirmed)
  
• March 19
  
• April 23 (to be confirmed)
  
• May 21

All meetings start at 5:00 PM in the Large Group Instruction Room. All are welcome to attend, except during closed sessions.

Visit our LSAT page for more information.

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