Come out for food and family fun while watching this 2018 animated adventure!

When: Thursday, January 17, 2019, 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Miner ES gym
​ALL STUDENTS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in Miner’s Third Annual Holiday Greenery & Bake Sale!  The three-day event was wildly successful, raising $5,800, which is $800 more than our goal. It was also a fun community event that filled us all with some holiday cheer! Miner also partnered with the Eliot-Hine PTO to sell poinsettias alongside our greenery.

A huge Thank You goes out to Maggie Ben-Or, the chair of the PTO's Fundraising & Grants Committee and lead organizer for the event. She and her team worked tirelessly with two separate vendors and multiple delivery times and dates to be sure we had the best, freshest, most beautiful trees and greenery available.  Her team kept the trees watered and protected, overcame a few delivery “hiccups,” and organized our legion of volunteers all so we could have a successful fundraiser and some beautiful holiday greenery in our homes.  

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.

The school common lottery opens on December 10th (apply here), and Miner Elementary School has scheduled several open house dates for PreK3 and PreK4 families.  We would love for you to join us for one of the sessions - children are welcome! ​All open houses will begin in the Parent Center in Room 103. 

If you come to a daytime session, your child can join one of our Early Childhood Education (ECE) classes for a while.  If nights are better for you, you'll get a tour of our ECE wing, and if you come to the January 8th open house, you are welcome to stay for our PTO meeting afterwards.

No need to RSVP.  We look forward to seeing you!

• Monday, November 26 from 9:15 - 10:15 AM
• Saturday, December 1 from 10:00 - 11:00 AM (Holiday Greenery & Bake Sale is also that morning)
• Monday, December 17 from 5:30 - 6:30 PM
• Tuesday, January 8 from 5:00 - 6:00 PM (PTO meeting starts at 6:00 in the cafeteria)
• Wednesday, January 16 from 9:15 - 10:15 AM
• Wednesday, February 27 from 5:30 - 6:30 PM

Note that ​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.

On Halloween day, Miner hosted three fun events for our Mighty Bears:

• Book-o-ween for our early childhood (PreK3/4) students, sponsored by the PreK Parent Committee
• Monthly VIP event for our K-5 students, sponsored by the PBIS Committee
• Oktoberfest, a school-wide Halloween party sponsored by the PTO

Students in K-5 who earned 80% or greater positive Dojo points were invited to an afternoon of fun in the gym, including the bounce castle. Great job to all our Miner Bears for their positive behavior and dedication to learning!

It was so amazing to see our students, staff and the community come together with one message: “Mighty Bears Together Against Bullying: United for Kindness, Acceptance and Inclusion”.  ​​

Go Mighty Bears! We're so proud of you!

On Saturday, October 20, Miner hosted a “Fall in Love with the Garden” playdate in the Peace Garden. Family, student, and volunteer participation was beyond expectation and we wish to thank everyone who came out to have fun and even do a bit of work around the garden.
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Students and families enjoyed exploring the garden, decorating pumpkins, painting signs, tasting apples, and planting fall crops. Garden improvement was a major focus of the day as well. Volunteers from Howard University did some weeding and cleanup, and began constructing a new planting bed. Miner parent volunteers removed the old chain link fence and gate and replaced it with a much more welcoming “white picket fence.” Miner students even got in the spirit of service and prepped materials for various signage that will be installed around the garden soon.

We’re so appreciative of the support from the dozens of students, parents, and volunteers who participated. We’d especially like to thank the following:

• Kathy Markus and the crew from Cultivate the City (Miner’s garden partner) for organizing the event!
• Howard University volunteers for contributing their time as part of Howard’s second annual Homecoming Day of Service program.
• Tom Faison Realty, a 2018-19 “Fearless Bear” sponsor, for your generosity to Miner this year, which makes events like this possible.

The Peace Garden has never been in such great shape, and we’re excited at the opportunities the garden program can bring to Miner’s students!

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us bright and early in Lincoln Park on Wednesday for Walk to School Day!  The event kicked off with remarks from community leaders and VIP guests including Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Councilman Charles Allen, Interim DCPS Chancellor Amanda Alexander, and DC Department of Transportation Director Jeff Marootian.

Director Marootian then made the trek down Tennessee Avenue with the Miner contingent - so many Miner teachers, staff, students, and parents came out to represent our school - thank you!  This year was probably the largest turnout we've ever had!  If you missed it don't worry, you can join us in May for Bike to School Day.

The Miner community would like to thank all the event sponsors, and to the Capitol Hill Public School Parent Organization (CHPSPO) for again coordinating this amazing community event!