​On Saturday the Miner PTO hosted Miner's 4th Annual Community Yard Sale.  The event was a huge success, and the PTO would like to thank the families, teachers, staff, and members of the community who played such a huge part.  Even though the event was earlier in the year than it has been in the past, we still managed to receive more donations than ever before.  The PTO is incredibly grateful for the support this community event continues to receive.

This year the PTO raised over $2,000 for the PTO’s general fund.  This money will be used to directly benefit Miner's students and teachers for the remainder of this school year. This includes field trips, school events and activities, classroom libraries and technology, or whatever else may be needed to ensure that our Mighty Bear scholars receive the best possible academic, social, and emotional experience.

The PTO leadership would like to thank everyone who took part in the Community Yard Sale—if you donated, volunteered, baked, shopped, or helped spread the word, you played a role in making this event a success.  To the many volunteers who took time on Friday to set up and on Saturday to sell, roam, pack up, and haul everything away, we thank you for all of your hard work!  The PTO also wishes to thank everyone who contributed to the bake sale. Your delicious goodies made the event even sweeter!

And last but certainly not least, The PTO would like to give special thanks to Maggie Ben-Or, Sara Saxton, and David Treat for serving as co-chairs of the event planning committee. Your hard work is greatly appreciated!

Miner's librarian, Ms. Williams (michelle.williams2@dc.gov) is gathering a team of enthusiastic, creative, and talented volunteers to help out at the Book Fair, and would like to invite you to help out. 

Please take a moment to view the online sign-up sheet to see what roles interest you. Spread the word to your friends and invite them to help us have the best Book Fair ever! Current areas of need:

• Set-up assistant
• Shopping assistant
• Restocking assistant
• Break-down assistant

Shifts run one hour and are available beginning as early as 8:00 am and ending as late as 6:00 pm.  We hope you can help!  If you have any questions, please reach out to Ms. Williams at the email address above.

​Now that the new year is in full swing and spring is just around the corner (despite today's bitter cold), the Miner PTO has begun planning for our 4th Annual Community Yard Sale. The sale will be Saturday, March 9 from 9:00 AM until 1:00 PM.

As you clean and organize for the new year, please consider donating any toys, games, clothes, household items, furniture, decor, or other items in good condition to the PTO. All proceeds from the sale are used to directly benefit Miner’s students and the school community.

As in previous years, the PTO has arranged for storage at the school, so you can drop off your items anytime starting Monday, February 4 during regular school hours, 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM. If you'd like a receipt for tax purposes, just email us at minerpto@gmail.com.

Once again as part of the Yard Sale, we will accept dropped off e-waste and other household hazardous waste at the school on the day of the sale, after which we will transport it to DPW’s Ft. Totten facility as a community service. We will accept DPW-approved e-cycle items (https://dpw.dc.gov/node/414902) and household hazardous waste (https://dpw.dc.gov/node/466802).

Check out our dedicated Community Yard Sale webpage for all the details on how to donate, volunteer, and participate in this new Miner tradition.

The PTO would like to thank everyone for their support of our first annual Family Movie Night!  The turnout for “Smallfoot” was amazing, and everyone seemed to have a really great time.  The Family Engagement and Events Committee and all the volunteers did a fantastic job of planning and organizing—Special thanks go out to Mariana Jones and Ms. Dorsey, the Committee Co-Chairs.  We had several requests to make Movie Night a new Miner tradition, so thanks to everyone who came out, we're off to a great start!

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!