News and events

January 31st, 2025

Due to uneven and unsafe ice conditions, the city of Coon Rapids has closed outdoor rinks. There will be NO Mississippi PTO event at Riverview Park tonight. We apologize for the change.

Jan 31st - Feb 10th: Conference Sign-ups Open to Families

February 4th: Family Literacy Night 5:30-7:00

February 13th, 18th, 20th: Winter Conferences

February 27th: PTO Meeting 6:30-7:30, childcare provided

March 7th - March 17th: No school, teacher work days and Spring Break

Sign Up for Conferences! We are excited to meet with our Mississippi families! Whenever possible, please arrange for one conference per student. In order to have enough conference time slots for each student, we ask that parents agree on one time slot per student whenever possible. If you have not signed up by Feb 10th, your teacher will assign a conference slot for you.

Sign up at: MyConferenceTime.com/Mississippi

Kindergarten

1st Grade

2nd Grade

3rd Grade

4th Grade

5th Grade

You will receive information from our library teacher Mrs. Hibbard about I Love to Read month. Please check out this calendar for optional activities you and your child can do to support a love for reading. Students who complete 10 activities and turn in the calendar by March 6th will get a prize!

Get ready to sell some chocolate! Our PTO is raising money to support our school. This year money was spent on student t-shirts, field trips, class parties, teacher appreciation, and other items to support teachers and students in the classroom.

A few things to note:

• You can sell up to two boxes of chocolate at a time
• If you want to sell more than two, please pay ahead of time
• Boxes can be sent home in your child's backpack or picked up during conferences on Feb 13th or 18th
• Chocolate bars are BIGGER this year and cost $2
• Unsold chocolates and money collected is due by February 21th

Please take a look at these two great resources from our Parent Educator Nichol Michels! If you'd like to know more about how Nichol Michels can help you at home, you can reach her at 763-506-6135 or nichol.michels@ahschools.us.

1) February Parent Press- This article has ideas of how you and your child can engage in the outdoors, even in the winter!

2) Free parenting workshops:

• Love Languages
• Non-traditional Parenting
• Growth Mindset

Mississippi has two concert opportunities left for this year! Save the date!

April 1st: Grades 2 and 4

May 22nd: Grades 1 and 5

We are gearing up for a very busy month of activities and would love your assistance to keep things running smoothly. Please first complete the Volunteer Application and then click any of the links to learn more about each volunteer opportunity and to sign up.

Feb 13th - 20th (various times): Volunteers are needed to help students and families with purchases at the Book Fair.

Feb 26th - 27th (during the school day): Volunteers are needed to escort students to and from the health office for the Dental Sealant Event.

Please reach out to Jackie Cimenski, Volunteer Services Coordinator, with questions or concerns.

Jackie Cimenski

763-506-3537

Current Volunteer Opportunities

The Mississippi PTO meets monthly. This is a great way to see what's happening at Mississippi and support your school. Join us even if you can't come every month! Meetings are 6:30-7:30pm in the library.

February 27th