February 22, 2024
Western School Division invites the public to learn about the draft 2024-25 budget on Wednesday, February 28, 2024.
The meeting will start at 7:00 p.m. in the Morden Collegiate Library.
January 04, 2024
Click
HERE for Kindergarten registration information for the 2024-25 school year.
February 28, 2023
Our Parent Advisory Council (PAC) is having another fundraiser to help support our school. The really cool part about this fundraiser is that our school receives 100% of the sales made! PAC has partnered with Banman Meats and fundraiser forms were sent home on Tuesday, Feb. 21st. For those wishing...
November 12, 2021
Our school is having a Scholastic Virtual Book Fair ! Our very own shopping site will be open from November 15-22, 2021. Online link for Book Fair:
https://virtualbookfairs.scholastic.ca/pages/5166464 Share this link with Grandparents, too! Extended family can participate in the Virtual Book Fair from the comfort of home....
April 12, 2021
Come check out the new story walk up at Minnewasta!! It is posted on the east fence of the school!
January 27, 2021
Western School Division is collecting responses from the community to help guide our 2021/2022 budget development process. Please
click here to fill out the survey.
January 26, 2021
Developing and strengthen deep understandings and processes in Math is important in
Western School Division. We appreciate all of the additional support parents provide
with learning throughout the school year. In order to provide some continuity and
consistency between school and home numeracy learning we are sending home a Math...
September 17, 2020
Below are two links for quick reference. One is the Covid-19 Screening Questions that we ask you to do before sending your child/ren to school each day. The second is our new Isolation Protocol for your child/ren are showing symptoms listed on the Public Health Factsheet or the Screen Questions. ...
June 15, 2020
From June 15th through to the 25th, the students of Minnewasta School along with their family members or guardians are invited to participate in a Virtual Sports Day. Participation is encouraged, the class with the most student participation will win the Virtual Sports Day Golden Shoe Trophy! Below is the link...
March 23, 2020
Parking Information for Minnewasta School: We realize parking is limited at the school during pick up/drop off times, but please do not park in the staff parking stalls. We have staff that come and go throughout the day that require these parking spaces. When busses are in the bus loop in...
March 13, 2020
Please see the attached letter for parents regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic dated March 13, 2020
January 27, 2020
The Bilingual Bop will be held on Jan. 30, 2020 at Maple Leaf School. 6:30-8:00 p.m. For All students Kindergarten-Grade 4 and siblings
January 27, 2020
Please join us for the Western School Division Budget Exhibition February 26, 2020 MCI Gym 7:00-8:00 p.m.
January 07, 2020
A WSD information evening for parents of all Students who will be entering Kindergarten next year (September 2020) will be held in the Maple Leaf School Gym on Thursday, January 23rd at 7:00pm . Kindergarten registrations for the 2020/2021 school year will be accepted any time between Friday, January 24th...
February 26, 2019
Western School Division Board of Trustees will be holding a Budget Presentation on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 7 p.m. at the Division Office. All are welcome to attend.
February 04, 2019
I Love to Read Month February is I Love to Read Month and our school theme is “The Tournament of Books". The school goal for 'I Love to Read Month' is to have each student read in many different ways. Your child will bring home a Reading Bingo card, “READO". Please...
February 04, 2019
We are currently accepting Kindergarten registration packages for the 2019-2020 school year. If you have a child born in 2014 or earlier, you are welcome to register them. If you have friends or family members who are first time kindergarten families, feel free to pass along the message to have...
January 08, 2019
A WSD information evening for parents of all Students who will be entering Kindergarten next year (September 2019) will be held in the Minnewasta School Gym on Thursday, January 24th at 7:00pm . This is an opportunity for parents to hear how Kindergarten works at the two early year’s...
December 21, 2018
Featuring works from Minnewasta and Maple Leaf Schools. Open from January 4 - 26, 2019. Informal reception on January 10, 2019 from 2:30 - 3:00 p.m.
October 05, 2018
Minnewasta School is participating in the FCC Drive Away Hunger campaign! We will be collecting food donations until Mon. Oct. 15th. Donations will be going to Morden Caring & Sharing.
September 24, 2018
Minnewasta will be participating in the Terry Fox Run on Thursday, Sept. 27th at 3:00 p.m. Donations of a loonie or toonie are gratefully accepted, if you are able!
September 19, 2018
Declaration of Candidates Elected by Acclamation
Western School Division I, Garry Haggerty, Senior Election Official for
the Western School Division, hereby declare the following candidates elected by
acclamation in the 2018 School Trustee Election.
Ward 1 (four to be elected) Fransen, Brian Guenther, David...
September 18, 2018
Western School Division is now accepting applications for the Innovation Fund. This grant is available to any staff members, community members, or Parent Council. The Innovation Fund Application for 2018-19 can be found in PDF format below. Also new this year, all finalists will need to present their...
August 30, 2018
NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS Western School Division
N OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the following days: September 12,13,14,17, and 18, 2018.
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at the Western School Division Office, Unit 4-75 Thornhill Street, Morden, Manitoba, I will receive nominations for the...
August 27, 2018
Looking forward to seeing all of the bright, smiling faces ready to learn!
June 22, 2018
“We are
pleased to announce that our request for two additional portables at École
Morden Middle School for the next school year has been approved. We would
like to thank the provincial government for responding to our immediate needs
for space. We would also like to thank the active and...
June 12, 2018
Slides from the June 11th Community Meeting can be found
here.
June 07, 2018
When students heard there would be as many as 200 new families coming to Morden in the next 2 years they wanted to do something to welcome kids to our city. We are excited to announce that students in 2 Wirth received a Student Innovation Grant and have completed a...
June 04, 2018
Please attend this important event hosted by the WSD School Board.
May 14, 2018
For the second year in a row, Grade 4 students at Minnewasta have been participating in a unique program calld "Coding Quest" along with The Learning Partnership and other students from select schools accross Manitoba. Students have been using a program called "Scratch" to learn the basics of computer programming...
May 01, 2018
Our current calendar and newsletter are available
here.
April 23, 2018
Students in 1 Klassen will be hosting a Young Author's and Illustrator's Night at the Morden Library on Tuesday, April 24th, 2018 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. This event will include a very special 40 minute session with award winning Authro/Illustrator JON KLASSEN via Skype. Whether you have a child in Grade...
April 19, 2018
Our Jump Rope for Heart event takes place on Monday, April 23rd! Our Jump Rope Ninjas have been training hard and earning their belts with all kinds of jump rope activities. Fundraising is for a good cause and also helps to supplement our school's Active Health/Phys. Ed. budget.
April 09, 2018
April 11, 2018 is Pink Shirt Day at Minnewasta School. It is a day where communities across the province, country, the world, can unite and take a stand against bullying. At Minnewasta, students are invited to wear pink and classes will talk about the themes of respect, bullying and how...
March 23, 2018
Spring Break: March 24-April 2. Classes Resume TUESDAY, APRIL 3rd.
March 19, 2018
*NOTE: THIS EVENT IS BEING HELD AT MAPLE LEAF SCHOOL* Laura Sander, one of our divisional psychologists, will be talking about "ADHD" - attention deficit hyperactivity disorder on Wednesday, April 4th from 7-8 p.m. in the Music Room, here at Maple Leaf School. Child care will be provided.
March 12, 2018
It's Report Card time again! The Manitoba Provincial Report Card is intended to be a tool for schools to communicate with parents about student learning. In Grades 1-6, students receive a report card with indicators for a variety of the learning processes in each subject area. Note that this is...
March 12, 2018
At Minnewasta School we look forward to this important opportunity to celebrate your child's growth and learning! What can parents expect at a "Student Involved Conference"? This is an opportunity to spend 15 minutes with your child and their teacher celebrating the learning and growth that has taken place. The conference...
February 14, 2018
We have started a makerspace club for students who love to create and explore. Students in Grades 1-4 can come to makerspace club once per cycle at lunch recess to do self-directed activities until spring break. Students work on arts and crafts in the library or building and technology in the...
January 31, 2018
Our lastest Newsletter and Calendar are available to download now. Inside you'll find highlights from the last month, things to look forward to in the coming month, classroom news, community events/information and more.
January 30, 2018
February is I Love to Read Month. This year our theme is "Read-O-Rama". Every class will be celebrating a children's author (think "folklorama" with authors instead of countries). We'll have lots of exciting activities to celebrate reading over the month of February including, author visits, guest readers, reading challenges and Drop...
January 23, 2018
Randy Guest - The Language of Film For several years, Minnewasta School has joined with the Manitoba Arts Council to arrange an artist residencey through the "Artist in the School" porgram. This week we are joined at Minnewasta by film artist Randy Guest. Randy will be working with Grade 3 and 4...
January 10, 2018
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January 10, 2018
Students from Minnewasta and Maple Leaf will have an art exhibit on display at the Pembina Hills Arts Centre from Jan. 5th - Jan. 22, 2018. Stop by to see great artwork by some of our Gr. 2&3 students.
November 29, 2017
We are happy to announce that Western School Division has launched new websites, including ours! The new website will make it easier for us to keep you up to date with the information you need and it has many additional features that we'll be able to make use of over...
November 29, 2017
Please remember to join us for our annual Minnewasta School Christmas concert at the EMM Church on 1 st Street. We will perform the same concert twice on Thursday, December 21 st at 1:30 and 7:00 p.m. We've asked for the doors to open half an hour before the concert begins....
