🐻🏃 Teddy Track Sprinter Olive Maly competes at the USATF National Junior Olympic Championships in Savannah, GA. Competing with the Minnesota Flyers track program her 4x100 relay team finished 10th in the nation. Well done Olive! USATrack&Field #TeddyNation #TheVeltMpls

Minneapolis Public Schools is celebrating student innovation at the GEMS-GISE-STEM Summer Exhibitions on Wednesday, July 30 at six summer academy sites! 🚀 • Anishinabe Academy and Sullivan STEAM School: 8:10–10:15 a.m. • Green Central: 8:10–11 a.m. • Lucy Laney: 8:10–10:15

Assistant Commissioner Angela Mansfield is a graduate of Minneapolis Public Schools' Washburn High School and helped celebrate their 100th anniversary this week. You can get in on the celebration too this weekend with tours, reunions, performances and more. washburnconnections.org

Washburn High School is celebrating its centennial Aug. 1–2! 🎉 bit.ly/MPS-Washburn100 Washburn High School #Washburn100 #WeAreMPS

There are a few spots left for Summer Blast STEAM Camp, Aug. 4–8 at Franklin Middle School! 🚀 Explore hands-on STEAM learning, project-based activities and summer fun all rolled into one unforgettable experience. Learn more and register here: bit.ly/MPS-SummerBlast Contact

Earlier this summer, Minnesota Housing approved a $1.5M Homework Starts with Home grant for Hennepin County, $900k of which will support Stable Homes Stable Schools (SHSS) doing more to reduce homelessness among families with elementary-aged kids in Minneapolis: bit.ly/SHSS900k

Join Minneapolis Public Schools and YMCA of the North at the Back to School Career / Resource Fair! 🗓️ Tuesday, Aug. 12 🕜 1:30 to 4 p.m. 📍 Harold Mezile North Community YMCA (1711 W. Broadway Ave.) Expect community resources offering services and a variety of employers that

Minneapolis Public Schools has upgraded our school meals software to SchoolCafe. You will now find culinary information on SchoolCafe instead of LINQConnect. • Complete your Application for Educational Benefits on SchoolCafe for the 2025-26 school year. • Access SchoolCafe

Minneapolis Public Schools and the Minneapolis Federation of Educators, including both the ESP and teacher chapters, are negotiating new contracts. The next session is today, Wednesday, Aug. 13.  💻 LIVESTREAM: mps.eduvision.tv/LiveEvents  📂 ARCHIVE: mps.eduvision.tv 

Congratulations to the recipients of the MPS Early Childhood Grow Your Own 2025 program! This initiative offers tuition support, mentorship, and experience aimed at building a diverse teaching workforce that represents our community. The nine awarded recipients commit to

📚 School starts at MPS in just two weeks! 🚍 We’re excited to welcome our students, families and staff to the 2025–26 school year! Visit our back-to-school webpage at mpschools.org/b2s for essential information including open house events. Tuesday, Sept. 2 is the first

Minneapolis Public Schools and the Minneapolis Federation of Educators, including both the ESP and teacher chapters, are negotiating new contracts. The next session is today, Wednesday, Aug. 20 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the MFE office (67 8th Ave NE). 💻 LIVESTREAM:

In the first School News Podcast of the 2025-26 school year, Superintendent Dr. Lisa Sayles-Adams joins Manny Hill to preview back-to-school, celebrate Washburn High School’s recent 100th anniversary, and highlight our new Grow Your Own program for early childhood education.

Congrats to North High senior TaLylah Johnson, who was honored as an All-State girls flag football player at the Aug. 16 Minnesota Vikings game! 🏈🎉 TaLylah (‘26) and North alum Brooklyn Pettis (‘25) proudly represented MPS on the All-State girls flag football team last season. 👏👏👏

MPS student voices shine in this incredible back-to-school original song and video, "All In For Greatness!" ✨ A group of GEMS-GISE STEM Academy students at Olson Middle School took on group project this summer, leading the writing, production, filming and editing. The

✨ It’s almost time! We’re so excited to welcome our students back to Minneapolis Public Schools this week! ✨ The first day of school is: 📚 Tuesday, Sept. 2, for grades 1–12 📚 Thursday, Sept. 4, for pre-K and kindergarten Visit our back-to-school webpage for important

We are thrilled to welcome our students, families and staff back to school today. Welcome to the 2025-26 school year at Minneapolis Public Schools! 🎉 #BackToSchool #MPSFirstDay #WeAreMPS

✨ Happy first day of school to our littlest learners! ✨ We are so excited to welcome pre-K and kindergarten students to MPS today, Thursday, Sept. 4. Let's have an incredible year! Share your back-to-school moments with us! Tag MPS using #MPSFirstDay or submit photos at

Join the CityWide Student Leadership Board and make a difference in your school community! Applications are open through Sept. 18 for MPS students in grades 9–12. Learn more about CityWide and apply here: ➡️ bit.ly/MPS-CityWide-2… The CityWide Student Leadership Board seeks