Snail Mail
An e-newsletter from Snail Lake Kindergarten Center
Kindergarten “Move-a-Thon”
Please join us for the fall Snail Lake PTO’s Move-a-Thon! Our Move-a-Thon promotes physical activity and movement while also raising money for our Parent Teacher Organization (PTO). Dates will be October 21 - November 3, 2026.
Ways to Participate:
MOVE! We encourage every student to move their body each and every day!
PLEDGE! Use the included pledge sheet to get family and friends to sponsor your student. Donations can be a set dollar amount or can be based on a per-minute pledge. Donations and pledge activity are optional. More than anything, we want students to move their bodies!
TRACK! We encourage families to track their student’s physical activity at home from October 21 - November 3, 2026. Students can move by themselves or they can move their bodies with others (families, friends, or even their stuffed animals).
RETURN! By November 5, return all the sheets (the minute tracker as well as any pledges or donations you’ve received) to school in the envelope provided. We will tally up all minutes students have moved as well as donations received.
In spring 2027, we will have a “Read-a-thon” which gets kids excited about becoming lifelong readers! More to come in the spring!
Thank you for your ongoing support of our school and community!
Popcorn Celebration
A few times in the year, we wish to celebrate building-wide milestones with a special experience - a popcorn party! Please see the nutrition label attached. If you wish to send in an alternative snack for your student, please complete this form by November 2, 2026. The front office will reach out to those families that wish to send an alternative prior to the date of a planned popcorn party so an alternative can be sent to school.
Hearing and Vision Screening
On November 11th the school nurse will be conducting Hearing and Vision screening for all kindergartners. If a referral is needed, the health office will contact you directly. If you have further questions please reach out to Libby Johnson in the health office at 651-621-8004 or elizabethf.johnson@moundsviewschools.org.
Check out the Snail Lake PTO page for volunteer shifts available https://snaillakepto.membershiptoolkit.com/
T-Shirt Donations
We recently celebrated our first Future Mustang School Spirit Day. Each student received a Future Mustang T-shirt. If you haven’t had a chance to donate toward the cost of the t-shirt you may still do so! Donations can be sent in your child’s folder labeled “future mustang t-shirt” or you may donate electronically through the PTO via the QR codes pictured below. Thank you so much for your support!
Making Screen Time more meaningful
When it comes to screen time for students in schools, educational leaders everywhere are asking some common questions.
- Is less screen time the only approach?
- How can schools improve the quality of screen time?
- Can screen time be justified if it has a meaningful impact on learning?
And with the increasing use of AI, school districts are faced with even more challenges to navigate.
This fall, Mounds View Public Schools will consider these issues and more as it convenes a steering committee to provide recommendations to the School Board. Throughout the school year, the group will solicit community feedback and look at four main areas related to educational technology.
- Developing screen time usage guidelines
- Creating an AI usage framework
- Considering laptop and device monitoring tools
- Defining active and passive use of technology
Holiday Matching Challenge
Make twice the impact this holiday season. The Ralph Reeder Food Shelf Holiday Matching Challenge is back with an unprecedented $200,000 match. Every new donation made through December 31 will be matched dollar for dollar, doubling your support for local families. Give today and help make the most of this incredible matching opportunity!
Farm to School Thursdays
This Farm to School Thursday, students enjoyed locally-produced beef meatballs from Rancher’s Legacy and Minnesota-grown delicata squash. Meatballs provide protein to help build and maintain strong muscles, while delicata squash provides vitamin A to support healthy vision.
Students can receive urgent text alerts
Library News
This week we read the book Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds. Ask your child about the carrots we found creeping around our school, and how our students worked together to make them go home.
Questions? Contact the library at krispen.lam@mvpschools.org