Menlo Park Academy
Family Resources
Nutrition:
Menlo offers breakfast and lunch to all students every day that school is in session. If you are facing food insecurity and need assistance with food on non-school days, please talk with one of our team members so we can connect you with programs that can help.
Application for Educational Benefits (formerly known as Free and Reduced) https://nutritionservices.mpls.k12.mn.us/application
Housing Insecurity:
Are you or your family staying in shelters, hotels, or other temporary situations and students in foster care? You have certain rights and legal protections to ensure access to public education. For more information and resources please visit the links below or talk with one of our team members about your situation so we can ensure you are able to access all of the benefits available to you.
Information about the McKinney-Vento Act supporting homeless or highly mobile youth and families: Nowhere to call home Flyer: English, Hmong, Somali, and Spanish
More information about eligibility and housing resources can be found on the Minneapolis Public School website: Homeless and Foster Care Student Services (mpls.k12.mn.us)
Childcare:
Childcare may be available to students with children. East Side Neighborhood Services operates Northeast Child Development Center for infant through pre-kindergarten children. Call (612) 787-4048 or see our website for more information.
Title 1
Title I is a federal program that provides money to schools and districts to help us make sure all children have equal access to high-quality education, and to meet our state’s educational standards. Title I status is based on the number of students in our school from low-income families. Our school is a schoolwide Title I program, which means all our students are able to benefit from the services we provide with our Title I funding.
We are required to use Title I funding to improve the educational achievement of all students and engage our families in that process. School staff members work, with input from parents and the community, to develop a School Improvement Plan. The purpose of this plan is to improve our school’s entire educational program.
More information about Title 1 schools can be found here:
Title 1 FAMILY INFORMATION PACKET: ENGLISH, HMONG, SOMALI, SPANISH
Every year Title 1 schools are required to share a State of the School presentation with families. If you missed this presentation at our fall family night, here is a link to the presentation:
2024-25 School Improvement Plan
Every school in Minneapolis Public Schools is required to develop, implement, and monitor a school improvement plan (SIP). The following plan sets the goals that our school community is working to achieve and identifies the specific strategies or activities that will help us reach those goals together.
Review Menlo’s 2024-25 Family Engagement Plan - Click Here
Review Menlo’s 2024-25 Student Compact - Click Here
Have feedback about our School Improvement or Family Engagement Plans? Complete a brief survey to share your ideas - Click Here
Want to visit or volunteer at Menlo Park? Please reach out to our Dean of Students, Tony Brown, at ABrown@esns.org