Skip cooking dinner and help your favorite school. Stop by the Eagan Culver's between 4:00-7:00 on the second Tuesday of each month and a portion of your purchase will be donated to Pinewood Community School.
2023-2024 dates: Nov. 14th, Dec. 12th, Jan. 9th, Feb. 13th, Mar. 12th, Apr. 9th and May 14th
Yearbook orders are being accepted now. Orders must be placed by March 22 2024. To order click the link below and use the yearbook ID code: 2243524.
Formerly known as the Free and Reduced-Price Meals Program, approved applications are more than just for meals but also provide your school with critical funding.
District 196 provides an iPad Protection plan for $20 to cover theft or accidental damage. This plan is FREE for families that qualify for the Educational Benefits Program. Please review the linked information.
Submit a Technology Help Request Form below and someone will contact you. The Tech Help Request Form can be translated into Spanish and Somali.
At Pinewood, we are committed to helping students become responsible, self-directed, independent, intellectually curious and compassionate lifelong learners.
District 196 is accepting applications from families interested in having their students attend a magnet school in the 2024-25 school year. The deadlines to submit applications are Jan. 5 for the five elementary magnet schools, Dec. 15 for Valley Middle School of STEM and Dec. 22 for the School of Environmental Studies optional high school for juniors and seniors.
Voters in Independent School District 196 elected incumbents Jackie Magnuson, Cory Johnson and Sachin Isaacs, and candidate Anna Williams to fill four open seats in the Nov. 7 School Board election.
For the fifth year in a row, Independent School District 196 is included on Forbes’ annual list of Best-in-State Employers.
Twelve residents of Independent School District 196 filed candidacy for the School Board during the two-week filing period that ended Aug. 15 and will vie for four open seats in the Nov. 7, 2023 School Board election.
ALL families are expected to review and acknowledge the iPad Student User Agreement and either accept or decline the optional Protection Plan by 4:00 pm on Monday, September 18, 2023.
Please complete the annual update of your child’s emergency contacts and parent preferred email addresses on the Infinite Campus Parent Portal.
Quick Start Guides are being issued with the iPads and are also available online. The Quick Start Guide is available in English, Spanish and Somali. Parents can use this guide to identify their child's password and connect the iPad to WiFi.
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