CURRENT SCHOOL HOURS
Daily schedule
Monday through Friday 9:00 - 3:50 pm
Breakfast 9:00 - 9:30 am
1st Lunch 11:20 - 11:50 am (Dakota)
2nd Lunch 12:00 - 12:30 pm (Ojibwe)
3rd Lunch 12:40 - 1:10 pm (Middle School)
Busses depart at 4:00pm
TRANSPORTATION
Car drop-off & pick-up
Car drop-off & pick-up
Car drop-off & pick-up
Students traveling by car should arrive between 8:45-9:00 am. We ask that drivers park across the street or in the parking lot. A staff person will be at the front door to greet all students. We ask for your cooperation and support in order to keep the front curb available for busses to drop off students. If you are picking up your child by car after school, please arrive when the school-day ends at 3:50 pm. The afternoon procedure is the same as the morning, leaving the front curb space available for loading busses.
Car parking
Car drop-off & pick-up
Car drop-off & pick-up
If you need to come into the school at drop-off or pick-up time, please park in the lot and—for safety reasons during this heavy-traffic time please walk hand-in-hand with your child to the school building. If you are coming into school during the day, please park in the lot.
Bus pick-up & delivery
Bus pick-up & delivery
Bus pick-up & delivery
Bus transportation is provided to within a central radius to Bdote within south Minneapolis, downtown Minneapolis and NE Minneapolis, through Monarch Bus Service & Minnesota Coaches. In the morning, buses pick up children at stops near their homes and arrive at Bdote at 9:00am. The bus transportation changes each year, and is usually determined shortly before school starts. Families should receive information and schedules in the mail, with morning pick-up and afternoon drop-off times at your child’s specific neighborhood stop.
Behavior on the bus
Bus pick-up & delivery
Bus pick-up & delivery
In order for the ride on the bus to be both safe and pleasant for everyone (including the bus driver), students are expected to follow the bus company rules and behave with the same consideration for others as we expect at school. This means that students are to remain in their seats except when exiting and entering, that they are not to annoy anyone either physically or verbally, and that they are to keep their voices at a conversational level. It also means that they must respond to the bus driver's directions quickly and cooperatively.
Every year school staff talk with the children about appropriate bus behavior and would appreciate the additional support of parents doing the same. If a child is having difficulty on the bus, please inform the school office and we will do what we can to correct the situation. High and consistent expectations on the part of the adults for courteous behavior by the children usually result in a low incidence of problems for our students on the bus.
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Parent Committee Every 2nd Wednesday of the month.
Bdote utilizes the following assessments for our students:
FastBridge AReading
Reading Assessment Administered by Computer
This assessment takes approximately 45 minutes.
Given for grades K-8 in fall, winter, and spring
Results are given to families at conferences and are used to evaluate teaching and learning
FastBridge CBM
Teacher or Coach Administered Reading Assessment
This assessment takes 5 minutes per student.
Given for grades 3-8 in fall, winter, and spring
Results are given to families at conferences and are used to evaluate teaching and learning
FastBridge Math
Math Assessment
This assessment takes approximately 45 minutes per student.
Given for grades K-8 in fall, winter, and spring
Results are given to families at conferences and are used to evaluate teaching and learning
Oral language speaking/listening for Dakota or Ojibwe
Grades K-8
This assessment takes approximately 20 minutes.
Administered in fall and spring by language teachers.
Results are given to teachers and families as well as being used to evaluate teaching and learning
Reading levels in Dakota or Ojibwe
Grades K-8 (Still in development)
This assessment takes approximately 20 minutes.
Administered in fall and spring
Currently these are available to teachers to develop assessments and improve teaching.
MCA Science
This assessment takes 30-200 minutes and is given each spring.
State mandated Science test for grades 5 and 8
Results are mailed to families in the late spring.
MCA Math
This assessment takes 30-200 minutes and is given each spring.
State mandated Math test for grades 3-8.
Results are mailed to families in the late spring.
MCA Reading
This assessment takes 30-200 minutes and is given each spring.
State mandated Reading assessment for grades 3-8.
Results are mailed to families in the late spring.