MELA is moving!

We are excited to announce an exciting change for our school community for the 17-18 school year. As you know, we are in need of additional space as our school grows to serve additional grade levels and expand our academic program offerings to give your student a world-class educational experience and maximize the effectiveness of our personalized learning model.

This summer, MELA will relocate to the facility of the Church of the Open Door in Maple Grove, located at 9060 Zanzibar Lane. This location is more than double the size of our current facility and will have space for Spanish, fine arts, a computer classroom and a gymnasium. We are in the final stages of a 5-year lease negotiation with the church, so we anticipate making this our home for the foreseeable future.

Our transportation vendor has assured us that all of our current routes will continue into next year, and are willing to establish new routes necessary to ensure that our current students will still have access to transportation to the new site. Start and end times for the school day will be finalized by May 15th, along with any plans that may be necessary to provide after-school care and transportation to your student should the day end earlier.

We are thrilled about the possibilities that are now open to our community thanks to our new space. You can help MELA grow by:

• Spreading the word to families with children who may be interested in enrolling; we have seats available in grades Kindergarten through 4th grade. Interested families can contact Ms. Caroline at 763-205-4396 or by email at melainfo@distinctiveschools.org  to enroll for the coming school year.
• Helping us with the move! During the last week of June, we’ll need help packing, or you can donate boxes that we can use to pack belongings.

In the coming weeks, we will be setting up a mock classroom at our new facility that parents may visit on Wednesdays. Details will be announced in newsletters and memos as they are finalized.

In the meantime, please feel free to contact Ms. Caroline with any questions or concerns about the upcoming relocation.

​Thank you for the privilege of serving your children. We are so grateful for our families’ loyalty and support over the past two years, and look forward to more successes in the coming school year!