New York Mills Elementary is excited to once again partner with local businesses for the 2025-26 school year. The main goal for the Adopt-A-Class program is to build relationships between NY Mills businesses, students, teachers, and the community.  

The program is meant to provide opportunities for students to display art/classroom work for NY Mills community members to view, for these business employees to come into the classrooms and field trips to the adoptive business.  What a great way to get to know one another better and to showcase many of the wonderful things that are happening in our school and community. There are many business-led events that have become traditions for each grade level, and it is also awesome to see brand new ideas come to fruition.

Adopt a Class organizers want to thank the businesses that participated in the Adopt-A-Class partnership last year, for the 2024-2025 school year: Farmer’s Daughter Rustic Bakery, Magnifi Financial – NYM, Mills Family Dentistry, New York Mills Public Library, Mills Country Market, Designs by Tes, Centennial Realty, Farmers & Merchants State Bank, Long Weekend Sportswear, Mills Lanes, Lake Country Home Care, and Lumber Depot.  They are very thankful for these businesses and hope they are excited to commit to another amazing year of partnership. And in the same breath, we also welcome other NY Mills businesses to partner with us for the first time.  

Please consider this engaging opportunity to partner with the school and students. Those who are interested in the possibility of adopting a class for the 2025-26 school year, should contact Bridget Weller at bweller@nymills.k12.mn.us, no later than October 3. The Adopt-a-Class committee will be in touch with businesses the following week to confirm their adopted grade level.