McKinley Reading for Education School Fundraiser

We are doing the Reading for Education fundraiser again this year.  An envelope will be coming home with your student.  Please read the instructions and help your student fill in addresses of family and friends on the papers in the booklet.  We receive money for every paper filled out and there is no obligation to buy anything for you or anyone that receives the postcard.  They can buy something if they want but they DO NOT have to buy anything for us to get money.  We receive money for every address filled out.  Do not rip the papers out of the booklet.  Once you have filled in the postcard pages with addresses, send the booklet back with your student to give to his/her teacher.  If the student returns the booklet completely filled out they will receive a glow time watch or if only part of the booklet is filled out with addresses, they will receive a Spongebob slap bracelet for returning it.  If they return the booklet completely filled out they will also have their name entered into a drawing for a grand prize.

THE DEADLINE TO TURN IN THE BOOKLETS IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 12TH!

Please watch this little video that gives more detailed information regarding this fundraiser.

KICK OFF VIDEO

Let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you for your support.

Green Ribbon Week

National Walk to School Day..

October 8, 2015

Meet at Meadow Park at 7:30

This week McKinley is participating in Green Ribbon Week.

Green Ribbon Week is to remind us to follow the safety rules as a pedestrian. If you are riding a bike or walking we want you to be safe.

Safety Tips:

-Always walk on a sidewalk. If there is no sidewalk walk in single file facing traffic.

-Look both ways before crossing a street. (Left-Right-Left)

-Walk not run across the street. Look for cars while crossing.

-Use crosswalks

-Never play on the street

-Wear reflective clothing at night

-Walk with a buddy

Let’s help our kids stay safe. Take a pledge to be safe and follow the rules. As a symbol you will do these things tie your green ribbon to your backpack, bike, or lunch box.

McKinley Flu Clinic

There will be a flu clinic held at McKinley on Wednesday, October 14th from 3-5 PM.  Please click here for more information.

Thank you!

Community Council Nominations

We are in need of Community Council members at McKinley school.  Our Community Council is an essential part of the cooperative effort between the school and the parents and community.  This position will require between 5 and 6 meetings per year at the school.  These meetings are usually less than an hour.  Thank you for your nomination.

If you would like to nominate someone for Community Council, please click HERE to open and print the form.  Please fill it out and return this nomination to the office by October 2nd.  All nominees will be contacted prior to the voting process.  Elections will run October 5th & 6th.  

Please note, there are two nominations per page so you only need to fill in and send back one unless you would like to nominate more than one person.

Thank you!

Lice Info

There has been lice found at McKinley.  Please click here to read more information on actions needed to be taken by you as parents of students at our school.  Please notify us if you have any questions or if your student has lice.  Make sure to take the proper steps before sending a student to school with lice.  Thank you very much.

PTA School Fundraiser

The PTA kicked off the fundraiser today.  A packet should have been sent home with your student.  This fundraiser is one selling chocolate bars.  They come in boxes of 30 candy bars (some of each kind) and will be sold for $2 a bar.  If you want your student to sell them, then you need to sign a permission form and send it to school with your student.  At that point, a box of chocolates will be send home for them to sell.  Please keep in mind that if you sign the permission slip, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SELLING ALL THE CANDY BARS IN THE BOX and will need to send the $60 back for that box of chocolates by the fundraiser deadline.  Please help raise money for our school that is used for many different things throughout the year.  Make sure to read through the information that was sent home in the packet so you are aware of what the guidelines.  They will also be selling first aid kits as well, look in the packet for more information on this as well.

If you sell one whole box of chocolates and need another one, you will need to sign another permission slip to get another box to sell.  You need to sign a permission slip each time you want another box of chocolates.

Click here if you need to open and print out the permission slip.  Please note that there are two on the page, so you can cut it in half.

Thank you for your support!

Fun Opportunity

The High School is producing the musical Lil’ Abner!  Lil Abner is a story of a town, Dawg Patch USA, that needs to find a reason for the government not to turn their homes into a nuclear test site. The main motivation, to preserve the time honored tradition of the Sadie Hawkins Race.  We are in need of bright, talented performers to come be a part of our ensemble!  We are opening auditions to grades 3-5. They would appear in all major group scenes including the grand Sadie Hawkins Race.  A few will also be featured in as small scientists and small business people.  There will be a parent meeting for all interested will be held Tuesday Night at 6:30 in the BRHS auditorium. After the parent meeting if students wish to audition, there will be a small audition process where the student will need to sing a 1 minute song and do a movement combination. This short audition will happen on Friday, Sept 11 at 4:00. Students would be expected to attend rehearsals about twice a week until dress rehearsals, then they are needed every day. November 5-7  at 7:30 pm with a special matinee on the  November 7th. If you have any questions feel free to contact Julia Nichols at julia.nichols@besd.net.