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.

Kindergarten, 2nd & 4th Grade Safe Touch Info for Parents-PLEASE READ

2015

Dear Family,

     During this school year, the kindergarten, second and fourth grade classes will receive training in a personal safety program.  This program teaches children skills that will help keep them safe from dangerous and abusive situations.  They will understand that everyone has a right to protect his/her body.  Children will learn to ask for help when they need it.  The children will learn that there are safety rules about touching and that there are three kinds of touches:

• Safe touches.  These are touches that keep you safe and are good for your body.  They make you feel cared for, loved and important.  Safe touches include hugging, holding hands, pats on the back, an arm around the shoulder, and a shot from the doctor.
• Unsafe touches.  These are touches that are not good for your body and hurt your body or your feelings.  (for example:  hitting, pushing, pinching, kicking, and breaking the touching rule.)
•  Unwanted touches.  These may be safe touches, yet the child doesn’t want to be touched in that way, by that person, or at that moment in time.  It is okay for a child to say “No” to unwanted touches.  Children can say “No” to any unwanted touch; even if the person touching them is someone they know.  Help your child practice saying “No” in a strong yet polite voice.  This will help children learn to set personal boundaries for keeping themselves safe.

      In these lessons, the children will learn the Touching Rule:  “A person should not touch your private body parts, except to keep you clean and healthy.”  They will learn that private body parts are “those parts covered by a swimsuit.”  It is recommended that you teach your child at home the correct anatomical names for private body parts so that, if necessary, he or she is able to communicate accurately about any touching questions or problems they may have.  The children will learn the Safety Steps that will guide them to know what do if someone breaks the touching rule or is abusing them in any manner.

Safety Steps

1. Listen to the “uh oh” feeling  (Recognize)
2. Say No (Resist)
3. Go and tell a grown up. (Report)

             Children need to be able to identify adults to talk to, both inside and outside the family, since you may not always be available.  The children learn that it is not their fault if someone breaks the touching rule and that it is never too late to tell.

             The fourth grade curriculum includes information about physical abuse, verbal abuse, neglect and sexual abuse.  This gives students the vocabulary to tell an adult that they trust if they (or someone they know) are being abused.

             Due to the sensitive topic, you are invited to review the material.   You may contact me at 435-279-6783 or 279-8292 if you have any questions or would like to look at the material.

Sincerely,

Jeanne Perry, Education Specialist     

435 E. 700 S.  Brigham City, UT  84302                                                                 

(435) 723-5600 Fax: 435-723-0670  

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2015-16 Lunch Prices

Applying for Free/Reduced Lunch

The District is asking everyone apply ONLINE this year.  If you do not have access to the internet, please come into the school to pick up and fill out an application.

Here are the instructions to applying ONLINE:

(NOTE:  RATHER THAN GOING TO BESD.NET TO GET TO THE ONLINE SIGN UP AS LISTED BELOW, YOU CAN PUSH THE LINK ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF OUR WEBPAGE LABELED "Apply for Free/Reduced Lunch" THEN FOLLOW THE REST OF THE DIRECTIONS BELOW.)