Welcome to the 2024-25 school year! We are off to a great start and look forward to celebrating the continuous growth of our students throughout the year. A partnership between the school and parent(s) is paramount in unlocking the true potential of every student. If you are unsure of how you can support your child in their academic and social growth, please contact your child's teacher and they will be more than happy to guide you in this process.
Reminders
-This Thursday, September 5th we will be hosting our Open House from 5:30-7:00 p.m. Families are free to come and go any time throughout this time frame. This is a great opportunity for families to come and see their child's teacher and classroom along with the updated floors and new furniture.
-To ensure the safety of all students, teachers will follow a student's normal dismissal plan unless they are notified by the parent or the office is contacted. Sometimes students attempt to inform teachers of these changes, but the notification must be made by the parent. If dismissal plans change in the afternoon if it is best to contact the office to ensure the teacher is made aware of the change. We appreciate your help and understanding with this process.
-Due to student publicity permissions we ask that parents and guests refrain from taking pictures in the school without consulting with staff.
Calendar Dates
September 5 - Open House (5:30-7:00 p.m.)
September 11 - Fall Pictures
September 11 - McKinley PTO Meeting (5:30 p.m.)
September 17 - OES Board Meeting at Central School (6:00 p.m.)
September 17-19 - Book Fair (during the school day)
September 19 - Evening Book Fair in McKinley's Gym (4:30-6:30 p.m.)
September 20 - Half Day (11:30 a.m. dismissal)
September 27 - Midterm (3rd-4th grade students)
October 1 - BBQ Fundraiser (more information coming soon)
PTO
We are so excited to be back to school! We have a fun year planned for our students!
This month we have our book fair planned for September 17-19th. Kids can bring money and shop with their class. On Thursday September 19th, we will do our Family night Book fair. Anyone can come from 4:30-6:30 and shop. We can accept cash, card or E-wallet. To create an E-wallet, just get on the Scholastic website and find our school fair and sign your kids up. Anyone can add money to your child’s account. We will post more about this on our Facebook page.
We will also be putting up a link soon for spirit wear. Be on the lookout for that if you are planning on buying some McKinley gear!
We will be starting up our monthly PTO meetings again this month. We meet on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. This month will be on September 11th at 5:30 in the gym. Anyone is welcome to come!!
If you have any questions you can reach out to any of our board members or send us a message to the McKinley PTO Facebook page
Amanda Waddell- President
Darlene Hess- Vice President
Casey Clemons- Treasurer
Amy Anderson- Secretary
DON’T FORGET…
-Like our Facebook page McKinley School PTO
-Save your Handy Foods receipts and send them into school. We can redeem these for gift cards to use for school events
-Join Kroger Community Rewards if you haven’t already. Select McKinley school as your organization to support and you can help our school just by grocery shopping!
Kindergarten
Kindergarten is off to a great start this year. We are working hard to learn the rules and routines of school. It has been great spending time with friends, both old and new. We are looking forward to a FUN school year!
-Kindergarten Team
1st Grade
1st grade is off to a great start! Students and teachers are excited to be back at school. Miss Holbert, Mrs. Stewart, and Mrs. Walker enjoyed getting the new furniture organized and ready for students. Students were busy seeing old friends and making new friends. Now we are learning the routine and schedule of 1st grade.
-1st Grade Team
2nd Grade
Second Grade has been busy getting to know the routines of each classroom. We also celebrated the 2nd Day of 2nd Grade on August 22nd. We saved Fred, discussed what we are excited for in second grade, and worked with all things 2. It was a great way to kick off Second Grade!!!
-2nd Grade Team
3rd Grade
Third grade is off to a great start! We have had fun getting to know each other and learning the routines in 3rd grade. We enjoyed doing some fun activities for the "Third Day of Third Grade!" We also used our teamwork skills to rescue Fred the Worm. We are excited for everything that is to come this school year and know it will be filled with a lot of fun and learning!
-3rd Grade Team
4th Grade
Fourth grade is having a wonderful beginning of the year! We have been doing fun activities to get to know each other and learning all of the expectations for a successful year in fourth grade. We have begun our first novel study, Fourth Grade Rats, and the students are really enjoying it! We have also started reviewing place value skills in math and learning about oceans and continents during social studies. We are looking forward to developing characters for our writing unit where students will create their own realistic fiction stories. It’s going to be a great year!
-4th Grade Team
Life Skills
We are so excited to welcome everyone back to a new school year. The students have been working hard at learning new expectations and routines in the room, and have been enjoying visiting specials for the first time. We are looking forward to a great year of learning and laughing with all of our new friends!
-Mrs. Berryman
We're off to a great start in life skills! We've been focusing on classroom routines and procedures. We are adjusting well to the new staff and new friends in our room. We're looking forward to a fun apple unit in the month of September and starting cooking!
-Mrs. Sullivan
D/HH
The D/HH room is gearing up for a wonderful year. We welcome two new teaching assistants this year, Miss Landis ("L" at the wrist) and Mrs. Tarr ('T" at the chin). They are excited to help our wonderful students. We are also welcoming a new student, Logan ("L" at the shoulder) and two returning students, Emma and Justin.
Our classroom is beautiful with new flooring, desks, chairs and tables. The students were very surprised when they came in for the first time. Let's have a fantastic year.
-D/HH Team
