February 3, 2025
Kids Heart Challenge McKinley will once again be participating in the Kids Heart Challenge to provide support for the American Heart Association. We are excited to be focusing on...
January 4, 2025
I wish all of our families a Happy New Year and we look forward to welcoming our students back to school as we begin the new calendar year! Calendar Dates January 7 - School Res...
December 3, 2024
E-Learning In the event of inclement weather (or an emergency day) the district can opt to call an “E-Learning Day” in place of canceling school. This will allow the district to ...
November 4, 2024
Cold Weather Even though we are in the midst of fall weather, cold temperatures are most certainly upon us. Please make sure your child arrives to school with proper clothing ...
September 30, 2024
October is quickly approaching along with fall weather in the air! Included below is information regarding Halloween Day. Teachers will also be providing additional details regard...
September 3, 2024
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 th...
May 1, 2024
May 6 - 10 Staff Appreciation Week! May 9 2:00 p.m. - Kindergarten Music Concert at Central School May 15 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. - Pre-Kindergarten Assessments (scheduled...
May 1, 2024
It’s so hard to believe that it is the end of the school year! We on the PTO board cannot thank you all enough! We had a very productive year and we could not have done any of tha...
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May 1, 2024
Champion of the Charter Students - April Winners Kindergarten: Aubrey A., Jackson B., Bailey S. 1st Grade: Evelyn A., Avery W., Evelyn D. 2nd Grade: Ainsley H., Brenton...
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May 1, 2024
Students have been studying living and nonliving things. Our special focus in April was learning about and reviewing the needs of plants, as well as how to tend to and take care o...
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May 1, 2024
1st graders are finishing up their yearlong kindness project with one more drop off at the micro food pantries scheduled for May 13th. Big THANK YOU to all the families that have...
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May 1, 2024
2nd grade has had an exciting April! The solar eclipse and Earth Day were big topics in our classrooms and students completed a variety of activities that made them a bit more i...
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May 1, 2024
We have been very busy in 3rd grade! We just finished our biography unit, which is one of our favorites. Students first learned what a biography is and researched famous people wh...
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May 1, 2024
It’s so bittersweet that we are only a few weeks away from the end of our school year! We have seen all fourth graders grow so much this year! We couldn’t be more proud and excite...
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May 1, 2024
Spring is in full swing here in Room 3! This month we explored all of the life and changes that the change in seasons can bring. We learned about how plants grow, explored differe...
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May 1, 2024
April has been a busy month for us. Hartlee was crowned the Rock Paper Scissors champ for our classroom. We are all enjoying playing RPS a lot. We had our Reading Extravaganza and...
May 1, 2024
It’s late April here at McKinley Art and we are still hard at work on our awesome art projects and getting ready for the big Art Show! The Art Show will be Tuesday, April 30th Th...
April 2, 2024
April 5 All registration documents due back to the office April 9 Incoming Kindergarten Registration Night - 3:30-5:30 p.m. April 10 PTO Meeting - 5:30 p.m. Apr...
April 2, 2024
Happy Spring! Welcome back to school! Spring tends to be a pretty busy time for everyone. Here are a few things we have going on… Our Alfano’s order forms are due back on Tuesd...
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April 2, 2024
Champion of the Charter Students -March Winners Kindergarten: Makenna M., Moriah A., Mia E. 1st Grade: Averie F., Emma F., Caydmen V. 2nd Grade: Zoey R., Evie A., T...