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March 2019
Principal’s Message
Dear McKinley Families we’re grateful for all you’ve done to help build healthier lives and happy hearts. I’m proud to announce that our school community raised $1105.00 for the American Heart Association. During our March, Wednesday morning message (weather permitting) we will have our culminating activity. Please come out and join us.
Multicultural Family Night/Lunar New Year Parade
Thank you to all who made these two events possible. Both of these events gave us an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate our diverse McKinley culture.
Scholastic Book Fair is Coming
During the week of March 18th, PTO and McKinley School will host a book fair in the library. Book fairs give children a motivation to read by offering them a selection of books to choose from that they can look at before they decide to buy. They help raise money for our school. They give parents and kids an opportunity to pick out and read books together. So please join us in our effort to raise readers and consider volunteering and participating in our upcoming book fair. Please stay tuned on how you can get involved.
One Ingredient Snack Challenge
Congratulations to Ms. Joffroy’s class for winning the one ingredient snack challenge. In an effort to provide students with the healthiest environment we can, we are encouraging you to provide only healthy snacks for school snacks. Children need healthy snacks to help them grow and stay healthy. Snacking isn’t bad for kids, but what they snack on is important. If you give your child healthy snacks now, he or she will learn to make healthy food choices in the future. We are looking forward to making our school the healthiest it can be so our students can do their best work.
5th Grade Residency Verification
All 5th grade parents must complete a new Residence Verification Form before entering 6th grade. This is mandatory for ALL 5th graders. Residency verification will be held the weeks of April 1-12 from 8am - 3pm at the McKinley office.
Art Is Education
Show your support for the arts and young artists from the San Leandro Unified School District. Art is Education Month Reception: March 12, 2019 from 6:30 - 7:45 pm at the San Leandro Main Library. Keynote address will be held in the children’s library at 7:00 pm with McKinley’s own David Patusco as speaker.
Drake’s Fundraiser
Thank you to everyone who volunteered and attended our Drake’s fundraiser. PTO collected $1,145.00 in donations at the door.
MoMo Challenge
Parents please be aware and very cautious of what your child watches on YouTube and KIDS YOUTUBE. There is a thing called ‘Momo’ that’s instructing kids to kill themselves, turn stoves on while everyone is sleep and even threatening to kill the children if they tell their parents,”
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- March 4 PTO Meeting (6:00 pm - 7:30 pm MPR)
- March 5 Spring Pictures (ALL day)
- March 6 Wednesday Morning Message (8:10)/Coffee Chat
- March 10 Daylight Savings time starts
- March 12 Art is Education (6:30 - 7:45 pm) San Leandro Main Library
- March 13 Enrollment Fair Barbara Lee Center (3:30 - 6:00)
- March 15 Report Cards Distributed - Check Backpacks
- March 20 Papa Murphy’s Fundraiser 11:00 - 8:00pm
- March 20 DELAC Meeting (6:00 - 7:30 PM ) Barbara Lee Center
- March 21 Latino Achievement Night (AEC) 6:30 - 8:00 PM
- March 22 ELAC Meeting (8:00 - 9:30 AM)
- March 28 SSC Meeting (3:30 -4:30PM) Library
- April 1 PTO Meeting (6:00 - 7:30 PM) MPR
Make every day count. Good attendance now will help your children do well in high school, college and work. Congratulations to Ms. Spencer’s 3rd grade class for having the best attendance during the month of February.
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Seeking Volunteers for TK & Kindergarten Classrooms
If you are interested in working in either transitional kindergarten or kindergarten classrooms, our elementary schools are always looking for enthusiastic volunteers! Our schools especially need support for 30-60 minutes at a time in the classroom, during recess, and during lunch.
Please contact McKinley's Parent Facilitator Jennifer Amate at jamate@slusd.us to learn how you can become a volunteer.
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McKinley Elementary School Principal Grozelia Ward
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San Leandro Unified Recognizes African American and Latino Academic Achievement
San Leandro Unified School District will host a series of recognition nights for African American and Latino students who have demonstrated exceptional academic achievement throughout the 2018-19 school year. Almost 1,300 fifth through twelfth grade students from all 12 district schools will be recognized at formal evening events over the next several weeks.
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San Leandro High School Earns First College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award for Achieving High Female Representation in AP Computer Science Courses
SAN LEANDRO, CA โ San Leandro High School has earned the first College Board APยฎ Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science Principles. Schools honored with the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award have expanded girlsโ access in AP Computer Science courses. Out of more than 18,000 secondary schools worldwide that offer AP courses, SLHS is one of only 685 to accomplish this.
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San Leandro Adult School Wins Leaders in Education Award
This past month, Principal Bradley Frazier and Vice Principal Rachelle Parham received the annual San Leandro Chamber of Commerce Leaders in Education award on behalf of the San Leandro Adult School.
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School Counselors Celebrated During National School Counseling Week, Feb. 4โ8, 2019
National School Counseling Week, sponsored by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA), will be celebrated from Feb. 4โ8, 2019, to focus public attention on the unique contribution of professional school counselors within U.S. school systems and how students are different as a result of what school counselors do.
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9th Graders Complete 10 Year Plan
When you were a freshman in high school, did you have any idea where you would be in 10 years? One half of the 9th-grade class at San Leandro High School has not only an idea of what the year 2028 will look like for them, but they also created a plan to get there.
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Support SLED, Support McKinley
SLED is dedicated to raising resources and improving the lives and education of children in the San Leandro Unified School District. See how you can support SLED.
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