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October 10th-14th
Important School Dates:
10/10 - After-School Drama Club Begins
10/11 - Learning Lab
10/12 - Community Council Meeting @ 1:00pm
10/12 - After School Drama Club
10/13 - Early Release Day - No Learning Lab
10/13 - AIS Community Gallery Walk 9:00am-10:30am
10/14 - End of 1st Quarter - No School
10/17 - After-School Drama Club
10/18 - October Spotlight Lunch @ 11:45am
10/18 - Learning Lab
10/19 - After-School Drama Club
10/20 - Dress Like-a-Teacher Day
10/20 - Learning Lab
10/24-10/28 - Book Fair
10/24 - After School Drama Club
10/25 - Learning Lab
10/26 - After-School Drama Club
10/27 & 10/28 - Parent/ Teacher Conferences - No School
10/29 -*** Fall Carnival 3:00pm -6:00pm ***
After-School Drama Club - A Holiday Moosical Starts Monday!
Drama Club will meet every Monday and Wednesday 2:50pm - 4:20pm afterschool from Monday, October 10th to the day of our performance on December 7th. If another adult will be picking up your child after Drama Club please call Joy before 4:00pm. We must have parent permission to release your child to another adult. Thank you!
Community Council Meeting - October 12th at 1:00pm
Ms. Mattea's Title I Corner: Title 1 Parent & Staff Committee Meeting, October 19th OR October 20th
Did you know that our Title 1 Program at McNeil is now schoolwide? This means that every McNeil student benefits from Title 1 programs such as in and out of class tutors, special family engagement events, intervention curriculum, additional staff, and more. Want to hear about and have a say in our annual Title 1 plan? You can! Please join us for one of the upcoming Title 1 Parent & Staff Committee Meetings! Snacks provided. We have two available dates/time frames below:
October 19th at 8:00 am in the McNeil Library
OR
October 20th 11:50 am in the McNeil Library
For more information email Mattea at mpeters@kpbsd.k12.ak.us or contact the school.
The Crisp Autumn Air is Here!
Artist in the School Community Gallery Walk
Early Release Day & End of 1st Quarter
Friday, October 14th is the end of our 1st quarter. This is an in-service day for staff and there will be no school.
Dress Like-a-Teacher Day
Thursday, October 20th, is Dress Like-A-Teacher Day. Join the fun!
School Book Fair
Parent/ Teacher Conferences - October 27th & 28th
McNeil Canyon Fall Carnival
The annual McNeil Canyon Elementary Fall Carnival will be held on Saturday, October 29th from 3:00 - 6:00 pm. This is a fun-filled evening for the whole family and community. The Fall Carnival is sponsored by Community Council and is 1 of 2 major fundraisers for the year. Plus, it's a lot of fun! Parents will be receiving a phone call from their class parent representative asking them to help at the Carnival. Your time commitment can be as short as one hour. Please consider helping with this great event. We couldn't do it with out you all!!
***Correction to DragonTale: The Fall Carnival will be indoors not outdoors***
Got Stuffies???
McNeil Canyon T-Shirts & Hoodies
Order forms for school shirts & hoodies went home with students last week and are also available in the front office. We only order these once a year so if you would like a school shirt or hoodie, please complete and return the order form no later than October 13th.
Dragon Cafe
Curious About Community Activities??
Inkjet Cartridge Recycling
Our school can raise money by collecting used inkjet printer cartridges. Cartridges may be collected from home, a parent’s place of employment, and from their co-workers. Please drop used cartridges off at the front office. Thanks for helping our school with this recycling project.
McNeil Canyon Elementary School
Email: joverson@kpbsd.k12.ak.us
Website: kpbsd.org/schools/mcneil-canyon/
Location: 52188 East End Rd, Homer, AK, USA
Phone: 907-235-8181
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/McNeilCanyon/