WELCOME BACK LETTER FROM MRS. TYLER
August 25, 2019
WELCOME TO MCBRIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL!
Our District Vision
Excellence Now
Our District Mission
Exceptionally Educated Students by the Most Skilled and Highly Compassionate Staff
Happy New School Year! Welcome to the 2019.20 school year! I hope you enjoyed a summer vacation filled with fun and exciting memories with friends and family. Soon we will open our school doors to welcome you to the new year of learning. We will create a year of excellence for our children as we focus on bringing our students, staff and community together to "Believe” in our path together. "Believe" is our motto as we continue to focus on making our district vision and mission the core of our daily work with children, teachers and parents. This will guide our work to believe in our students, our staff and our families working together. We're going to believe in each other in our quest to make a difference. #McBrideBelieve
Personally, I am excited and enthusiastic to continue this journey with you as your Principal. Being assigned as your principal continues to be my dream job and I couldn’t be happier to continue this journey with you at McBride. As we enter the new school year, I want to let you know that our staff will be engaging in conversations around having a growth mindset, both for themselves and all students. We believe that every person in this building should always be growing and learning. Despite obstacles that may arise, we must always believe in our ability to rise above challenges and come out stronger on the other end.
We have an amazing volunteer group for you to join this year. It is for you, your neighbors, any of your child’s adult relatives and other community members you may know and can invite. We would love to add names to our Mustang Crew who will serve our students as smiling, happy adults who could be charged to greet our students in the morning, assist and recognize students in the cafeteria at lunch and recess. We want our students to see and believe we have dads, moms, grandparents, foster parents, friends, School Board members, restaurant servers and bank tellers who care about our students at McBride. Anyone interested needs to:
- Fill out the online background check (Find the link below.)
- Call Chelsie Orr (503-366-7700) to sign up.
We can’t wait to fill our halls with students adults who care about our Mustangs. I want to invite you to save a couple dates as we begin our year. First, I’d like to invite you to a New Year Launch on August 28 from 5:00-6:00. This will be an opportunity for you to come to school to bring supplies and meet your child’s teacher.
The second date to save is for our Grandparents Day, Back-to-School Night and our PTO sponsored Carnival – all on the same day, Tuesday, September 10th.
· Grandparents Day – 7:30-8:00 is an informal gathering for coffee and donuts, a greeting from Mrs. Tyler at 8:00am and then off to see the classrooms all finishing by 9:00am.
· Back-to-School Picnic (bring your own picnic or purchase from the food truck options: Chop Chop Chicken Sundaes or our very own McBride family owned, St. Helens Grill who will be serving from 4:00-7:00.
· Visit teachers in the classroom from 5:00-6:30.
· PTO Sponsored Carnival – 5:30-7:30
Once again this year, our school goal is to see 80% of our families at this event. Please make this event a priority on your calendar!
As always, please feel free to reach out with question, concerns or compliments!
Sincerely,
Lisa Tyler
Principal
McBride Elementary
Strengthening Community Through Exceptional Schools
St. Helens School District
Lisa Tyler
Principal
(503) 366-7700
Who's My Child's Teacher?
Wednesday, the 28th (late morning), we will release the information on ParentVue that will allow you to see your child's teacher.
If you don't have an opportunity before the New Year Launch to complete this, please come to New Year Launch and we'll have staff available to tell you the teacher assigned to your child.
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McBride Calendar Events
SAVE THESE DATES!
Aug. 28 - New Year Launch - 5:00-6:00 @ McBride
Aug. 29 - Crossing Guard Training - 9:00-10am @ McBride
Sept. 3 - First day of School
Sept. 10 - Grandparents Day - 7:30am (coffee and donuts) 7:55-9:00am (in classrooms)
Sept. 10 - Back to School Picnic - Open House - Carnival
- Back-to-School Picnic (bring your own picnic or purchase from the food truck options: Chop Chop Chicken Sundaes or our very own McBride family owned, St. Helens Grill who will be serving from 4:00-7:00.
- Visit teachers in the classroom from 5:00-6:30.
- PTO Sponsored Carnival – 5:30-7:30