If your child is not up-to-date on required 2022-23 school immunizations for the State of Oregon or does not have a valid exemption on file, now is the time to schedule immunizations with your childcare provider. For more information check the website here: exclusion day 2023

Virtual or In Person

Thursday, Feb 2nd - Conferences 10:00-6:00 no school

Friday, Feb 3rd - Conferences 7:30-3:30 no school

Some families will have these Winter conferences and some will have Spring conferences. Teachers will reach out to those with Winter conferences. If you are not contacted and would like a conference, please reach out to your child's teacher to schedule.

Lice: this is a popular time of year for lice to appear. Please check your children's hair regularly. If you do find live lice, children must be treated and free of live lice before returning to school. Check out the Lice Flyer at the end of this newsletter for more details.

The district is actively monitoring the weather and the forecast. If there are any weather-related impacts to school operations, staff and families will receive communication from the district.

If you have not already, please take the opportunity download the ParentSquare app and please be attentive to your email, text and phone during weather events. The district website will also be updated with current information.

IF A 2 HOUR DELAY IS CALLED MCKINLEY WILL START AT 9:50 AM. THIS IS FOR ALL SCHOOL DAYS MONDAY- FRIDAY.

PTC Meeting

Feb 7th @ 6:30 PM

Childcare provided 6:30 -7:45PM- Cafeteria

Parent Meeting - Library

Agenda - In no particular order

OBOB - battles, tournament night

Take out Tuesday - Papa Murphy & Panda Express

Movie night update

Principles report

Unplugged week update

Fun run update

Treasurer report

T-shirt fundraiser

Tuesday, February 14th

Virtual - ALL DAY (no in person orders)

Place your order online at www.pandaexpress.com at any location nationwide.

• 1st Tuesday of most months - PTC Meeting 6:30 PM-8:00 PM
• 2nd Tuesday of most months - Take Out Tuesday - fundraisers at local restaurants
• October 7th - Fun Run
• October 12th - Willamette Valley Pie Fundraiser
• November 28- Dec 2 Usborne Book Fair
• December thru February OBOB (Oregon Battle of the Books)
• February 27-March 3 - Read-A-Thon
• April - Scholastic Book Fair
• June 2 - School Carnival

PTC officers: Lea Hinchcliff, Beth Gallini, Thomas Wells and Raina Wickstrom

Questions? Contact the PTC exec team at ptcmckinley@gmail.com.

Fentanyl is currently very common in our community; it is a powerful synthetic opioid that is like morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent. Fentanyl is odorless, tasteless and colorless. Young people think they are taking “blues,” OxyContin or Xanax, but they are often taking pills laced with fentanyl. Recently, law enforcement agencies have also warned about the danger of fentanyl being disguised as candy, specifically targeted to be sold to children.

Staying engaged in your child’s education is critical. For many students, having their parents be active members in their education can help keep them on track to graduate.

Parent's Guide to Graduation

Thanks to the USDA’s Seamless Summer Option, we will be able to feed all students breakfast and lunch at school for free this year.

Lunch Menus Food Services will not be printing lunch menus to send to the schools. They will post on each schools website, as well on the District website. They are having a hard time getting anything on a consistent basis and cannot depend on suppliers to have what is needed. The food chain/Supply and Demand is ever flexing.

Click here to visit the Food Service Website

EVERY Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

7:30 Breakfast available in cafeteria (free to all students)

7:35 Doors Open for all students

7:50 School Starts- tardy bell rings

2:20 School Ends

EVERY Wednesday

8:30 Breakfast available in cafeteria (free to all students)

8:35 Doors Open for all students

8:50 School Starts- tardy bell rings

2:20 School Ends

Arrival and Dismissal doors will be the front courtyard and back breezeway doors for grades 1-5 and Kindergarten in the garden area.