McKinley E-Newsletter
March 29, 2019
Monday, April 1
McKinley News Team
EMPOWER Book Club
Learning Lab from 3-4, Room 319
Tuesday, April 2
Standardized Testing from 8:25 to 10:45 am
Jazz Band/Chamber Orchestra, 7 am
Orchestra Practice Club
Wednesday, April 3
Standardized Testing from 8:25 to 10:45 am
EMPOWER Book Club
Thursday, April 4
Testing Make-Ups
Jazz Band/Chamber Orchestra, 7:00 am
Orchestra Practice Club
EMPOWERED Writers Club
Learning Lab (Rm 319), 3 to 4 pm
STEAMFest (see below) - all McKinley families are welcome
Friday, April 5
FULL DAY SCHEDULE; 2:50 pm Dismissal
Testing Make-ups
Animation (Rm 219)
Printmaking (Rm 10)
Screen Printing (Rm 128)
CLICK HERE to download next week's calendar
STEAMFEST 2019 - APRIL 4 FROM 5-7 PM
*Observe rehearsals and performances in the auditorium
*Food in foyer (pizza, hot dogs, and more)
*Door Prizes
*Activities and displays in the big gym including, pinewood car races, spin art creations, live reptiles and amphibians, student work on display, plus more
For more information, CLICK HERE
PTA ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS
The McKinley PTA is currently accepting nominations for people to serve on the board for the 2019-2020 school year. If you are interested in serving as President, Vice-President, Secretary or Treasurer, please contact the PTA by Friday, April 8th at PTA.McKinley@yahoo.com
STANDARDIZED TESTING
Wednesday, April 3 from 8:25 to 10:45 am
Make-up testing will be Thursday, April 4, and Friday, April 5.
Students should:
*Be on time to school those days
*Eat a healthy breakfast
*Get Plenty of sleep
END OF THIRD QUARTER
6th grade - computer science
7th grade - art
8th grade - engineering tech
Students should check PS to find out if they have wellness or PE.
10TH STREET ENTRANCE CLOSED
DEADLINE TO TURN IN HY-VEE RECEIPTS IS MARCH 31
CHECK DRAWERS, BAGS, CARS FOR HY-VEE RECIEPTS!
* Receipts can be dated April 1, 2018 through March 31, 2019
* Students can turn in receipts to the main office
* Send receipts electronically (instructions below)
For every $200 collected, $1 will be donated to McKinley
Money raised will be used for student activities
How to Send Receipts Electronically
To sign up for electronic receipts, go to https://www.hy-vee.com/perks/. Once you log in, it will bring you to your customer profile. Towards the bottom of the first column, it will ask you if you want to receive a digital receipt. Click yes.need to drop them off at the main office. E-mail your electronic Hy-Vee receipt to Mckhyvee@gmail.com.
Printing and Paper Marbling Class
We are still accepting students in this class We need 8 in the class for it to continue. If your student is interested, please have your student stop by the main office to sign up or sign up below.
WHEN: March 29 - May 17
TIME: Friday's 3 to 4:30 pm
WHERE: Room 10, McKinley
During this class, students will explore different methods of printmaking and paper marbling. From Suminagashi (a Japanese method of paper marbling) to Gelli Plates (a type of printmaking), get ready to experiment. These papers will be fun to incorporate into other projects. CLICK HERE to register.
8th Graders: Wash Show Choir Auditions
Washington choir directors will be coming to McKinley on April 23 and 24 to audition interested, incoming students for the Washington freshman show choir. Auditions will take place during 7th and 8th period music classes. Sign up information will be available in Ms. Lange's room.
BEAR PAW STORE VOLUNTEERS
We are looking for volunteers to help run the Bear Paw Store on Tuesday's, Wednesday's and Thursday's after school from 2:55 to 3:15 pm. Most of the slots have at least one volunteer, so you wouldn't be alone. For more information or to sign up, CLICK HERE. If you have any questions, please contact Jackie Mason at jmason@cr.k12.ia.us.
MAKE-UP DAYS
The following Fridays will convert to FULL instruction days:
March 8, March 15, March 29, April 5, April 12, April 19, April 26, May 3, and May 10
The following designated make-up days will become FULL days:
April 19 June 3, June 4, June 5
If we have additional changes to the school day beyond today, the following dates would become FULL instructional make-up days and would be used in this order:
June 6, June 7
VIRTUAL BACKPACK
Below are some events/activities listed on Virtual Backpack. For more information click on the name of the event.
CLICK HERE to read a complete list of upcoming activities and events
TEACHER/STAFF APPRECIATION
The McKinley PTA Hospitality Committee would like to show the McKinley staff that we appreciate all they for our students. This year we have been doing something every Friday to show our appreciation. If you’d like to participate, please sign up below to bring in something of your choice for the McKinley staff. Ideas would include bagels, cookies, chips and salsa, cut up veggies or it doesn't even need to be food. It could be handwritten notes from the kids or a poster board with some pictures of 'what's up' at McKinley. The internet has tons of great ideas… :)
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP
McKinley Middle School
Email: jmason@cr.k12.ia.us
Website: http://mckinley.cr.k12.ia.us/
Location: 620 10th Street SE, Cedar Rapids, IA
Phone: 319-558-2348
Twitter: @CRMcKinleyMS