Mustang Magazine
Week of Monday, January 9 - Friday, January 13
Dear McKinley Community,
Take care,
Gina Roberts
PACS PE, RSP Aide, and Spanish Teacher Positions Open at McKinley
Instructional Assistant - Special Ed (RSP) - McKinley
Enrichment Specialist - Physical Education - PACs
Spanish Teacher - McKinley Elementary & Petaluma Accelerated Charter School
Crosswalk Volunteers Needed
- Crossing guard from 8:05-8:20 on the corner of Madison and Ellis
- Crossing guard from 8:05-8:20 on the corner of Madison and Payran
Please get in touch with Carly Costello at ccostello@petk12.org.
PCS 2023-24 School Calendars
Interested in sending your student to Petaluma Accelerated Charter School for 7th-8th Grades?
Click here for the slide show that was shared at the info night
View a video recording of last year's info night
2023 PACS Campus Tours - Sign-up here
● Wednesday, January 11 @ 11:00 AM
● Thursday, January 12 @ 9:00 AM
● Wednesday, January 18 @ 9:00 AM
● Tuesday, January 24 @ 1:30 PM
● Thursday, February 2 @ 11:00 AM
Timeline:
PACS Application Packets Available in the McKinley Office
Friday, December 16th
PACS Math and Writing Assessment (REQUIRED FOR ALL APPLICANTS )
Tuesday, January 17, 2023 - 3:30-5:00
Thursday, January 19, 2023 - 3:30-5:00
Enrollment Closes
Friday, January 27th - 4:00pm
Admission and Acceptance letters mailed to students by
Friday, February 24th
PACS Orientation and First Day of School
August 2023
Information will be shared Summer of 2023
For more information on the application process and to access the application click here
Library News
There will be an author visit for TK-3rd grades on Tuesday, 1/10/23, with Cindy Derby. Cindy will be introducing her new book "Blurp!".
Please see the online order link; the password is Read.
Canceled---Friday, 1/13/23 Maria Scriven
Trex Plastic Bag and Film Recycling Challenge
McKinley & PACS will participate in the Trex plastic bag and film recycling challenge starting on December 6th. The school will be competing against other schools across the country to see if we can recycle the most plastic bags and plastic film. The winning school will receive a new Trex bench! From December 6th - April 15th (Earth Day), there will be bins at both entrances of the school for you to recycle your plastic bags and film.
Please know that this is only for plastic bags and plastic film items. Signage of what is accepted and not accepted will be noted on the collection bins.
Click the link to understand what is an acceptable item to include in the collection bin.
Earn McKinley free money. Use Amazon Smile.
Did you know that you can earn your school free money every time you buy merchandise through Amazon.com? Amazon smile donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases bought through smile.amazon.com to the charity of your choice.
Same amazon you know but in order to generate donations, you must always shop at smile.amazon.com instead (or configure your Amazon App)
The Amazon Smile program allows you to do this with a one time simple set up process. Cannot get easier!
How it works
Join Amazon Smile
- Log into smile.amazon.com with your amazon.com login information
- Mouseover Account & Lists and click on AmazonSmile
- Click on the Change charity button
In the search box under “Or pick your own charitable organization” type in McKinley PACS and push the Search button.
Select McKinley/PACS PTA Petaluma from the list.
You’re done! You should receive the confirmation below. Now every time you start an Amazon purchase at smile.amazon.com a small portion of your purchase will go to McKinley.
Remember, if you purchase from Amazon.com and not through smile.amazon.com we will NOT receive funds. So please ALWAYS smile.amazon.com.
More PTA Announcements
Upcoming Events
- 1/9- First day back from break
- 1/11- PACS Tour- 11 am
- 1/12- PACS Tour- 9 am
- 1/13- TK-6 Tour - 10:45 am
- 1/16 - No School
- 1/18- PTA Meeting- 6:30 PM