March 29, 30 & 31

Early release each day at 11:25 a.m.

Please login to Family Access to schedule your student's conference. Please see the scheduling directions below. If you need your login or password information, please click on Family Access and then Forgot Your Login/Password? Follow the prompts to have your information emailed to you. If you still need assistance, please call the office at 360.458.2400, and press 7 or 8.

Don't forget to visit the Scholastic Book Fair in the library during conferences.

In the event that your student will miss school due to a vacation, please fill out the Pre-Arranged Absence Form. In order to have the absences excused and to have homework provided, the form will need to be completed and approved 2 weeks in advance. The completed form can be sent to the office or emailed to mk_attendance@ycs.wednet.edu. If you have any questions, please call the office at 360.458.2400.

If your student has a new McKenna hoodie, please write their name on the inside. We will return them to your student if they are lost.

Please check the lost & found during spring conferences. Any items left over will be donated to charity after Spring Break. Thank you!

As the cold and flu season sets in PLEASE remember to keep your children home from school if they have:

• A fever (must stay home 24 hours from the last fever onset, without the use of fever-reducing medication)
• Vomiting or diarrhea (If your student vomits while at school, we will ask for them to be picked up and remain home for 24 hours from their last vomiting episode)
• Significant cough or congestion

Once cough and congestion symptoms have greatly improved your student may return to school. If they still have a mild cough please consider having them wear a mask to help prevent spreading germs to their classmates and teachers.

As a heads-up, we are seeing and getting reports of RSV (Respiratory syncytial virus), positive influenza tests, GI “bugs” (vomiting/diarrhea), and hand/foot/mouth disease (which typically starts as cough/cold/fever symptoms then develops into the rash).

Our health room recently has been overly busy! Please help us out by following these guidelines and keeping your children home when they are sick.

Lastly, keep in mind possible backup plans (emergency contacts) for picking up your student if they are asked to be sent home while in school.

If you have any questions please contact us at:

McKenna Health Room: 360-458-0520

Attendance Line: 360-458-2431

Email: mk_attendance@ycs.wednet.edu

THANKS FOR HELPING KEEP OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF HEALTHY AND SAFE!

Did you know all Yelm Community Schools student handbooks are posted on each school's website and updated at the beginning of every year? We are asking all McKenna families to discuss and remind their students of the McKenna expectations in the McKenna Student Handbook.

Yelm Community Schools does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or use of a trained guide dog or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employee(s) has been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Civil Rights: Greg Davis, 360-458-1900, greg_davis@ycs.wednet.edu; 504 Coordinator: Shannon Powell, 360-458-6124, shannon_powell@ycs.wednet.edu; Title IX Coordinator: Lisa Cadero-Smith, 360-458-6120. lisa_cadero-smith@ycs.wednet.edu; Address: 107 First St. N., P.O. Box 476, Yelm, WA 98597