McKinley E-Newsletter
April 5, 2019
Monday, April 8
GWAEA Hearing Screen from 8 am to 11 am
McKinley News Team
EMPOWER Book Club
Learning Lab from 3-4, Room 319
Boys Soccer vs. Wilson
PTA MEETNG AT 6:30 PM (SEE BELOW FOR AGENDA)
Tuesday, April 9
Jazz Band, 7 am
Chamber, 3-4 pm (this time is correct; attached calendar is incorrect)
Orchestra Practice Club
Track Meet at Prairie
Wednesday, April 10
EMPOWER Book Club
Thursday, April 11
Jazz Band, 7:00 am
Chamber, 3-4 pm (this time is correct; attached calendar is incorrect)
Orchestra Practice Club
EMPOWERED Writers Club
Learning Lab (Rm 319), 3 to 4 pm
Girls Tennis at Roosevelt
Friday, April 12
FULL DAY SCHEDULE; 2:50 pm Dismissal
Printmaking (Rm 10)
Screen Printing (Rm 128)
CLICK HERE to download next week's calendar
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
BOOK FAIR - BOGO
WHEN
Monday - Wednesday, April 15-17, from 7:30 to 3:15 pm
Thursday, April 18, from 7:30 to 10:00 am
WHERE
McKinley IMC (no online sales)
6TH GRADE END-OF-YEAR FIELD TRIP - FOOD COMMITTEE
7th Grade Students Made Race Cars in Engineering Tech
Makerspace Projects
Students Learning Different Trades at Kirkwood
KEEP TURNING IN HY-VEE RECEIPTS
Waiting for confirmation that the program will continue, but please keep turning in receipts at the main office.
Receipts can be dated April 1, 2019 through March 31, 2020
* 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.
SECOND ANNUAL STEAMFEST A SUCCESS
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
April 15-18 - Scholastic Book Fair
April 23-24 - Show Choir Auditions for 8th graders going to Wash; see Miss Lange
April 26 - Spring Sports PicturesJune 17-28 - Warrior Women's Basketball Camp (flyers in the counseling office)
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.
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.
Try Hockey for Free Day - April 4
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