Feb 17-20

imagesHappy Tuesday Everyone! I hope you had the chance to enjoy the beautiful weather of this past President’s Day weekend, but back to work we go 🙂 For the most part this short week will be relatively uneventful, but with only 4 weeks to go in the quarter there’s a lot of work to do. As many of you know this is the first official year of our new state tests, also known as Smarter Balanced or Common Core Test, as such teachers are preparing our students to be ready to show their mastery of these new standards. Our 3rd-6th graders will take the tests in language arts and math and over the next month they will have the opportunity to take some practice test. All of these assessments will be taken via the computer since this is how they will test in May. I encourage you to ask your kids how they felt after taking the practice test and also talk to your teacher to see what you can do to support your child.

2015 Registration
The 2015-2016 school registration packets will be available starting Wed. Feb 18th in the front office.

Sports
This weeks games:
Tuesday Feb 17: 2nd & 3rd grade soccer @ CVLCC 4 pm
Tuesday Feb 17: basketball @ Camarena 4 pm

Wednesday Feb 18: Kickball @ Marshall 4 pm

Thursday Feb 19: 4th-6th grade soccer @ Olympic View 4 pm

LEGOLAND
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Feb 2-6

superbowlHappy Monday Everyone! If you were like me you spent Sunday watching a great Super Bowl game surrounded by friends and family. Regardless of who you were rooting for, I’m sure you will agree it was an exciting game! As I was watching the game I started to see parallels between my staff and the two teams. Both work so hard to get ready and always try their best, both support their teammates, both overcome challenges and both care deeply about what they do. The result a great game or in McMillin’s case a great school!

Youth Sports
Speaking of sports, hopefully you’re aware that we’re getting ready to begin a great quarter of youth sports. Basketball, kickball, and soccer teams are all preparing for another exciting season of competition. We’re blessed to have staff and parents willing to give their personal time and coach the kids and we’d love to have as many people out their rooting the kids on. As soon as the schedules come out I’ll make sure to post them to add to your calendar. We’re also looking for sponsors to help defray some of the costs with uniforms, equipment, and referee fees. If you own a business or know of a business that would like to sponsor one or all of our teams please let us know. On behalf of the kids thank you!

Coffee with the Principal
On Thursday Feb 5 at 8:15 am I’ll be hosting my quarterly Coffee with the Principal in our auditorium. This is a great time to spend about 30 min learning about the different happenings at McMillin, as well as giving the community a chance to get answers to their questions. Hope to see you there.