Oct 28-Nov 1

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Ability Awareness Day is on Tuesday, Oct. 29! We are in need of volunteers, canopies and seating for our special Outdoor Library. Please, if you can volunteer for just an hour or for the whole day, you will truly enjoy meeting our wonderful guests and seeing the wonder and merriment on our childre’s faces. Here are the times and position to be filled:

7:30 am to 8 am-Voluteer for set up

2 pm to 2:30 pm-Volunteer for breakdown

7:50 am to 2:45 pm-Volunteers to escort our guests around campus, attend the demos in the auditorium, assist in our Outdoor Library, and take pictures

Items we need:

  • Canopies (6)
  • Bean bag chairs/lawn chairs/picnic blankets for outdoor seating

Once again thank you so much for all your consideration, time and support. If you have any questions please contact Theresa Stevens, PTA VP of Volunteers at giterrie@att.net or 619-788-8735

Tuesday will also be Mix It Up Lunch Day at McMillin. Student will have the chance to sit by a new friend during lunch. Activities such as this promote acceptance and friendship. Make sure to ask your kids who they sat with!

MCM-Costume-Parade

Thusday Oct. 31  is our Literature Parade! Students will begin our parade at 8:30 am. Click Literature Parade for more info. Hope to see you there!

 

Oct. 14-18

fallfest_1066cHappy Monday!  After a week in school, everybody seems to be full steam ahead! This will be a jam packed quarter, but we look forward to working with our students.

Fall Festival
Hi, just a reminder that the Fall Festival will be this Friday, October 18, 2013. If you have not dropped off your donations for your classroom silent auction basket, please bring them to your child’s classroon or the PTA office on Monday or Tuesday. We will be putting the baskets together on Wednesday.   We have not had many donations, so anything you are willing to contribute is appreciated. Here is the list of baskets that we need your help to complete.

TK – Sports (Geared for dads) Kindergarten – Toys for Girls & Toys for Boys
1st Grade – Legos
2nd Grade – Baking/Cooking
3rd Grade – Movie Night
4th Grade – Spa (Geared for moms)
5th Grade – Holiday
6th Grade – Vineyard basket
PTA Baskets – Reading, Gift Cards, a Night Out

Please feel free to contribute an item that is not related to your classroom theme. Those items can be used in another basket or for the opportunity drawing.

Additional Items needed:

  • Bags of Individually
  • Wrapped Candy
  • Toys for Prizes (left over party favors, etc.)
  • 2 Liter
  • Bottles of Soda
  • Tattoos
  • Colored Hair Spray

It may feel like we are asking for a lot of donations, but please keep in mind that this is our major fund raiser.

Early Bird Tickets are on sale now through Thursday. Tickets will still be available at the Fall Festival, but not at the discounted price.  A flyer was sent home on Friday.

Thank you for all of your support to help make our fall festival successful.

Kickball
Did you know McMillin now has a kickball team? Through the support of Mrs. Hernandez, Mrs. Cruz and Mrs. Costello we have been able to put together a kickball team that will be competing against other schools throughout the District. We’d love to see you come out and support the kids as they compete for the championship!
Kickball schedule

Common Core Update
I also wanted to officially announce that our final year of taking the CST’s has been suspended due to our implementation of the Common Core State Standards (http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr13/yr13rel88.asp)
Our District will also provide another informational meeting on the Common Core Math standards. Click the link below for more information:
COMMON CORE MATH – English Aug28 Oct19 2013

COMMON CORE MATH – Spanish Aug28 Oct19 2013

GATE
We will be having an information meeting for all parents of GATE students Wednesday, Oct. 16 at 8:30 am and again at 5:30 pm the same day. We hope to see you there.

McMillin App Tips and Tricks

  • To avoid getting Push Notifications you dont want, go to into the Push Notes and UNSUBSCRIBE from all the groups you do not want to recieve notifications from.
  • We have temporarily removed the Absence Line to troubleshoot problems with this feature
  • Take pictures and submit photos for the year book via the app.

Upcoming Events

  • Oct 18 @ 4:30 pm PTA Fall Festival
  • Oct 21-25 Red Ribbon Week with an assembly on Oct 25.
  • Oct 29 Ability Awareness Day
  • Oct 31 Literature Parade