Month: August 2018

Thursday, August 30

• Make-up Picture Day
• 6th grade cookie dough distribution
• PTA Family Game Night (6:00 – 7:00 pm)

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Monday, Sept. 3 – Labor Day No School

Tuesday, Sept. 4th

• VAPA 4th/1st

Wednesday, Sept. 5th

• VAPA 5th/2nd

Thursday, Sept, 6th

• VAPA 6th/3rd

Friday, Sept. 7th 

• VAPA Kinder/Peaceful Playground Training

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Monday, Sept. 10th

• 3rd Grade GATE Testing
• 1st Grade to Science Center

Tuesday, Sept. 11th

• 3rd Grade GATE Testing
• DAC/DELAC Meeting (12-2:00) at District office

Wednesday, Sept 12th

• 3rd Grade GATE Testing
• School Site Council (3:00 – 4:00 pm) McMillin Library – School Safety Plan will be presented (Open to Public)

Thursday, Sept. 13th – Parent/Teacher Conferences – Minimum Day

• 3rd Grade GATE Testing
• PTA Board Meeting

Friday, Sept. 14th – Parent/Teacher Conferences – Minimum Day 

• BEAGLE BOLT!! 

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Monday, Sept. 17th – Parent/Teacher Conferences – Minimum Day

• VAPA – ILT

Tuesday, Sept 18th – Parent/Teacher Conferences – Minimum Day

• VAPA –  4th

• Award Assemblies

  • Sixth Grade:                  8:30-9:00 AM

  • Third Grade:                  9:15-9:45 AM

  • Fifth Grade:                   10:00-10:30 AM

  • Fourth Grade:               10:45-11:15 AM

Wednesday, Sept. 19th – Parent/Teacher Conferences – Minimum Day

• VAPA – 5th
• ELAC Meeting (8:30-9:30)
• Lunch Pizza Party for Beagle Bolt Winners

Thursday, Sept. 20th – Parent/Teacher Conferences – Minimum Day

Friday, Sept 21st

• Beagle Bolt Raffle (8:30-9:00)
• TK Awards Assembly (9:00-9:30)

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Fall Break – No School Sept. 24th – Tuesday, Oct. 8th

School resumes on October 9th

Digital Citizenship: Common Sense Media  https://www.commonsensemedia.org/

Each year schools are required to provide Digital Citizenship lessons to all students. This requirement ensures students have the opportunity to develop a better and safe understanding of their digital world through rich lessons and classroom discussions. We are using Common Sense Media for the Digital Citizenship lessons. All teachers will teach their corresponding grade level lessons by October 11th.  

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Monday, August 13

• MTSS team meeting (3:00)

Tuesday, August 14

• DAC/DELAC meeting at District (12:00-2:00)

Wednesday, August 15

• Admin at District Leadership meeting (7:30-10)
• School Site Council (3:00-4:00) Agenda SSC 8/15/18
• District Board Meeting (6:00-)

Thursday, August 16

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• VAPA Kinder/1st
• AGE Curriculum Parent Review Night (6-7 pm) at District Office

• VAPA 4th/2nd
• ELAC/MFC Meeting (8:30-9:30)

• VAPA 5th/3rd

• VAPA 6th/ILT
• Beagle Bolt Assembly Kick-Off

• VAPA SDC/TK and Peaceful Playground
• Staff Meeting – iReady Math

Dear Families,

Below you will find two links – one in English and one in Spanish – for a “Needs Assessment Survey” for our school community.  The survey will help guide what our ELAC Meeting topics will be for the year, based on your input.  All families are welcome to participate and anyone can attend our monthly meetings!

English:

https://goo.gl/forms/WK37XRciCh9RopKa2

Español:

https://goo.gl/forms/FkynfrKMAFnLCgGV2

We would love to have the responses back by 8/21/18, if possible!

Thank you,

Mrs. Sutton

Dear Parents,

Thank you for signing your child’s Library Permission Slip.

McMillin School Library provides an excellent collection of books from which your child may borrow.  Our wish is that you enjoy these books with your child.  Read and reread them as many times as they ask.  Let them tell you about the pictures. You can also set aside a family reading time at home.  Such pleasant times with good books will help develop in your child a love for reading and provide many happy memories.

Please help your child remember the following things:

• Find a safe place they can keep their library book so it will not get lost or damaged.
• Use clean hands when reading library books.
• Do not eat or drink while reading library books.
• Use a bookmark to save your place in the book.
• Do not bend or fold pages.
• Do not write or color in books.
• Do not loan your library books to friends, siblings or classmates
• Return all library books to the school library on time.

We encourage students to be responsible for the books they borrow.  Please help us by reinforcing this message at home. Be aware that you are expected to pay for all lost and damaged materials.

The standardized book replacement fee as established by the school district is as follows:

Hardback books –

• Primary $20.00
• Fiction $20.00
• Non-fiction $25.00
• Reference $50.00

Paperback books – $10.00

Outstanding balances will follow your child and he/she will not be allowed to check out books until the matter is resolved.   We encourage you to stop by or call when you have questions or concerns, (619) 397-0103 x 460170. I am here Mondays and Wednesday 8-4 and Fridays 8-9:30. Thank you for your support.

Mrs. T

Library Media Tech

Dear McMillin Families,

We will be holding our ELAC Board Elections on Thursday, August 21st at 8:30am in the auditorium.  If you are interested in adding your name to the ballot for a specific position, please email Crystal Sutton at crystal.sutton@cvesd.org.  The positions of the ELAC Board are:

• President/Chair:  Organizes, convenes, and leads meetings.

• Vice-President/Vice-Chair:  Serves in the absence of the Chair.

• Secretary: Records actions taken at meetings and keeps records.

• Parliamentarian: Resolves questions of procedure, uses bylaws and Robert’s Rules of Order.

• DELAC Representative:  Attends all district meetings and gives report to ELAC committee (2 hour commitment once a month)

If you would like to be involved, but not on the board, we welcome that too!  Come to our meetings – open to ALL parents!  The are the tentative dates for the whole year are:

• August 21^st – 8:30am Election of Officers

• September 19^th – 8:30am

• November 6^th – 8:30am

• February 7^th – 8:30am

• March 5^th – 8:30am

• April 30^th – 8:30am

We hope to see you there!

Hello, McMillin Families! The Beagle Bolt Jog-a-thon is fast approaching! McMillin is continuing our tradition of self-hosting the event. We do this so that every penny raised goes directly back to the students! McMillin is accepting donations of prizes to the raffled to the students (more information regarding the event, raffle, and volunteering opportunities will be provided soon!). Last year, our students received amazing prizes such as gift cards (ex. AMC, Target, Jumba Juice), tickets to theme parks and museums, a BMX bike, Skully Candy earbuds, books, and laptops. Any and all donations will be greatly appreciated by our students! We would like to receive any donations by August 15th. Thank you for your help and support to make this event amazing for our McMillin kids!

Contact nora.martinez@cvesd.org with any questions.

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Hello, McMillin Families!
The first PTA association meeting will be on Thursday, August 16th, at 8:30am in the auditorium. All PTA members and parents interested in volunteering or becoming members are invited. Free coffee and breakfast items will be provided for your enjoyment. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Monday, August 6

• VAPA Kinder/1st

Tuesday, August 7

• VAPA 4th/2nd
• Gloria Ciriza School Walk-through (9:00- 11:00)
• 5th Back to School Night (4:30-5:15 pm)

Wednesday, August 8

• VAPA 5th/3rd

Thursday, August 9

• VAPA 6th/ ILT
• PTA Board Meeting (6:00 – 7:00)
• 6th Back to School Night (5:00-5:30 pm)

Friday, August 10

• VAPA – TK & SDC / Peace Patrol Training

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Monday, August 13

• MTSS team meeting (3:00)

Tuesday, August 14

• DAC/DELAC meeting at District (12:00-2:00)

Wednesday, August 15

• School Site Council (3:00-4:00)
• District Board Meeting (6:00-)

Thursday, August 16

• PTA Association Meeting (8:30 am)

 

Dear McMillin Families,

In addition to our McMillin Blog, we are also on Twitter and Instagram!  See snapshots of what is happening each day in our amazing school community!    

Another way to stay connected is “opting-in” for text messages from our School Messenger System.  If you haven’t done that yet, click on the link below for directions:

2018-19 SMS Text Opt-in Eng Sp combined-13aps8a

Questions, contact Mrs. Sutton, our Associate Principal!

 

A Message from our PTA:

Hello, McMillin Families!

The first PTA Association Meeting will be on Thursday, August 16th, at 8:30am in the auditorium. All PTA members and parents interested in volunteering or becoming members are invited. Free coffee and breakfast items will be provided for your enjoyment. We look forward to seeing you there!

-Maddie De Leon, PTA President