Veteran’s Day Lunch – Friday, November 8th!

Dear McMillin Families,

We would like to invite our veterans here at McMillin to a picnic lunch to thank you for your service to our country on Friday, November 8th!  Students are welcome to bring a lunch, along with their family members who are currently or who have served, and enjoy the experience together in our auditorium.

Veteran’s Day Lunch Flyer

The lunch schedule for the grade levels will be as follows:

McGinty/Lohner (TK): 9:20 – 9:50am
Elbel (K/1), Fink & Tuscano (K): 10:50 – 11:35am
Pembleton, Carson (K): 11:40am – 12:25pm
Allen (K-2): 11:40 – 12:25pm (eat first, then play)
Russell, Desmond, Romo & Gibson (1): 11:10 – 11:35am
Taheri, Martinez, Natalia, Reece & Sandoval (2): 11:30 – 11:55am
Chumbley, Rubin, Guthrie, Thompson & De Los Reyes (3): 11:50am – 12:15pm
Sharif, Hernandez, Mendoza & Castillo (4): 12:10 – 12:35pm
Kim (3-6): 12:15 – 1pm (eat first, then play)
Kinney, Cardenas, Chumbley & Del Busto (5): 12:30 – 12:55pm
Galang, Rosario, Ko & Lopez (6): 12:45 – 1:10pm

This Week at McMillin – Oct. 28th – Nov 1st

 

Help our Beagles show pride in themselves and promote a drug-free atmosphere!  As part of Red Ribbon week, you can participate in a fun Spirit Week!

Monday: You’d Be Crazy to Do Drugs – (Wear crazy hair)

Tuesday: Team Up Against Drugs – (Wear your favorite team gear)

Wednesday: Super-Students – (Wear superhero-themed clothes)

Thursday: Say Boo to Drugs – (Wear your Halloween costume)

Friday: Be RED-Y to live a Drug-Free Life – Wear Red Day

Monday, Oct. 28 – 

  • 6th Grade Leaves for Camp 
  • GATE Class in the auditorium (2:45-3:45)

Tuesday, Oct. 29 – 

  • ELAC Meeting at 8:30am

Wednesday, Oct 30

Thursday, Oct. 31

  • Halloween Parade (8:30-10)

Friday, Nov. 1

Monday, Nov. 4th

  • VAPA Kinder/1st
  • GATE Class in the auditorium (2:45-3:45)

Tuesday, Nov. 5th

  • VAPA 4th/2nd

Wednesday, Nov. 6th

  • VAPA 5th/3rd

Thursday, Nov. 7th

  • VAPA 6th/ILT
  • Garden Meeting (3:00-4:00)

Friday, Nov. 8th

  • VAPA SDC and TK

Red Ribbon Week – October 28th – November 1st!

 

 

Help our Beagles show pride in themselves and promote a drug free atmosphere!  As part of Red Ribbon week, you can participate in a fun Spirit Week!

Monday: You’d Be Crazy to Do Drugs – (Wear crazy hair)

Tuesday: Team Up Against Drugs – (Wear your favorite team gear)

Wednesday: Super Students – (Wear superhero themed clothes)

Thursday: Say Boo to Drugs – (Wear your Halloween costume)

Friday: Be RED-Y to live a Drug Free Life – Wear Red Day

Veteran’s Day Pictures Wanted!

The letter below was sent out via email to our families last week – here it is below as a reminder! 

Dear McMillin Families,
 
At our school, we are so fortunate to be surrounded by a strong military community!  With Veteran’s Day rapidly approaching, we would like to honor our Veterans by putting together a video to thank them for their service.  This video will be played at an all school assembly on November 8th and posted on our school’s blog.
 
Students are welcome to honor any member of their family who has served our country with a photo submission.  We are accepting photographs digitally from now until October 25th.  By submitting your photo, you understand that the photo you share with us will be viewed by the community and posted on our McMillin Blog.  All photos shared are not saved after the video is created.  No late photos will be accepted!    
 
To have your photo included in this year’s presentation, please send it to patricia.guthrie@mcmillinelementary.com.   
 
Be sure to save the date – November 8th – for our annual picnic lunch to honor our Veterans here at McMillin.  More information will be coming soon! 
 
Thank you,
McMillin Military Planning Committee 

McMillin School Garden

McMillin is ready to start our school garden. We are looking for parent volunteers to head the garden layout and construction.  If you are interested in helping in any way please come to our 1st garden meeting this Wednesday, October 23rd at 3:00. We will start our meeting in the office. Thank you

Welcome Back McMillin Families: Quarter 2 Happenings

I hope you had a wonderful break and were able to spend time with your family. I did a lot of hiking and reading. My two favorite things. One book that I have been reading is called The Gardener and the Carpenter by Alison Gopnik. I wish I would have read it when my kids were young. You may like it. It has to do with two different philosophies of raising children. One is to build and design a child’s growth and understand and the other is to tend and nurture a child’s growth and understanding.  -Mrs. Orr

Welcome back, McMillin Families!  I am so excited to see all of our students back at school – I have missed seeing their faces each morning!  I hope that you were able to spend time with family and friends over the past two weeks.  I was fortunate to travel with my family, spending a great deal of time out in nature, soaking up its beauty!  Here’s to a great Quarter 2!  -Mrs. Sutton

School resumes tomorrow, October 8th and is a regular day!  

This Thursday, we will be hosting a Mindfulness Lunch for all students here at McMillin!  Our purpose for this lunch is to bring attention to the noise level that happens at our lunch tables.  All week, students will be reviewing what it means to be mindful, how we can apply that to our lunch area and our school expectations of being safe, respectful and responsible.  On Thursday, soft music will play while the students eat.  Our goal is not to have the students do this indefinitely, but rather one day, so that they can see how different their lunch experience can be.  We hope that through our work together, the lunch time for all of our students will improve and be an enjoyable one!  Thank you for your support!

We have a lot planned this quarter – mark your calendars:

  • Coffee with the Principal – Oct. 15th at 8:15am
  • McMillin’s Family Campout Oct. 18th – 19th
  • Red Ribbon Week – October 21st – 25th
  • ELAC Meeting – October 29th at 8:30am
  • Halloween Parade – October 31st at 8:30am
  • Winter Sing (Grades TK-2nd) – December 10th
  • McMillin Holiday Store – December 16th – 20th

Here is what is happening for the next two weeks:

Monday, Oct. 7th – No School

Tuesday, Oct. 8th – Full Day

  • VAPA: 4th and 2nd

Wednesday, Oct. 9th

  • VAPA: 5th and 3rd

Thursday, Oct. 10th

  • VAPA: 6th and 1
  • Mindfulness Lunch

Friday, Oct. 11th

  • VAPA: Kinder and SDC/Safty Patrol Meeting
  • Military Mingle at Lunch

Monday, Oct. 14th

  • GATE Class in the auditorium: 2:45-3:45pm

Tuesday, Oct. 15th

  • PTA Association meeting/Coffee with the Principal

Wednesday, Oct. 16th

  • SSC Meeting: 3:00-4:00
    • Comprehensive School Safety Plan will be reviewed

Thursday, Oct. 17th

  • ELD Team at District (Martinez, De Los Reyes, Hernandez, Cardenas, Ana): 8:00-3:00

Friday, Oct. 18th

  • Pennies for Patients Assembly
    • (TK-2): 8:30-9:00
    • (3rd-6th): 9:30-10:00
  • PTA Campout 5:00pm-9:00am Saturday Morning