Happy Monday Everyone!
Well hard to believe, but the end of the 3rd quarter is only 5 days away! Hopefully many of you have already met or will soon have the chance to meet with your child’s teacher to go over current academic progress during this last week of parent/teacher conferences. Thanks to all of your support and effort, our kids have been doing great!!
Also, if you haven’t done so already please make sure to respond to our Parent Survey by clicking on this link http://sgiz.mobi/s3/3b0d75adc92b
This week:
- 2nd gr. field trip to Old Town Monday March 16
Attendance Assembly Tuesday March 17
8:30-9:00 AM: TK & Kinder Classes
9:15-10:05 AM: Fifth and Sixth Grade Classes
10:40-11:30 AM: Third and Fourth Grade Classes
12:00-12:50 PM: First and Second Grade Classes
Achievement Assembly Thursday March 19
8:30-9:00 AM: TK & Kinder Classes
9:15-10:05 AM: Fifth and Sixth Grade Classes
10:40-11:30 AM: Third and Fourth Grade Classes
12:00-12:50 PM: First and Second Grade Classes
My Village Camp
My Village Camps, a day camp for kids K-6th grade, is coming to McMillin Elementary for spring break! Kids will participate in “A Twist on Art” where activities are not your usual crayon and paper art projects. Activities include creating art with a catapult and fruit, carving soap and an egg drop challenge where the surviving eggs become….. yes, French Toast!!!
For more information check out: http://myvillagecamps.com/camp-info
Community
I wanted to share a video to promote a very worthy cause Chelsea’s Light www.chelseaslight.org In addition, one of our very own talented McMillin parents, Mrs. Jenn Renee Cruz, is the feature singer!! Click the link to see this inspirational video “A New Reality” Chelsea’s Light Tribute Song
Dear Parents/Guardians:
Happy Monday Everyone!
Happy 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.
Happy 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!
Each year McMillin participates in what I believe is one of the most important exercises of empathy and acceptance, Ability Awareness Day. After spending this past Monday honoring the accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I think it’s fantastic that our students and the community have a chance to continue building on Dr. King’s dream where equity and faith in your fellow man is at the forefront of how we treat each other. Ability Awareness began at McMillin with our very own kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Diana Carson. Mrs. Carson believes by teaching today’s children and youth about disability from a perspective of dignity, respect, appreciation, and inclusion, we will create future generations that honor and appreciate differences and offer respectful opportunities and supports to people so that they are included within their communities. This year our Ability Awareness Day will land on Wednesday, Jan 21. We invite the entire McMillin community to come out and listen to the various guests that will be here talking to our students.
Welcome Back Everyone! My apologies for my tardiness in having my blog ready for you, I suppose I should add this to my list of resolutions for the new year 🙂 The start of the 3rd quarter started out with a bang! We added 16 students to our roster and there were even more students that unfortunately will need to be overflowed to another nearby school until a space opens up. As of last count we had 899 students! Obviously our fantastic school has a great reputation and we’re excited to welcome our new families, as well as welcome back our veterans 🙂
Happy final week of the 2nd quarter everyone!
I hope everyone had a great break! It’s amazing how quickly (or slowly, depending on perspective) a week can go by. What’s even more amazing is that we only have 3 weeks left before we come to the end of our 2nd qtr.!!