McMillin Elementary School

The partial solar eclipse will be observed between 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. on August 21, 2017, in Chula Vista.

Please help us communicate the message that it is just as dangerous to look at the sun during the eclipse as it is every other day. Individuals should not look directly at the sun at any time. We will be reviewing this message with students on and before the day of the eclipse. We will be watching the eclipse safely from NASA websites.

Our recess will operate on a regular schedule on the day of the eclipse. Recess supervision will be instructed to be watching for students who may be purposely looking at the sun and stop such behavior.

“A partial eclipse of the sun will be visible from San Diego County on August 21, 2017
(https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/san-diego) from approximately 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
A total eclipse of the sun will be visible in other parts of the country, which NASA will livestream
on its website.

CVESD is not supporting the use of manufactured eclipse glasses for our students. Sunglasses
will not prevent this type of injury. Only specially manufactured eclipse glasses will do that, and
there are already reports of counterfeit glasses being sold.”

Our first PTA meeting was a HIT!! We had over 40 parents in attendance. Click on link for volunteer opportunities

MFA – Multicultural Family Association / ELAC

We started a new parent club. This club will add to our ELAC parent group. We will need a few parents to join us as a steering committee. They will bring multicultural awareness to our families and students. This is such a great opportunity for McMillin because we have so many cultures and languages here. Our idea is to have a Multicultural day in the Spring where each class represents a different country. We would like to raise money for this club by having a Valentine’s Family Dance.

Our MFA will join Marshall and Olympic View committees once a quarter for ideas and support

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Wednesday, August 16th

• Abacus Assembly/Training 5th and 6th grades
• SSC Meeting (3:00-4:30) 8 17 2017 Agenda

Thursday, August 17th

• Peace Patrol Meeting Room 602, (2:10 – 2:40)

Friday, August 18th

• Beagle Bolt Kickoff Assembly
  • TK – 3 grades     8:30 – 9:15
  • 4 – 6 grades        9:30 – 10:15

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Monday, August 21st

• VAPA K and 1st

Tuesday, August 22nd

• VAPA 4th and 2nd

Wednesday, August 23rd

• VAPA 5th and 3rd

Thursday, August 24th

• VAPA 6th and ***KINDER!!

Friday, August 25th

• VAPA – SDC/TK

Here are a few areas or ways to be involved!

1. Beagle Bolt Jog-a-Thon – Our schools biggest fundraiser! The PTA and teachers work together to make this a fun event for our students and make it an easy fundraiser for our school.  All of the money earned stays here on our school site to help fund things like field-trips, in-class computer programs, and supplies.  Scheduled for Sept. 8, 2017.
2. Games/Movie/Field Sports Nights – Just ways for us to build community. We hope to host at least 1 event per quarter.  First game night – Tuesday, August 29th @6:30 – 8:00pm.
3. School Camp-Out – First time for us to try this! This would be an opportunity for your family to come and set up a tent on the back lawn to sleep at the school.  Sounds fun right??   We would have hot dogs for dinner, outdoor games to play, and a night-time movie.  If you are interested in helping with the planning for this fun, family event – please let us know!  Scheduled for October 13-14th.
4. Red-Ribbon Week – Helping promote Student Safety, Drug, and Alcohol-Free Campaigns. October 2017
5. Book Fair at Barnes and Noble (Otay Ranch) – This is an easy event to help with, and a great way to help raise money to purchase books and other items for the school. Date TBD – Late November or early December 2017
6. Holiday Store – A fun event for our students – giving them a place to purchase gifts for family members. We need help to work in the store during student lunch hours and after school.  December 2017 – Actual dates still to be determined.
7. Winter Sing for grades K-2– Fun family evening where we gather as a school and enjoy the arts! Volunteers needed to help organize kids for their grade level events.  December 2017
8. Beyond Awareness – Something special for our McMillin students, where we have special speakers and visitors on our campus sharing their stories of learning or physical disabilities, and how they have found ways to share their talents and abilities! Spring 2018
9. Reading week – We look for volunteers to come and read in classrooms. March 2018
10. Spring Carnival – A really fun family event, where we get to enjoy the community! But lots of volunteers needed in preparation for the event, and the day of!  Spring 2018
11. Staff Appreciation – Helping to find creative ways to encourage and appreciate our school staff by preparing meals or decorating doors, or organizing class thank you’s! May 2018
12. McMillin’s Got Talent – A fun event for students, to show-case all of the talent at McMillin! This is a great family event that needs help with decorating, and organizing!  May 2018.
13. Food – Everyone loves to gather around food! If you enjoy and are able to help with baking or food prep for staff or parent events, let us know!  We need you 🙂

Please sign up so we can contact you with upcoming events and needs, or follow us on Facebook to see updates there as well!

Find us on Facebook at        McMillin Elementary School PTA

Contact us by email at              mcmillin.pta.volunteer

Please come to our first meeting at Olympic View this Tuesday. All parents welcome. There will be translators for Spanish and Japanese. 

The McMillin Running Club will be starting this Monday, August 7th. This year it is our goal to run 20,000 miles as a school or enough miles to run around the world. Last year, our students ran a combined 983 miles in just two months and this year we want to shatter that mark and reach a goal of around 20,000 miles.

Each morning 1st-6th graders will have the opportunity to run laps on the grass in the back of the school, weather permitting.  Each student will receive a laminated running club card from their teacher that will be scanned after each lap that they run.  Students should keep these cards in their backpacks so that they can grab them each morning before running.  Students and families can track our miles on this site https://mcmillin.active4.me/ and we will also plot our journey on the Running Club bulletin board located in our school library.  Students will also receive feet for their keychains when they personally reach 5 miles, 10 miles, 20, 30, 40…

Please encourage your child to run or walk every morning to promote a healthy start of the day and to help us run around the world!

 

The McMillin PTA would like to invite you to our first association and informational meeting this Friday, August 4th at 8:15am in the school auditorium.  

Good Morning, McMillin parents,

The Chula Vista Elementary School District will be offering two opportunities for parents to preview the A.G.E. curriculum that will be presented to 4^th, 5^th, and 6^th grade students during the 17/18 school year.  The first one will be on Monday, August 21^st starting at 6:00 p.m.  The second one will be on Monday, January 22^nd, also starting at 6:00 p.m.  Both sessions will be at the district office located at 84 East “J” Street, Chula Vista, CA 91910.  Parents will have an opportunity to browse through the teacher manuals, student booklets and also view the DVDs. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call the district office at 619-425-9600.  Thank you.