Happy Friday! What a busy time of year!
Next week is both
Teacher Appreciation Week and
School Nutrition Employee Week! We will have some exciting things next week to show our appreciation for our dedicated staff.
Upcoming Big Rocks for Next Week:
Monday- Science MCA's start & PLCs
Tuesday- Track Meet
Thursday- Staff Book Study
Friday- Orchestra Concert after school in small gym
TDE Update:
We spent some time at Cabinet going through the final steps to this year's TDE. I will be scheduling a 15 minute meeting with certified staff to go through the steps. Before the meeting, make sure you have logged into STAGES (
https://live.stagessoftware.com/user/login/) and set up your account. If this is your first time logging in, use the below information:
User ID: Employee Email Address
Password: Owatonna121114
I sent out an email to Certified Staff earlier this week with this information.
Department of Justice Survey
A DOJ Survey will be coming the week of May 4 for students in grades 3-5. It is a paper & bubble response survey that students will need to complete. There will also be a staff survey (you will need to sign off in the office once completed). More information will be coming on this.
Spring Benchmarking
Spring Benchmarking begins Monday, May 11th. An email will come from Teaching and Learning regarding the steps to entering the data. Please make sure you administer and enter the assessments into the spreadsheet within the given time frame.
Last Day of Interventions & ELL
The last day for Intervention & ELL services will be Friday, May 29th.
Assistant Secretary Position:
We are interviewing today for the Ass't Secretary position. Our hopes is to get someone trained in before the end of the year. A huge thank you to Sue Olson for all her help in the office! :)
Valet Parking of the Week:
Our Valet Parking for the Week goes to Sue Paul. Sue is such a dedicated staff member who will do whatever she can to motivate, engage, and help students learn. Sue is always willing to do whatever it takes to help our McKinley students. Sue, thank you for all you do for us!
A SnapShot of Learning:
Our patrols spent Wednesday afternoon enjoying the MN Twins Game. Thank you to Doug and Sonya for organizing and supervising this awesome trip!
Last night, we honored 6 of our McKinley students for the Dia De Nino, an event the district puts on for our Hispanic families. Our students were honored for their hard work and dedication to being a student. Pictured are our honorees: Joseph Cruz, Georgia Schrom, Alex Mendez-Enser, Victoria Torres-Leon, Bryanna Correa, and Citlaly Garza.
3rd Grade is working on a worm exploration. In the pictures above, Kayla Davis's class is examining the worms they collected and recording their observations into a Survey on Office 365. Their combined observations and data were then analyzed as a group. Only in a STEM School will you see all kids working with worms!
Have a great weekend! Take some time to enjoy the sun and your loved ones.
-Justin
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