I hope you finding some relaxation and rejuvenation in this beautiful weather we are experiencing! Only a month left before we are back at it- take full advantage of the month! With summer school ending this week, I'm hoping to get a few more trips in to the lake before September rolls around!
Enrollment:
Just an update on our student population....we are getting more and more requests for McKinley (which is awesome!).
Kindergarten- 77 students
1st Grade- 102 students
2nd Grade- 99 students
3rd Grade- 91 students
4th Grade- 90 students
5th Grade- 91 students
As of today, we will have 550 McKinley Monkeys joining us on September 8th! :)
Master Schedule:
Today, I sent out the 2015-2016 master schedule. Creating this was quite the process! With the addition of a 1st grade section, trying to provide a common prep time for grades 1-5, and only having gym space at certain times of the day... woah! I appreciate everyone who has been extremely flexible.
Below is a link to the schedule. We will talk through your Intervention Block, common prep, etc. when we meet in September.
Click here to see the master schedule!
Staffing Update:
1E- Jen Schlauderhaff. Jen is coming to us from Washington where she taught Kindergarten. Before this, Jen spent time at Kids Korner and Wilson. We are very fortunate to have Jen joining us. She will be located in Justin Lang & Megan Cartwright's old classroom.
1A Long-Term Substitute (September-December) for Sami will be Melanie Feldhake. Melanie is coming with experience and energy from Northfield (I'm starting to wonder if we should have a staff bus coming from Northfield every day??).
ELL- We will be setting up interviews in the next few weeks for Becky Konz's position.
Kindergarten Long-Term Sub for Trisha: We will be setting up interviews in late August.
Somali Liasion- I am still in the process of finding a liaison during Nura's maternity leave. If you know of anyone, please send me their name.
Special Education Para for Bobbi Shaver- I am working with Mark Krug on setting up interviews next week. I hope to have a name soon!
Summer Learning:
This Wednesday, July 29th, will be our last Summer Learning. A huge thank you to Denise Carlson and the other staff who have helped make this possible! Each week, we average about 18-20 kids who join us in the McKinley library. If you get a chance this week, stop by between 12:30-2pm (I won't be there this week as I am at a training).
Breakthrough Coaching:
Lorri and I just spent some time at a Breakthrough Coaching training. This training is helping Lorri and I think of ways to align our work in the office so I am able to be out in classrooms and the building for two full days a week. If you aren't already, you are going to be sick of me! We will talk more about this during Back to School Workshop!
Building Aesthetics:
If you have been in recently, you will notice some painting in the doorways of the building. Amanda Gislason has been busy making our hallway colorful and filled with quotes. I'm excited to see the final result. Thanks for doing this, Amanda!
You will also notice some banners being installed in the hallway in the next few weeks. The banners will also add some color, while reminding students who "we are" as a McKinley team.
One of our bulletin boards will be "When I was your age...". The bulletin board will have pictures of each staff member when they were in elementary school. So, consider this your month warning.. dust off the photo albums and find a fun picture of you when you were an elementary student! :)
I saw this on Facebook and had a chuckle to myself... SO TRUE!
I will be seeing you soon... enjoy your month of August! :)
Justin
