Summer Update- June 2016

Happy (almost) July!  I hope you have had a relaxing, restful June… you deserve it! 

Ben, Greg, and John have been busy getting the building ready for (potentially) 625 students in September!  There is a lot of movement that will happen over the next month- thank you to all of you who have been extremely flexible with these changes.   Please note: This Thursday, the main hallway (outside the office) will be refinished.  The hallway will be closed Thursday (6/30) at around 2:30 until Saturday morning.  Please avoid using this hallway. 

 

Also, just a reminder- Extended School Year (ESY) and the district Kindergarten Kamp will program out of McKinley from July 11- August 4, 2016.  They are primarily using the Kindergarten wing. 

I also wanted to update you on some summer “news”: 

 

Summer Moves

Below are the moves that will be happening in the building:

• K5 (Hasty’s Old Room) will be Paige Larson’s classroom. 
• K4 (old Learning Center) will be Nicole Joachim’s room.
• EL (old EL/Zeman’s Office) will be Laurie Wolhart’s teaching space. 
• EL (Boetel & Stitzmeyer) will program out of the library (a classroom is being created).  
• 1A (old Lang and EL room) will be Jen Schlauderaff’s classroom.
• Extra section (old Schlauderaff’s room) will be Rachel Peterson’s classroom (grade level TBD).
• Liaisons will share the Instrumental Music room with Revier and Guenther.
• Lang (SPED & PBIS) and Zeman will share across from my office (previously housed by the liaisons)
• Dulas will program out of the small Learning Center (Jayne and Tom’s old office).
• Danielle, Brianna, and Lindsey will share the new Learning Center in the old Discovery Lab. 

At this rate, I think I may give up my office and work from home all year…. J

 

Hiring

We will be welcoming some solid teachers to the McKinley family this August.  Below are those updates:

• Kim Gedde will be the shared Music Teacher (Lincoln-Washington-McKinley).  Kim comes with a solid background in music education- from K-5 to the university level.  Kim will teach some Kindergarten and 1^st grade sections at McKinley.
• Brent Yule will be taking Peggy’s spot as our Physical Education Teacher.   Brent has spent the last three years teaching elementary PE in Medford.  He comes with an extensive background integrating reading, math, and physical education. 
• Lindsey Schultz will be joining our team as a Special Education Teacher.   Lindsey has spent the last few years in Faribault as a SPED teacher at Lincoln Elementary.  Lindsey has a passion for learning and working with students! 

STEM Days – Classroom Teachers Only:

Please remember- your team gets 2 STEM planning days for July-August.  When you know of your dates, times, and location, please email Justin, Tom Meagher, and Heidi Gryniewski.

 

STEM New Teacher Training:

We will be hosting an official training for new McKinley staff on August 1-2^nd.    This training will ground staff in our professional development over the last four years. 

PBIS Team
The PBIS team meets tomorrow to start planning for the 16-17 school year.  If you have feedback on anything related to this (referrals, matrix, etc.), please let one of us know. 

 

We have another Summer Learning this Wednesday- come join us! 

 

Take some time to enjoy yourself and your loved ones - see you soon! 

-Justin