Construction Update:
Just a couple of updates regarding the new school site:
- Tours on Thursday: Classroom teachers joined me on a tour of both Wilson and Willow Creek Schools. The goal was to see what it felt/sounded like to be in an open school. We also saw a lot of progress being made at the new school. If you haven't driven by the north side of the building, you should! The Kindergarten, 1st Grade, Art, and Music walls are being put up!
- Furniture Group: There is a team of teachers who are looking at new furniture options for our new site. The team consists of Jen Koziolek, Kayla Davis, Mark Langlois, Amanda Gislason, and Justin Lang. We will visit a showroom on Monday and start to determine what will be new furniture and what will need to come with us. More to come on this!
- Decluttering Rooms: Continue to de-clutter your rooms. As you saw, there is little storage in the new school. Start to purge things you will not need!
This coming week is RAoK Week! An email went out on Thursday with some general directions for the week.
Click here to see the directions.
Attached in these directions is a pretty powerful video. This video is guiding most of our theme for the week - a kindness boomerang. The theme is whatever you "throw out", comes back around to you eventually. Click below to watch the video (it's a powerful 5 minutes!):
Twitter Hastags:
Don't forget about our two Twitter hastags - #mckinleystrong and #McKinleyPD. The #mckinleystrong focuses on all the great things we do every day to build a community and support all of our learners. The #McKinleyPD is a spot to share resources for professional learning- for all staff. Check it out and continue to share using these! And, if you don't have Twitter yet, you are MISSING OUT!
PBIS - Golden Spatula Award
1st Grade received the Lunchroom "Golden Spatula Award" for the cleanest lunchroom and the best manners. This week, they enjoyed a movie and rootbeer floats during their lunch period.
After School Program- Block III:
ASP Block III will begin on Tuesday, February 21. Teachers, please refer students and complete the registration paperwork ASAP! This will be our last block for after school programming.
PBIS- One Positive, Every Student, Every Day:
Last week, I challenged you to find at least one positive for every student, every day. How's it going? Did you find the challenge easy or tough? As I stated, each of our students come needing our love and support. Some kids just need a friendly smile, while others need a hug and one-on-one conversation to make it through the day. Keep working toward that challenge- push yourself to find a positive for each student, every day.
Building Weekly Newsletter:
Click here to access the building weekly newsletter
Valet Parking for the Week:
The Valet Parking for the Week goes to our Cultural Liaison, Nura Elmi! Nura is flexible, compassionate, and always willing to go the extra mile to support our kids. One of the things I appreciate about Nura is the way she works with parents. Nura can be compassionate, honest, and firm all at once. That is a gift! She supports our families in more ways than we know. Thank you for all you do, Nura!
Have some relaxation this weekend - and, enjoy the heat wave!
-Justin
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