Activities Week 4

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEK OF
OCTOBER 25 - OCTOBER 29

* If you missed the last deadline to order a McKinley Cougar t-shirt and would like one, please fill out an order form and submit payment in the office. We can accept orders until Friday, November 5th.

* Please make sure to sign in at the office when you come to volunteer at the school and don’t forget to mark your hours on a Volunteer Sheet so we can track the hours. There is a Volunteer Sheet in the office as well as at each classroom door. THANKS!

* SCHEDULE CHANGES: Please note that the School District has notified us of some additional early out days that have been made to the 2010-2011 school year schedule. Here is a list of ALL the early out days for the rest of the school year so you can plan accordingly:
November 3, 2010
November 17, 2010
December 1, 2010
December 15, 2010
January 5, 2011
January 19, 2011
January 26, 2011 (Parent-Teacher Conference)
February 2, 2011
February 16, 2011
March 2, 2011
March 16, 2011
April 6, 2011
April 20, 2011
May 4, 2011
May 18, 2011
All of these dates are on Wednesdays. So the early out days will now be the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month and students are still dismissed at 12:55 PM with AM Kindergarten from 8:25 – 10:25 AM and PM Kindergarten from 10:55 AM – 12:55 PM. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Also note the following change on Spring Break in April:
It was scheduled for Monday & Tuesday, April 25th & 26th
It will now be Friday, April 22nd & Monday, April 25th

* Red Ribbon Week is Here! It will be next week, Oct. 25-29. Let’s all get involved to show our commitment to living drug free!!!! Here is the Dress Up Day schedule:

Monday: Wear Red to show your support for Red Ribbon Week!

Tuesday: “Hats off to living drug free” Wear Fun Hats.

Wednesday: “My future is drug free!” Dress like what you want to be when you grow up.

Thursday: “Stomp out Drugs!” Wear crazy shoes, socks, boots or slippers. (Don’t forget real shoes for Recess & P.E. etc.)

Friday: “Live strong and drug free!” Wear your favorite team jersey, sports clothes or Cougar shirt.

Everyone is invited to enter our poster contest. The Theme is “Look at Me! I’m Drug Free!” Your posters can be on a regular (8 ½ x 11) sheet of paper and should show an activity that you love to do and can enjoy because you stay away from drugs. Please turn you papers in to the office by Thursday (10/28) morning before school.

*** Don’t forget to accept the October Challenge to “Be Strong!” Get plenty of exercise for your body and brain, and live Drug Free! The prize drawing will be on Friday, October 29th.

* There will be an assembly to celebrate Red Ribbon Week next Friday, October 29th at 2:00 PM in the gym sponsored by The BRHS Tough Club.

* The Annual McKinley Pumpkin Walk will be held next Thursday, Oct. 28th in the gym. All students & their families are invited to attend. It will be an Open House from 6:30 – 8:00 PM so come when you can and see how creative our students at McKinley can be. This year, those students that participate by bringing a decorated pumpkin to school in the day on Thursday, Oct. 28th for the Pumpkin Walk will receive an entry ticket from their teacher for a drawing to win some fun prizes that will be given to the winners during school on Friday, Oct. 29th. We will not be voting on the pumpkins this year, it is based on participation so everyone has the same chance of winning a prize but pumpkins need to be brought in that day. We will not be giving entries for the drawing that evening if you bring your pumpkin then. ATTN: Room Parents, please check with your teacher on their class theme for the Pumpkin Walk and then please have a poster prepared with the class name & theme and any type of decorations you wish to spruce up their display area (lights, tablecloth, etc.) and someone to come and set up the class table after school between 3:00 – 5:00 PM. You will also need to assign someone for clean-up of the class table after the Pumpkin Walk that evening. Make sure to use your list of moms for help with the activities throughout the year, they are willing and excited to help so you don’t have to run it all by yourself. We appreciate you!

* Don’t forget that the Box Tops Competition for the month of October is between the 5th Grade classes and the last day to turn them in is next Friday, October 29th. You can bring in the following items: Box Tops, Cream of Weber lids, Campbell’s Soup labels, empty Elmer’s glue stick tubes/glue bottles and empty Neosporin tubes. Make sure Box Tops are cut out along the dotted lines and the soup labels are just the UPC with the point value. Bring in as much as you can and put them in the collection container in your classroom. THERE WILL BE A PRIZE FOR THE WINNING CLASS! Good Luck!

* MAKE SURE TO BE SAFE TRICK-OR-TREATING!!!