UPCOMING ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEK OF
DECEMBER 6 - DECEMBER 10
* December Health & Safety Challenge: Be Positive
Keep your attitude positive, even though you may be cooped up inside this winter.
1. Find simple DAILY exercises to do inside that will keep you healthy and reduce stress.
2. Look for the good in people around you and give sincere compliments.
3. Watch for positive things in your own life and share with your family one good thing that happened to you each day or one thing you are thankful for.
* FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10TH IS DOUGHNUTS WITH DADS. It will go from 7:15 – 8:15 AM in the morning. Dads (or an uncle, grandpa, etc. if a dad is not able to come) are invited to attend with their McKinley student(s) that morning for breakfast. PLEASE do not park in the carpool lane!!
* BUY ONE GET ONE FREE BOOKFAIR ON THE STAGE!!!!
Wednesday, Dec. 8th from 3-6 PM
Thursday, Dec. 9th from 3-5 PM
Friday, Dec. 10th from 11AM – 1PM & 3-5 PM (Also during Doughnuts with Dad)
* Bookmobile will be Thursday, December 9th.
* Upcoming Events: Friday, December 17th will be the 5th Grade Music Program at 2 PM in the gym. Parents, grandparents, etc. are welcome to attend. The PTA also plans to announce the winners of Reflections and hand out awards for Reflections to the students at this assembly.
* MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR LITERACY NIGHT on Wednesday, January 12th from 6:30 – 8:30 PM at the school for students and their families. It will be themed, “Exploring Books” and is going to be a lot of FUN!!!
* A Dime a Day Ongoing Fundraiser: Help us raise money for the end of the year field trips by donating 10 cents a day. We are setting a goal of $4,500 which will cover the bus expenses for class field trips. There will be a jar in the front office where anyone can donate as much as they would like.
* The Box Tops Competition for the month of December is between the 3rd Grade classes. 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!
