Magpie
December 11th - 15th
Important School Dates:
12/11 - After-School Biathlon - Last One
12/12 - Learning Lab
12/13 - Mini Workshops @ 1:10 - Parents Are Welcome to Volunteer
12/14 - Learning Lab
12/15 - Pajama Day
12/18 - 1/2 - Winter Break/ Inservice & End of 2nd Quarter - No School
A Wonderful Season for Helping Others - 3 Ways to Help
#1 - Student Council is sponsoring “The Helpful Holiday Tree.” Beginning Monday, November 27th and continuing through December 15th, they are collecting warm gloves, socks and hats to be given to homeless kids in our district. Please bring these items and hang them on the Helpful Holiday Tree or place them in the boxes under the tree that is in the school lobby.
#2 - Beginning Monday, November 27th Student Council is also holding a class competition where classes will try to bring in the MOST canned food items to then give to the Homer Food Pantry. Canned items or other non-perishable food can be brought to school and placed in the class designated boxes in their classrooms. Class Prizes for 1st-3rd place are listed below:
1st Place - Pizza Party
2nd Place - Ice Cream Sundae Party
3rd Place - Root Beer Float Party
#3 - Once again, we will be making dry bean soup kits for the Homer Food Pantry. We are asking each student to bring two cans of stewed, diced, or whole tomatoes, (14.5 oz. size), to include in these soup kits. Please bring them to school by Monday, December 12th. Thank you for your generosity!
Cookie Decorating & Pajama Day - Friday, December 15th
Join the fun! Wear your PJ’s and bring your favorite stuffed animal on Friday, December 15th. Please be sure your PJ’s are appropriate for school and will keep you warm enough. We are asking the following classes to help with cookie decorating supplies:
Brandon’s 6th grade – tubs of white/ cream cheese frosting
Mrs. Anne’s 1st grade and Mrs. Swanson’s 2nd grade - small decorations for gingerbread men such as raisins, M&M’s, Skittles, red hots, mini marshmallows, chocolate chips, etc. (we have plenty of sprinkles
A BIG thank you to Two Sisters for suppling the gingerbread dough for this year's cookies!!
Winter Break & End of 2nd Quarter - No School December 18th - January 2nd
Monday, December 18th begins our winter break and will go through Monday, January 1st. Tuesday, January 2nd is the end of our second quarter and is an in-service day for staff so there will be no school. Students will return to school for the 2nd semester on Wednesday, January 3rd. We hope you and your family have a peaceful, restful, and joyous holiday!
Community Activities
Dragon Café - December Menu
McNeil Canyon Elementary School
Email: joverson@kpbsd.k12.ak.us
Website: kpbsd.org/schools/mcneil-canyon/
Location: 52188 East End Rd, Homer, AK, USA
Phone: 907-235-8181
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/McNeilCanyon/