Mac's Facts
March 21, 2025
Save the afternoon of Saturday, May 3, 3 - 6 PM, for McDonald International Night 2025. This event is an all-school celebration featuring student performances, activity stations, food trucks, and a bake sale. You don't want to miss it.
When: 3:00 - 6:30 PM on Saturday, May 3rd
Where: All around the school grounds
Volunteer leads are needed to organize each of the following parts of the event:
Japanese calligraphy or other Japanese cultural craft
Yo-yo balloon
Face Painting
Bakesale
Performance coordinator (separate role from the emcee)
Webpage updating (last year's page)
Find more details and sign up here. The big day is only six weeks away. We need leads in place soon to be sure we have enough time to finalize details and materials needed. The general ask for day-of volunteers and bake sale sign up will come out in a few weeks. Questions? Email Megan Quick.
After-School Enrichment registration will close this Sunday, 3/23 at 7 PM. Here is the full class schedule. Prices are listed in 6crickets, the online registration tool.
Spring classes begin on Monday, 4/21 and run through Friday, 6/13 (with no class on 5/26 for Memorial Day).
Questions? Contact the ASE Coordinator.
Calling young changemakers! Join us at Climate Action Families and become a Climate Justice Ambassador. Participants from grades 3rd to 8th dive into the essentials of effective advocacy for a just and sustainable future.
Discover Youth Activism
Contribute to Policy, Law, Mobilizing, Education, Solutions, & Healing
Create Powerful Art
Build Community Resilience
Do you want our free plastic film recycling pick-ups to continue in the 2025-26 school year? Then consider joining Ridwell and helping us spread the word!
Last year, our school participated in a plastic film drive through Ridwell. Thanks to 10 new Ridwell sign-ups from our school community, we've enjoyed free Ridwell pick-ups of plastic film all year!
We now have the chance to extend this benefit for the 2025-26 school year — but we need your help. To keep the free plastic recycling pick-ups, we need 10 more families to join Ridwell by May 23rd. Families can sign up locally or in any area serviced by Ridwell — it all counts!
Please help us reach our goal by signing up or sharing our special McDonald sign-up page with friends and family.
Thank you for supporting our school and the planet!
Keep up with this year’s events by checking out the PTA events calendar on Google Drive.
Mac's Message
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Dear Scottie Families,
Thank you for joining us for a conversation and input opportunity for budget development. Our staff voted to approve the BLT proposal for 2025_2026, which includes a PTA grant in support of language immersion instructional assistants in the Japanese K, Spanish K, and Spanish First on a half time schedule. The remaining PTA grant funds will support the purchase of a half time teacher.
Global Reading Challenge Recap
A huge round of applause for The Wolves—Jackson Baber, Lukas Korby, Ryan Gockel, and Finn Benton—who competed in the GRC semifinals this week! This small but mighty team tackled some incredibly tough questions and demonstrated the outstanding sportsmanship that defines our Scotties.
Our in-school competition was just as exciting, with a thrilling three-way tie that led to some tense tiebreaker rounds! Congratulations to the Radioactive Readers (Jack Giese, Monavea Gohmann Woollcott, Ruth Fyall, Sahir Sheth, and Sam Thorsvig) and T.E.A.M. (Adrian Shih, Eleanor Stillman, Max Dobroski, and Theo Vasilopoulos) for their teamwork and perseverance.
In total, 74 fourth and fifth graders took on the challenge, working together to read eight books between November and February. What an incredible accomplishment!
A heartfelt thank you to the teachers and families who encouraged and supported these readers along the way. And to all our participants—congratulations on trying new books and pushing yourselves to grow as readers! 📖👏
Maestro Daniel, Administrative Intern
We are pleased to welcome Maestro Daniel as administrative intern at McDonald. When you join us for meetings, he will be a part of our team and a valuable resource for our school community. Please join me in welcoming him into this role at McDonald.
Our new playground installation will begin at the beginning of our summer break. Below are the planned play structure designs. The Scottie Playground will remain closed until school opens in September.
Let's make it a great week!
Sincerely,
Zoe Facilla
April 6, 1-3pm at McDonald International Playground. Free Plant and Seed Exchange. All are welcome to give away or receive plants. If you don’t have a plant to give away, no problem! If you are dividing your perennials or have some young plant starts to share, wonderful!!! This year, a few additional parents will lead some hands-on activities for learning about nature and recycling. Join us to celebrate nature and spring together!
- March 26: School Budget Arena, Zoe at JSCEE, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.
- March 26: RET Meeting in the Scottie Library, 3:00-3:45 pm.
- March 28: Scottie Spirit Day: Nature Day
- March 28: Harmony Across Cultures, 12:30-1:30 pm
April
- April 3: First grade Spanish to the Aquarium
- April 4: First and second grade Japanese to Carkeek
- April 6: Plant and Seed Exchange 1:00-3:00 pm at the Scottie Playground
- April 10: Staff and 5th grade basketball tournament
- April 14-18: No School for Spring Break
- April 24: 4th grade to Deception Pass
