McKinley Elementary Newsletter
October 2023
IMPORTANT DATES
Oct 2 - First Day of 5th Grade Band
Oct 2 - First Day of McKinley Choir
Oct 3 - PTC Meeting in the Library 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM
Oct 4 - Walk & Roll to School Day
Oct 6 - McKinley Fun Run -Lots of volunteers needed
Oct 10 - Take Out Tuesday @ Panda Express
Oct 13 - NO SCHOOL, State Inservice Day
Oct 16 - Picture Day (Retakes Nov 29)
Oct 27 - PTC Movie Night - look for Parent Square notes with details
Nov 1-2 - NO SCHOOL, Parent Teacher Conference Day 7:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Nov 3 - NO SCHOOL
Nov 7 - PTC Meeting in the Library 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM
Nov 10 - NO SCHOOL, Holiday
Nov 14 - Beginning Band Night Concert @ Leslie 7:00 PM
Nov 22-24 - NO SCHOOL, Thanksgiving Break
Nov 28-30 - Scholastic Book Fair 2:20 PM - 3:00 PM
Nov 29 - Picture Retakes
Every Wednesday is a 1 hour late start at 8:50 AM - the other days 7:50 AM
School Hours
EVERY Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
7:30 Breakfast available in cafeteria (free to all students)7:35 Doors Open for all students
7:50 School Starts- tardy bell rings
2:20 School Ends
EVERY Wednesday
8:30 Breakfast available in cafeteria (free to all students)
8:35 Doors Open for all students
8:50 School Starts- tardy bell rings
2:20 School Ends
Arrival and Dismissal doors will be the front courtyard and back breezeway doors for grades 1-5 and Kindergarten in the garden area.
Counselor Corner
“Thank you all for the warm welcome to McKinley, I have enjoyed getting to know your students and supporting our school community during this first month of school. This is my 9th year as a Professional School Counselor, and one of my favorite parts of this work is delivering classroom social and emotional growth lessons. This year I am visiting every classroom twice a month and we are exploring the Sources of Strength lessons together. I am a resource for every student here at McKinley, please do not hesitate to contact me by phone, email, or ParentSquare. “
Sources of Strength Parent Letter English
Sources of Strength Parent Letter Spanish
Beth Lord
School Counselor
McKinley Elementary School
503-399-3167
Fun Run is coming and other volunteer opportunities!
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6TH
We need McKinley family volunteers to help the Fun Run go smoothly! Please sign up at https://tinyurl.com/McKFunRun2023 to help count laps, hand out water, set up/clean up, and lend a hand where needed. All volunteers need to have a completed background check (good for 5 years) https://volunteerapp.salkeiz.k12.or.us
Come Cheer on Our Students!
Anyone can come to the cheering section at the high school track to join in the fun! Two to three classes will be running together for 15-minute time slots on October 6th. Times listed are approximate, we will update with any big changes to the schedule.
9:35-9:50 Ramirez, Cleary, & Buckingham
9:55-10:10 Dempster & Masnov
10:25-10:40 Moon & Keller
10:55-11:10 Hoffman & Hirschhorn
12:00-12:15 Callahan & Philipek
PTC Sponsored Events
PTC Movie Night
October 27th - details coming soon
Monthly PTC Meeting
McKinley Library
Childcare provided
See agenda below
Year at a Glance
- 1st Tuesday of most months - PTC Meeting 6:30 PM-7:45 PM
- 2nd Tuesday of most months - Take Out Tuesday - fundraisers at local restaurants
- October 6th - Fun Run
- November 28 - 30 Scholastic Book Fair
- December thru February OBOB (Oregon Battle of the Books)
- February - Read-A-Thon
PTC officers: Beth Gallini, Thomas Wells and Raina Wickstrom, Seth Nickerson
Questions? Contact the PTC exec team at ptcmckinley@gmail.com.
It's Okay to Ask for Help
Did you know that according to the Oregon Health Authority, suicide remains the second-leading cause of death among young people ages five to 24?
Free training
Next week, we will be hosting a free suicide prevention training, “QPR for Youth and Families” on Sept. 20 from 5:45 to 8 p.m. at Roberts at Chemeketa’s Library, located at 4071 Winema Pl NE, Salem, OR.
“Question, Persuade and Refer” is a skills training featuring a detailed discussion of warning signs and pragmatic “scripts” to use in an approachable framework. This widely-used suicide prevention training has been customized for youth (ages 12 and older) and families to participate together.
Learn more and register
Resources
We encourage our families, students and community members to access resources on our website to support mental wellbeing and suicide prevention.
Explore mental wellness resources
JOIN THE SALEM-KEIZER PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUDGET COMMITTEE
Salem-Keizer Public Schools is seeking three community members to serve on the district’s budget committee. Each appointee will serve a three-year term ending June 30, 2026. Candidates for the three open positions will be interviewed and appointed by the school board.
THINK BEFORE YOU POST
New District Website
We encourage all families to familiarize themselves with the website before the start of the school year. We appreciate your patience while we continue to move pages over to the new website, including new school websites, which will transition later this fall.
¡Estamos orgullosos de anunciar el lanzamiento de un nuevo sitio web del distrito! El distrito cambió a nuestra plataforma de sitio web mejorada para garantizar que todo el contenido sea accesible para todos en nuestra comunidad, lo que facilita que las personas encuentren lo que necesitan. El sitio web tiene una nueva apariencia, pero puede acceder al sitio web utilizando la misma dirección web. Animamos a todas las familias a que se familiaricen con el sitio web antes del inicio del año escolar. Agradecemos su paciencia mientras continuamos moviendo páginas al nuevo sitio web, incluidos los nuevos sitios web de las escuelas, que realizarán la transición más adelante este otoño.
Conference Schedule
Fall Conferences
· November 1 – NO SCHOOL – Elementary Conferences 7:30 am-7:30 pm
· November 2 – NO SCHOOL – Elementary Conferences 7:30 am-7:30 pm
· November 3 – NO SCHOOL
Spring Conferences
· March 21 – NO SCHOOL - Elementary Conferences 7:30 AM- 7:30 PM
· March 22 – NO SCHOOL
MONTHLY MEAL MENU
Thanks to the USDA’s Seamless Summer Option, we will be able to feed all students breakfast and lunch at school for free this year.
Lunch Menus Food Services will not be printing lunch menus to send to the schools. They will post on each schools website, as well on the District website. They are having a hard time getting anything on a consistent basis and cannot depend on suppliers to have what is needed. The food chain/Supply and Demand is ever flexing.
2023-24 DISTRICT CALENDAR - click the calendar to go to the website for details
HOW DO I STAY CONNECTED?
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School hours: 7:50AM - 2:20PM (M,T,Th,F) 8:50AM - 2:20PM (Weds Only)
Doors open at 7:35AM
Principal Michelle Nelson
Office 7:30AM-3:50PM
Address: 466 McGilchrist St SE Salem OR 97302
Phone: 503-399-3167