McPherson News for June 4, 2023

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, THURSDAY, JUNE 9 - MINIMUM DAY ALL STUDENTS

Hello McPherson Families,

We are in the home stretch of the school year! It has been a great year with a lot of fun memories! Thank you for your support and for being part of the McPherson community. It is a pleasure and honor to serve as the principal of this school with such awesome students, parents and staff members. I hope everyone has a relaxing and fun summer vacation! Congratulations to our promoting 8th graders and their families! Good luck as you move on to the next phase of your educational journey. Enjoy the time and we'll see you in August!

Have a great week Meteors,

Mrs. Godsey, Ed.D.

Farewell & Best Wishes

We want to say Farewell to Mrs. Wagner, McPherson's Kindergarten teacher. Mrs. Wagner is retiring after 33 years of teaching, 22 of those years at McPherson. Thank you for your years of service! With all our hearts we wish Mrs. Wagner the best in her retirement.

At the promotion party on Saturday, June 3, every 8th grade student received a shirt from the high school they will be attending. 8th grade students may wear their high school shirts with free dress bottoms on Wednesday, June 7.

Thank you to all of the 8th Grade Promotion Party Committee! The Promotion Party was a huge success and a fun way for our 8th graders to celebrate their promotion.

The Yearbooks are here!!! Yearbooks will be passed out to students on Monday, June 5! We will begin selling the extra yearbooks after school on Monday, June 5 and Wednesday, June 7, at the front of school for $60 cash only! We will sell out so don't wait! LIMITED SUPPLY!!!! (No sales on Tuesday, June 6).

PTSA Skate Night

Come and join us for our last school skate night of the year!!!

When: Monday June 5th 5-7pm

Where: Holiday Skate 175 N Wayfield St Orange

Cost: $15/ Skater- $5/ Spectator (Skate mates can be purchased for an additional cost)

Admission will be paid at the door Cash or Card is accepted

This is not a drop off event. All students need to be accompanied by an adult. Required waiver needs to be filled out at the skating rink.

8th Grade promotion will be held outside on the back concrete playground area on June 8 at 8:30 am. Attendance will be limited to 8th-grade students and 4 adults per family. (No children or infants may attend). Admission will be by ticket only. Tickets will be available for pickup from the office by parents starting Wednesday, May 31. Parents must sign for tickets when picking them up. Tickets will be collected at the entrance gate. (No umbrellas or personal chairs are allowed.)

**If it is a rainy morning for promotion, the ceremony will have to be moved inside the cafeteria. This will limit seating available to two guests per 8th grade student. A notice will be sent out early morning on promotion day if alternate plans need to be made.

McPherson Magnet will gladly take any gently used school uniforms off your hands! The end of the school year is a great time to clean out your children's closets. We ask that you consider donating any clean, gently used uniform items for our used uniform sale. Funds will be used to buy McPherson supplies. Clean and gently used uniforms donations can be left at the front office at any time. We will also be collecting used uniforms on Registration Day, August 2023. Thank you in advance for your donations.

On Wednesday, May 31, McPherson hosted the C-STEM RoboPlay event. RoboPlay takes place annually and is an opportunity for students to showcase their coding and math learning by competing against teams from other schools. McPherson students were very successful, and we would like to recognize them.

*The Speed Hackers - 1st place, Division E: Kaden Le, Matthew Lew, Hendrix Tram, Gavin Lewis, Grayson Minihan

*The Vipers - Spirit Award, Division E: Madeleine Disbrey, Delaney Schmidt, Ryli Elazegui, Judd Greenberg, Connor Nguyen

*The Cosmobots - 1st place Division D: Kaylee Dillon, Logan Duff, Olivia Halter, Alexander Harrington, Dallas Baker

*Power Bots - 2nd place Division D: Vesper Chang, Mark Illes, Caidden Carigma, Bennie Tobias, Yuki Downey

*Robo Players - 3rd place, Division D: Violet Alvarez, Alayah Lawson, Andrew Ramirez, Tyler Galasso, Gavin Fennell

*The Robo Rockers - Perseverance, Division D: Seth Cooper, Ryan Valdivia, Quintin Ferry, Oliver Mendoza, Lailah, Paladino

*Lazy Eggs - 1st Place, Division C: Nicholas Bulosan, Conner Davis, Joshua Gomez, Joseph Ramirez

*The Kool Kid Klub - 2nd Place, Division C: Ella Ha, Zachary Dunbar, Sean Nguyen, Everest Wetherington

*Truonginator - Spirit Award, Division C: Aiden Labadie, Jackson Gillespie, Arthur Alvarez, Angel Rodriguez

Greg Miller, C-STEM Resource Teacher

M.A.Ed. in Educational Administration

Orange USD

UC Davis C-STEM Certi

Congratulations to our competitive First Lego League, Team Meteor Bots, for earning second place in the district competition! Congratulations Gabriella Barrios, Dalisha Bravo, Cole Davis, Grant Edmonds, Nathan Esqueda, Henry Glenn, Edgar Gonzalez Vain, Ellie Morse, and Danielle Wendel for bringing another trophy to McPherson. Through their teamwork and perseverance these students accomplished coding, engineering, and STEM success.

Our award-winning C-STEM program is looking to to expand the C-STEM program to allow 3rd-5th grade students to have 1:1 access to Linkbots.

Check out UC Davis highlighting our program’s success: https://c-stem.ucdavis.edu/about-us/success/mcpherson-magnet

If you’ve ever had your student come home and talk about C-STEM, Roboblocky or Mr. Miller, you know how excited they are when they get to learn with Linkbots.

The cost to upgrade is $12,000 per grade and we want to bring this program to both the 4th and 5th grade. For every dollar raised from the Adopt a Linkbot campaign, the McPherson Education Foundation and Stanley W. Ekstrom Foundation will match 150% up to the total $24,000 needed to furnish both grades.

Here’s how you can help. Each Robot costs about $370, any family that “Adopts a Linkbot” for $150* will secure matching funding to purchase a Linkbot. For your contribution, an individual Linkbot will be etched the name of your choice**. In addition, a plaque will be added to the classroom with all the donor names and Linkbot names thanking everyone for their contributions. Help us meet our goal of 65 Linkbots and get the full match today!

To donate via Credit Card or Check, please go to https://adopt-a-linkbot.cheddarup.com

To donate via Venmo, please search for our certified charity account @McPhersonFund

*Donations of any amount are welcome, but $150 is needed to Adopt a Linkbot and give it a name. All other donations will be combined to purchase additional Linkbots.

**Name must be approved by McPherson Administration

We are putting together the McPherson Well Space for the support and well-being of all students on our campus. We are hoping to have students start utilizing the Well Space next school year 23/24. If you would like to assist us with purchasing any of the items on the Amazon Wish List linked below, we would appreciate your kindness and support.

Wish List Link: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2Q0D5VI9UVBOC?ref_=wl_share

Library Check in Information

PLEASE TURN IN MATERIALS AS FOLLOWS:

6th and 7th grade

Monday, June 5 - All Textbooks and library books must be turned in

8th grade

Monday June 5 - All textbooks, library books, and devices must be turned in. School laptops must be turned in. 8th grade students will be given a form and time to return materials during PE. This form will need to be signed by the librarian and our health clerk for material check-in and absences to be cleared. This form must be turned in to the front office for the 8th grade student to be able to promote.

If you have questions, contact the librarian, Lucy Verduzco, at lverduzco@orangeusd.org or our attendance/health clerk, Jackie Skarsten at jackies@orangeusd.org.

Please make sure you pick up all your medications from the health office on Wednesday, June 14. Leftover medication will be discarded on Thursday, June 15, if not picked up.

To access your student’s report card, go to the Orange Unified School District website after June 14th.

• https://www.orangeusd.org/

• From the OUSD homepage, click on Student and Parent Portal.

• Enter your email as your Username.

• Click on NEXT.

• Enter your password.

• Click on SIGN IN

· To view and print your student’s report card.

• From your portal homepage, click on Grades.

• To access an Elementary Report cards – Click on Standard Based Report Card.

• To access a middle school report card – Click on Grades.

• To print your student’s report card – Click on either the word Print or the printer icon.

• A PDF of your student’s report card will come up, You can now print your student’s report card

All families will be completing their McPherson registration materials and turning in their McPherson documents on Wednesday, August 9. Times for Registration are listed below. ALL MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS MUST ATTEND TO TAKE THEIR PICTURES, GET ID CARDS, PURCHASE AGENDAS AND PICK UP TEXTBOOKS

Last Name Begins With:

A-J: 8:00am-9:00am

K-P: 9:00am-10:00am

Q-Z: 10:00am-11:00am

Campus Beautification @ McPherson - Saturday - August 12TH , 7:30am to 10:30am

Mark Your Calendar for BEAUTIFICATION DAY

All FAMILIES - McPherson Beautification Day is scheduled for Saturday, August 12th, to help us spruce up our campus. Many hands make the load light. We have a lot of small projects that can be done by all members of the family - i.e…..painting, planting new bushes in quad, refinishing benches, working in Earth Lab, working in California garden, hanging new backpack hooks, washing windows, cleaning - and much more. A Google Doc will be coming home in July to sign up for Beautification Day, so we will know how many volunteers will be coming to help.

Hello McPherson Families!
We need your help, collecting Box Tops to earn cash for McPherson. Each one is worth 10¢! Everyone’s participation is helpful.

You can now download the Box Top application on your phone then scan or snap a photo of your receipt within 14 days of purchase. The earnings through the application are recognized immediately. Our school will get a check to spend on classroom supplies. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE STUDENT & TEACHER’S NAME UNDER “GIVE CREDIT MEMO.” If you have trouble scanning your receipts, please email Trinh Guevara a copy of the receipts immediately.

Physical Box Top clippings are being phased out of production but may continue to be found on many products throughout the stores. Drop off your clipped Box Tops to the front office. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THEM IN A ZIP LOCK BAG WITH STUDENT & TEACHER’S NAME.

Thank you for your support of the Box Tops Program and McPherson! If you have any questions, please email Trinh Guevara. Thanks again for all your help and support of our school. We couldn’t do it without you!
Trinh Guevara
Box Tops Coordinator
trinhandcarlo@gmail.com

ALL EVENTS FOR THE YEAR CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBPAGE AT:

https://mcphersonhome.meteormail.net/home/about/upcoming-events

Mark your calendars:

June 5 - Skate Party - Holiday Roller Rink

June 5 & June 7 - Yearbooks on Sale After School - $60 CASH ONLY

June 7 - High School Spirit Shirt Day for 8th Grade Students

June 8 - 8th Grade Promotion, 8:30 am

June 8 - Last Day of School

August 9 - McPherson Registration - All Families Attend

August 12 - Beautification Day - 7:30am to 10:30am