News Archive
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Readathon!
Posted on November 8, 2011 | No CommentsOur READATHON has started! Friends and family sponsor students for the amount of time they read—please visit the Library page for more details. There are many otherways you can help McKinley, including volunteering your time and donating money or items. Please visit our Contribute page to see a list of everything... -
McKinley on ABC News!
Posted on October 11, 2011 | No CommentsWatch McKinley kindergarteners and Mission Science Workshop on ABC News! This report puts a face on our fundraising efforts: Our participation in Mission Science is fully funded by the McKinley PTA. -
Car Wash & Candidate Challenge
Posted on September 8, 2011 | No CommentsSaturday, September 17, 10am – 2pm. Who’s In So Far? Adachi, Avalos, Chiu, Dufty, Herrera, Lee, Rees, Ting, Yee… McKinley is back for year two of challenging SF candidates to demonstrate their commitment to our public schools by getting wet and washing cars. This year all mayoral candidates are invited to... -
Science in the Garden
Posted on April 25, 2011 | No CommentsThe PTA-funded Garden Science program is underway! Students, teachers, and parents have been working with garden coordinator Caroline Bird to integrate the garden into the science curriculum. Ms. Mar and Mr. Kallok’s Kindergarten students are learning about seeds, weeds, and the five senses. They have planted lettuce and radishes in... -
Safety Day
Posted on April 23, 2011 | No CommentsThis year’s Safety Day, the fourth annual, was a rousing success. Thanks to Linnell Williams, Grandpa extraordinaire, vehicles (and horses!) from SFPD, SFFD, SF Sheriff, and MUNI came to McKinley for Safety Day demonstrations. The students got to check out fire trucks, get inside a Sheriff’s paddywagon, sit on the... -
DogFest a Success!
Posted on April 17, 2011 | No CommentsAt this year’s Fourth Annual McKinley Elementary School’s Dogfest the whole community converged on the Duboce Park to support our gem of a public school. Many thanks to all the wonderful volunteers as all were volunteers, and Chapeau! to all who came to support the McKinley PTA & the SFUSD.... -
DogFest T-Shirt Contest Winners
Posted on April 10, 2011 | No CommentsThank you to all of the talented students who participated in this year’s DogFest T-shirt contest. We had an overwhelming response with over 70 amazing dogs to choose from! It was an extremely difficult decision with all of the amazing entries, and choosing just one wasn’t possible! Six dogs were... -
Welcome Breakfast for New McKinley Families
Posted on April 8, 2011 | No CommentsEvery year, as is tradition, the regular members of the McKinley Elementary family pull together a welcome breakfast for new, entering Kindergarten families. As always, it was a great turn out, and the new kids get to meet some real live kindergarten children. Our PTA President, Aaron Anderson, made a... -
‘Adventures in Music ‘ Program at McKinley
Posted on April 5, 2011 | No CommentsThe ‘Adventures in Music’ program, arranged by and paid for by the SF Symphony for more than 27 years now, has been coming to McKinley for a number of assemblies already this year. Before the winter break, we had a performance by five woodwind & horn players–an all-woman quintet playing... -
Your Brain, Yourself!
Posted on March 30, 2011 | No CommentsJeff Cookston, San Francisco State University faculty & McKinley parent, is bringing his team of graduate students to lead a 6-week workshop to teach the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades about the brain: how it works and strategies for using our brains effectively (i.e., stress reduction). 4th/5th grade teacher Ms....