Winter is here! If your child needs snow gear, please contact their teacher or the office. Snow pants and boots are required to play on the playground. We go out for recess every day unless it is below 0.
Enjoy your long weekend! No school tomorrow as we observe Veteran's Day.
Tomorrow is an early dismissal AND parent teacher conferences (1-8pm). We release students at 12:20pm. Please make sure your student knows how they are getting home. If you need a reminder on what time your conference is, please contact the office at 882-6350.
Here is the link for the McKinley School Book Fair! You can purchase at Parent/Teacher conferences next week:
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/mckinleyelementaryschool59
Reminder!!! Conferences will be held on Thursday, November 10th between 1:00-8:00pm. Note: 11-10-22 is also an early dismissal for students (12:20pm), please make arrangements for both things this day. Please click here to sign up: https://www.watertown.k12.sd.us/o/mckinley-elementary/page/parent-teacher-conferences
First grade had fun carving pumpkins today! Thank you to the parents that came to help.
Tomorrow is an early dismissal. We release at 12:20pm. Please make sure your student knows how they are getting home.
Please take a moment to fill out the survey. Thank you!
Conferences will be held on Thursday, November 10th between 1:00-8:00pm.
Note: 11-10-22 is also an early dismissal for students (12:20pm), please make arrangements for both things this day. Please click here to sign up: https://www.watertown.k12.sd.us/o/mckinley-elementary/page/parent-teacher-conferences
Reminder: Picture re-takes are tomorrow!
Don't forget: Tomorrow is pink day and Wednesday is orange day!
Next week we will celebrate and stand with our staff and community members fighting cancer by wearing pink on Monday. We will also stand up against bullying by wearing orange on Wednesday and learning how to prevent it.
Today is nice and warm, but the rest of the week's forecast looks pretty chilly. Please send a sweatshirt or jacket and maybe a hat and gloves with your students as we do spend time outside before school and at recess time. Thank you!
We are so proud of our McKinley 4th grade winner, Avery, for winning the fire safety essay. She rode in a fire truck to school today as her reward. Way to go Avery!
Help us celebrate National School Lunch Week! Encourage your child to celebrate National School Lunch Week, October 10-14, by eating a healthy lunch at school. In celebration, lunch will be at no cost for your child on Friday, October 14th. Thank you for supporting the Watertown Food Service program!
Have a wonderful long weekend. No school on Monday for Native American Day!
Picture retake day is October 17th. If you have not yet had a picture taken, please send your order forms on this day, or order online. Also, if you want to have your student re-take their picture, but have received photos already, please send them back in the packet, uncut on the 17th.
Reminder: TODAY is an early dismissal. Elementary schools release at 12:20.
We are gearing up for homecoming! Last Friday, our Colt of Character winners received a Buffalo Wild Wings kids meal, candy and an Arrow shirt! Let's go Arrows!!!
We will have two early releases next week. Wednesday is a 12:20 dismissal for teacher inservice and Friday is a 1:30 dismissal for the homecoming parade. Attached is a flyer that was also sent home with information on dress up days!
