A reminder to Watertown School District families that Friday, April 21st is a full day of school. The final day of school for students is Friday, May 26th with a 12:30 dismissal.
The next Zoom mental health meeting is "Protecting Your Child". Please consider joining us next week.
Kindergarten Round Up for all day, every day Kindergarten is for children who will be five years of age on or before September 1, 2023. Screenings will take place on Wednesday, April 12 and Friday, April 14, 2023 at the Garfield Education Center. Appointments are required, so please call 605-882-6398 today!
Happy Easter! There will be no school Friday or Monday to celebrate the holiday! Enjoy your long weekend.
We had such fun last night at Bunny Bingo! Thank you to Farm Credit Services for running our concession stand and to our BISCO partner, Plains Commerce Bank for selling tickets.
The Watertown School District will start 2 hours late (10:15 AM) on Wednesday, April 5th. All morning activities and practices will also be 2 hours late. No breakfast served or AM preschool/JK. Conditions will be evaluated again in the morning.
Bunny Bingo is on for tonight! Please join us at the Codington County Extension Building from 5:15-7:00. There are $1,000s of dollars worth prizes to be won. Check out the details here: https://www.watertown.k12.sd.us/o/mckinley-elementary/live-feed#3791664
Bingo IS on! Today is the day! We are excited to host bunny bingo again this year. Our sponsors were so good to us. Please come and win lots of prizes and have fun! Pizza, popcorn and pop will be served. There are raffles and also an opportunity to take a picture with the Easter bunny!
Due to no school on Good Friday, we will not have GIFT on Thursday. Please make sure your student knows thier after school plan for that day. Thanks!
Bunny Bingo is tomorrow! Hop on in to win $1,000s of dollars worth of prizes donated by our amazing community. Thank you to our sponsors!!! Also, stop by the photo station and use your phone to snap a picture with the Easter bunny.
There will be no school in Watertown on Friday, March 31. All activities are either postponed or cancelled.
Have you heard? McKinley Bunny Bingo will have a photo station where you can snap a picture with the Easter Bunny from 5:15-6:00.
Don't forget: Next week is Bunny Bingo!
PLEASE HELP! If you happen to have any winter gear at home that has been labeled "MCK", please send it back to school with your student to return to our borrow bins. These items are meant to be borrowed temporarily, not for the season. Thank you for your help.
McKinley Bunny Bingo will have a photo station where you can snap a picture with the Easter Bunny (from 5:15-6:00). Thanks again to all of our sponsors, there are SO many prizes to be won! Be sure to come and play bingo with us on April 4th.
Attached is the flyer for Bunny Bingo. There are $1,000s of prizes to be won and we will be selling, popcorn, pizza and pop as well. Hop on in for some bunny bingo fun! We'd also like to thank these sponsors!
The Watertown School Board is holding a special meeting on Monday, March 20th for the purpose of discussing our elementary schools. The meeting will take place at 5:30 PM in the Watertown High School Commons.
The plan for makeup snow days was approved at last night's Watertown School Board Meeting. That means school will start at 8:15 AM on Monday, March 20th and continue through the end of the school year on Friday, May 26th. School will dismiss 15 minutes later for the remainder of the year, so 3:35 for grades K-4 and 3:45 PM for grades 5-12. The rest of the information can be found at: https://5il.co/1qhjf.
There will be no school Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for Spring Break. Have a great rest of your week!
The Watertown School District will be 2 hours late on Monday, March 13th. All morning practices and activities will also be 2 hours late. No breakfast, morning preschool or Junior Kindergarten.