McKinley Early Childhood Center

The McKinley Early Childhood Center PTO is putting on a carnival! Join us on April 1st between 5:30-7:00pm at McKinley. There will be games, prizes, food and a silent auction. You...

We are pleased to announce a partnership for families in Watertown between Educare (Lake Area’s Daycare) and McKinley Early Childhood Center. Care will be available at Educare fr...

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Will your child be 4 years old by September? It's time for a free preschool screening! Benefits of preschool Social development Language and cognitive development Earl...

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Screening is for children in the Watertown School District who will be 4 years of age on or before September 1, 2025 Financial assistance available and determined at screening....

Roundup is for children in the Watertown School District who will be 5 years of age on or before September 1, 2025 and are interested in either all day Junior Kindergarten or all ...

Watch the fourth episode of Dr. D's Pizza Party to learn more about Shannon Knopf, Principal of McKinley Early Childhood Center within the Watertown School District. Preschool, ...

Congratulations to these ladies, Holly Grimsrud and Lily Breske. They have been chosen for the McKinley Early Childhood Center staff of the year!

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Please read the December newsletter here: English: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/...

Wear BLUE on Wednesday, November 13th to promote kindness and encourage empathy!

Please read our November newsletter here: https://www.watertown.k12.sd.us/o/mckinley-elementary/documents/newsletters/65075

Conferences will be held on Thursday, November 7 th between 1:00-8:00pm for JK & Kindergarten, 8:00am-8:00pm for preschool. Note: 11-7-24 is an early dismissal for JK-K students ...

World Unity Day! Wear ORANGE to encourage kindness, inclusion, acceptance, and bully prevention on Wednesday, October 16th.

Please read the October newsletter here: https://www.watertown.k12.sd.us/o/mckinley-elementary/documents/newsletters/65075

Football players visited McKinley this morning to greet students. Good luck to the varsity football team today! Pictured is McKinley Alumni Arrow football players and their McKinl...

McKinley Early Childhood Center would like to wish the varsity Arrow football team good luck at tonight's homecoming game. Let's go Arrows! Today's schedule (see previous posts f...

We will dismiss at 1:20 on Friday for the homecoming parade. Please see the flyer for more information: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/...

Homecoming is next week. We will celebrate by dressing up on Wednesday-crazy socks, Thursday-hat day and Friday-purple and gold day. Go Arrows!