Mckee Road Elementary School

MCKEE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MiniNews November 23, 2015

DATES TO REMEMBER

11/25 – 27 Thanksgiving Break 11/30-12/04 Book Fair Preview Week 12/07-12/04 Book Fair Purchase Week 12/10 McKee Family Night Dinner 5:30-7:30PM with Choral Concert @ 6:30PM 12/11 PTA Meeting, 9:30AM, Cafeteria 1/07/16 PTA Meeting, 7:45AM, Cafeteria 02/04/16 3rd Grade Performance and PTA Meeting, 6:30PM 02/19/16 Knight for a Princess Father-Daughter Dance, 7:00PM. More details to come. 03/04/16 PTA Meeting, 8:15AM, Cafeteria 04/21/16 PTA Meeting, 7:45AM, Cafeteria 05/12/16 1st Grade Performance and PTA Meeting, 6:30PM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

Chorus Concert

Plan to listen to the magical sounds of the McKee Road Chorus. The Chorus will be performing on December 10th during Family Night Dinner. The performance begins at 6:30pm. Participating students need to meet in the Music Room at 6:00pm dressed in chorus t-shirt and khaki pants.

Family Night Dinner – Book Fair

Join us for the Annual Fall Family Night Dinner on December 10th. Food will be provided by Mario’s. An order form to purchase your family’s ticket for dinner went home last Thursday. Please check your student’s Thursday folder. There will be Art Work from Ms. Arem’s art classes on display in the hallway and the Chorus will perform at 6:30. The Book Fair will be open from 5:30-7:30 in the media center.

Spelling Bee

Congratulations to Emma Sherrill, a 5th grader, for winning McKee Road’s Spelling Bee. All classroom winners did a great job in the school spelling bee. Best of luck to Emma as she competes at the next level.

Principal Awards

Anna Hanzo – Mrs. Hammer “Anna is always an All-Star! She consistently follows directions, completes her work to the best of her ability and treats others with kindness and respect! She is a Rockstar!”

Tate Lewis – Mr. Chapman “Tate has consistently shown the desire to become a better student. He follows directions and works hard to improve his academic skills.”

BoxTops Collection Contest

Ms. Doherty’s homeroom was the winner of the collection contest, with over 1400 BoxTops collected. Overall McKee students/families collected over 5,000 BoxTops which equals over $500. Keep clipping and collecting over the holidays. Magnet School Lottery – Coming Soon!

For parents who are interested in magnet school placement for the 2016-17 school year, the window to submit applications for the first lottery is December 4, 2015 – January 25, 2016. The District Magnet Fair will be held at Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology on January 9, 2016 from 9:00-1:00. Additional information about CMS magnet schools and the lottery application process can be found at the CMS website (http://www.cms.k12.nc.us/cmsdepartments/ci/MagnetPrograms/Pages/default.aspx). Parents of rising kindergarteners who are interested in the magnet programs need to be registered at their home school before January 11th.

Reflections Winners are announced! Congratulations!

3-D Visual Arts – 1st place Paige Pan

Literature K-2 – 1st place Katelyn Meaney

Literature 3-5 – 1st place Berkeley Whitten, 2nd place Emma Sherrill, 3rd place Melaina Patterson

Dance 3-5 – 1st place Adreeja Mukherjee, 2nd place Ahana Mukherjee, 3rd place Allison Chong

Photography K-2 – 1st place William Ro, 2nd place Max Greenwald

Photography 3-5 – 1st place Morgan Childers, 2nd place Morgan Childers

Visual Arts K-2 – 1st place Tanish Pai, 2nd place Lauren DeJonge, 3rd place Stuti Patra

Visual Arts 3-5 – 1st place Isaac Park, 2nd place Yao Wang, 3rd place Uirim Kim

Honorable Mentions – Yoonie Kim, Nethika Hettiarachchi, Nishal Hettiarachchi, Yeyul Lee

Congratulations and best of luck in the next round of competition!

Powerschool – Note about attendance and grades

The program has been down a lot the last couple weeks. Please be patient with us as we rely on Powerschool to get our grades and attendance entered. We're hopeful the kinks are ironed out soon and we're back up running efficiently. The Book Fair Is Coming

The Book Fair is coming to McKee immediately following Thanksgiving Break. Our book fair partner of 20 years, Cardinal Lane was bought by Scholastic which will bring a lot of exciting changes to the book fair this year. Please consider using the Book Fair for holiday shopping. Did you know that McKee earns 25% (or more) for each dollar you spend? If you want to volunteer to help out with the book fair please email Melissa Rossi at [email protected].

Yearbook Orders

TO ORDER A YEARBOOK:

Go to www.yearbookordercenter.com Enter order number 10360. Once there, you'll see the options available for purchase.

TO ORDER A DEDICATION:

Go to www.yearbookordercenter.com Enter order number 10360. Navigate to the Online Ad Creator

CMS Registered Volunteers

All parents who volunteer in the classrooms, in the media center, at PTA events, need to be CMS Registered Volunteers. If you plan to chaperone any McKee Road field trips this year, you must be a CMS Registered Volunteer. The process is easy. Go to www.cmsvolunteers.com and register. When you log in, you may see a “green” cleared status at the top, but you must scroll down to the bottom of the page and click submit each new school year. Even if you have registered in previous years, you must re-activate for this year. If you need assistance, call Rita Bagwell in front office at 980-343-3970.

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