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Last updated 10/13/19

This week’s highlights

INTERCULTURAL CAFE

Join us on Wednesday (10/16) for this month’s Intercultural cafe. Find us by the school main door after morning drop off (8:30am). The Family Engagement team will provide complimentary coffee, info about the last PTA meeting and a great opportunity to build community. This is a bilingual event and all McKinley/PACS families are invited.

Coming up

JOIN US FOR A NIGHT OF INTERCAMBIO!

The Family Engagement Team is organizing a night filled with exciting events to get to know other McKinley/PACS families and enjoy some dinner together. 

Plan to join us on Oct 23 (5:30-7:00pm) and, in the mean time, learn about intercambio.

ARE YOU CLIPPING BOXTOPS? DEADLINE COMING UP!

Remember to bring your paper Box Tops to the office by 10/25 to participate in the fall contest.

Download the boxtop app to clip new digital boxtops. Learn how to use the app and give credit to your student. 

Remember digital boxtops have a short life! Keep your purchase receipt and redeem them within 14 days of purchase or they will be lost forever!

SAVE THE DATE! MCKINLEY/PACS 1ST FAMILY SCIENCE NIGHT

McKinley/PACS’s 1st Family Science Night will happen on Oct 29 at 6:30pm. We will have fun experiments, giveaways and some other exciting activities. Plan to join us

SAVE THE DATE! MCKINLEY/PACS’s 1ST FLEA MARKET

McKinley/PACS 1st Flea Market will happen on Sat Nov 17. Learn more and find out how to set up your stand to sell stuff, how to donate items or how to volunteer. Deadline to sign up for a vendor stand (10/28) 

REGISTRATION FOR AFTER CARE DURING PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE

Registration for After Care during Parent Teacher Conference week is open with National Academy of Athletics. One more year, we will be partnering with National Academy of Athletics to provide aftercare during Parent-Teacher Conference weeks in November.

Remember that conferences will be held November 12-November 22 and students will follow the early dismissal schedule. Programs will happen at school and will run from dismissal until 3pm all days except Wednesdays. Register here. For more information check out this flyer. After School Enrichment classes will be over by then. 

Help Wanted

• STAFF APPRECIATION COORDINATOR POSITION: Looking for someone willing to partner with the current Staff Appreciation Coordinator to learn the job and take over next year. You will be hosting simple events of gratitude for our fabulous staff at McKinley! Must enjoy celebrating wonderful staff members and spending money from budget to shower them with love! Skills required: knowledge of simple brunch and lunch events, execution of sign ups for food needed, and a desire to facilitate the FUNNEST job in the PTA! Contact: Amy Brewer for more details: amygbrewer@gmail.com. 
• JOIN THE SPRING FUNDRAISER COMMITTEE: Putting on our biggest fundraiser of the year will require a team effort. We need an Live Auction Chair, and Entertainment Chair. Please help to spearhead this important effort. Contact Amy Malaise
• VOLUNTEER: Offer valuable time for a variety of upcoming McKinley School events. >VOLUNTEER NOW
• DONATE: The McKinley School PTA supports three amazing programs — the Patrons of Performing Arts, the Staff Appreciation Fund, and the Friends of the Garden. >DONATE NOW

Introducing: McKinley School’s TIDE Committee

Calling all McKinley/PACS parents, teachers, staff, and students!

Are you interested in making sure McKinley continues to be the diverse, kind, fair community it is today? Have ideas for ways we can strengthen the bonds that hold us together while we become even more tolerant and welcoming of our differences? How can we become even more equitable and inclusive in our practices and our outcomes?

Join McKinley’s new TIDE committee -- part of a citywide effort called Petaluma TIDE (Team for Inclusivity, Diversity, and Equity).

> LEARN MORE/GET INVOLVED