Join us on Wednesday for this month’s Intercultural Cafe. Find us by the main school door after morning drop off (8:30 am). 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.

Join us to learn more about McKinley’s new Accelerated/Explorer program for grades 4-6 on Wednesday at 6:00 pm in the Multi-Room. Translation will be available. While there will be a few more tour dates this year, this is the only Informational night scheduled for this program.

Registration for the Talent Show Tryouts closes on 1/15 (4th-8th grade) and 1/20 (TK-3rd grade).

Tryouts will take place on 1/16 (4th-8th grade) and 1/23 (TK-3rd). Here is all you need to know to sign up for the tryouts.

Interested in the PACS program? Join us for an informational night on Thursday at 6 pm in the Multiroom. Translation is available. For future tour dates, check this link.

Registration for ASE Winter Session ends on Friday, 1/17. Classes will begin on Tuesday, 1/21 and run for 8 weeks. All the information about ASE, including registration options, can be found here. Have more questions? Contact ASE Coordinator, Jessica Servin.

McKinley’s second Intercambio night for this school year will happen on Wednesday, 1/ 22. Plan to come and enjoy a light dinner and an evening filled with opportunities to have fun while building relationships with other McKinley community members of different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Learn more about Intercambio here.

McKinley is giving you the opportunity to contribute to the yearbook in a big way. If you want to participate in this year’s cover contest, read the instructions here. You will also find out how to upload pictures or order a copy of the yearbook. For further questions, email Ms. Alton

Starting January 14th, the Petaluma Library will be hosting free drop-in Homework Help sessions every Tuesday from 3:30-5:30 through the end of the school year. These are free, open to grades K-12, no appointment is necessary and we have trained volunteer tutors to help with all subjects. Build confidence and succeed in school!

This year we are lucky to have a number of tutors who specialize in math, the most common subject for which students come seeking help. Tutors are usually able to work with students one-on-one. Check our Facebook event here

This list is updated each week. If you keep seeing the same needs listed here, that means we still need that item being donated. Please do help if you can! Any donation, no matter how small, will make a difference for the students. Thank you!

- FRONT OFFICE: the office is in need of baggies for ice and tissue boxes. Thank you!

- MUSIC TEAM: the Music Team is in need of your old recorders! If you can donate an old recorder, please send it in to the office. Thank you for helping the Music program!

- GARDEN PROGRAM: please help the Garden Program by providing an item from this list. It doesn't have to be new. You can bring a similar one you have at home. You may leave it at the office.You can also make a donation to the garden fund instead. For more information, contact our Garden Volunteer Coordinator Michael Day Williams. Thank you!