News from the Nest — April 7, 2023

Posted April 7, 2023

Vol. 7, No. 29

Online Auction Begins TOMORROW, April 8!

Our online silent auction opens TOMORROW (Sat., April 8) at NOON! 

Our incredible volunteers worked to bring in a huge variety of items, so there’s something for everyone. Check it out, and share our link (https://auctria.events/FlourishMcT2023) with grandparents and other family far and wide!

As always, funds raised through the auction will pay for our librarian. New this year, we’re hoping to raise enough to also hire a health aide to be on campus when our school nurse isn’t to make sure there’s always someone available to help with scrapes and tummy aches. 

Tickets to the live auction party on Friday, April 14 are still available on the auction site! Invite your neighbors with future McT kids to join the fun, too!

Garden Volunteer Day: TOMORROW, April 8!

Join our Garden Club TOMORROW, Saturday, April 8 from 9:00am to 11:30am for our Garden Volunteer Day! Families are invited to come help clean up the garden by pulling weeds, moving dirt, and fixing our last garden bed! 

Bring your gardening gloves and a coffee mug — there will be free coffee & tea!

Please Let Us Know Your Plans for Next School Year!

ECE-4th grade families, please help us plan ahead for next school year by letting us know here if your family will be returning to McKinley-Thatcher! Please complete this form by Monday, April 17, 2023.

If you are NOT returning, completing this form helps us fill empty spots and make sure our school budget is accurate. 5th grade families do not need to respond.

If you have completed the paper version of this form in your child’s Friday Folder, you do not need to submit the digital version. Thank you!

In Other News!

  • During the month of April, we’re teaching and learning about our fourth school value, lead by example!

  • In case you missed it, here’s our April 2023 lunch menu!

  • Mark your calendars: we have NO SCHOOL on Friday, April 28! This is a McKinley-Thatcher staff planning day.

  • Class Pictures now available: please visit the Bloom School Pictures’ website to view your student’s spring class pictures and place orders! Families can also place orders for our fall 2022 individual student portraits. For detailed instructions on ordering, visit our webpost here! 

  • 3rd-5th grade families: just a reminder that our annual CMAS testing begins next week on Tuesday, April 11! For full details, including our testing schedule and tips for success, visit our webpost here.

  • K-4th grade families: families of students going into 1st through 5th grade next school year (this year’s current kindergarten through 4th graders) are invited to register for Denver Public Schools’ FREE Summer Connections 2023 program! For dates, times, and locations + registration information, click here!

  • We have the following community news to share with our families!
    • Second Star to the Right, our favorite kids’ bookshop on Pearl St., is hosting TWO author visits this afternoon (Friday, April 7!). Check out information and book your tickets to see Jerry Craft, New York Times bestselling author of New Kid and Betty C. Tang, author and New York Times bestselling illustrator of the Jacky Ha-Ha graphic novels.

    • We are excited to share the givingSPREE fundraising campaign, hosted by South Platte River Environmental Education (SPREE)! SPREE, part of the Greenway Foundation, has been introducing Denver area youth to the South Platte River through school excursions, day camps, and more for over 40 years. Each of McKinley’s classrooms receive a free SPREE field trip every year, and SPREE relies on donations to provide these experiences at no cost to our school. Donate to givingSPREE this April and help keep Denver youth playing outside!

Upcoming School Events

Click here to view the McKinley-Thatcher school calendar.

Upcoming DPS & Community Events

  • None at this time!