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- News from the Nest — February 14, 2025 February 14, 2025
- News from the Nest — February 7, 2025 February 7, 2025
- Valentine’s Day Celebration — February 13, 2025 February 5, 2025
Posted February 7, 2025
We can’t wait to see you for our Cook-Off event tonight (Friday, February 7)!
If you’re planning to bring a dish or donate a dessert, check out our food guidelines on our website here!
We are excited to celebrate Valentine’s Day at school on the morning of Thursday, February 13!
If you are donating food to a classroom celebration, please be sure to bring ONLY store-bought food with no nuts and no sesame listed in the ingredients. You can also check with your child’s teachers for any other food allergies in their classrooms!
If you prefer that your child does not participate in our Valentine’s Day celebration, we will have an alternative activity available in the main office. Please submit this online form or return the paper form that went home in our February 7 Friday folders in order to have your child participate in the alternative activity.
To celebrate Black History Month, our school’s DEI committee is launching a project to help engage our students in reflecting on Black leaders in our community and nation. In our February 7 Friday folders, students are receiving a worksheet (digital version available here!) inviting them to create a drawing or write a short paragraph that represents their personal connection to an influential Black leader. Students may complete this project at home, then return completed projects to their homeroom teachers. Completed submissions will be displayed on our Black History Month bulletin board by the cafeteria!
Round 1 of the 2025-2026 SchoolChoice application window opened on Wednesday, January 15 and runs through Tuesday, February 18. For more information about the SchoolChoice process, including an explanation of the Universal Pre-K application (required for incoming ECE-4 students), please visit our website.
Please refer to the table below to determine if you need to submit a 2025-2026 SchoolChoice application for your student.
| I have an incoming ECE-4 student. | Yes, you must complete a SchoolChoice application and aUniversal Pre-K (UPK) application (due Monday, February 3) for this student. See the UPK section below for more information. |
| I have an incoming kindergarten student. | Yes, you must complete a SchoolChoice application for this student. |
| I have a kindergarten – 4th grade student currently enrolled at McKinley. | No, current McKinley students in kindergarten through 4th grade do not need to complete a SchoolChoice application. These students are guaranteed a spot at McKinley until they graduate. |
| I have a 5th grade student currently enrolled at McKinley. | You are strongly encouraged to complete a SchoolChoice application for 6th grade. |
| I have a kindergarten – 4th grade student at a different school but I would like them to attend McKinley next year. | Yes, you must complete a SchoolChoice application for this student. |
Click here to view the McKinley-Thatcher school calendar.