McKinley Elementary PTC

Math Night
Math night was a blast! Thanks to all of our teachers and staff who put together the evening and stayed late to host it. One student commented, “I didn’t know that math could be fun.” More info will be coming soon on the next math night, scheduled for mid-March.

Here’s some fun Math Websites that the teachers shared with us:
Coolmath.com
Funbrain.com
Set Game Company
Free Rice
A Plus Math
Math Cats

The mural work weekend was a success, thanks to everyone who helped out. Our garden is continuing to become quite a work of art. Thank you to Jon Rogers for heading up our workforce, organizing our materials and taking the lead in getting this done.

WORKERS: Mattson Family, Michaela Guerrera, Wyatt Heidenfelder, Lana David, Donna Posin, Maria and Christian Matiax, Karen Kenyon, Richard Kenyon, Bovee Family, Moore Family, Barbara Donnell, Fregoso Family, Dearden Family, Elizabeth English, Rebecca Mulvain, Stacia Keller, Maria Soto, Mrs. January, Bette Brackett, Will and Ruben Dumka, Debbie  Davis, Rogers Family, Mrs. Phillips and Family, Danielle Zdunich, Shari Schlossberg, Irene Valenzuela, Anne Mery, Allison Walsh, Morris Family, Luong Family, Corina Borevitz, Trish Martinelli, Darcee Gianni, Santos Family, Kelly Gaughan, Leslie and Izaiah Runyon, O’Connor Family, Cook Family, Teri Sullivan, Hale Family, Ferrier Family, Gina Honma,  Mary Reed, Kurt Van Thillo, Gyure Family, Garczynski Family, Lutes Family, Jean Walcher, Joe O’Brien, Mary Reed, Joseph and Adriana Bagby , Matt and McKenna Whitaker.

COMPANY SPONSORS: SICILIAN THING PIZZA, LEFTY’S CHICAGO PIZZERIA, SANTOS COFFEEHOUSE, MAZARRA TRATTORIA & ITALIAN DELI, HOME DEPOT,  BREAD & CIE CAFÉ, BIG CITY BAGELS, PARK PLACE SCREEN & GLASS, CITY DELI.

SPONSOR A TILE DONORS TO THE ARTS FOUNDATION: Patricia J. Kaszas, PATRICIA’S TILE DESIGN, Schlossberg Family, Egbert Family, Bette Brackett, Maria Soto, Maizy Rogers, Rogers Family, Tom and Peggy Moore, Shirley Rogers, Dohner Family, Debbie Davis, Cervantes Family, Coronado Mobile Storage, Olga Ramirez, Anne Mery, Mattson Family, Kelly Gaughan, Margaret Ramos-Santos, Cheryl and Dennis Reagan, Walsh Family.

MATERIALS DONORS: Becky Baker, Greensmosaic.com, Kirstin Green, Patti Picchietti, Home Depot, Kouta Shimazaki, Coronado School of the Arts (COSA), Patricia’s Tile Design, Edkins Family, Cooke Family, Lutes Family, Awesome Artists of Coronado, Amy Miller, Mooch Designs, Ken McKernan of Park Place Screen and Glass, Joe and Nancy Ward, Surfaces USA

SPECIAL THANK YOU TO: Kouta Shimazaki & McKinley Ceramics for making items for the mural. Sarah Scalo and Sonny Burton for securing and organizing the food/drink program for the weekend, Rob Tobin of the ARTS Foundation for using the kids arts and involving the kids in creating this “masterpiece”. Michael and Barbara Bovee for all your extra efforts and staying late with me.

THANK YOU PRESS: Thanks to the Uptown News, North Park Mainstreet Newsletter, North Park News and Union-Tribune for promoting and reporting on our beautiful garden.

Dear McKinley Friends,

Thank you for volunteering to complete the “Octopus’s Garden” Mural this weekend.
We have Santos Coffee, Lefty’s Pizza and Mazara’s as food sponsors.
We have a perfect number of volunteers and all the materials in place to make the project go quickly and efficiently.
We will have gloves and water/lemonade for everyone.

Some people are worried about the weather on Saturday. The current forecast only calls for a 10% chance of rain. That means there is very little chance that any sprinkles will fall west of the mountains.

Please write back if you have any questions about the project.

I look forward to seeing all of you and many years to enjoy our mural,

Jon (jonprogers@hotmail.com)

Check out this great article in the Uptown News by Mr. Kenyon’s mom, Karen Kenyon. She re-tells the story of our school collecting over $400 in change to help out Greg Mortenson’s organization, Central Asia Institute. Thanks to all of our stundent for sharing in a great cause, and thanks to Mr. Kenyon for making sure that Mortenson received the check from McKinley in person.

District Budget Cuts:

As our school district faces more budget cuts, we want our voice to be heard. A Budget Priority Survey will be going home in your child’s backpack, so you can let our representatives know what is important to you. You can also download this document here: budget survey. Please make sure these are returned to school no later than Thurs. Jan. 28th.

Octopus’ Garden Mural:

Once again, we will be finishing up the mural in our garden area on Sat., Jan. 30th and Sun., Jan. 31st. We are still accepting donations for supplies, and need help both days. Click here to sign up to help, and here for more info. Contact Jon Rogers for more info: jonprogers@hotmail.com.

Thanks to Santo’s Coffee Shop, Lefty’s Pizzeria and Mazara’s Pizza for donating food for our work day.

Lotteria Quilt Raffle:

Ms. Pat has spent many hours creating a beautiful quilt with lotteria fabric. This quilt will be raffled off, with all proceeds benefiting our school’s music and art’s programs. Tickets are still available in the library for 6 for $5.00, see Mrs. Cervantes. We will draw a winner on Wed. Feb. 3rd.

This is just a reminder that afterschool clubs will be starting on January 25th. For more information click here. If you have already signed up for a club, you will be contacted to confirm your space. Clubs that will be kicking off on the 25th are the Chess Club, Computer Club (open to 4th and 5th graders), Music Club, and Spanish Club. More information will be coming shortly for the Roots and Shoots Club.

Just a reminder that we will be working in the garden finishing up “The Octopus’ Garden” mural on Saturday, January 30 and Sunday, January 31.

To sign up click here.

Also, the deadline to purchase books for Benito Juarez School has been extended through the end of January. For more information and a link to purchase books online click here.

JANUARY 30-31, 2010

GOAL: COMPLETE THE MURAL.

The plan for our weekend is to complete the beautiful mural. Rob Tobin of ARTS is again involved in the project and has the expertise and much of the materials that will be needed for the task.

PLEASE RESPOND to jonprogers@hotmail.com to offer to VOLUNTEER, MAKE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION or OFFER OTHER ASSISTANCE to this special project.

PLEASE VOLUNTEER:
JANUARY 30 SHIFT 1 8am-12 NOON
JANUARY 30 SHIFT 2 1PM-4PM
JANUARY 31 SHIFT 1 8am-12NOON
JANUARY 31 SHIFT 2 1PM-4PM

IF UNABLE TO ATTEND: TAX –DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS TO ARTS (A Reason to Survive) FOUNDATION. CHECK PAYABLE TO ARTS. Credit Card donations can be made at http://www.artsurvive.org/. Anyone who donates $25 or more will have a tile with their name included in the mural.

DONATIONS OF TILE, CERAMIC POTTERY, DISHES OR OTHER CERAMIC PRODUCTS TO BE USED. I am now collecting ceramic materials to be used. Call now and I will pick them up.

NEEDS !! 25 volunteers both days. !! Donations to ARTS to cover costs. !! Donations of ceramic materials including tiles, dishes, etc… !! Businesses to donate coffee, food, snacks, etc… for January 30-31.

PLEASE FORWARD YOUR OFFER TO ASSIST: jonprogers@hotmail.com or SIGN UP IN THE LOBBY AT MCKINLEY.

Thank you, Jon Rogers, aka Maizy’s dad. Mrs. Phillips class

Thanks to all the McKinley families that came out for our Toyland Parade, and for everyone that helped out with costumes.

Books for Benito Juarez Primary School
Due December 18th

The McKinley student council has decided to help a partner school in Mexico. We are working with Benito Juarez Primary School, located about halfway between Tijuana and Tecate. It is a school which serves 900 1st – 6th grade students with minimal resources. The student council is sponsoring a book drive to help them out.

You can either send your order to your child’s teacher or complete the order online (see below for details). We will also accept gently used children’s books. The primary focus of the drive is Spanish books, but we will accept English children’s books as well.

If you order online, you can choose 1 free book as well. To order online – http://www.scholastic.com/clubsordering
User Name: DonateSpanishBooks
Password: Books

Thanks for your help in providing books to children with limited resources. For more info. contact Mr. Rich Froehbrodt, Spanish Teacher at rfroehbrodt@sandi.net.