McKinley Elementary and the San Gabriel Fire Department are teaming up to raise toys for families that are less fortunate. Please bring an unwrapped toy to donate from December 2nd - 20th. There are boxes inside the main office for your convenience. The classroom that donates the most toys will earn a pizza party with the San Gabriel Fire Fighters. The fire department will be at Mckinley Wednesday, December 20th at 10am to pick up the toys with their fire engine. Thank you for your generous donations.

Santa Claus is coming to town! Please have a Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, December 14th from 9:00am-12:00pm. This year, the event is free to McKinley families. Come to enjoy some yummy pancakes and sausages, have fun doing crafts with friends, sing your favorite Christmas songs, and take a picture with Santa. Please click on the heading for tickets.

Congratulations to our new President Xiomarra Torres, Vice- President William Yim, and Secretary Khant Zaya!

Professor Egghead Science Academy is now enrolling for after school classes. Students will learn about volcanoes, fossils, magnets, sunlight, and many other fascinating things. This will be a hands on curriculum with experiments every week. The course will be 8 weeks. Classes will be on Wednesdays from 1:35-2:35 pm. Students K-5 can participate. The cost of the program will be $136. Classes begin 11/6/19. Enroll now. Spaces are very limited.

Last Friday, we drew the winner for our PEP welcome basket, selection of books, and McKinley shirt and the winner was 3rd grader James Tang!

Thank you all for donating to PEP and supporting our kids!

SGUSD provides free seminars for parents. Translation is available for Mandarin, Cantonese, and Spanish. Childcare is also provided on selected dates.

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Dear Parents,

We are excited to announce that we are continuing our partnership with Mind Quest Learning to bring a Chinese Language Development Program to McKinley Elementary. This is an after school tuition based program. We are offering the program to students in grades 1-5. For more information about the program, please click on the heading.

Are you a parent looking for ways to be more involved in what's going on for your child at McKinley? Consider volunteering with McKinley PEP. We have a variety of activities and volunteer opportunities coming up including the Chocolate Rewards Assembly, Spring Book Fair, School wide VIP Day, and 5th Grade Promotion events. Also, if you attend our meetings, you get to hear more from the principal about the goings on at the school and be part of the decision making process. We are also looking for parents to fill some leadership positions in PEP. Please email Michelle at mcsakai@gmail.com to find out more."

The State of California released the California School Dashboard for 2018. This is the official evaluation for all Districts and schools in the state. We are pleased to announce that McKinley did very well! Our District also had high marks on the dashboard. Congratulations McKinley on a job well done! You can access the scores by clicking on the headline.

A Community Resource Guide is available for you as a community service. It provides resources for families and students in need of support. You may view and download it by clicking on the Parent Resources link under the Parents tab.