From The Principal

Mrs. Malone’s P1 News

My student of the month is Kynnlee League. She is 5 years old, her favorite color is pink, and her favorite food is

cake. When she grows up she wants to be a farmer. Way to go!!!

Mrs. Mitzi Curtis & Ms. Vicky Worthington

McKinney Messenger—March 2014

Making Everyone Successful

March is here and before the month is out spring will be as well; warmer weather and beautiful days! I also

hope we are done with the snow.

I also hope you have taken the opportunity to look at your child’s routines as I mentioned last month. It is not

easy to break bad habits/routines or develop new ones but don’t give up, keep the goal or end in mind and

then make those changes to help your child achieve it; they can do it with your support. A goal I would like to

see our entire student body make for themselves is to be at school every day. There is no substitute for show-

ing up in life. I hope you will assist us in making this a part of your child’s routine. So, please continue getting

your child to school prepared and ready to be engaged in learning opportunities each day and we will continue

to do whatever it takes to engage them.

Thank you for your continued support and involvement in your child’s education, as well as your support of our

school. As always to assist us in the continuous improvement of our processes and procedures let us know of

any concerns, suggestions, comments, compliments or ideas you may have.

~ “Right and easy are not synonymous.”

J.Craiger

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Preschool News

McKinney Elementary School Principal– Jeff Craiger

Our student of the month is Cheyanne Wachter. Cheyanne is 5 years old and has 1 brother, Landon, and 1

sister, Haylie. Cheyanne is always well-behaved and tries her hardest each day. Cheyanne's favorite color is

pink and her favorite food is watermelon. When she grows up, she wants to be a teacher.

We continue to work on letters and sounds and sounding out new words each week. We will be working on

numbers beyond 20 this month! We will also be working on writing on writing paper with lines and making our

sentences correctly.

Mrs. Jennifer Malone & Mrs. Cheryl Brown

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Mrs. Vance– P3 News

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Mrs. Rousey’s P2 News No news available for this month

Our student of the month is Miss Haylie Marie Carman. She is a wonderful student who makes good choices

all day, every day. She is kind to others, works very hard, and has a great attitude for learning. Hailey sets a

wonderful example for her classmates.

Haylie is 9 years old and her favorite color is purple. Her favorite thing at school is math. Haylie’s favorite

food is chicken nuggets. After school Haylie likes to play. When she grows up, Haylie would like to be a teacher. I

just know that Haylie can do anything she sets her mind to! Congratulations, Haylie! Keep up the great work! Mrs.

Belinda Vance

Congratulations to McKinney Elementary for winning District 71

Governor’s Cup

We are pleased to announce McKinney elementary was the recent winner of the district’s Academic Governor’s

Cup and will go on to compete in the region on March 18 and 22 at Woodlawn Elementary. The Governor’s Cup

consist of eight events: Five Written Assessment Examinations–in Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts

and Arts/Humanities, Composition–On-Demand Writing,

Quick Recall, and Future Problem Solving–an award-winning creative thinking competition

Results for McKinney students are as follows:

Math: Zach Coffman, second place Science: Zach Coffman, third place

Austin Mauldin, fourth place

Composition: Rachel Lynn, third place Social Studies: Austin Mauldin, first place

Lindsey Phillips, fifth place, tie Gracie Reed, third place

Arts & Humanities: Lindsey Phillips, first place

Future Problem Solving Team: First Place– Members are Sarah Adkins, Keegan Brown, Anna Malone, Gracie Reed,

and Lilly VanWinkle.

Quick Recall Team: First Place:- Members are Zach Coffman, Rachael Lynn, Austin Mauldin, Lindsey Phillips,

Gracie Reed, Lilly Van Winkle, Sarah Adkins, Keegan Brown, Coltin King, Anna Malone, Alideya Paul, and Alyvia

Taylor.

The final standings were McKinney Elementary with 41.5 points, Crab Orchard Elementary with 37 points,

Waynesburg Elementary with 24 points, and Highland Elementary with 17.5 points.

The team is coached by Mr. Justin Padgett and Mrs. Donna Clark. Way to go McKinney!

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Mrs. Watkins’s News Our third grade student of the month is eight-year-old Malaysia Dawson. Malaysia is a hard-working

student who enjoys swimming, watching television, and playing with her brother. When she grows up, she

would like to become a nurse. At this time, she is unsure about where she would like to attend college. Her

favorite things about school are math, science, and reading. Malaysia has two little brothers, Canaan and

Braden. Malaysia, thanks for being a great student and congratulations on earning this honor!

3rd

grade science- Earth Materials

3rd

grade social studies-Native Americans

4th

grade science- Forms of Energy

4th

grade grammar/writing- Imagined Narrative

5th

grade science- Earth’s Systems

Mrs. Mechele Watkins

STUDENT OF THE MONTH

Jaren Fischer

Jaren always does what is expected of a 4th

grade student! I am very proud to have Jaren in my homeroom!

Jaren is nine years old, and her favorite subject is Math. She likes to play with her siblings when she is at home.

Jaren has one sister, Brooklyn and one brother, Cayden. She plans to attend college and wants to be a

veterinarian. Way to go, Jaren!!!

Math:

5th

Grade: Decimals (multiplying)

4th

Grade: Division

P (4)/3rd

Grade: Multiplication Properties and Strategies

Social Studies:

5th

Grade: Slavery

4th

Grade: Kentucky during the 20th

Century

Mr. Justin Padgett

Mr. Padgett’s News

*The dates for K-PREP testing for the end of the year have been set; May 14th – 21st. Parents

please do not schedule Dr. or Dental appointments on school days during this week. It is

very important that your child is at school during this time to participate in K-PREP test-

ing. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Mrs. Burn’s News

Mrs. Hale’s News– 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Reading/Language Arts

The 5th

grade student of the month is Gracie Reed. Gracie is a student who always gives 100% each day

she is here. That is a great quality to have to be a success in school and as an adult. Gracie LOVES to read and is

also very interested in History! Gracie is 10 years old. Her favorite food is macaroni and tomato juice. Her

favorite activity at school is Social Studies class. She wants to be a historian when she grows up. She is planning

to attend Centre College. GREAT JOB, Gracie!

Reading Skills

Students are continuing to learn new reading skills and also are reviewing reading skills we discussed during the

first semester. We are spending time working on perfecting our answers to constructed response questions.

These questions have the students take what they have read and have them process the text through writing.

AR

Reading practice outside of the classroom is one of the best ways to become a better reader. To help practice

this skill, students are required to read AR books and take a test on the books they read. Students have been

assigned AR points based on their reading level. Their AR points will count as one test grade in reading. Your

child will receive an update on their AR progress at various times throughout the 9 weeks. Our library is filled

with AR books and your child has the opportunity to get 2 books each week. If you have books at home you

wish to read, you can check to see if your book is an AR book and how many points it is worth by looking at the

website www.arbookfind.com.

Mrs. Julie Hale

We were awarded a Fuel Up to Play 60 grant!!!! We will begin our Fuel Up to Play 60 activities with a

“Breakfast Challenge” for our students. The week of March 10th

each student will be challenged and encouraged

to eat breakfast at school EVERY morning! Homerooms that increase their percentage of students eating

breakfast, or have 100% of their class eat breakfast, will receive a reward during my class. The breakfast menu

for the week is:

Monday, March 10th

– Egg/Bacon & Cheese Biscuit

Tuesday, March 11th

– Breakfast Pizza

Wednesday, March 12th

– Hot Cinnamon Roll

Thursday, March 13th

– Sausage Biscuit

Friday, March 14th

– Mini Pancakes

There are many more exciting activities I have planned for our Fuel Up to Play 60 Program so keep your eyes

open for upcoming events!!!!

Mrs. Tish Burns

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 3 4

PTO

Meeting at

4:00 p.m.

Midterms

5 6

Kona Ice

7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18

Academic

Team-Regional

Future Problem

Solving and

Composition

19 20

Spring

Pictures

21 22

Academic

Team-

Regional

Quick Recall

and Written

Assessment

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30 31

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March 2014

McKinney Elementary School

P.O. Box 67

McKinney, KY 40448

Phone:606-346-4741

http://www.lincoln.kyschools.us/mckinney/

April 3– Report Cards sent home.