G. Bohannan, McKinley third grader, came to McKinley ABC and talked about 4-H and his swine project. Students were excited to see and pet his pig!

Sidewalk chalk is ready by the front door of McKinley! Stop by anytime tomorrow and leave an encouraging message on the front sidewalk for our 3rd graders as they begin state assessments this week!

At McKinley we are celebrating National Schwa Day by wearing Pajamas on Tuesday, April 7th! 2nd graders learn a lot about the Schwa sound at this grade level, as well as our 3rd graders. The Schwa sounds are vowel sounds that make the short /i/ or /u/ sound unexpectedly in words that are spelled with other vowels, like in the word "reason." The syllable "son" says /uh/ instead of the short vowel sound for "o." Schwa sounds are known to be "relaxed" so why not relax with wearing PAJAMAS on Tuesday!!

We are thankful and appreciative everyday of our aides, paras, and full-time sub at McKinley, but excited to get to celebrate their hard work and dedication on "National Para Appreciation Day" today! Each one of these individuals plays a role in the success of our students at McKinley!

Our core value focus for the month of March at McKinley was "Respect!" Our staff member Mr. Sommers, 2nd grader K. Peterson, and 3rd grader A. Lunt were our staff and student winners from nominations for this recognition!

McKinley would love your help with leaving encouraging messages on our sidewalks on Monday, April 6th as our 3rd graders begin state assessments next week! Chalk will be left on the front porch and you can come over anytime on Monday to write encouraging words on the front sidewalk!

Jill Martinson and Beau, K-State Research and Extension, visited McKinley ABC on Thursday. She talked about and showed students dog position postures, talked about what different dogs were breed to do and Beau’s job on the farm!

McKinley welcomed Mr. Millican as Principal for the Day! Lots of responsibilities were tackled today, even a fie drill!

Beautiful day to do some reading in a hammock during recess at McKinley! Also, partner reading in Mrs. Wuthnow's 2nd grade class happened this morning. We are so proud of the progress our 2nd graders are making with cracking the reading code!

This week we celebrated Read Across America Week with some special readers visiting McKinley!! Thank you to Brandon Rein, Dana Sprinkle, Laura Ediger, Maria Nuss, and Priscilla Unruh (Mrs. Pekarek's mom!). They shared many special children's books with our students this week!

At McKinley we focused on our core value of PERSEVERANCE in February. These two students and staff member, I. Raab, E. Hemel, and Mrs. Palenske, were nominated for our Perseverance award! Good job demonstrating this trait!

Ricky Roberts, District Director K-State Research and Extension, brought twin baby lambs, only 12 hours old to McKinley ABC this past Thursday!

Read Across America Week next week! Dress up as your favorite Dr. Seuss character or wear red on Monday!

We had a fun PK-5 family Stem night on Tuesday!! Enjoy the pics!

Lots of ABC fun this past week at McKinley with specials guests Jamie Ely from the Abilene Public Library and Bette Engelhaupt from DK County Arts Council. Penguins books and activities and learning about the 4 seasons were the focus!

PK-5th grade families! Join us for a fun STEM night!

Some Valentine pics to share from McKinley today!!

These third graders were building coordination and mastering the jump ropes in PE today!

Our McKinley McKouncil 3rd graders delivered the Valentine's our 2nd and 3rd graders made for area nursing home residents and Brown's Home residents today! They brought a lot of joy to may faces!