Included in these grades are four Life Skills Classrooms and two ESL classrooms, which represent families from Nepal, Iraq, Bosnia, Burma, Burundi, Afghanistan, Puerto Rico, Togo, Tanzania, Pakistan, Thailand, Russia, Somalia, Sudan and Ukraine. In our school, the faculty, staff and families consider McKinley not just a school, but a safe and welcoming community where there is no limit to the success they can achieve. Vision Statement:
McKinley students will continue to become safe, productive, members of society by respecting others, showing empathy, and confidently setting goals to achieve their full potential. Mission Statement:
We dedicate ourselves to cultivating a safe community that openly welcomes and inspires every person to be respectful, responsible, safe, and prepared. Equity Statement:
Every person, staff member, child, and family will receive what they need to develop their full academic, emotional, and social potential while maintaining high expectations. School-wide Beliefs:
We are Respectful, Responsible, Safe and Prepared. As members of McKinley Elementary Community School:
*We have high expectations for all students and believe all students can achieve those high expectations.
*We differentiate instruction so that all students have the ability to be career and college ready.
*We build relationships of trust and respect with our students, their families, and each other.
*We will foster a positive learning environment by building community within our classrooms and building.
*We will utilize data to collaborate with students, their families, and each other to drive instruction. McKinley Motto:
You don't have to be the best, just do your BEST. Explore to Learn. Stay on course. Teach others what you have learned.
