McKinley

Transitional Kindergarten - 8th-grade school

08/22/2026

Mark your calendars for picture day!

08/16/2026

🎉 Spirit Week + Back to School Night are THIS WEEK! 🎉
Let’s kick off an amazing school year with lots of school spirit and community fun! ❤️🖤🐴

📣 And don’t forget about our Jog-A-Thon! We’re looking for families and local businesses to help make this event a huge success by signing up as a Jog-A-Thon Sponsor. Your support directly helps our school and students, and we’d love to have you be part of it! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Whether you’re a family, a small business, or a local company, every sponsorship makes a difference! 🙌

📅 Spirit Week: This week
🏫 Back to School Night: This week
🏃 Jog-A-Thon Sponsorships: Sign up today!

Let’s make this a fantastic year for our students and school community! ❤️

07/01/2026

We are excited to welcome Angela Riley as the new Principal of McKinley Elementary School and Petaluma Accelerated Charter School (PACS). With more than 22 years of experience in TK–8 education, including her previous role as Assistant Principal at McKinley, PACS, and Valley Vista Public Waldorf School, Angela is a collaborative, student-centered leader dedicated to creating inclusive school communities where every child feels known, valued, and supported. A lifelong member of the Petaluma community, she is honored to continue partnering with staff and families to help every student thrive. Please join us in welcoming Angela to her new role!

06/05/2026

From sandy beaches to promotion benches, our 6th grade Mustangs celebrated their culminating day in style!

This special group started their school journey as COVID kinders and distance-learning 1st graders. They navigated challenges that no other generation of students had experienced, showing resilience, adaptability, and determination every step of the way.

Whether you’ve been a Mustang since TK or joined us on the very last days of school, you are an important part of our herd. Along the way, you’ve grown into leaders, athletes, artists, scholars, and kind friends who have left your mark on our school community.

We are so proud of all you’ve accomplished and can’t wait to see what comes next. Once a Mustang, always a Mustang! ❤️🖤🤍 thank you .photo for the amazing promotion pictures!

05/28/2026

Open House was a smashing success! Our Mustangs from TK–8th grade ROCKED their projects, art, writing, and so much more! It was so special watching students proudly show their families all of their hard work.

A huge thank you to our amazing PTA for the cookies and to all of our families for coming out to support our students. The halls were full of smiles, laughter, friends playing together, and so much school pride.

05/20/2026

Our 5th & 6th grade Mustangs showed UP at Westside Relays! From running their hearts out to cheering each other on, we couldn’t be more proud of the effort, teamwork, and school spirit they brought all day long — even on what always seems to be the hottest day of the year!

A huge shoutout and THANK YOU to our amazing teachers, families, and Coach Chris for helping make this event such a success. We loved seeing our Mustangs shine!

GO MUSTANGS! ❤️🖤🤍

05/16/2026

Today our 2nd graders released their steelhead trout into the Russian River!

After learning about the steelhead life cycle all year, students were able to witness each stage firsthand right in their classroom. What a special hands-on learning experience!

Thank you, Ms. Jill, for making this opportunity possible!

05/14/2026

We can’t wait to see you at Open House!

05/07/2026

McKinley is proudly represented at the PCS Art Show! We are so grateful to our amazing VAPA teachers for inspiring creativity and instilling the fundamentals of art in our students. Thank you for nurturing their talents and helping their artistic confidence shine!

05/03/2026

Did something catch your eye? There’s still time to bid on your favorites!

The McKinley/PACS PTA Auction is open for bidding until 2:00 PM on May 3rd. Don’t miss your chance to snag some amazing items while supporting our school community!

Be sure to check out the link in our profile and place your bids before time runs out! 💛🖤

Address

110 Ellis Street
Petaluma, CA
94952

Website

https://www.petalumacityschools.org/mckinley, https://ptamckinley.org/en/jog-a-thon-2/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&u

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