05/09/2025
🍎✨ Happy Staff Appreciation Week from McKinley Elementary! ✨🍎
To our incredible teachers, aides, office staff, custodians, and everyone who makes McKinley shine — THANK YOU! 🌟 Your dedication, heart, and hard work make our school a truly special place to learn and grow. 💛📚
10/17/2024
Earth, Wind & Flour x McKinley PTA Restaurant DAY
Thursday, October 17th - ALL DAY!
Enjoy traditional California Italian cuisine all day while supporting McKinley Elementary—20% of the proceeds will be donated back to our school.
10/15/2024
Thank you .co for coming to McKinley Elementary for Superhero Training Camp! Our kids learned how to activate their mindfulness, kindness, and gratitude superpowers!
10/15/2024
School Tour
OCTOBER 18TH AT 9AM
Join the Mckinley PRIDE and become a member of a school community that values diversity and nurtures the whole child!
10/09/2024
Bike It! Walk It! Bus It!
October 11
Become an environmental superhero by walking, biking, or taking the bus to school! Join us for Bike It! Walk It! Bus It! this Friday!
Students are encouraged to walk, bike, scooter, skate, or get dropped off a block away from school. Make it even more fun by joining one of our Walking/Biking/Scooting School Buses, departing at 8:15 AM from the following locations:
• 26th/SM Blvd
• 17th/Arizona
• 23rd/Broadway
• Arizona/Yale
Teachers will tally how students arrive at school that day.
At McKinley, we encourage walking, biking, and scooting every day!
10/09/2024
Family Literacy Night
October 9 from 6-7pm
Join us this Wednesday for a wonderful McKinley tradition—Family Literacy Night! Held in our beautiful historic courtyard, families and students can enjoy a variety of literacy-themed activities, including creating your own book and meeting real authors. The evening will also feature the Lunch Crew, an amazing jazz ensemble made up of McKinley alumni!
Communities that read together grow together, and this evening is all about nurturing our love for reading in the McKinley family.
10/09/2024
Vote Yes on Measure QS this November!
This school facilities bond measure will provide the funds needed to complete multiple repairs, improvements, and building projects throughout the district. Here is a list of the priority projects!
Many if not most of these projects are ready to go, some as early as December 2024. Several projects have already been designed, submitted to the state architecture agency, completed environmental review, and just await this important funding to begin.
There is a broad coalition of supporters, including our Classroom Teachers Association, parents, the Santa Monica-Malibu Council of PTAs, the League of Women Voters, local small business owners, seniors, stakeholders, the Santa Monica City Council, and the Santa Monica-Malibu School Board, all say: YES on MEASURE QS.
10/08/2024
Flash Match Today Only! Triple Your Donation!
Today only, the Ed Foundation has a $2,500 Flash Match from Janet Heinzle of Douglas Elliman!
Because of the ongoing $50,000 match from an anonymous donor, this means that your donation today will be TRIPLED.
That’s right, you can fund three times the art, three times the STEM, and more for Santa Monica students! Please give today at smedfoundation.org.
¡Solo Hoy, Donación Rápida Para Igualar! ¡Triplique su donación!
¡Solo hoy, la Fundación Ed tiene igualación rápida de su donación de $2,500 de Janet Heinzle de Douglas Elliman!
Debido a la donación para igualar de $50,000 en curso de un donante anónimo, esto significa que su donación de hoy se TRIPLICARÁ.
Así es, ¡puede financiar tres veces arte, tres veces STEM y más para los estudiantes de Santa Mónica! Por favor done hoy en smedfoundation.org.
10/03/2024
Congratulations to our new assistant vice principal, Ashley Zartner! Welcome to the Lion family!
10/01/2024
Pledge Week is coming! Pledge Week is coming!
Do you love McKinley? Want to make a direct impact on keeping it great? Then please donate to the Ed Foundation during Pledge Week, starting Monday, October 7 through October 11!
Your support fuels the programs and staff that make McKinley special, from P.S. ARTS to instructional assistants and beyond.
Now is the perfect time to get your donations done early in the year. You can also set up a monthly donation or even pledge now and pay by June 30, 2025!
Don’t miss your chance to support our students and make a lasting difference!
Please pledge your support today at:
smedfoundation.org/donate
¡La Semana de Compromiso está aquí! ¡La Semana de Compromiso está aquí!
¿Le gusta McKinley? ¿Quiere tener un impacto directo en mantenerla sobresaliente? ¡Entonces por favor done a la Fundación Educativa durante la Semana de Compromiso, del 7 al 11 de octubre!
Su apoyo impulsa los programas y el personal que hacen especial a McKinley, de P.S. ARTS para asistentes de instrucción y más allá.
Ahora es el momento perfecto para hacer sus donaciones a principios de año. ¡También puedes configurar una donación mensual o incluso hacer una promesa ahora y pagar antes del 30 de junio de 2025!
Por favor done hoy en: smedfoundation.org/donate
10/01/2024
We need your help to organize the PTA Parent Room!
After last year’s flood, the room has been redone and our belongings have been moved back in, but it’s now quite disorganized.
Thank you for your support!
Sign-up Genius
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