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Sep30Thu6:00 pm Curriculum Night: Upper Elementa... @ Main BuildingCurriculum Night: Upper Elementa... @ Main BuildingSep 30 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pmThis is an opportunity to learn more about your child’s classroom for this year. Teachers will share the daily schedule and their content topics. These are appropriate for both new and veteran parents to each classroom. We will provide the … Continue reading →7:15 pm Curriculum Night: High SchoolCurriculum Night: High SchoolSep 30 @ 7:15 pm – 8:15 pmThis is an opportunity to learn more about your child’s classroom for this year. Teachers will share the daily schedule and their content topics. These are appropriate for both new and veteran parents to each classroom. We will provide the … Continue reading →7:15 pm Curriculum Night: Middle School ... @ Main BuildingCurriculum Night: Middle School ... @ Main BuildingSep 30 @ 7:15 pm – 8:15 pmThis is an opportunity to learn more about your child’s classroom for this year. Teachers will share the daily schedule and their content topics. These are appropriate for both new and veteran parents to each classroom. We will provide the … Continue reading →Oct2Sat10:00 am Upper Unit Dungeons & DragonsUpper Unit Dungeons & DragonsOct 2 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pmGrades 4-8. Sign up required. Please contact Bonnie bkretsch@frontier.com or David creativecyclone77@yahoo.com for more information.
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Category Archives: Lower Elementary
Monarch Butterflies
Several classrooms have been raising monarch butterflies from eggs found in our community. Following the life cycle is a fantastic way to kick off the new school year! Once a butterfly emerges from its chrysalis, we tag it as part … Continue reading
Posted in Lower Elementary, McGuffey, science, social studies
Something Special(s) in the Air
With the 2021/22 school year we have been able to bring back our Specials program safely. That means all our McGuffey students get to enjoy Art, Music, and PE every week! We’re excited to add a new member to our … Continue reading
Posted in art, Lower Elementary, Middle School, music, outside, physical education, Uncategorized, Upper Elementary
HAUNTED HOUSE FOR SALE!
Just in time for Halloween, Lower Elementary’s creative writing projects got a little spooky! Our students were challenged to write a real estate listing for a haunted house. What could they write that would attract ghosts and witches? Through a … Continue reading
Posted in art, language arts, Lower Elementary, McGuffey
Working Outside
This year, all classrooms are trying to spend as much time outside as possible. Each unit has always had an outdoor classroom, but spending the whole day outside has meant getting a little more creative! In Lower Elementary, when we … Continue reading
Posted in Lower Elementary, McGuffey, outside
2019 Egg Drop
At the Last Day of School Picnic, Wednesday, May 22, we will hold our annual Egg Drop. This is a tradition at McGuffey that goes back decades! Prior to the last day of school, students will spend time at home … Continue reading
Posted in announcements, community, Lower Elementary, McGuffey, Middle School, Primary, Upper Elementary
Food Composting
McGuffey celebrated Earth Day by beginning to participate in Oxford’s new food scrap recycling program. We now have a bucket for each building where we collect food scraps from snack and lunch throughout the week. On Saturday, a parent volunteer … Continue reading
Posted in announcements, community, Lower Elementary, McGuffey, Middle School, Primary, Upper Elementary
Walk and Bike to School Day
Because our school musical is on May 8th, we celebrated National Walk and Bike to School Day a week early. We had a huge number of students participate this year! Thank you to Jaimie for organizing this event and all … Continue reading
Posted in community, Lower Elementary, McGuffey, Middle School, physical education, Primary, Upper Elementary
Walk and Bike to School Day
On Wednesday, May 1, McGuffey will be participating in Walk and Bike to School Day. Join us in celebrating the benefits of bicycling and walking as you come to school that day. If you live too far from school to … Continue reading
Third Graders Visit Glen Helen
Lower Elementary students who will be bridging to the Upper Unit visited Glen Helen for the day recently and had a great time. The weather was beautifully warm and sunny; we saw the Glen at its spring best. We were … Continue reading
Posted in field trip, Lower Elementary, McGuffey, outside, science
Open Doors
At McGuffey, it’s important that students feel at home, not just in their own classroom, but throughout the campus. We do this in a variety of ways, including Partners, the Step-Up Program, and Open Doors. Open Doors occurs each month … Continue reading
Posted in community, Lower Elementary, McGuffey, Primary