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Shelby Spriet

McKay Creek Elementary Learning Fun in December

January 5, 2023/in District Site News, McKay Creek School News /by rthornburg

Learning Fun in December at McKay Creek Elementary

During December, several McKay students’ classes embarked on fun learning units and projects to celebrate the holiday season and winter.

The two 1st Grade classes worked on creating a calendar to give to their parents – each calendar featured 12 pieces of amazing art (one for each month) created by the individual student. Wendy Phillips, 1st Grade Teacher, said, “Our Christmas Calendar project is 12 months of amazing art wrapped into one special gift. This has been a traditional project at McKay for many years, and it’s been great this year to continue this tradition.”

First graders also began their Reindeer Unit. Phillips said some of the interesting things they have learned together are:

  • Caribou means “snow shoveler”
  • Arctic Tundra has permafrost; the climate is never warm enough to melt the frozen ground
  • Moss, lichen, shrubs, and short grasses grow in the tundra
  • One animal adaptation there is hollow fur to help them float
  • Animals have huge nostrils to warm air before breathing
  • Cow, bull, and calf communicate through snorts and grunts

Second graders in Shelby Spriet’s classroom were busy with their “Around the World” unit during December. Spriet said the class “flew” to Australia, England, France, China, and Israel. They also will be going to Germany and Russia.

To make the world traveler experience as authentic as possible, Spriet dresses up as a pilot, and the class watches a video of an airplane taking off. Then they go to “baggage claim” each day to grab their “luggage,” and they have passports where students place country stamps each time they travel to a new country.

“The kids love it! When we go to each country, we learn about the holidays they celebrate this time of year and how they celebrate. We learn the foods they eat and the traditions they have,” Spriet said.

McKay’s two fifth-grade classes, taught by Linzie Noble and Cathy Walters, got into the holiday spirit by creating multimedia pictures of tree boughs with watercolor ornaments.

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Symphony Strings

2022-23 Symphony Strings

October 17, 2022/in District Site News, McKay Creek School News, Sherwood School News, Washington School News /by rthornburg

Pendleton School District and the Oregon East Symphony are excited to begin a new season of Symphony Strings! This program is open to all 4th and 5th grade students in the PSD and is an exciting opportunity to learn to play violin, viola, or cello.

We meet Mondays and Wednesdays in the Pendleton High School music department from 3:45-4:15 (we are unable to provide transportation), and students can still enroll! Classes start October 19, and students may enroll up until Oct. 26.

Students can bring their completed registration form with them. Please note that financial assistance and instrument loans are available for anyone who needs them.

Please reach out if you have any questions to Emily Muller-Cary at ecary@pendletonsd.org or Zach Banks at education@oregoneastsymphony.org.

Registration forms and the information are below and also on the Oregon East Symphony website.

2022-23 Symphony Strings Flyer
2022-23 Symphony Strings Registration

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Sherri Kilgore

McKay Parent Club

March 30, 2022/in District Site News, McKay Creek School News /by rthornburg

A video message about the McKay Parent Club from Principal Kilgore.

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Sherri Kilgore

A Message from McKay Elementary

February 24, 2022/in District Site News, McKay Creek School News /by rthornburg

A message from Sherri Kilgore, Principal at McKay Elementary.

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New Pendleton School District Teacher – Whitney Porter

December 17, 2021/in District Site News, McKay Creek School News /by rthornburg

The Pendleton School District is happy to feature new PSD teachers.

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New Pendleton School District Teacher – Noele Mead

November 23, 2021/in District Site News, McKay Creek School News /by rthornburg

The Pendleton School District is happy to feature new PSD teachers.

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New Pendleton School District Teacher – Noele Mead

November 23, 2021/in District Site News, McKay Creek School News /by rthornburg

The Pendleton School District is happy to feature new PSD teachers.

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Happy Thanksgiving

Giving Thanks at McKay

November 16, 2021/in District Site News, McKay Creek School News /by rthornburg

What are you thankful for?

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Vision Screening

November 15, 2021/in District Site News, Early Learning Center News, Elementary School News, McKay Creek School News, McKay Elementary, Sherwood School News, Sunridge News, Washington School News /by rthornburg

All Pendleton School District students ages kindergarten through eighth grade will have their vision checked on November 17 and 18 during the district’s annual Vision Screening event.

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McKay

November Happenings at McKay

November 10, 2021/in District Site News, McKay Creek School News /by rthornburg

A Fall Message from McKay.

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