Sept 18 PTO General Meeting:Coffee with Mr Willson 7pm

Sept 19 McCormickFest Early Registration & Fundraising T-Shirt Deadline

Sept 21 No School – InService Day

Sept 24 to 28McCormickFest Spirit Week

Sept 25 McFamily Night OutCastle Skateland 6-8p

Sept 29 McCormickFest 5k Runbegins 3:30pm, Festival 4:00pm

Oct 2 to 26Kroger Rewards Drive

Oct 9 Fall Picture Day

Oct 11 End of 1st Quarter

Oct 12 to 16No School: Fall Break

Oct 19 to 27Spirit Wear Sale

Oct 19 McMath NightPTO General Meeting 7pm

September 14, 2018

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From Mr WillsonMcCormick Families,

#CHOOSEKINDThroughout the year, staff and students have focused on the #choosekind initiative. The choose kind theme began in the summer with many families reading Wonder. The book stresses that all individuals are able to practice kindness. Students are using the choose kind movement throughout the school. Just this week, I witnessed an older student helping a younger student pick up items dropped on the ground and two first grade students comforting a friend who was upset. Finally, Emily Zeek, a sixth grade student, took the choose kind movement to the next level. She created kindness notes and placed them on the 6th grade classrooms doors. Mrs. Essex, 6th grade Language Arts teacher, expanded the ideal. Each 6th grade student created a kindness ripple and posted it in the school. Students are able to take a ripple from each poster and share special messages about kindness with others.To see acts of kindness at McCormick, please follow our Instagram Account: mccormickelementary

McCormick Fest - Help still neededMcCormick Fest (September 29th) is around the corner and PTO is still looking for some volunteers to help behind the scenes and on the day of the event. If you are interested in helping out behind the scenes , please email ALSlemons@yahoo.com.

If you are able to help during the day of the event, please click on the following link to help: McCormick Fest Event Volunteer.

If you are able to help with cake walk donations, please click the following link:Cake Walk Donations.

Volunteers/ChaperonesThank you for your patience and understanding with our new volunteer/chaperone policy. If you would like to know if you have been approved to volunteer or chaperone, please reach out to your child’s teacher. Also, if you are still wishing to volunteer on a regular basis or chaperone a field trip, you are able to complete your background check through the Raptor Website.

On behalf of the students and staff, we truly appreciate your willingness to volunteer/chaperone at McCormick.

Make it a great weekend, Mr. Willson

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McCormick Elementary is partnering with Marco's pizza, on the 1st Wednesday of each month, Marco's will be giving back 20% of their profits to McCormick. Be sure to tell them you are with McCormick when ordering. Please consider ordering and support McCormick PTO! The next date will be Wednesday, October 3rd. The class with the most orders wins a pizza party.

From The DistrictShare Your Input Via New ThoughtexchangeMilford Schools will once again offer parents, students, and community members an opportunity to share their input on a variety of topics through an online forum called Thoughtexchange. It is the second year our district has used this online learning process to engage with our stakeholders.

Through Thoughtexchange, there are three steps that you will be invited to participate in online:Share - answer open-ended questions about our district.Star – check back and review ideas from other participants and star the ideas you like best. Discover - learn what is important to the school community as a whole.

This first Thoughtexchange will go live on Monday, September 17 and run through 11 p.m. on Thursday, September 27. We are looking for feedback on the following question, “What do you appreciate about Milford Schools and where could we improve?”

The district will be sending out a link via email to participate in this Thoughtexchange on September 17. A summary of the results will be shared later this fall.

McCormickFest Eagle Sponsor SpotlightBright Futures Family Chiropractic was started by Dr. Stephanie Spiers and her husband Brad, both Milford High School graduates. Our mission is to create a tribe of families who experience life to its full potential through an optimally functioning nervous system. We are a beacon of light to guide our community to a brighter future and we honor and respect the inborn wisdom of the body to express itself fully and shine through as many men, women and children as possible.

Dr. Stephanie has three kids (two at McCormick and one headed there next year), and she has modeled the practice to reflect the needs that she has as a mother—the practice has shifted toward primarily providing family wellness care. She understands how hard it is to raise kids today with influences from so many different avenues. Bright Futures offers a place where moms can come to get guidance and support, to find an alternative to what they may hear on the news or read on the internet. Our goal is to empower families to make conscious health care decisions and support them on the path of their choosing.

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Shine Bright!

It's a Party at Castle SkatelandSeptember 26, 6 to 8

Admission $3 Skate Rental $2

Come have coffee with Mr. Willson!PTO General Meeting on Tuesday, September, 18 at 7pmChild care will be provided.

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McCormick Matters Newsletter - If you have news you would like to share in the McCormick Matters Newsletter submit your information to Alicia Neal – mccormickelemnewsletter@gmail.com

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