Dragon News

October 16, 2025

Dear McKelvey Primary Families,

It was great to see many of you this past weekend at the Fun Run! Thanks to all of the volunteers and PTO who helped make it a great morning for our school community!

Please check out the other upcoming events in this newsletter- Fall Festival, Track or Treat, McKelvey Night at Parkway North HS football game, Book Fair, and Donuts with Grownups. There are many ways to get involved and meet other families. We hope to see you there!

As a reminder, We dismiss at 1pm tomorrow and have no school on Monday. Enjoy the long weekend!

As always, please reach out if you need anything.

Sincerely,

Dr. Christina Pliske

McKelvey Primary is our Kindergarten and 1st Grade school, located at 12657 Fee Fee Road, St. Louis, MO 63146.

Mark your Calendar!

More information to come about these specific dates!

October 17: Fall Festival during school day; Half Day, Dismissal at 1pm

October 20: No School, Fall Break

October 22: PN Track or Treat (flyer below)

October 23: Dine Out Night- Jimmy John's (flyer below)

October 24: McKelvey Night at Parkway North Football Game (flyer below)

Oct 27-31: Book Fair (flyer below)

October 31: Donuts with Grown-ups

Our lost and found is growing. Please make sure you label your child's belongings (backpacks, water bottles, jackets, lunch bags, etc.) Thank you!

Primary Conferences are coming up, and we know how hard our amazing teachers and staff work to prepare for them! To show our appreciation, the PTO will be providing a special lunch on Tuesday, October 21st — but we need your help to make it complete.

Please take a look at the sign-up list and consider donating drinks, desserts, or other extras to help us treat our teachers and staff.

If you have any questions, reach out to us at McKelveyPTO@gmail.com.
Thank you for helping us support our teachers during this busy time of year!

Link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084FA8AD2DAAFDC07-59218860-mckelvey#/ (please copy and paste if the link doesn't work)

Our Fall Festival sign-up genius is LIVE. Click the link below to see how you can help out.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E44ABA922A0FA7-mckelvey2

PLEASE ONLY FILL THIS OUT IF YOU DO NOT WANT YOUR CHILD PARTICIPATING IN THE VISITING PETTING ZOO.

This is an opt-out only form. If you are okay with your child participating, then there is nothing you need to do.

During our Fall Festival, one of the stations will be a petting zoo. This has been utilized as an at-school field trip in other schools. If you opt your child out, they will go to a different station with another group/class.during this time. Here is more information about the petting zoo:

Cowboy Critters Petting Farm is a family-run provider of lovable petting farm animals. Their goal is safety, cleanliness, and FUN

Meet some of the “Critter Crew” that may join us:

Sweet Pea, our “sweet” Miniature Donkey
Mini Cooper and Champ, our adorable Miniature Horses
Shamgar, our expressive Pygmy Goat
Wilbur, our portly Miniature Pig
Cocoa, our adorable brown and white bunny
Lilly, the sweetest and softest bunny we’ve ever met
Lucy and Summer, our hospitable Hens
Quackers, our chatty Duck(retired)
Alfredo, our fluffy sheep
Shelby, the all-star Box Turtle
Silas, the MINI cow
and a few other barnyard buddies!

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Dental Safari is coming to McKelvey Primary on October 13!

This is a great service for children who do not have access to a Dentist. Your child may be seen in the school at no cost but you will need to call to verify this at 618-993-8333.

You can register online at the address listed on this form. There will also be a paper form coming home in your child's folder. Again, please call the number listed for any questions regarding coverage and cost.

If you have any questions, please let me know, tsato@parkwayschools.net

Thursday, October 23 | 4–8pm
Jimmy John’s – McKelvey Rd.

Support McKelvey PTO while grabbing a quick and tasty dinner!
20% of proceeds will be donated back to McKelvey PTO to benefit our school.

Show the flyer and mention McKelvey when ordering.

Thank you for supporting our school—see you at Jimmy John’s!

The Visiting Nurse's Association (VNA) will be providing flu shots on Wednesday, October 22 from 9:15am-10:30am for any Primary students interested in receiving them at school. Please see the attached form to fill out and send back to me via backpack mail by October 15. This form must be filled out completely and returned to me in order to receive the flu vaccine.

If you have any questions, please contact me at 314-415-5036 or tsato@parkwayschools.net

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School Consent Form.pdf

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Join McKelvey friends and North area families for Parkway North’s Annual Track or Treat at Parkway North High School on October 22 from 6–8 PM. This is a fun, free community event for our North area!

The students of Parkway North are also collecting candy donations for the event. If you’d like to help, please drop off bags of candy at the front office of either school, or make a monetary donation on Infinite Campus.

Questions? Reach out to jdecaro@parkwayschools.net.
We hope to see you there!

BIG THANKS to PTO for sponsoring and funding the donuts!

This year we will be have a special event for your student and a special grown up.

Only ONE adult/student please and NO SIBLINGS.

When: October 31st 8:00-8:45am

Where: McKelvey Primary Cafeteria (Donuts); Library (Book Fair)

Things to Know: Come to the cafe for a donut and special one-on-one time with your student. Then head to the library to shop at the book fair. By 8:45, we ask that you drop your student off in the gym where we will have staff supervising your child, and then head out to your cars from the gym doors. Be careful exiting the lot since arrival will begin at that time.

October 14th, our students will participate in bus evacuation practice when they arrive at the Intermediate building. I will be at the Intermediate building helping so that I can assist and the students have a familiar face. The will get back on the bus right away and head to Primary to start the day. This is required each year, 2x/year so that students know how to exit the bus in case of emergencies.

Below is a link to our district calendar (click the blue button) as well as a snapshot of the half and no school days throughout the year. We know unplanned absences will occur, but your child's attendance is extremely important. We miss them when they are gone and they miss important learning and social interaction when they are not at school. If possible, when planning for appointments and/or vacations, please attempt to use the afternoons of half days or days off school throughout the year.

25-26 District Academic Calendar

Important Links

The links and buttons below can be found below. I will keep these here throughout the entire year so that you can easily reference them when needed.

This must be done yearly!

If you are in need of assistance with breakfast or lunch money, please complete the Free and Reduced lunch process. This must be done EVERY Year.

Check out the Menu

School breakfast and lunch menus can be found here. You can deposit money into your student's account at My School Bucks.

Adventure Club

Needing before or after school care? Visit the Adventure Club site to contact them for more information.

https://prcommunityed.org/programs/school-age-care/registration-instructions

Sign up to be a volunteer!

If you think you might want to take advantage of any volunteer opportunities or chaperone field trips you will have to complete the Parkway volunteer requirements. This could take several weeks so be sure to complete it early!