• October 1-26: Soctober Donation Drive

• October 9: No School-Staff Work Day
  

• October 10: No School-Staff Professional Development Day

• October 12 - 26: PTO Read-A-Thon

• October 13: PTO Sponsored School Grounds Clean-Up 5:45pm-6:45pm

• October 17: 2nd Quarter Kinder Kollege 5:30

• October 20: Playground Open 4:00 - 7:00

• October 23 - 26: Book Fair

• October 24: 4th Grade Symphony Field Trip

• October 25: Parent Teacher Conferences 4-8 pm

• October 26: Parent Teacher Conferences 8 am-8 pm

• October 26 & 27: No School

• October 31: Halloween Parade 2pm & Party 2:30pm

• November 10: Veteran's Day Assembly 2:30 pm

• November 20 - 24: No School

• November 28 & 29: Vision & Hearing Screening

We will be using Google 'Appointment Schedules' once again to sign up for parent teacher conferences this year.

The link below contains links associated with each classroom teacher. You will simply click on the link of your student's teacher then select the exact time and date to schedule your student's conference.

Click HERE to sign up for your student's parent teacher conference on Oct. 25th (4-8pm) or Oct. 26th (8am-8pm)

On October 13th from 5:45pm - 6:45 pm there will be a McClure School Grounds cleanup led by our PTO. All families are welcome to join this community event to help clean up our outdoor spaces. Please RSVP below.

It's time for the MCCLURE ELEMENTARY PTO Read-a-thon!

This year, our PTO will once again be holding a Read-a-thon fundraiser. Our Read-a-thon is a program that brings students together with family and friends to encourage reading and to build literacy skills. The main focus of the Read-a-thon is for everyone to know we are committed to improving reading skills. To that end, the Read-a-thon promises to be a fun, exciting journey for all participants as they begin a personal Reading Adventure that challenges each reader to read 20 minutes a day (can include minutes read in class and at home) over our 2-week event. Our Read-a-thon will officially start October 12, 2023 and ends October 26, 2023.

Step 1: Register Your Student: This account will serve as a hub for recording and monitoring your child's progress as a Reader in the event, and for you to share their Read-A-Thon message with friends and family. Use the link below to activate your student's Reader account:

https://www.read-a-thon.com/readers/r/tdgujK/1

Thank you so much for your participation and support. Together, we can make this Read-A-Thon an amazing experience for our young readers! Thank you,

MCCLURE ELEMENTARY PTO

The playground will be open to the community from 4-7pm on the 3rd Friday of each month (2nd Fri some months due to no school)

• Oct. 20
  
• Nov. 17
  
• Dec. 22
  
• Feb. 16
  
• March 22
  
• April 12
  
• May 17
  

The Scholastic Book Fair will be opened Oct. 23-26th

McClure students and staff are looking forward to our annual Halloween Parade and Classroom Parties on October 31!

On November 28th & 29th, all students will have the opportunity to participate in a vision and hearing screening. This is of no expense to our families.

PTO is in need of $5 and $10 gift cards to provide as prizes to students. Donated gift cards may be delivered to the office.

The PTO spirit wear online store is coming soon!!

If you are interested in supporting our PTO throughout the school year, click HERE to fill out a volunteer interest form. We are still in need of volunteers for all areas and also in need of a PTO president and District Community Advisory Council (DCAC) representative.

Please join us for the PTO meetings on the following dates in the Library from 5:45pm to 6:45pm. All parents and guardians are welcome to attend.

November 28

January16

March 5

April 16

May 14

You can also choose to join us on Zoom.

LINK

Meeting ID: 820 4799 9796

Passcode: 720005

Ensuring the safety of our students is our top priority. Our arrival and dismissal procedures have been carefully designed to maintain order and ensure safety for all. We kindly request your cooperation in strictly following these procedures, specifically adhering to the following:

Arrival:

• Students may be dropped off after 8:20 am Monday-Thursday and after 9:10am on late start Fridays. There is no one on duty to supervise students before 8:20am M-Th/9:10am on Friday. Children are not allowed to be unsupervised on the front lawn or sidewalk for their own safety.
  
• In the mornings, for parents wishing to drop their child and go you will enter on SW 25th Ter. and drive south along the driveway, stop at the end of the drive to allow your child to get out of the car and onto the sidewalk. Do not drop students off in the middle of the road on 25th Ter or Chelsea Dr.
• Please follow the city signage posted and be certain that you are in a designated parking area before you leave your vehicle. See photo of no parking zones below.

Dismissal:

• If you choose to walk up to pick up your child, please do not park in the 'no parking zones'. See photo of no parking zones below.
• When exiting the driveway, cars can only turn right from 3-4pm.

Your support in this mater is greatly appreciated. Together, we can ensure the safety of all.

*All arrival/dismissal procedures can be viewed in the document linked below.

Have an old costume you're looking to donate? Consider donating it to McClure for students to use on Halloween. Donated costumes can be dropped off in our office.

Parents can view their student's report card in Synergy Parent Vue starting on Oct. 16th. On this date, an icon will appear on the left-hand side that says 'Report Cards'. You will click this to view the report card. Report cards will not be printed.

Living the Dream, Inc. is sponsoring its 22nd annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Art, Poetry, and Essay Competition for students in grades 1-12. Contest information and submission forms for each competition are below.

• Student Art Competition
• Student Poetry Competition
• Student Essay Competition

Certificates and gift cards will be given to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winner in each grade category during the King Holiday Student Awards and Recognition Program on January 15, 2024 at 10:00 AM at New Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Fellowship Hall (2801 SE Indiana Ave). The deadline for submission is 4:30 PM on Friday, December 8, 2023.

Our Counselor, Ms. Hight, has created a Smore website that contains important information regarding news and important information for our McClure families. You can view the website by clicking here.

Want to recognize a McClure staff member? Give them a shout-out by filling out this form and we will share it with them during our staff meetings.

We believe having access to nutritious snacks for all students can greatly enhance their focus and energy levels during the school day. To ensure all students have access to snacks during their daily in-class snack time, we are initiating a snack donation drive to create a snack pantry at our school.

If you are able and willing, we would appreciate any donations of non-perishable, individually packaged snacks. These could include items such as granola bars, fruit cups, crackers, fruit snacks, etc. Your contributions will go a long way in ensuring that no student goes hungry during their time at school.

Donations can be dropped off at the front office during regular school hours or sent with their student to be dropped off in the office. Thank you in advance for your consideration and support!

Interested in volunteering at McClure!? Please click HERE to complete the TPS background check form for volunteers to see all of the different ways you can help support our school, staff, and students.

Want to receive text message reminders?

You can:

• Sign up for School Messenger and receive texts that way by sending a text message of "Y" or "Yes" to the TPS short code number, 67587. You can also opt-out of these messages at any time by simply replying "stop" to one of our messages.

You can also receive reminders and school correspondence through Synergy Parent Vue

• Download the Parent Vue app from your phone's app store and set up push notifications so those notifications appear directly on your phone.

The District's Academic Calendar provides a quick-glance overview of important dates for parents to be aware of. This calendar includes days school is not in session, parent-teacher conferences, and start and end dates for the 2023-2024 school year.

The McClure school calendar is posted on our school website. Click here to view.

Please click this link to review the lunch menu for the month of October.

McClure is continuing its own before and after school childcare program this year. If you are interested, please complete the registration form linked below. The form also outlines the monthly fees, times, etc.

McClure 23-24 Childcare Registration Form

**The free tutoring and enrichment afterschool program will also continue this year on Tuesday and Thursdays.

Our free after school tutoring and enrichment program, the McClure Learning Nest, is up and running again this year. The focus of all after school programing is to address learning loss that may have occurred during Covid as well as provide enrichment opportunities for students. The program will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school, from 3:45-5:30pm. A snack will be provided to each student at the beginning of the program time.

Click this link to sign up!

Email: cartzer@tps501.org
Website: https://mcclure.topekapublicschools.net/
Location: 2529 Southwest Chelsea Drive, Topeka, KS, USA
Phone: 785.438.4340
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TPS501McClure