First Day Packets
On the first day of school your child brought home a packet of information. There is a checklist on the front of each envelope to help you determine what needs to be filled out & returned to school as soon as possible. All forms need to be turned into the office AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. In addition, it is important for you and your child to go over the Parent & Student Handbooks. If for some reason you did not receive this information, please send a note, stating you need a handbook, to your child’s teacher. Please note it is your responsibility to review the District Student Parent Resource handbook (you may request a hard copy in either English or Spanish in the front office) at https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/PS/Pages/handbook.aspx. In the First Day Packet you will find a form to acknowledge that you have reviewed the handbook. This form is due to the front office no later than AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
PBIS: Positive Behavior Intervention Support
As a staff, we are committed to encouraging and reinforcing positive behavior choices. Students can receive "Pride Paws" on a daily basis. They earn a "Pride Paw" when they are "caught" being safe, respectful, or responsible by any staff member. The staff member then tells your child why they are receiving the "Pride Paw." In addition, your child will have a carbon copy of it to take home, so please be sure to praise them! Please read in more detail the information regarding PBIS in the Parent/Student Handbook that will be sent home in your child's First Day Packet. We are looking forward to another year where all kids are recognized and encouraged. We appreciate your support at home, as always!
School Lunch
Please send meal account checks on the first day of school. You must have $ in your child's account if you would like them to purchase their meals at school. Please pay your child’s meal account by check whenever possible. Place your child’s first and last name on the check. Send all payments in an envelope marked with your child’s name, account number, teacher, and grade. If you have not completed paperwork for Free or Reduced Meals, we will be glad to send you an application. All applications and results are confidential.
Safety and Security
Please Sign In
In order to ensure your child’s safety, ALL parents, volunteers, and visitors must enter the building through the front doors, sign in, and wear identification in the building. We also ask that you honor the integrity of our instructional program by prearranging for volunteer activities, observations, and/or visits to the classroom. We are very excited for you to become a part of our school community.
Dismissal Time
Dismissal time is a challenge because we are releasing all 600+ McKinley students at the same time. Classroom teachers do a great job of keeping track of their students' going home methods, as well as escorting their classes to the various means of dismissal, i.e. busses or parent pick up. Please note that parent pick up happens one of two ways. You may either collect your child by driving through the pick up lane or by waiting for your child in the designated Parent Pick Up area in the cafeteria. Please note, for safety reasons we don’t allow parents/siblings to gather in the hallway by the playground doors.
Going Home Plans for Your Child
If you would like your child to go home after school a different way than usual, please write a note to your child’s teacher and send it with your child in the morning. However, we understand that emergencies do happen. If you do need to call in a change in after school plans, please note that we cannot guarantee that we can notify your child’s teacher of a change in going home plans if you call after 2:30 pm. Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Parking Lot
If you drop off or pick up your child from school, please park in a designated parking space. Please don't make your own space. If there are none available, use the parking lot across the street. We know this can be inconvenient, and we apologize. The safety of our families is very important to us. Parking in non-designated areas creates blind spots for our buses and other drivers. When pulling into the drive through lane, please make sure that no part or your vehicle is blocking 185th. This is extremely dangerous and could result in an accident, a fine, or a ticket. Please remember that if you are stopped in the pick up lane, you must remain in your vehicle and that there is no double parking in the drive through lane.
In order to ensure your child’s safety, ALL parents, volunteers, and visitors must enter the building through the front doors, sign in, and wear identification in the building. We also ask that you honor the integrity of our instructional program by prearranging for volunteer activities, observations, and/or visits to the classroom. We are very excited for you to become a part of our school community.
Dismissal Time
Dismissal time is a challenge because we are releasing all 600+ McKinley students at the same time. Classroom teachers do a great job of keeping track of their students' going home methods, as well as escorting their classes to the various means of dismissal, i.e. busses or parent pick up. Please note that parent pick up happens one of two ways. You may either collect your child by driving through the pick up lane or by waiting for your child in the designated Parent Pick Up area in the cafeteria. Please note, for safety reasons we don’t allow parents/siblings to gather in the hallway by the playground doors.
Going Home Plans for Your Child
If you would like your child to go home after school a different way than usual, please write a note to your child’s teacher and send it with your child in the morning. However, we understand that emergencies do happen. If you do need to call in a change in after school plans, please note that we cannot guarantee that we can notify your child’s teacher of a change in going home plans if you call after 2:30 pm. Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Parking Lot
If you drop off or pick up your child from school, please park in a designated parking space. Please don't make your own space. If there are none available, use the parking lot across the street. We know this can be inconvenient, and we apologize. The safety of our families is very important to us. Parking in non-designated areas creates blind spots for our buses and other drivers. When pulling into the drive through lane, please make sure that no part or your vehicle is blocking 185th. This is extremely dangerous and could result in an accident, a fine, or a ticket. Please remember that if you are stopped in the pick up lane, you must remain in your vehicle and that there is no double parking in the drive through lane.
Volunteering
We love our volunteers! No past experience is needed for volunteer activities.
Please note that all volunteers at McKinley, and any other school in the Beaverton School District, must complete a one page background check that can be found at the link below. This confidential form takes less than 3 minutes to complete and will be conducted by the district's public safety office at no charge to the volunteer. Once completed, your name and phone number will appear on an approved volunteer list available to appropriate staff and our volunteer coordinator at [email protected]. No other information will be included on the list. If you have any questions, please call the school office at 503-356-2180 or the district's public safety office at 503-591-1911.
Please note that all volunteers at McKinley, and any other school in the Beaverton School District, must complete a one page background check that can be found at the link below. This confidential form takes less than 3 minutes to complete and will be conducted by the district's public safety office at no charge to the volunteer. Once completed, your name and phone number will appear on an approved volunteer list available to appropriate staff and our volunteer coordinator at [email protected]. No other information will be included on the list. If you have any questions, please call the school office at 503-356-2180 or the district's public safety office at 503-591-1911.