McGee's Crossroads Elementary School

Good Afternoon Parents, Today was amazing. Every single one of our classrooms had a guest reader for Read Across America Day, including the Football team and Cheerleaders from West Johnston! Next week is going to be a busy and exciting week as well. Monday is Talent Monday where students will share in a writing prompt what talent they have. Tuesday is a teacher workday and there will be no school for students. Wednesday is wacky Wednesday and so students are encouraged to dress wacky. Thursday is cat in the hat day so students can wear their favorite hat to school. We will end the week with Book Character Day on Friday where students can dress up as their favorite book character. We want to help ignite a love of reading into each and every one of our students. Next week is also National School Breakfast Week so encourage your children to eat breakfast and lunch and see who our special guests are in the cafeteria! Thank you for all that you do and have a good evening.

Last night, JCPS celebrated the 2024 Leading with the Heart recipients!💝 The event, inspired by Mike Krzyzewski’s book, “Leading with the Heart,” recognizes those staff members throughout the school system that demonstrate leadership, compassion, and heart on a daily basis. One person from every school as well as central services was nominated by their peers, because of their unwavering commitment and dedication to their role. We honor the 53 amazing members of the JCPS family for their work that clearly does not go unnoticed! Thank you!✨ Stay tuned for an event recap video... #ILeadWithMyHeart

Good evening Patriot Families, This is your Principal, Lyndsey Dunn, calling with this week's updates. Q3 Progress Reports will be coming home next week on Wednesday, February 28th. Please be on the lookout for those. Friday, March 1st begins Read Across America Week. Classes will have guest readers on that day and the following week fun days have been planned around this theme as well. Please look at our school facebook page for this graphic. On March 8th - we will have Career and Culture Day! We're excited to invite you to join us in celebrating diversity! Sign up forms were sent home with each student two weeks ago. If you are interested in participating as a presenter, please turn them in ASAP. As the school year continues, please be mindful of the carpool rules and lead by example for our students by being respectful, showing kindness and following expectations. Also know that anything our staff asks of you during morning and afternoon carpool is to ensure safety for all of our students. Thank you for all that you do. Have a good evening.

Save the Date for McGee’s 11th Career/Cultural Day! 📅 Date: March 8th 🕒 Time: 9:10 AM – 12:05 PM We're excited to invite you to join us in celebrating diversity and knowledge-sharing at our upcoming Career/Cultural Day! Whether you're passionate about your profession or eager to share your cultural heritage, we'd love to have you be a part of this event. (Must be a level 1 or 2 volunteer) Please see the flyer sent home for more details. For Questions or to RSVP: Contact Kara Lillie at karalillie@johnston.k12.nc.us.

Good evening Patriot families, This is your Principal, Lyndsey Dunn. Next week, February 12-16th is Love the Bus week. This is a great opportunity to show your appreciation for our bus drivers who show up to get our students to and from school everyday. Take a few extra minutes this week to offer words of encouragement, thank you's, their favorite treats or snacks, cards, etc. for all they do. Also, just a friendly reminder that even though Valentine's Day is on Wednesday the 14th, we ask that you do not send your students flowers or balloons since they tend to become distractions in the classroom. Flowers and balloons are also not allowed on the school bus. Thank you for all that you do and have a good evening.

Families, The Pizza Party was originally scheduled for Friday, February 2nd. Due to the cafeteria space needing to be used for the PTA Dance, it has been moved to Tuesday, February 6th. I apologize for not sending this sooner. Thank you for understanding.

Good evening Patriot Families, This is your Principal, Lyndsey Dunn, calling with an update. Our someone special dance is just one week away. Please note that this event is a transofrmation of our Daddy/Daughter dance as we recognize many families want to attend this event, but felt it only applied to Dads and Daughters . This event is for every student and their special grown-up to attend, whomever they may be. This is not an event meant for students to invite other students. The first night is Thursday, February 1st with students who have last names beginning with the letters A-L. The second night is Friday, February 2nd with students who have last names beginning with the letters M -Z. The time for both nights is 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pre-registration is open until Tuesday, January 30th at 6:00 p.m. These tickets are $5.00 per person (every attendee must have a ticket) and includes entry and one photo. Door admission is $7 per person and this is a cash only event. Please see the McGee's facebook page or PTA page for more information. There was also a flyer sent home last week. We will see the students back on Monday. Enjoy your weekend!

Good evening Patriot Families, This is your Principal, Lyndsey Dunn with this week's updates. Today the drawing was held for the Spring VIP Carpool winners. Thank you all for participating. The winners were notified through a phone call as well as listed on our School and PTA facebook page. If you are a winner, please note the following: * This begins Monday, 1/22. Please have your tag visible and you will pull into the drop-off/pick up lane in the back bus parking lot. Please wait for staff directions, especially on the first day and remember that there are always children loading and unloading on buses and vans so please do not pull out of the loop and go around. Although this is a great thing, we have to keep the safety of our students in mind first. Q2 Principal Book Club logs are due Monday as well. Several of you have been sharing them digitally and some of your students have been returning the papers. Either way is fine but they must be turned in by Monday. A flyer was sent home by our PTA this week about our Someone Special Dance. The cut-off for Pre registration is January 30th at 6:00 p.m. The dates are Thursday, February 1st for last names that begin with A-L and Friday, February 2nd for last names that begin with M-Z. The time is from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. each night. For any further questions about this event, please ask our PTA. As a reminder, January 25th and 26th are teacher workdays next week and students do not attend. Last, but not least, JCPS made an adjustment to our student calendar and March 5th is now an optional workday for staff due to this being an election day. Students will not attend this day. Thank you all for your continued support for our school and have a good evening.

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Important information about our lost and found:

Good evening Patriot Families, This is Mrs. Dunn with a few updates. First off, thank you all so much for your kindness and flexibility this week with all of the schedule changes around the weather. We all survived and made it safely through. Secondly, just a reminder that there is no school on Monday, 1/15/24, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Have a wonderful weekend and we will see you on Tuesday. Thank you for all that you do to support our school and community.

Good evening Patriot Families, This is your prinicpal with some information regarding tomorrow. I apologize it is late, but I wanted to clarify a few things for tomrorow. All students and staff should report to schools and campuses on a two-hour delay tomorrow, Wednesday, January 10, 2024. This means our school day at MCES will begin at 10:30, with the tardy bell ringing at 10:55 am. School nutrition will serve breakfast upon student’s arrival. Early morning care will open two hours later than the normal start time. For MCES students, that means Early morning care will be available starting at 8:30 am. There are many roads that have standing water and debris that could be unsafe for travel in the early morning hours. This delay affords safety officials the opportunity to access road conditions and receive further guidance from local emergency officials. We encourage all travelers, especially our teen drivers, to travel with caution. School nutrition will serve breakfast upon student’s arrival. Students will also receive lunch while at school as well. I hope you all have stayed safe tonight through the winds, rain and storm. We look forward to seeing you tomorrow.

Under the guidance of local emergency officials and out of an abundance of caution, JCPS will operate on a 2-hour delay on Wednesday, January 10, 2024. Everyone is encouraged to drive with caution when traveling.

📣One more additional announcement! Parents of middle school sibling walkers: please plan on coming in the office by 12:15 to sign out your child or getting in carpool line due to the early release being based on possible high winds and rain. We will not be walking the students over to the middle school. Thank you for your understanding!

Good evening Patriot families, Our district will dismiss 3 hours early tomorrow, Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at 12:45. All afterschool and evening activities will be canceled. Therefore, there will be no afterschool care. If your child is a car rider, the names will begin being called at 12:45. Please arrange to pick up your child as close to that time as possible so that staff can safely leave campus before any possible inclement weather begins. Also, breakfast and lunch will be provided but the menu will be updated for the sandwiches scheduled for Wednesday to now be tomorrow's lunch. Thank you.

Good evening Patriot families, This is your Principal, Lyndsey Dunn. This week, there was a flyer sent home regarding our awesome VIP carpool opportunity. If you are looking for a way to skip carpool and save time, this is your chance. You can buy entires for our drawing between now and January 18th and be selected as a lucky winner! The drawing will be held on January 19th and VIP carpool will begin on January 22nd and last through the remainder of the school year. VIP Carpool riders are dropped off and picked up in the back bus lot. There will be 8 lucky winners for the morning and 8 lucky winners for the afternoon, so make sure you split your entires between the two to increase your chances of winning! Good luck and may the odds be ever in your favor.

As we all get ready for break, there are some students from Mcgees Crossroads Elementary who will have something a little extra being delivered before Christmas. Be on the lookout for Shout-outs and Character Ed postcards, and have a great winter break!

Christmas Break is just a couple of days away!🎄🎁 For students following the traditional school calendar, Wednesday, December 20, 2023 is an early release day. Then students will be out of school from Thursday, December 21, 2023 - Tuesday, January 2, 2024. Students return to school on Wednesday, January 2, 2024.

Good evening Patriot Families, This is your Principal, Lyndsey Dunn, with some reminders. On Monday, students and staff will wear red, white and blue because Winter Break is Patriotic! Show your MCES spirit wear or colors. On Tuesday, it is Grinch day, so feel free to wear something Grinch themed or something green. On Wednesday, it 'Twas the Night before Winter Break, so wear your pajamas! Wednesday is also an eary release day, so we will begin dismissal at 1:45. If you would like to pick up your child earlier than that, please come by 1:15 because it is a busy, busy day. Students will return from Winter Break on Wednesday, January 3rd. Over break is a great time to continue reading your 25 books to meet the Principal Book Club goal for Quarter 2. Those logs are due by January 22nd. You can turn them in digitally or via email. A paper copy will also be going home this week. I want to wish all of our Patriot Families a wonderful and safe break. We hope you are able to spend time with family and bring in the New year! We will see you on January 3rd.

Join us tomorrow morning for Breakfast with Santa! We invite everyone to come have pancakes and take their picture with Santa! Just a reminder, cash only will be accepted for those who did not pre-register, and if you did pre-register but did not receive your armband, they will be at the front door for you in the morning. We look forward to seeing everyone there!