McGee's Crossroads Elementary School

There is no school for students on the JCPS traditional calendar on Friday, September 22, 2023. This is a teacher workday.

Good evening Patriot Families, This is your principal, Lyndsey Dunn with a few updates. The Scholastic Book Fair begins Thursday, 9/14 in the gym and will be open through Thursday, 9/21. Parents who would like to attend with their child can come between 8:30 and 9:00 am. Students will also be going as a class and your child’s teacher will communicate this information. If these opportunities do not work for you, we hope you will join us on Monday, September 18 for our Curriculum and Family night from 6:00-8:00 p.m. You will hear our Title I information in the cafeteria, visit your child’s classroom and also visit the Book Fair. This will allow you to shop with your child. This past week our Kindergarten students got adjusted to being back in school and they handled it like champions, although I’m sure they came home tired. Tomorrow, Monday, September 11 will be their independence day where parents allow all students, K-5th, to walk to their class by themselves. We will have adults stationed in the hallway to help assist them if needed. Just a few reminders for the afternoon. We are a large school and carpool will always require patience and kindness. It does tend to slow down as our Kindergarten students learn the process and try to look for their cars. A few things that will help it run smoothly, is if you have your carpool tag displayed on the mirror for easy viewing and if you remain in your car while your student is loading. If you do not have a car rider tag, you will need to ask the front office for one on Monday. The front office has been super busy with families checking out their students around 3:15 to avoid carpool. Please know, when you do this, students are missing instruction. Therefore, it is very important that unless there is an appointment or emergency, we ask that you have your student remain in school all day. Attendance directly relates to a student's ability to learn. Please remember that our teachers are very busy teaching our students and are not often on their phones where they can check emails or receive phone calls outside of their planning time. If you are going to make a dismissal/transportation change for the same day, you will need to call the front office, as soon as you know about this change so that it doesn’t become confusing for the child or the teacher. The front office will inform the student and the teacher so that everyone can be on the same page. Thank you for all that you do. Our goal every single day is to ensure that our students are happy and safe - so that they can learn to the best of their ability. All of these measures help with this and none of it would be possible with your support. We appreciate you all so very much. Have a great evening!

Middle School Sibling Walker parents will need to join our carpool line for today. Due to the thunderstorms and rain, it is for the safety of our students that we will not be walking them across today. Thank you for your understanding and patience with this decision.

Families, Bus 647-Grey has been delayed due to traffic. Expect delays in drop-off times. Thank you!

Families, Bus 649-Purple has just left campus. Expect delays in drop-off times. Thank you!

Good evening Patriot families, This is your principal, Lyndsey Dunn, with updates for the week. First off, thank you all for a wonderful first week of school. Students were entering with smiles on their faces and already knew how to get to their classes without any assistance. Monday is reserved as a holiday, so we hope you can enjoy family time since there will be no school. 1st through 5th grade students will return to school on Tuesday, September 5th. This week we will also welcome our Kindergarten and Pre-K students. Some of our Pre-K students arrive on Wednesday, 9/6 and some arrive on Thursday, 9/7. They will join us fully on Friday, 9/8. Pre-k carpool riders will arrive at 9:00 in the front parking lot and will enter through the office. Passes have been provided to Pre-K parents by Mrs. Cooper. The students will be dismissed at 3:30 and parents will come through the front parking lot and the front office as well. Our kindergarten students have slightly different dates. Half of our Kindergarten students will join us on Tuesday, 9/5 and half on Wednesday, 9/6. All Kindergarten students will come together fully on Thursday, 9/7. Kindergarten parents are welcome to walk their children in for this first week, but we ask that you park in the middle school parking lot so that carpool can continue to move smoothly. Visitor stickers will be given to you as you enter the front of the building. Our arrival bell rings at 8:30. We also have an announcement from our wonderful PTA: Our Fall Book Fair this year will be held September 14th through September 21st. This event is successful every year because of the support from our volunteers. There is a Signup Genius on the MCES PTA Rooms Board along with a link on all PTA social media pages. Please check that out and come serve anytime you can, even if it is only for an hour! Our Book Fair Family Night will be on September 18th in the gymnasium from 6pm to 8pm - so save the date! Thank you for your support and we will see you on Tuesday!

JCPS CLOSED FOR ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF THURSDAY, AUGUST 31 Due to the impending inclement weather conditions caused by Hurricane Idalia, Johnston County Public Schools will be closed for all students, staff, and visitors tomorrow, Thursday, August 31. This includes all after school activities on Thursday. The district will operate under Condition 1 of our Inclement Weather Procedures. Weather Conditions can be found online by visiting www.johnston.k12.nc.us/weatherconditions. This decision has been made out of an abundance of caution and per the guidance of local and state emergency service officials. We hope that all of our students, staff, and families stay safe, and we thank you for your understanding and cooperation as we navigate this severe weather event.

We had a wonderful first day back to school and want to thank all of our students, staff, and families for working together to make today a success. We want to share a few reminders to keep things running smoothly in the days and weeks ahead. In the first few weeks of school, it’s typical for our bus routes and carpool lanes to run a bit slower than normal. Our drivers are getting used to new routes, there are more drivers on the road, our students are getting into a routine, and most importantly - we are focused on keeping everyone safe at all times. We ask that you keep these things in mind if our arrival and departure procedures are moving more slowly than we anticipate. If your student is a bus rider, we encourage you to download the EduLog Parent Portal App, for real time information on where your student's bus is on their route. We also want to remind our families that the majority of our schools are offering free breakfast and lunch this school year. All schools, with the exception of Clayton High, Cleveland Elementary, Cleveland High, Corinth Holders High, and Powhatan Elementary, will offer free breakfast and lunch through the Community Eligibility Provision. Families with students attending non-qualifying schools are encouraged to complete a Free and Reduced meal application to receive benefits for this school year. This form, which can be found on the district website, assists our schools in many other services throughout the year, and can be beneficial for our families and students. Lastly, please be reminded that all of our school campuses now have a weapons detection system in place at the entrances of our school. All students, staff, and guests will be expected to pass through the system upon arrival to our campuses. This first week of school is a busy time, with a lot of excitement for our students. Please be reminded that attendance will be taken daily. However attendance calls for students who are marked tardy or absent will not resume until next week. We thank you in advance for your help in making this a great school year.

Just one more sleep until we welcome our students back to school!! We hope all of our students get a good night's rest and are excited to take on the day tomorrow! We can't wait to see you in the morning! ❤️📚🍎

Just one more sleep until we welcome our students back to school!! We hope all of our students get a good night's rest and are excited to take on the day tomorrow! We can't wait to see you in the morning! ❤️📚🍎

We're just FIVE days from the first day of school! Can you believe it?! Be sure to check the Johnston County Public Schools mobile app off of your school supplies list! Parents, teachers, and students will use the mobile app for our two-way communication tool this school year! Download it in the Apple or Google Play store today so you're ready for the first day!

All students enrolled in a qualifying Johnston County Public School (with the exception of 5 non-qualifying schools) will receive a healthy Breakfast and lunch at no cost to the household this upcoming school year through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). Households of students that attend a qualifying CEP school will no longer need to submit a Free and Reduced Meal Benefit Application for the upcoming school year. Students that attend a non-qualifying school will still have the opportunity to submit a meal benefits application in order to qualify for free, reduced, or paid eligibility status. Applications for the 2023-2024 school year will be accepted starting July 10, 2023. For more information, click here: https://bit.ly/3P10t3J

Our families seemed to like the one-stop-shop format for Orientation Information on our website - so we thought we'd make school supply lists just as convenient! Supply lists for our elementary and middle schools for the 2023-2024 school year are available now at: www.johnston.k12.nc.us/schoolsupplies We hope this makes you getting ready for the first day of school - August 28th - a little bit easier!

Good Evening JCPS Families, We hope you will join us at one of our Summer Information Fairs, happening this Monday and Tuesday. We’re hosting a Summer Information Fair at eight of our schools on July 31 and August 1st. We invite families to attend the information fair in their student’s feeder pattern. The Information Fair will provide parents an opportunity to request, verify, and ensure your student has bus transportation and receive meal service information prior to the opening of school. While students won’t receive their bus number at the Information Fair, attending and signing up for transportation guarantees that the student will have transportation on the first day of school. Bus information is expected to be shared at Orientation. If your student does not ride a bus, back to school information will be provided at Orientation. We’ll also have staff on hand for families who need assistance with enrolling their student for the upcoming school year. The Summer Information Fair will be held from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM on Monday, July 31st at North Johnston Middle, Cleveland High, Corinth Holders High, and South Johnston High. We will hold Information Fairs the following day, Tuesday, August 1st from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Clayton Middle, Smithfield-Selma High, Princeton High, and West Johnston High schools. You can find more information by visiting the home page of our website. We hope to see you there!

The 2023-2024 school year is just one month away! Orientation information is available now! Find your school's orientation information by visiting: www.johnston.k12.nc.us/orientation

We're so excited to introduce our new and improved mobile app to our JCPS community! We've been hard at work to overhaul our mobile app and offer our users an even better experience. We're offering a NEW app in the Apple and Google Play store - that our parents and students alike will want to download before the start of the school year! We'll use our mobile app to send you important information about your school, share athletic schedules, and post our lunch menus every day! The most important feature: our mobile app is going to house our new two-way communication tool for students, teachers, and parents. It's called Rooms - and you're going to love it! Download the JCPS mobile app today so you're ahead of the game!

Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) will hold its second annual Summer Information Fair for families on Monday, July 31 and Tuesday, Aug. 1. In preparation for the 2023-2024 school year, JCPS Transportation Services, School Nutrition, Communication, and Student Information will host a Summer Information Fair at schools throughout the Johnston County community. The information fair will provide parents an opportunity to enroll their student, and request, verify, and ensure your child has bus transportation and receive pertinent back to school information from school nutrition and communication services. The summer information fairs will be held on July 31 and Aug. 1 from 1:00 - 7:00 PM. Please see below for dates and locations. Monday, July 31st North Johnston Middle (Cafeteria) Cleveland High (Cafeteria) Corinth Holders High (Cafeteria) South Johnston High (Cafeteria) Tuesday, August 1st Clayton Middle (Cafeteria) Smithfield-Selma High (Cafeteria) Princeton Middle/High (Cafeteria) West Johnston High (Cafeteria) Families are invited to attend the Summer Information Fair at the school and date that is most convenient for their schedule, and are not required to attend the fair in their student’s feeder pattern.

Our wonderful custodial staff were hard at it and learning new strategies to keep our schools environments in tip-top shape. Last week's team building and training exercises were informative, interactive, and a great opportunity for the entire team to grow closer. Way to go team! ✨

Free summer meals for students provided by JCPS School Nutrition As part of its efforts to ensure kids have access to healthy meals during the summer months, JCPS School Nutrition is pleased to announce its summer meals sites that will be serving kids and teens. Beginning June 19, all kids and teens 18-years-old and under can receive meals free of charge, no registration needed. Meals will be served from June 19 through July 13. Breakfast will be served from 7:00 AM- 8:00 AM and lunch will be served from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM. Please note that times may vary depending on the site and participation and that additional locations may be announced after July 13. Locations opening on June 19 are: Archer Lodge Middle Benson Elementary Benson Middle Clayton High Clayton Middle Four Oaks Middle McGee’s Crossroad Elementary Micro Elementary North Johnston Middle River Dell Elementary Selma Elementary Selma Middle Smithfield Middle Smithfield-Selma High South Johnston High West Clayton Elementary West Smithfield Elementary For kids who rely on school meals, summer can be the hungriest time of year, and hunger has short- and long-term consequences for a child’s health, education and well-being. Making sure kids and teens have access to nutritious summer meals is especially important this summer. The Summer Meals program is funded by the USDA and run by school districts and local organizations, and sites can be found throughout the community. We’re always happy to see you at various locations throughout Johnston County, but there may be more convenient locations closer to you. Families can text “FOOD” or “COMIDA” to 304-304 and type in a zip code to find nearby summer meals sites, along with operating days and times. No application, registration or proof of residency or citizenship is required at sites.