Recently I was interviewed by our Superintendent for a video about community support of schools. His final question to me was, "What is next for McKinney?" My answer was that I want to continue connecting our students to our community. The support we have received from our community has been very generous. We have received substantial donations from First Tech Credit Union and the Hillsboro Schools Foundation that have made it possible to bring STEM curriculum into our school. Volunteers from Qorvo engage our students in learning both in the classroom and in our after school program. There is a banner that hangs in the front of the school that displays the names of the many organizations that support our school. We could not offer so many opportunities to our students without the support of our community. I want to continue to grow these relationships so that our students will thrive.
The students chose words to describe roller coasters. We recorded them using Answer Garden . I think it also describes what building roller coasters is like. There was a buzz of excitement as groups of students designed and constructed marble roller coasters. One of the student remarked, "This doesn't look like regular library time." He had just asked me if he could tape the roller coaster ramp to the wall and was shocked when I said, "Of course." The students were so engaged with their projects that they did not notice a visitor from the Hillsboro Tribune . Kathy Fuller came to learn about what was happening in our building this summer. We are proud that we will be featured in the newspaper. I will make sure to include the link in a future post. We will be continuing our roller coaster construction tomorrow. I am very thankful that our custodial staff is supportive of these messy projects. This video captures the feelings expressed in the wordl
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