The Mackenzie PTA Read-A-Thon is off to a good start. So far there are approximately 20 students signed up and $500 raised! Thank you to all who have already participated and we'd like to encourage even more of our young readers to get involved. Parents, please visit https://app.99pledges.com/fund/grm2022/addme to register your child.
Minutes can be logged from now through November 4.
There will be prizes for the students and classes with the most minutes read!
Mackenzie Halloween Parade Monday, October 31 @ 1:15.
Students are welcome to wear their Halloween costume to participate in our school-wide Halloween Parade. This event is outdoors in our parking lot, weather permitted and parents are invited to attend.
October 9-15 is Fire Prevention Week. A big thank you goes out to our local fire departments today and every day for keeping us safe. Volunteers from Highland Lake, Lumberland and Yulan Fire Departments came to Mackenzie Elementary School on Friday, October 14 to speak with our students about fire safety. They brought some vehicles along with them for our students to see up close.
Mackenzie PTA Monster Mash!
Friday, October 28
6:00-8:00 PM Mackenzie Gym
Grades PreK-6
Come dressed in your Halloween costumes and enjoy some dancing and refreshments.
This is NOT a drop-off event. Students MUST be accompanied by an adult.
Congratulations to Charlotte Giglio (Grade 5)! Charlotte is our September Reading Challenge Winner.
Every month students who log books through the county-wide reading challenge are automatically entered into a drawing to win a $10 Amazon gift card.
On October 5th our 6th grade students were able to go to see the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defeat the Hershey Bears, 3-2, in a hockey game. The event was a "Learn With Hockey" STEM & School Day Game with over 2,000 student from local schools in attendance for the game.
The Mackenzie PTA is sponsoring a Read-A-Thon! Students are asked to log their reading minutes online from October 17-November 4. Funds raised support PTA events for Mackenzie students. Register your child here: https://app.99pledges.com/fund/grm2022/addme
We are launching our new website. This website is designed to provide an overview of useful district information and resources for families, students and staff. Our new school website is a step forward, streamlining the way we convey information to parents and post the most current school information, schedule and notices. This new website also has a mobile application that is available to both Androids and iPhones. This will allow users to view all important information on a mobile friendly platform. To get the mobile application, you will need to search “eldred csd ny” in your applications store.
This new website will go live September 30th and the mobile application is available now in your application store. Please do not hesitate and reach out with questions and feedback.
September 2022
Dear Parents and Guardians,
I hope the start of the 2022-2023 school year went well for you. Summer weather is quickly coming to an end and fall temperatures are rushing in. We are so excited to have students back in our buildings and we are 100% back to normal with sports, clubs, and dances. Both George Ross Mackenzie Elementary and the Eldred JSHS had great open houses that were well attended this month. It is going to be an amazing school year.
Along with the start of the new school year, we are launching our new website. This website is designed to provide an overview of useful district information and resources for families, students and staff. Our new school website is a step forward, streamlining the way we convey information to parents and post the most current school information, schedule and notices. This new website also has a mobile application that is available to both Androids and iPhones. This will allow users to view all important information on a mobile friendly platform. To get the mobile application, you will need to search “eldred csd ny” in your applications store.
Tell us what you think! Your feedback is very important as we strive to develop a website that is valuable to you.
Here are some highlights to the new website:
1. Truly mobile responsive: Check out the website on your mobile device and tablets. It is definitely more mobile friendly platform.
2. Updated Navigation: Main menu and landing page has been updated to help you find the information you need more intuitively and efficiently.
3. Dedicated School Landing Pages: You will be able to toggle between schools with greater ease and find pertinent information more readily- lunch menus, athletic schedules, and news feed.
4. Updated Desktop look and feel: If you go to our website on a desktop or laptop, the feel is more modern and streamlined. You can access any information from the menu or search tool.
This new website will go live September 30th and the mobile application is available now in your application store. Please do not hesitate and reach out with questions and feedback.
Sincerely,
Traci Ferreira
Superintendent of Schools
September 2022
Dear Parents and Guardians,
I hope the start of the 2022-2023 school year went well for you. Summer weather is quickly coming to an end and fall temperatures are rushing in. We are so excited to have students back in our buildings and we are 100% back to normal with sports, clubs, and dances. Both George Ross Mackenzie Elementary and the Eldred JSHS had great open houses that were well attended this month. It is going to be an amazing school year.
Along with the start of the new school year, we are launching our new website. This website is designed to provide an overview of useful district information and resources for families, students and staff. Our new school website is a step forward, streamlining the way we convey information to parents and post the most current school information, schedule and notices. This new website also has a mobile application that is available to both Androids and iPhones. This will allow users to view all important information on a mobile friendly platform. To get the mobile application, you will need to search “eldred csd ny” in your applications store.
Tell us what you think! Your feedback is very important as we strive to develop a website that is valuable to you. Here are some highlights to the new website:
1. Truly mobile responsive: Check out the website on your mobile device and tablets. It is definitely more mobile friendly platform.
2. Updated Navigation: Main menu and landing page has been updated to help you find the information you need more intuitively and efficiently.
3. Dedicated School Landing Pages: You will be able to toggle between schools with greater ease and find pertinent information more readily- lunch menus, athletic schedules, and news feed.
4. Updated Desktop look and feel: If you go to our website on a desktop or laptop, the feel is more modern and streamlined. You can access any information from the menu or search tool.
This new website will go live September 30th and the mobile application is available now in your application store. Please do not hesitate and reach out with questions and feedback.
Sincerely,
Traci Ferreira
Superintendent of Schools
Along with the start of the new school year, we are launching our new website. This website is designed to provide an overview of useful district information and resources for families, students and staff. Our new school website is a step forward, streamlining the way we convey information to parents and post the most current school information, schedule and notices. This new website also has a mobile application that is available to both Androids and iPhones.
This will allow users to view all important information on a mobile friendly platform. To get the mobile application, you will need to search “eldred csd ny” in your applications store.
Tell us what you think! Your feedback is very important as we strive to develop a website that is valuable to you. Here are some highlights to the new website:
1. Truly mobile responsive: Check out the website on your mobile device and tablets. It is definitely more mobile friendly platform.
2. Updated Navigation: Main menu and landing page has been updated to help you find the information you need more intuitively and efficiently.
3. Dedicated School Landing Pages: You will be able to toggle between schools with greater ease and find pertinent information more readily- lunch menus, athletic schedules, and news feed.
4. Updated Desktop look and feel: If you go to our website on a desktop or laptop, the feel is more modern and streamlined. You can access any information from the menu or search tool.
This new website will go live September 30th and the mobile application is available now in your application store. Please do not hesitate and reach out with questions and feedback.
Thursday, September 28th there will be a Special School Board Meeting on the bond hearing starting at 6:30 p.m. at the JSHS gymnasium.
Thursday, September 28th there will be a Special School Board Meeting on the bond hearing starting at 6:30 p.m. at the JSHS gymnasium.
The Mackenzie Elementary School Social Studies coordinators organized our Pinwheel Parade to celebrate the International Day of Peace.
Peace Day, celebrated annually on September 21st, was established in 1981 by a United Nations resolution for all humanity to commit to peace above all differences and to contribute to a culture of peace.
Our students wrote kind words and/or phrases on their pinwheels and after parading around our campus, their pinwheels were planted in the front of our building for all to see.
