Congratulations to the McKinney Boyd Wind Ensemble
who will perform by invitation at the Arts Education Day at the Capitol sponsored by the Texas Coalition for Quality Arts Education. The band will perform on Monday, March 9th giving one performance in the state capitol rotunda at 12:47 PM and a second performance on the capitol steps at 3:57 PM. The McKinney Boyd High School Wind Ensemble is the first organization from the city of McKinney to receive an invitation to perform at the annual Arts Education Day at the Capitol.

HONOR CORD PICK UP
Students who did not attend the Academic Excellence ceremony last week can come by to pick up their honor cords this week. They need to see Mrs. Patton or Mrs. Clayton in room J203.

Yearbooks can now be pre-ordered. Fill out the ORDER FORM and mail it in with payment or order online with a credit card and be entered for a drawing to win a PlayStation 3. Orders will not be collected at the school, so the form or website are the two ordering options. Books will arrive near the end of May.

Learn more about how you can get involved in the long range strategic planning process.

Over the next few months, McKinney ISD will be engaged in an exciting Strategic Planning process - a course of action moving the McKinney schools toward the next phase of planning.

A 30-member committee of parents, teachers, administrators, auxiliary staff, and members of the business community has been put in place to draft the Strategic Plan. This plan will include beliefs, a mission objective, and strategies. Specific action plans will follow, designed to achieve the strategies identified in the Strategic Plan. The finalized plan will ultimately be presented to the Superintendent of Schools and the Board of Trustees for approval.

We need your help? Action teams are being sought to develop the specific action plans, formed for each strategy. Each team will reflect a cross-section of the school system and the community. This is the most critical step in the planning process. If you are interested in learning more, or to volunteer, please click here http://www.mckinneyisd.net/departments/communications/aboutmisd/strategicplan/index.html.  A volunteer submission form is included on the site.

For additional information visit the website link above, or contact Tina Davis, McKinney ISD Coordinator of Strategic Planning at tdavis@mckinneyisd.net or 469-742-4160.

Students will be dismissed from school at 1:15 p.m. so that teachers and staff may participate in professional development activities.

January 9, 2009

February 27, 2009

Late Start Dates

On these days, all MISD high schools will begin classes at 11 a.m. instead of the customary 9:15 a.m. Students should plan to arrive on campus beginning at 10:30 a.m. This schedule will permit additional time for teachers to plan and develop curriculum.

December 17
January 28
February 18
March 11
April 8
May 20

Don't want to worry about finding a parking spot at Ron Poe Stadium? Durham Transportation will provide three (3) shuttle buses from each of the campuses involved in a game at Ron Poe Stadium. The shuttles will run every fifteen (15) minutes starting at 5:00 P.M. for cross town games and 5:15 P.M. for all other home games. They will run for one (1) hour after the game ends.

The pick-up and drop-off locations are the following:

McKinney Boyd High School   - North Student Parking Lot

McKinney High School  -   South Student Parking Lot

McKinney North High School   -  North Student Parking Lot

Our first varsity football home game at Ron Poe Stadium will be this Friday against McKinney North.