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2020 News Archive
Virtually Unfazed with Mya Manthe (Video)
Dowell eighth grader Mya Manthe has used virtual learning as an opportunity to be a campus leader.
Administrative Update: Spring/Summer 2020
The annual McKinney ISD administrative update recaps administrative transitions that have taken place over the spring and summer. Among this group of leaders are some administrators new to the district and others who are familiar faces in new roles. They all bring a wealth of experience and expertise as they help point the way forward during the most unique start to a school year MISD is likely to ever experience.
New McKinney ISD Student Help Desk System Now Available
The McKinney ISD Technology Department is now introducing a new online Student Help Desk system.
Grab & Go Breakfast and Lunch to Continue When School Starts—With Some Important Changes
McKinney ISD’s Grab and Go Meals program, which has provided 290,000 free meals to McKinney children since mid-March, will undergo important changes that parents who use the service will want to note during the first three weeks of MISD virtual learning.
Update: Pre-K—2nd Grade Laptop Pickup and 3rd–5th Grade Laptop Pickup
MISD will host an opportunity for parents of Pre-K–2nd grade students, who do not have a device at home, to check out a laptop for their child to use during MISD virtual learning.
Back to School Drive-Through Event to Offer Free School Supplies and More
McKinney ISD Stadium will be the site for the Drive to Success Back 2 School Drive-Thru event that offers free back to school items for McKinney ISD families.
Temporary Changes for Finch and Webb Grab & Go Pickup Locations
The Finch Elementary Grab and Go pickup site will be unavailable during the week of Aug. 3. The Webb Elementary site will be unavailable during the week of Aug. 10. This update provides information about where parents who pick up at those sites will go while they are unavailable.
MISD to Deploy More Than 13,000 Laptops Before School Starts—Here’s the Plan
With the start of the McKinney ISD 2020–2021 school year a few weeks away and a plan in place for all students to learn at-home (online) for the first three weeks, the district is set to deploy more than 13,000 MacBooks to MISD students before the first day of school.
Back to School Update from Dr. Rick McDaniel, McKinney ISD Superintendent
In this letter to parents, McKinney ISD Superintendent Dr. Rick McDaniel provides an important update about the start of the McKinney ISD 2020–2021 school year.
Raise Your Hand Texas Foundation Selects Burks Principal Al Conley for Harvard Institutes
Burks Elementary Principal Al Conley is among the 62 school leaders from across Texas selected as the 2020 cohort of educators to attend summer institutes at the Principals’ Center at the Harvard Graduate School of Education sponsored by the Raise Your Hand Texas Foundation, a non-profit organization working to strengthen public education in Texas.
MISD Partners with Minnie’s Food Pantry to Help Feed Students this Summer
Minnie’s Food Pantry has partnered with McKinney ISD to offer summer meal pick-ups at Scott Johnson Middle School.
MHS Grad Earns Full Marine Corps ROTC Scholarship to Stanford
McKinney High School 2020 graduate and Marine Corps JROTC Cadet Major Jakob Shackleton is determined to become an officer in the United States Marine Corps. And, with the preparation he received over the past four years in the MHS MCJROTC program and a full ROTC scholarship to Stanford University ahead of him, he is well on his way.
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