This fall, officials of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the names of 22 McKinney ISD seniors from McKinney Boyd High School, McKinney High School and McKinney North High School whose outstanding results on the PSAT/NMSQT earned them recognition as Commended Scholars and 7 who earned the highly prestigious designation of National Merit Semifinalist. In addition, College Board announced the names of 18 MISD students honored in the National African American Recognition Program, 42 who were honored in the National Hispanic Recognition Program, 6 who earned distinction in the National Indigenous Recognition Program and 2 who were honored in the National Rural and Small Town Recognition Program for their exceptional performance on the PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10 or AP Exams.
Each month, after our board meetings, McKinney ISD will provide our community with a brief summary of events and items covered during the session. Click the link below to view the October 23 meeting video.
The McKinney High School Percussion Ensemble has earned the highly prestigious and highly coveted invitation to perform at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC), to be held Nov. 8–11 in Indianapolis, Indiana, after being named winners in the organization's International Percussion Ensemble Competition.
Lauren Scott, Library Media Specialist at Cockrill Middle School, has been named a Texas Association of School Librarians (TASL) All Star Librarian for the second year in a row! Mrs. Scott earned this distinction through her volunteer and advocacy work with the Texas Library Association (TLA) and the Texas Association of School Librarians (TASL). Mrs. Scott is also the Chair of the Spirit of Texas Reading List committee and a member of the Editorial Board for TASL.
The McKinney Fire Department and McKinney ISD Athletics partnered up for the 2nd annual Firefighter Challenge. McKinney F.D. invited female athletes from our three high schools to take the fire fighter physical ability test at the Collin College Fire Service Department. This year even a few coaches took on the challenge!
McKinney ISD, and bus provider Durham School Services, is making available a new bus tracking app called BusZone. BusZone allows parents, guardians, and students to monitor the location of a particular bus and/or possible delays in a bus arriving at a specific stop. The app can be downloaded from the Apple App Store or Google Play. Parents can also create alert zones around drop-off and pick-up points. When your child’s bus enters an alert zone, you will receive notification by email or text.
Click the Learn More link below for additional information about the app, including how to download it and set it up.
McKinney ISD is excited to welcome Stephen McGilvray as the district’s new Chief Information Officer! McGilvray comes to MISD from Coppell ISD where he has served for the past 20 years. During his time there, he spent 12 years in technology leadership, most recently as the Executive Director of Technology.
“I am extremely grateful to serve McKinney ISD as the new Chief Information Officer,” said McGilvray. “I look forward to supporting the students, staff and community of McKinney and continuing to drive technology innovation in MISD.”
Early voting for the Nov. 7 election began October 23. The right to vote is our most important and basic civic duty, and it is at the very core of our democracy. Ensuring that your voice is heard in each election is how you can take part in creating the country you want America to be.
Please take the time to vote during early voting or vote at the location assigned to your precinct on Election Day.
Learn more about the items on the Texas ballot at votetexas.gov.
Use the My Alerts option in the Home Access Center banner to access and change settings for the types of email alerts you would like to receive for your student. The My Alerts page includes alert options for attendance, course average, classwork, interim progress and report card.