Thank you #cardmyyardMcKinney for our sign to welcome back staff! Thank you for supporting our school! 🐾 🐻 💙 www.cardmyyard.com Card my yard McKinney - Texas Cardmyyard.com/mckinney-tx

Our amazing Bennett front office dropped off our left over breakfast burritos to the McKinney FD! Thank you for supporting our community! #TeamBennett #actsofkindness #MckinneyFire

Our Bennett Staff had the BEST day back! We are looking forward to an AMAZING year!! #ProudtobeaBEAR #TEAMingTogether

Back to School Supplies for Success! Helping Elementary Students start the year strong!

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (next to Boyd High School) 1020 N. Lake Forest. August 1st, 2026 from 8am-12Pm.

Life Fellowship Church. 6400 Henneman Way, Mckinney, Tx. August 1st, 2026 from 10am-11:30am. First Come, First Served. Free backpacks, school supplies, hot meals, family food, and more.

New Life Community Church. 25631 Smotherman Road, Frisco Tx. (Serves McKinney and surrounding areas) August 1st from 12PM-2PM. Supplies are distributed first come, first served while they last.

Annual Back To School Drive. Wednesday, August 5th, 2026 from 7PM-8PM. Hosted by the Dawood Boars of Collin County at 1410 S. Tennessee St. McKinney. Offering free backpacks and school supplies!

Together, we can make this school year brighter for every child.

Ms. Halpin and Dr. Tillson spent the week at MISD's Leadership Academy! We are excited to welcome teachers and staff back on August 4 and our Bears on August 13! #PROUDtobeaBEAR #TeamBennett

Join us in congratulating our Music Teacher, Mrs. Arias! She spent part of her summer completing "level 2 Kodaly training". A concert to celebrate took place on Wednesday, July 15 at SMU. Thank you for investing in our students Ms. Arias and thank you to the McKinney ISD Fine Arts department for investing in our teachers and students!

Ready… set… SHOP! 🛒 The Bennett Bears Spirit Wear Store, brought to you by the Bennett PTO, is officially OPEN! 🎉🐻 🛍️ Order through your membership toolkit account! ✨ Join Bennett PTO by August 16 and you’ll automatically receive 10% OFF your entire Spirit Wear purchase. ⏳ Don’t wait! Order by July 30 to have your gear ready for Meet the Teacher delivery. Every purchase gives back to our students and school community, so you’re supporting Bennett while looking good doing it. 😉 Drop a 🐻 if you’re shopping today!

Check out our Library Stats from the year!

- 1,485 Digital Checkouts
- $382.31 in fines collected
- 1,439 books weeded from collection
- 776 books added to collection
- 10,134 total items in the collection
- Average age of collection: 2012 with approximately 25 items available per student
- Special Events from the year:
· Author Jonathan D Miller visited Kinder - 3rd grade
· 4th grade Ozobots and Dash robots used for cross-curricular lessons
· STEAM night
· McKinney Public Library attended two school events
· Held our first STEAM book fair

Top Titles from the Most Popular Genres:
-Graphic Novels: Smile by Raina Telghmeir
-Humor: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot
-Fantasy: Percy Jackson
-Holiday: Monster Party
-Everybody Author: Adventures of Sammy

Keep those reading skills sharp this summer with this Bennett Reading Challenge. Try the some of the B.E.E. books, visit the McKinney Public Library, or continue being a Digital Library Explorer with Destiny and Sora. Be part of the team and READ! https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aQcBbnmMTjMEYn7c6WcXZP3DFxEm-m1qhQ0yIr126i8/view?usp=sharing

Graduating Seniors who attended Bennett Elementary joined us for Breakfast and a parade. The best part was on the way out, they stopped to watch our current Kindergarteners practice for their promotion ceremony! Once a Bear, Always a Bear! 🐻

Today our 4th and 5th grade students were able to participate in a Live Virtual Author Visit with Katherine Applegate. She is the author of The One and Only Ivan series and many others. She spoke today about her new book Wombat Waiting told in prose, and set around the California Wild Fires. She spoke about using your feelings to help you write as well as being willing to be weird and to ignore your inner editor who might be telling you negative stories about yourself. Her best advice was to relax, have fun, and listen to your heart.

Our Quarter 4 CREED Winners joined Ms. Halpin & Dr. Tillson for lunch and picked a book from the vending machine! #proudtobeaBEAR

Nurse Williams and Counselor Skidmore proved they are real Superheroes today!

See you tomorrow! Join on May 12 from 5-6pm on the Bennett Playground for the Famliy Meet & Greet! All of our new friends will meet to start getting to know each other! Wear the following colors so you know who will be in your grade next year! incoming Kinder - white current Kinder - red current 1st - orange current 2nd - yellow current 3rd - green current 4th - blue current 5th - purple We look forward to seeing eveyrone!! #proudtobeaBEAR

Our Bennett staff appreciates MISD Board of Trustees Stephanie O'Dell, Harvey Oaxaca, and Kenneth Ussery, along with Superintendent Pratt and Deputy Superintendent Raleeh for visiting us during Teacher Appreciation Week! We are proud to be part of McKinney ISD! #ProudtobeaBEAR

We have Baby Chicks in 1st grade!

Thank you Bennett PTO for providing Pokey-Os ice cream to our Staff! It was a great treat for Teacher Appreciation Week!

Today our PreK-1st graders were in for a special treat. Robbie Petti, son of Bennett's Officer Petti and Office Manager Mrs. Petti, visited to read a book he recently published. As a High School Senior, Robbie participated and completed the ISM program with a focus on meteorology. As part of the program he wrote and published a children's book, Mr. Storm's Great Adventure explaining the cycle of a rainstorm. A Q&A session followed each read aloud allowing students the opportunity to learn more about weather events. Thank you to the Petti family for bringing this special event to our youngest Bears and best wishes to Robbie as he transitions into college next fall.

To celebrate School library month, our Bears celebrated with a giveaway! Students earned tickets by completing library activities during the month of April. Names were drawn and these lucky bears won a new book to take home. All books were purchased with Book Fair funds thanks to our Bennett families’ support. #ProudtobeaBEAR

Recently 3rd grade completed a Lego STEAM activity. Students created a Life Cycle, coded parts to move, then shared their learning with 1st graders. They were so creative and patient explaining and modeling designs to their peers.