The book fair opens next Tuesday! Create your child’s Book Fair eWallet so they can shop cash-free, worry-free, and independently! It’s easy to set up and easy for others to contribute funds! Start here: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/mcgowenelementaryschool #ScholasticBookFairs
Today our Special Education department awarded Mrs. Alicia Johnson with the GOAT award! The Greatest SPED lead of all time! So blessed to have the best SPED team at McGowen Elementary! 💙
We are so proud to announce that McGowen received the CREST Advocacy award for school counselors. McGowen was recognized at the MISD Board meeting this evening. Only 3 schools in McKinney ISD earned this award. Congratulations to our counselor, Mrs. de Leon and all of our staff and students at McGowen! ❤️
McGowen is grateful for EECU, our community business partner. Thank you for the yummy snacks today! 💕
This week's Book Vending Machine award winners! So proud of these Mavericks and how they consistently show how MAVS Live Kind! ❤️
Today we passed out Valentine cupcakes on a cart to show our
McGowen staff some love! 💕
We are so grateful for our McGowen PTA. They planned a fun "Blind Date with a Book" for all of our staff today! ❤️
We love giving out positive office referrals and making positive phone calls home!
Congratulations to our Marvelous Maverick Award Recipients, Mrs. Hix & Mrs. Columbus!
Congratulations to our McGowen Kindergarten team for receiving the MISD Lives Kind award at our MISD Board Meeting this evening!
Congratulations to Mrs. Haas, our McGowen 2026 Teacher of the Year!
Don't forget to order your 2025-2026 McGowen Yearbook! The yearbook is only available to purchase online and will be delivered to your child's classroom in May.
If you would like to sign up for a parent/teacher conference on January 5th between 11:30-3:30, please reach out to your child's homeroom teacher.
This week's Marvelous Maverick Award winner is Mrs. Ticehurst!
We are excited to recognize our book vending machine award winners this week! We are so proud of how these students show how MAVS Live Kind!
McGowen is excited to announce that we received the 2025 CREST Counseling Award!
We had a great time at our PTA Game Night & Silent Auction this evening! What a great way to unplug and spend time as a McGowen Family!
This week is National School Psychology Week. McGowen would like to appreciate Tyler Aitken, our campus LSSP (Licensed School Psychologist)! Thanks for all you do to support our students! 💕
Our students love their "Buddy Class" time! Once a month students partner with their buddy class to do an activity. This is new this year and we love how it has built relationships across the grade levels for our students and staff!
