Coach Nick will be organizing a Talent Show for the McCall community!!

Tryouts will take place after school on Tuesday, May 23rd, and rehearsal on Tuesday, May 30th.

The Talent Show will be on Thursday, June 1st!

Please contact Coach Nick at nicholas.wall@playworks.org with questions!

Please save the date for Thursday, June 1st at 8:45 AM for an Open House to learn more about McCall’s Middle School!

Parents and guardians of students of any grade are welcome to attend and learn what’s ahead.

Suburu of America is hosting a “Best Teacher Award” this year through Philadelphia Magazine. If you would like to nominate a teacher that has made a great impact in the lives of his or her students and community,  please submit it to phillymag.com/bestteacher. Nominations began Monday, April 24th and will end on Sunday, May 14th.

The winner will receive a $5,000 cash donation to their school and book donation to their school, both courtesy of Subaru of America. Plus, the four runner-ups will also receive a book donation to their school.

Thank you to all of those who contributed food, money, and time for last week’s Staff Appreciation Breakfast. McCall is blessed to have such a fantastic staff and we are truly grateful.

Thanks to Jessica Mosur  and Lauren Summers for coordinating!

Mr. Duenas has another project on Donors Choose: “Pulling Up and Up and UP”!

Let’s help him create a “gym within the gym”!

The link can be found here.

McCall’s Drama Club Production of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” is THIS week!

Tickets are now on sale! To order tickets, please send money in an envelope to Ms. Gooding noting date and number/type of tickets.

Adult tickets are $10 and child tickets are $5.

Shows are Tuesday, May 9th at 6 PM, Friday, May 12th at 6 PM, and Saturday, May 13th at 2:30 PM.

Tickets will be available at the door, pending availability. T-shirts will be sold for $12.

Please join us on Friday, May 12th from 1:15PM until 2:50PM as we discuss Kindergarten, tour the classrooms, and partake in a mini lesson in each classroom!

Your child will also have an opportunity to meet and socialize with other incoming kindergartners.

RSVP to Mr. Battestelli at habattestelli@philasd.org

Looking forward to meeting all of you!

The Kindergarten Team

The most important news and events for the week of May 1-7, 2017:

• Teacher Appreciation Week: Help us treat our teachers and staff to a wonderful breakfast on Thursday, May 4th
• Dress Down Day is Friday, May 5th
• Sign up for our Election Day Bake Sale on May 16th!
• And MOST IMPORTANTLY! Casino Night is right around the corner! You can read about it here! Tickets are now available for purchase – don’t wait!
• Extra Recess Raffle tickets are on sale now too!

The District-Wide Parent & Guardian Survey is available until June 23rd! Please click here to access it. It is important that we have a good participation rate.

You may complete it one time per child.

You will need your child’s Student ID Number to complete the survey, which is available on the report card.