McCall‘s Black History assembly programs will be on Friday, February 24th.

The first assembly will be at 10:00 AM, consisting of presentations by grades K,1,2.

The second assembly will be at 1:30 PM, consisting of presentations by grades 3,4,5.

All are welcome!

Our Scholastic Book Fair will take place February 28th to March 3rd, with a preview day for teachers to make wish lists on February 27th.

We will have Bagels & Books on the morning of March 2nd for parents to peruse the Book Fair (if the weather cooperates and drop-off is outside). The Book Fair will also be open during the Family Movie Night on the evening of March 2nd!

Click here to sign up for a slot to help the students select books!

Click here to see when students will be visiting the fair. (Timeline will be updated as new information becomes available)

Click here to view the teachers’ wish lists for their classroom libraries.

This year, we will again have “All for Books” donation boxes in the classrooms. All loose change collected will go towards providing books to students who can’t afford them, with Scholastic matching all donations.

Thanks to our chairs Marci Seder and Stephanie Grenier-Griffin for coordinating this fabulous event!

Help Women’s Career Day raise money by buying a RED ENVELOPE!

They will be available for purchase for $1 during all three lunch periods until Friday, February 3rd.

Surprises are inside the envelopes!

Three lucky envelopes each contain a golden ticket…for a pizza party!

For tomorrow (Thursday, January 26th), please note that there will be road closures in our catchment because of the Republican Congressional Caucus and Presidential Visit. Protests and demonstrations are also expected in the area.

Road Closures begin at 8AM and go through at least 6PM:

• 13^th Street from Chestnut Street to Market Street
• Market Street from 11^th Street to Juniper Street
• 12^th Street from Chestnut to Arch Street

Pedestrian Restrictions include a secure perimeter that will limit pedestrian access to the following streets starting at 6AM:

• 1100 and 1200 block of Market – both north and south sides
• 12^th Street from Chestnut to Filbert Streets – both east and west sides
• 13^th Street from Chestnut to Market Streets – both east and west sides

Visit the city’s site for more information.

The most important news and events for the week of January 23-29, 2017

• The next Coffee with the Principal/ HSA Meeting will be on January 24th at 8:40Am
• The long awaited Tango Karaoke Night will be on February 9th 🙂 Details here.
• Please come watch our 2nd graders’ Dragon Parade through the halls of McCall on Friday, January 28th!
• The Chinese New Year Party will be on Friday, February 10th, 3:30-5:30
• McCall School is now on RecycleBank’s Green School Program! Learn more here.
• Some of our teachers have wonderful projects posted on DonorsChoose!
• Please make sure all your clearances are up to date if you wish to volunteer at McCall. See details here.
• Kindergarten registration starts on February 28th. More information can be found here.
• Save the date for Casino Night!
• Our Fundraising Campaign is ongoing.

Good news! McCall School is now up on Recyclebank’s Green School Program!

We are one of 45 schools nationwide participating.

As in past years, you may donate your Recyclebank points that you earn for free from recycling to help McCall’s greening programs! Here’s the link to donate your points!

Please share this and remember that you can easily earn more points by doing educational activities on Recyclebank’s site.

We have until March 15th to reach our goal of $2471. We can do it!

Watch the Second Graders’ Dragon Parade on Friday, January 27th through the halls from 1:45 to 2:15 PM!

Remember to sign in at the office first.

Our Annual Tango Karaoke Night Out has been postponed due to snow. We will let you know as soon as a new date has been set.

Please join us for our Third Annual Tango Karaoke Night Out on Thursday, February 9th from 6 to 10 PM!

Tango is owned by a McCall family, who is generously donating the $10 cover charge and 15% of food and drink sales back to HSA! Cover gets you drink specials and karaoke.

The flyer has been distributed. Bring your friends!

This year we will have raffle tickets for sale for a chance to win an Apple iPad, a Visa gift card, or Starbucks gift card!

Raffle tickets will be 2 for $5, or 5 for $10.

Thank you to Alice Chin for coordinating this event.

We currently have several McCall teachers who have classroom projects they are trying to get funded through DonorsChoose:

• Mr. Petuskey, our science prep teacher, has a new project which is being matched dollar-for-dollar! The project is to purchase tri-fold easels for a science fair experience for third and fourth graders. To help Mr. Petuskey’s project, click here.
• Ms. Greenberg has an “Upgrade My Classroom Library” Bookshelf project. Her project has been fully funded! To view it, click here.
• Ms. Asto has one called “Let’s Go Camping at the Outdoor School” to help with the 6th Grade camping trip. Her trip has been fully funded! To view her project, click here.
• Mr. Duenas has one called “Climbing Higher Than Ever Before” to create a climbing wall. To fund his project, click here.

Stay tuned for more McCall DonorsChoose projects!

So far two Orthodontic practices in our area are participating in a program called “Education gives you the power to SMILE”.

Until June 30, 2017, each time a student at an area school begins orthodontics at a participating practice, the practice will donate $100 to that patient’s school!

So far Center City Orthodontics and South Philadelphia Orthodontic Associates are participating.

Please spread the word, thank your participating orthodontist, and if you are a patient at another practice, let them know about this program!