The Weekly Hoot 10/2/26
The Weekly Hoot
10/2/26
IMPORTANT DATES
October 9 Bulb planting field trip (with signed permission slip)
October 26 - 30 Conference Week/Student Half Days - 11:05am dismissal
LINK TO OSD CALENDAR: OSD CALENDAR
BULB PLANTING
On October 9, all students will participate in our annual daffodil bulb planting. We welcome all community volunteers to help with this annual tradition with an approved volunteer application (HERE) processed through the school district. Once you are approved to volunteer, use this LINK to sign up for your student’s planting time.
CONFERENCES
Monday, October 26 through Friday, October 30
Parent-Teacher Conferences are approaching, and all families will schedule their conference using Skyward’s Family Access Online Scheduling. Conference times are available between 12:00pm - 3:00pm, with evening conferences available on Tuesday night until 5:00pm. Please note that each conference time is 20 minutes long to allow teachers time to prepare for the next conference.
*Families with two or more students at McLane will be able to sign up for conferences beginning October 17 at 9:00am.
*Scheduling is open to all McLane families starting October 19 at 9:00am.
*Scheduling closes on October 23 at 3:00pm.
Please schedule one conference per student with all guardians present as time slots are limited.
Please contact the Student Information Systems office at 360-596-6150 or the McLane office at 360-596-6600 if you are having trouble scheduling a conference.
Detailed instructions for scheduling your conference in Skyward can be found HERE. A shortened version:
DENTIST COMING TO MCLANE
Big Smiles Dentist will be here Monday, November 30, and Monday, December 14. Paper permissions forms were sent home in your child’s backpack. This service is for students who have not seen a dentist within the previous six months and have a need for dental care. If you’d prefer to sign up online instead or to read more about the program, click HERE. For additional questions, please contact our School Counselor, Corrine Taiji, at 360-596-6633 or email ctaiji@osd.wednet.edu.
RECENT HAPPENINGS
Where in the World are We From?
3rd Grade began the year with a "Where In the World Are We From" unit of study. Students researched countries related to their ancestry and created "Me Dolls" to present to families and staff. We built community by learning about one another and celebrating our diversity.
Leadership Students Support Recess
Many 5th graders have stepped up to be leaders across our school. Take a look at some of the amazing students who help out our younger McLane Owls at recess! Leadership students teach and join in games, help students solve problems, and work with staff to keep our playground fun and safe.
Multicultural Night and Community Dinner Was a Smashing Success!
Last Friday evening the McLane PTSO put on our first big event of the school year. Families and friends of McLane came together for a community dinner provided by volunteers. While eating together and building community, we were entertained by a variety of performances highlighting the diversity of our community. We were impressed by demonstrations from US Martial Arts and performances from Samba OlyWa, Flamenco Dancers from Olympia Dance Center, Indian American STAR Foundation, Westside CoOp Preschool, and TNTT Lion Dancers.
Huge thanks to the PTSO for organizing this amazing evening.
FROM YOUR PTSO
October 5-23 - Annual Readathon
Get those books ready for our annual Readathon! Please check your student(s) backpack for all of the information via the Readathon packet, or find it HERE.
Our theme this year is “The Art of Reading” and our fundraising goal is $10,000. While fundraising is optional; we hope that all students participate in the reading challenge. Families can easily get started HERE and then share their students' unique pledge page to friends and family. If you have any questions, please reach out to president@mclaneptso.org Happy Reading Owls!
October 9th - Daffodil Bulb Fundraiser
For the first time, families can buy bags of the very same daffodil bulbs students will be planting along the Ralph Munro Trail. Plant your own daffodils at home and see them bloom around the same time as the thousands planted by our students over the years. Bags will be available for purchase at the PTSO table on the Daffodil Planting day during pickup and dropoff. They will be $10 each or $15 for 2 bags (approx. 8-10 bulbs per bag). 100% of the profits will go toward supporting the McLane PTSO.
October 12th - Monthly PTSO Meeting
6:00–7:30pm. Everyone is welcome! Come learn more about what the PTSO is working on, share your ideas, and find out how you can get involved. You can join us in person or via Zoom.
October 30th - Harvest Festival
We are excited to bring back our hugely popular Harvest Festival and hope to make this year’s event even bigger and better! If you would like to volunteer, please sign up HERE. If you have any questions about the event, contact Alisha at fundrasingmanager@mclanepsto.org.
For more information about these events, please check out the mclaneptso.com website.