Each month, after our board meetings, McKinney ISD will provide our community with a brief summary of events and items covered during the session. Visit the Board of Trustees page for more information.
This year's Fall Community Resource Night will be held on October 17 from 6-8 pm at the McKinney ISD Community Event Center (4201 S. Hardin Blvd, McKinney, TX 75070).
McKinney ISD schools continue to achieve Level 3 Certification in Marzano High Reliability Schools with Eddins Elementary, Reuben Johnson Elementary, Malvern Elementary, Press Elementary and Vega Elementary joining 17 other MISD campuses who received Level 3 recognition in May and July, bringing the total number of Level 3 schools to 22. Click here to learn more.
Grace Stephens, former McKinney High Marquette, named Lieutenant of the World Famous Kilgore College Rangerettes! Currently in their 85th year, the Kilgore College Rangerettes are world-renowned for their high kicks and the distinction of being the very first dance and drill team. They have performed for multiple U.S. presidents and around the world and are the subject of the "Sweethearts of the Gridiron" documentary which chronicles their proud history. Alumni from each of the three MISD high schools have been numbered among the revered ranks of the Rangerettes, but Grace Stephens is only the second dancer from MISD to achieve the position of Rangerette officer since Roxa Joplin did it in 1966! Congratulations and well done, Grace! (Pictured is Grace Stephens (right) performing during officer tryout.)
Mr. Khan's AP Physics C (calculus based physics) students at North put their math skills to the test today during a trajectory lab in which they were challenged to launch a ball bearing down a slope, through a hoop and onto a target using calculus to determine the measurements and placement to make it happen. Each group had only one attempt to get it right. The slightest misalignment or miscalculation made the difference between success and "almost"!
Principal Inetra Nelson and the staff of Malvern Elementary had cause for celebration on Wed., Aug. 7, when Subaru's W.E. Fowler, Bob Tomes and representatives from Brandon Tomes Subaru in McKinney arrived with lunch and a surprise announcement that Malvern had been chosen as part of the Subaru Loves Learning program to receive a grant for approximately $15,000! The funds will provide $500 in classroom supplies to each Malvern teacher! Thank you to Brandon Tomes Subaru for your continued support of McKinney ISD!
MISD school namesake Fanny Finch (1866-1941) was a remarkable, longtime McKinney educator who became the first woman to serve on a school board in Texas. Her influence and leadership brought libraries, restrooms and playgrounds to the city's schools, and in 1924, the school board, in response to a petition from the community, changed the name of South Ward Elementary to Fanny Finch Elementary. 100 years later, Finch's legacy lives on in the school that still bears her name. On Aug. 5, Principal Erika Echegaray, Asst. Principal Mike Allen and the Finch staff were joined by former Finch Principal Becky Hoffman and former AP Lisa Paine for a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the completion of MISD's Finch refresh project and to celebrate a new chapter in the life of Finch Elementary!
McKinney ISD is pleased to announce that it has named Jenny McGowan the district's Senior Director of Elementary Teaching and Learning. McGowan brings 19 years in education to her new role, including 10 years of administrative experience. She has served as the district's Director of Professional Learning since arriving in MISD in 2022. Click here to learn more.
