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McKinnon Elementary students highlight service projects, field trips and fundraisers
Summary
McKinnon Elementary student council officers and staff presented school activities including a Halloween parade, field trips to the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Elkhorn Slough, a 1,312‑pound food drive, and a $19,000 popcorn fundraiser that will fund student events.
Student council officers from McKinnon Elementary School presented a school spotlight to the Santa Rita Union School District board, describing recent activities, service projects and upcoming events.
Students and school staff told the board about a revived Halloween parade organized by the school social worker (Miss Garcia) and the counseling team, grade-level field trips (first graders to the Monterey Bay Aquarium; fifth graders to Elkhorn Slough), and family engagement events including a Family Math Night run in collaboration with the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival. Presenter remarks credited Dr. Somer Prather Smith with arranging the math event.
The school reported charitable and fundraising results: a food drive that collected 1,312 pounds of food for the Monterey County Food Bank and a partnership that provided 150 holiday meals to families with support from MCOE CCS medical therapy and the Ruth Anderson program. Student leaders said the fall popcorn fundraiser raised $19,000; those funds will support school activities such as a visit from an Earth Dome, a steam museum conversion of the cafeteria and a drum‑circle assembly.
Students described spirit days, a winter concert, and classroom events planned this spring, including visits for fourth graders to San Juan Bautista Mission and second graders to the Monterey Zoo. The presenters invited questions from the board and parents and took a group photograph at the end of the presentation.
The school spotlight was listed as item 6.1 on the agenda; the board treated it as an informational highlight and offered praise for the students’ presentations.
