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Members of the TKMS service-learning class fill requests for winter clothing for students throughout the district.

TKMS Service-Learning Class Continues Classmates Care Program

Winter in West Michigan is not a matter of "if" it comes - it's "when" it comes. Right now, that means it’s a busy time of year for middle school students in Lil Lienesch’s service learning class. Students collect, sort, organize and inventory donations of new and gently-used winter coats, hats, boots, scarves, gloves and snow pants. This time of year they’re busy filling donation requests and delivering items to schools for families in need.
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Board Names Interim Superintendent

Retired Thornapple Kellogg Schools Superintendent Tom Enslen will serve as Interim Superintendent at Thornapple Kellogg while a search for a permanent superintendent takes place. The TK Board of Education approved a contract with Enslen to begin serving the TK district January 1, 2025. TK Superintendent Craig McCarthy announced he will retire December 31, 2024 after serving 6 ½ years at TK in administrative roles.
A crossing guard stops traffic for a student pushing her bicycle.

Please Be Patient, Be Understanding, Be Safe!

TK administrators are aware of the traffic congestion on Main Street, which backs up getting in and out of McFall Elementary. This occurs primarily in the morning drop-off time between 8:30 and 9 a.m. and in the afternoon between 3:15 and 3:45 p.m.
Thornapple Kellogg Assistant Superintendent Mark Provost rolls up his sleeves and gets right to work.

New Assistant Superintendent Says “TK Feels Like Home”

On his second day as assistant superintendent of TK Schools, Mark Provost volunteered to announce at a middle school football game. “I saw they needed someone to help, so I jumped in. That’s what I want to do. I want to be involved. I want to help wherever I can to make this district successful.”
Ms. Burbridge helps a student show his robot drawing and the digital art created by high school students.

HS Students Turn Kindergarten Drawings Into Digital Art

It was like an early Christmas in Kara Burbridge’s kindergarten classroom this week. Students anxiously waited while everyone received their envelope. Then they tore the envelopes open like presents to find their original robot drawing newly imagined into a colorful digital design created by high school digital art students.
Fourteen of the new teachers at TK Schools gather for training before the first day of school.

New Teachers Hired at TK Schools

Thornapple Kellogg Schools is starting the school year with 15 new teachers. These new staff members fill vacancies created by retirements or other teachers leaving the district.

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A Message from McFall Principal Jon Washburn

McFall Elementary School
Welcome to McFall Elementary School!
McFall is a fun, energetic building filled with our students in Young 5's, kindergarten and first grades. Our entire staff at McFall is committed to providing quality, early childhood education for students beginning their educational journey at TK Schools. Our teachers spend time each year continuing their education and staying current with educational research in early childhood education. Our goal is to inspire our young students and give them the great start they need to be successful lifelong learners.
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