We are so thankful for our time in #mymisd preschool! Last night we got to see our girl shine with confidence as she graduated Pre-K! Kindergarten here we come! #youbelonginmisd

Something about the McGowen Elementary carnival unleashes your inner maverick! 🐎 What a perfect night celebrating with families and one future kindergartener! E hasn’t even started yet and she DEFINITELY KNOWS #youbelonginmisd! 🤍☀️😂Thank you to everyone! #mymisd #misdliveskind

That’s a wrap for year 6! Saying goodbye to your classroom family is always so hard. Thankful for all the McGowen Elementary memories! Love you big! 🩷 #mymisd #youbelonginmisd #hedgehogrollcall

Bonjour! Quilliam and Quilla have loved every minute of Paris and can't wait to write about it in our class pet journal for the #haileyhedgehogs McGowen Elementary! What an adventure they have had! They have learned so much!🇫🇷❤️🤍💙🦔 Au revoir! #mymisd #youbelonginmisd #misdliveskind

Firsties love building our classroom community! We love our classroom family! Hedgies discussed how we are always ready to bring our kindness hands everywhere we go! @mcgowenes #everystudenteveryday GROWS #mymisd (Credit and thanks for the amazing idea, Madison Bennett!)

Last week was publishing day! We love ringing our author bell to celebrate! Way to go hedgies! McGowen Elementary 🎶 Ding, ding, ding, that’s the author bell ring! I just published everything! 🎶 #mymisd #everystudenteveryday grows! 🌱 ❤️ 🦔

We loved learning about cooling and heating this week! It’s so fun to see our little scientist’s minds at work! What happens when we add heat to chocolate chips? 🍫 McGowen Elementary #mymisd #everystudenteveryday #wearemckinney

Let’s goooo Hailey Hedgehogs! We had such a fun time at the Fun Run! We love McGowen Elementary #wearemckinney 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♀️🩵

Happy Hatch Day, First Grade! 🐣 We loved watching you hatch today, Sunshine! ☀️ 🐣 Kimberly Luyster McGowen Elementary #wearemckinney

Chick or Treat!!! #teammcgowen #teammckinney

We had a great time in 1st grade as they did the NASOT strategy of Reciprocal Teaching during a great science lesson today! #mymisd #misdlearns #everystudenteveryday McGowen Elementary

Love that these amazing teachers are putting themselves out there and trying a NASOT strategy! Thank you allowing us time to take a peek at greatness and taking a chance to try something new! #TeamMckinney Betsy Hailey 🦔 KatieJ McGowen Elementary

So excited to hear about Number Talks with Katie Johnston! I love how she uses strategies and vocabulary to facilitate meaningful discussions and further classroom relationships among he mathematicians! #misdblaze #everystudenteveryday McGowen Elementary Kimberly Luyster

So proud of our awesome Katie Johnston for sharing her greatness among peers! #numbertalks #mymisd McGowen Elementary @slsovereign

Absolutely love to see such amazing learning going on McGowen Elementary!

Always a fun day in first with Katie Johnston and all our friends on our fabulous field trip! We learned more about force and mass! Thankful for all our volunteers! McGowen Elementary

In our chicken era! 🫶🏻First grade is ready for our newest classmates and life cycle unit! 🐓🤍🥚

First Grade is excited for a new year! ✨ 💖 Betsy Hailey 🦔 Kimberly Luyster

First grade has had an amazing first week! We ended with our first Community Circle! These sweet hedgehogs loved discussing kindness with their classroom family! It made my teacher heart so happy! 💕 Kimberly Luyster #characterstrong

Library days are our favorite days! Thank you, Marty Harper for getting us SO excited about reading! 🌳 🐎 📚 #leavealegacy #wearemckinney Kimberly Luyster