
McKinley Bunny Bingo will have a photo station where you can snap a picture with the Easter Bunny (from 5:15-6:00). Thanks again to all of our sponsors, there are SO many prizes to be won! Be sure to come and play bingo with us on April 4th.



Attached is the flyer for Bunny Bingo. There are $1,000s of prizes to be won and we will be selling, popcorn, pizza and pop as well. Hop on in for some bunny bingo fun! We'd also like to thank these sponsors!



The Watertown School Board is holding a special meeting on Monday, March 20th for the purpose of discussing our elementary schools. The meeting will take place at 5:30 PM in the Watertown High School Commons.

The plan for makeup snow days was approved at last night's Watertown School Board Meeting. That means school will start at 8:15 AM on Monday, March 20th and continue through the end of the school year on Friday, May 26th. School will dismiss 15 minutes later for the remainder of the year, so 3:35 for grades K-4 and 3:45 PM for grades 5-12. The rest of the information can be found at: https://5il.co/1qhjf.

There will be no school Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for Spring Break. Have a great rest of your week!


The Watertown School District will be 2 hours late on Monday, March 13th. All morning practices and activities will also be 2 hours late. No breakfast, morning preschool or Junior Kindergarten.

Due to rural road conditions, the Watertown School District will be dismissing on Thursday, March 9th at 1:15 PM. All afterschool and evening activities will either be postponed or canceled. The Girls State BB Tournaments will still be going, as those are SDHSAA events.

Last Thursday McKinley students and staff participated in Drop Everything And Read times throughout the day!


The Watertown School District will be two hours late on Monday, March 6th. No breakfast will be served, and there is no AM preschool. All morning activities will also start two hours late.

We will be dismissing at 2:15pm on Wednesday 3/1/23. Please let us know if your child's after school plan is changed.


The Watertown School District will be dismissing at 2:15 PM on Wednesday, March 1st. After school activities are either postponed or canceled. Thank you.

Reminder: This program starts next week! If your 3rd/4th grade daughter is interested, please register here: www.embe.org/gotr or have them reach out to Mrs. Catlette for more information!


Read Across America Week is next week. Let's celebrate reading and Dr. Seuss' birthday with some fun!


Here is the passcode for the mental health webinar link that was just sent. REQUIRED PASSCODE: U$a7PR8d

If you were unable to attend the mental health Zoom meeting regarding anxiety and depression, you can re-play it here: https://cookcenter.info/WatertownFeb21Replay
Also attached are some local mental health resources.


No school for the Watertown School District on Thursday, February 23rd. All activities are postponed or canceled for Thursday. Take care!

No school for the Watertown School District on Wednesday, February 22nd. All activities are postponed or canceled for Wednesday. Stay safe!

School is dismissing at 2:15. Please let us know if your child's after school plan is different than normal. Thanks!


The Watertown School District will dismiss at 2:15 PM on Tuesday, February 21st. Evening activities will be either postponed or canceled.

SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION WEEK! Sophie Heck presented a thank you to School Board Member, Tammy Rieber, on Monday night. Thank you Tammy and our school board for all that you do!
