********ATTENTION 5TH GRADE PARENTS!!!**********
5TH Grade Promotion Ceremony
Wednesday, May 20, 2026, at 9:00AM
Location: McDermott Elementary School
Theme: Grow Your Heart
Colors: Navy Blue or Black
Accessorize With any SPRING-TIME Color!
Parents Please Note: If you plan on taking your child home after the ceremony, please sign them out!
5TH Grade Promotion Ceremony
Wednesday, May 20, 2026, at 9:00AM
Location: McDermott Elementary School
Theme: Grow Your Heart
Colors: Navy Blue or Black
Accessorize With any SPRING-TIME Color!
Parents Please Note: If you plan on taking your child home after the ceremony, please sign them out!
KONA ICE is coming tomorrow, May 14 from 2:15-2:45! All students will have the opportunity to buy a frozen treat! Bring cash or pay online with this link https://customer.kona-ice.com/#/K217X8372817 or the QR code! Field days are upon us, be sure to dress for the outdoor fun and play!
The bus will leave school for the Museum of Discovery in 10 minutes! C'mon!
Good Morning, Mustang Country,
All McDermott Students and families will have FREE admission to the Museum of Discovery TONIGHT from 6:00-8:00. Buses will leave the school at 5:30 PM. Families and students are able to ride the buses. Buses should return to the school from the event by 8:30 PM. All students should attend with adults. McDermott students will give a drumming performance at the Museum of Discovery.
Yearbooks will go home today with students who ordered them online. A limited number of yearbooks are available for purchase in the office for $25.
All McDermott Students and families will have FREE admission to the Museum of Discovery TONIGHT from 6:00-8:00. Buses will leave the school at 5:30 PM. Families and students are able to ride the buses. Buses should return to the school from the event by 8:30 PM. All students should attend with adults. McDermott students will give a drumming performance at the Museum of Discovery.
Yearbooks will go home today with students who ordered them online. A limited number of yearbooks are available for purchase in the office for $25.
Dear Mustang Families - with less than 2 weeks left, please help our students FINISH STRONG to meet our 2025-26 Community School Attendance Goal and prepare them for next year. Attendance counts daily thru 5/21, so every day present matters, and each absence reduces our chance of success. We promise to make our final stretch fun for all, and we thank you for your partnership and cooperation! GO MUSTANGS!!!
McDermott Elementary wishes to thank our amazing Partner In Education Capital Community Church for feeding our staff last Friday during Teacher Appreciation Week! Pastors Jimmy and Maranda Leonard have an incredible food ministry, and cooking is their specialty! We enjoyed a delicious meal of Chicken Las Vegas, rice, green beans, and Honey Bun Cake for dessert -- yum, yum!!! We love ya!!!
Bus 20 C is late!
As we wind down these last few weeks of school, lets help keep our school community healthy and safe, we ask that all students, staff, and families follow these illness guidelines:
If a student becomes sick, they should remain at home and avoid returning to school until they are fully recovered. Students must be free from fever, vomiting, or diarrhea for at least 24 hours without the use of medications (such as fever reducers like Tylenol or ibuprofen) before returning.
This 24-hour period ensures that symptoms have truly passed and reduces the risk of spreading illness to others. Even if a student feels better after taking medication, they should continue to rest at home until they can remain symptom-free without medication support.
We encourage good hygiene practices, including frequent handwashing, covering coughs and sneezes, and staying home when feeling unwell.
By following these guidelines, we can work together to maintain a healthy and safe learning environment for everyone. Thank you for your cooperation!
If a student becomes sick, they should remain at home and avoid returning to school until they are fully recovered. Students must be free from fever, vomiting, or diarrhea for at least 24 hours without the use of medications (such as fever reducers like Tylenol or ibuprofen) before returning.
This 24-hour period ensures that symptoms have truly passed and reduces the risk of spreading illness to others. Even if a student feels better after taking medication, they should continue to rest at home until they can remain symptom-free without medication support.
We encourage good hygiene practices, including frequent handwashing, covering coughs and sneezes, and staying home when feeling unwell.
By following these guidelines, we can work together to maintain a healthy and safe learning environment for everyone. Thank you for your cooperation!
Another day, another big dose of love! Huge shout out to Dash Heating & Cooling for sending their sunny joy fairy over to share some love and community with our teachers and staff! We really enjoyed lunch!
McDermott Elementary wants to thank our incredible partner Trinity United Methodist Church for feeding our staff Tuesday during Teacher Appreciation Week! Meredith and Regina were amazing, and stayed through lunches to greet staff and express their appreciation. Having been educators themselves, they get it! :) We love ya, Trinity UMC!!!
McDermott Elementary would like to thank our wonderful Partner In Education, Pleasant Valley Church of Christ, for catering an amazing lunch from Chipotle for our educators during Teacher Appreciation Week! Our teachers certainly felt appreciated! PVCOC has done SO much for our students and staff this year, always serving with authentic spirit and heart. Thank you so much for your friendship and support!
Good morning, Mustang Country,
We invite everyone to wear red today on May Day to honor education professionals! Also, please note that we are encouraging students to make good choices! Beginning today, students who get referrals between now and Field Day will lose two field day activities for each referral. We want ALL students to experience all activities! Students, do the right thing and show great behavior!
It's Bus Diver Appreciation Day today and here in Mustang Country we really appreciate our bus drivers! Thank you for every day you get our students to and from school safely! We were so happy to present each driver with a small treat and a lot of gratitude today!
Would you like a yearbook for your child? If you would like a reduced cost with no shipping, please order by tomorrow, April 28.
Congratulations to 3rd Grader, Josiah Peters, who was recognized for being a Top Reader in a report by Ms. Linda Neal at Thursday's board meeting during the district's recent competition!
We are finally to our last week of state testing! This week, Kindergarten will test on Monday and Tuesday. First Grade will test Wednesday and Thursday. Please make sure your child gets a good night's sleep, arrives on time and does their best!
Hello, McDermott Parents,
We are having a lot of problems with students not following our dress code. Please check your child's outfit and remember that students should not be wearing pajama pants, have a bare midriff (watch tied up shirts!) or have shorts/skirts/holes in jeans that are shorter than their hanging fingertips. Additionally, students are advised NOT to wear open-toed shoes because of our wood chips on the playground, but they ARE NOT PERMITTED to wear shoes with no backs (slides, etc.). This is a safety issue during play time and PE. We are also seeing many students bringing blankets to school. Blankets need to stay at home. We will begin calling parents of children who do not meet dress code to pick their child up or bring a change of clothing. If your child needs clothing or shoes that meet our dress code, please contact Ms. Dial at pam.dial@lrsd.org
We are having a lot of problems with students not following our dress code. Please check your child's outfit and remember that students should not be wearing pajama pants, have a bare midriff (watch tied up shirts!) or have shorts/skirts/holes in jeans that are shorter than their hanging fingertips. Additionally, students are advised NOT to wear open-toed shoes because of our wood chips on the playground, but they ARE NOT PERMITTED to wear shoes with no backs (slides, etc.). This is a safety issue during play time and PE. We are also seeing many students bringing blankets to school. Blankets need to stay at home. We will begin calling parents of children who do not meet dress code to pick their child up or bring a change of clothing. If your child needs clothing or shoes that meet our dress code, please contact Ms. Dial at pam.dial@lrsd.org
4th and 5th grades celebrated their hard work with rocket launches today!🚀 so much fun!! Tomorrow is our last day of ALTAS for our big kids. Keep up the hard work, Mustangs and we'll keep the party going!!! We move on to Kinder and 1st grades next week!
4th & 5th Grades have been giving there best! We've had a lot of hard work to celebrate! No one got a picture of our Sonic Ice Creams on Monday. But we caught a few Mustangs enjoying their slime time today!
We're not testing tomorrow so our Special Olympics athletes can compete, but we're back at it Thursday!
Hello, Mustang Families,
Here is the order form for our field day t-shirts. Orders are due tomorrow!
