Mellette Elementary

✨💜✨ Mellette Stars of the Week✨ 💜✨

The 3rd and 4th graders are kicking off the year with a bang!

Our budding botanists in 3rd grade went full flower detective mode, dissecting blooms and discovering the hidden world of petals, pollen, dusters, and the mysterious stigma!

Meanwhile, Mrs. Zepeda's 4th graders celebrated their math test triumph by shuffling into fun card games! 🎉

Homecoming is right around the corner! Save the dates and times!

September 26th, 2025:

Elementary Dismissal: 1:20 pm
Parade: 2:00 pm
Football game: 7:00 pm

Thank you, Ladies Auxiliary of Post 750 VFW, for the school supply and lunch money donation. We are so thankful for you! 💜

Watertown Arrow Activity passes can be purchased online at www.watertown.k12.sd.us under Activities.

The Student Section is reserved for students in grades 7th-12th. All other attendees are expected to sit in the family section with an accompanying adult.

It was a great first day back, Mellette Arrows!

Reminder:
Picture Day - 8/27 (Wednesday)
Please send the picture form back to school with your child by Tuesday!

Also, be sure to follow our Facebook page: Mellette Elementary - 07

See you all back here again tomorrow!

As we gear up for school, a reminder on our enhanced bussing services, including direct busing from Lincoln, Jefferson and Mellette to McKinley’s Early Childhood Building as well as a direct bus to the Boys & Girls Club after school. Find full details here: https://5il.co/3nku1. You can view the full transportation page here: https://5il.co/3nku0. Please see this link for food service information: https://5il.co/3ntqe.

As we gear up for another great school year, we encourage all current Watertown School District families to complete their required annual Online Registration and the Free & Reduced Meals Application through the Infinite Campus Parent Portal. Paper copies of the meal application will also be available at your child's school upon request.
For more Back-to-School details and to access your Parent Portal, go to the District Website and click on Back-to-School Resources in the photo gallery.

https://www.watertown.k12.sd.us/page/back-to-school-resources

The Watertown School District was awarded a $25,000 grant from First Interstate Bank to support the "We Are All Arrows" campaign. This will pay for murals in all elementary schools. See representatives from First Interstate and the Watertown School District in the accompanying picture taken at McKinley Early Childhood Center. For more information check out this press release. https://5il.co/3k54d

Reminder: 1st grade music program tomorrow, Tuesday, April 29th at 6 pm. Doors open at 5:45 pm. Please send your child to the lunchroom upon arrival.

Join Mellette PTO! Our next meeting is Monday, March 31 at 3:30 in the Mellette Conference Room.

Preschool screening is coming up! March 17th & 18th at McKinley Early Childhood Center (by appointment only).

Kindergarten Roundup 🤠 March 17th at McKinley Early Childhood Center!

Kindergarten Round Up and Preschool Screening next month! Get your child registered by calling McKinley Early Childhood Center at 605-882-6350

Coin Challenge is next week!

In celebration of our students achieving our next PBIS Milestone of earning 2,000 Pawsitively Awesome Slips, we will have a school wide pajama day tomorrow, Friday January 17th!

Reminder that Friday, November 15th (tomorrow) is a 1:50 dismissal. Go Arrows!

Fun in fourth! Mrs. Zepeda's 4th-grade class participated in a science activity and engineered a bumper jumper game using marbles 🤩

Reminder: Thursday, November 7th is an Early Dismissal at 12:20. Parent/Teacher Conferences from 1-8. Friday, November 8th- Normal school day Monday, November 11th- No School- Veterans Day