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Gwinnett County Public Schools

McKendree Elementary School

Principal: Courtney Bernardo

1600 Riverside Parkway, Lawrenceville, GA 30043

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School Highlights

The following school highlights showcase how McKendree Elementary School is fulfilling Gwinnett County Public School's four strategic priorities of Empathy, Equity, Effectiveness, and Excellence. Visit the School Profile Dashboard to find more detailed data on our school.

  • All students at McKendree Elementary are offered a variety of specials. This school year, we are focusing on specials that support academic needs as well as the social-emotional needs of our students. Because we realize the importance of social-emotional well-being for our children, we have incorporated a Guided Play Space for students in Pre-K through 2nd grade as well as a special for Social Emotional Learning students in grades 3rd through 5th. Through these specials, children focus on key character traits and learn how to play and interact cooperatively with their peers.    

  • McKendree Elementary takes pride in offering a variety of clubs for our students. We currently offer Step Team, Band, Robotics, Soccer, Basketball, Chorus, Reader's Rally, Drama, Mindfulness Club, Visual Arts, Compost Connectors Club, and Running Club. Our Step Team and Band performed, and our students’ artwork was showcased at the Collins Hill Cluster Fine Arts night. Our incredible staff are the sponsors of all clubs.

  • McKendree Elementary organized and held the second annual Collins Hill Community Health Fair. The Health Fair offered free immunizations and scheduling for women's health services. It also provided information on diabetes, blood pressure, mental health, parent support with behavior interventions, and local businesses and organizations that offer other health services.

  • McKendree families participated in various events, including Chick-fil-A spirit nights,  Hispanic Heritage Night, STEM Night, Talent Show, Black History Night, Fine Arts Night, Math Night at Jeremiah’s Ice, Literacy Night, Boosterthon, and Field Day. In fact, McKendree families supported our school over the past two years with over $20,000 in Boosterthon donations, leading to playground upgrades for our students.

  • McKendree families and community members engaged in various opportunities to provide space for community feedback and voice. These opportunities included quarterly "Coffee with Courtney" sessions to connect the Principal with the community and provide just-in-time information and conversations for families, as well as bi-monthly newsletters that solicited feedback and provided an opportunity to recognize outstanding staff performance.  

  • McKendree Elementary received the Green and Healthy Schools Achievement Award in recognition of the hard work and dedication of our students and staff, who support the Compost Connectors Club.

  • McKendree families had the opportunity to participate in several parent workshops, including a cooking and nutrition class hosted by the University of Georgia, English language classes, Early Learning Family workshops, gardening classes, and a class providing tips for Parent Conferences.

  • Children from birth to age five who lived within our school's surrounding community were offered the opportunity to participate in our Play 2 Learn program three times a week. In addition, these families were able to attend field trips to the local library to learn more about checking out books and participating in library story time.

  • We would also like to highlight our school garden, which a former McKendree teacher runs. The garden is a shared space for the entire school, and the crops it yields are given to our families or used in the classrooms.

  • McKendree has a food share program, which our students run. The students collect food from the cafeteria, sort it, and store it in a shared location, allowing students in need to have free access to snacks throughout the day as needed.

  • Part of McKendree's success has been made possible through our business partners. We have grown to have 14 business partners, which include: Kumon, Northside Hospital, Office Depot, Mr. Clean Car Wash, Nailcessity, Burlington, Chik-Fil-A, El Fogon, Mathnasium, Jeremiah's Italian Ice, 1Up Pest Control, Taco Mac, and Travelers Insurance. We take great pride in the growth of inclusion of the community in our school.
     

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