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Teacher Biography

Welcome to the 2023/2024 school year.

My name is Katie MacGuinness. I am an alumni of East Jackson Schools. I graduated from EJ in 1996. I also graduated from Eastern Michigan University. This is my 21st year teaching and 16th year teaching at East Jackson Schools. I have two children. My daughter Savannah is a Junior at East Jackson Secondary School and my son Jayden is a 6th grader at East Jackson Elementary. We have a dog named Sayde, a cat named Cupcake, and a bunny rabbit named Scooby. I am a fan of Michigan State University, Eastern Michigan University and our family is involved in Hot Air Ballooning. Our family also LOVES Disney and we were blessed to take a family trip their with my siblings and their families and my father this summer. We also love to go camping and do lots of swimming. I am looking forward to working with you and your child. I look forward to a great year with lots of learning.

I believe that communication with parents is very important so that we can work together to give your child the best education possible. Please free to contact me at katie.macguinness@eastjacksonschools.org or call me at East Jackson Elementary- 517-764-1810 with any questions or concerns that you may have throughout the year.

Classroom Notes

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend. New spelling homework was sent home on Friday, April 12th. Homework is due Thursday, April 18th and the spelling test will take place Friday, April 19th.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Thursday, April 18th – Spelling homework due

Friday, April 19th – Spelling test
Popcorn Friday – $.50 a bag (no more than 4 bags)

Tuesday, April 23rd – Room 100 (MacGuinness) NWEA testing

Thursday, April 25th – Room 100 (MacGuinness) NWEA testing
Spelling homework due

Friday, April 26th – Spelling test
Popcorn Friday – $.50 a bag (no more than 4 bags)

Spelling words for the week of April 8th:

Wyatt and Kamree:
1. again
2. pull
3. father
4. sentence
5. through
6. follow
7. even
8. different
9. picture
10. find

Maeleigh and Izik:
1. has
2. how
3. look
4. not
5. she
6. ran

Karsyn:
1. doing
2. going
3. seeing
4. feeding
5. feeling
6. keeping
7. mowing
8. packing
9. bending
10. picking

Hayden, Vincent and Alijah:
1. bob
2. cob
3. job
4. sob

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