McKinley Chess Registration - Steps for all Parents!

Hello Chess Parents! Looking forward to a great year of chess at McKinley!! 

There are FOUR THINGS you need to do - three of them are quick online forms and then the payment.  

1) Fill out the CHESS REGISTRATION FORM - >>> here is the link - (YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY DONE THIS!) 

2) Sign the BEHAVIOR AGREEMENT - this is new - >>> here is the link - this is important so that all parents and kids understand the nature of this program, and the responsibility we all share to respect other students and not be disruptive.

3) Please VOLUNTEER - we need one parent volunteer for each 15 kids in the chess club, or we will have to limit participation.  We ask that all parents volunteer for at least 1 or 2 classes throughout the year.  Right now we have 60 kids so will need 4 parents per class! >> here is the link 

4) Please bring a CHECK to office to pay for chess - one time fee of $50 for the full year including ChessKid.com Gold membership ($49 value) - write to McKinley Elementary

Please let me know if you have any questions on the above - thank you! 

Mark Seghers

McKinley Chess Starts Oct 2nd!

McKinley Chess will start October 2nd - REGISTER USING LINK TO THE RIGHT! See you then!

McKinley Back to School Celebration!

We will have a table at the Back to School Celebration - hope to see you then!! I will have Registration Links up very soon. Thanks!

McKinley Tournament set for Feb 25

Our annual McKinley Chess Tournament will be held February 25, 2023 in the Gym and Cafeteria.
More information to come! We will be looking for Volunteers. Thanks!

CHESS CALENDAR UPDATED

I have updated the chess calendar on the right-hand side of this website. You must use a real browser to view this site. Mobile will not show the right panel. There are 19 classes this year, culminating in the state tournament for qualifying players (Robin's group). The state tournament is Mar 18-19 and the last class (probably a pizza party) is Mar 20!

PARENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - 3 per class

Our class cannot operate without 3 parents helping each week. Last year we got this done!

However, we also learned that, for some reason, kids' concentration and behavior were not the same as they were pre-Covid.

This year, we need to ensure that we have 3 for every class, or we cannot hold the class.

To sign up to be a volunteer, please click on THIS LINK. Thank you.

McKinley and Whitman Chess classes will return in October!

We're happy to announce that the chess programs will be continuing this year for both McKinley Elementary and Whitman Middle Schools.

See the registration links to the right of this page.

See you in class!