3rd Annual McKinley Chess Tournament!

Mark Your Calendars!!

Sat Jan 11 will be the 3rd Annual McKinley Elementary Chess Tournament!
Kids from K-12 are welcome!  This will be held at McKinley of course - details to come!

CHESS PROGRAM DATES for MCKINLEY

The paper flyer went out today - there was a problem with the dates.  This is MY FAULT.  Sorry for the confusion.  Below is the corrected dates and information:

MCKINLEY CHESS CLUB 2019-2020

The fee for the class will stay at $50, which will cover materials, advanced instruction and subscriptions to ChessKids.com, a safe online learning environment (a $49 value itself!).

Classes will be held on Thursdays this year, beginning Oct 10^th, after school in the library from 3:30- 4:45 and will accommodate children of all levels. 

• Session 1: October 10, 17, 24, 31 and November 7, 14, and 21 (no class 11/28).
• NO CLASSES IN DECEMBER – but we will play online Chesskids.com and will have an optional SUPER SATURDAY day of chess on Dec 7.
• Session 2: January 10, 17, 24 and February 7, 14, 21, and 28.  Most likely, we will continue into March as we did last year (no extra fees would be required if so) – probably we will continue to end of March especially if we have good participation for State:
• State Tournament (experienced players): March 21-22 – UW Oshkosh

Times: 3:30 to 4:45 pm in McKinley Library.

Cost: $50.  Fee for all sessions is $50 total per child. 

Saturday Tournaments will start later in the season and are optional 

McKinley Chess Class - Helper Signup

The McKinley Chess club is a success because of the parents who volunteer their time to help out!  Without parents pitching in their help, there would be no club.

I just published the form for parents to fill out to help during class - If you can help with signup, or to help maintain order (keeping kids on task) and sign-out, please fill out the form by clicking below and signing up for the days/times you can make it.

SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER HERE!

If you know chess, and can help with instruction, please email Mark at seghers (at) gmail.com

Thanks

Registration link for McKinley Chess

Want to register your kid for McKinley Chess?

CLICK HERE

Click above and you will be directed to a form to Register your Child for McKinley Chess for the 2019-2020 school year.  This also provides important information to Mark Seghers and the school so we can keep you up to date.  You are also asked to give a check for $50 which covers the whole year of instruction AND gets your child a full year's account to ChessKids.com (a $49 value!) - a safe and amazing way to learn chess when they have earned the screen time!

Whitman Chess Tuesdays

Whitman Middle School Chess will be held on Tuesdays after school this year, head coach will be volunteer Kyle Jain. Kyle will be looking for help from parents - this will be an entirely volunteer-run program.  We're especially looking for any parent who knows chess- and who ideally has a kid in the chess program.
More information will be posted ASAP - please email kylejain1 (at) gmail.com for details.

If you're ready to register - CLICK HERE to register for Whitman Middle School.  

A New Season Begins Oct 10!

Chess class begins again at McKinley Elementary on October 10th.  Classes will be held Thursdays every week except for the month of December, going through March. 
3:30-4:45 in the library every Thursday.
Forms and Fees day was fun!  So many of you there!  See you on the 10th! 
Mark/Mr. S.

McKinley Elementary REPEATS as state champs!

McKinley Elementary once again took the Elementary School State Championship in 2019, keeping the cup for the 2nd year.  The cup will be on display in the McKinley Library.  Great job team!