McKinley Wins K-3 at Discovery World

McKinley and Whitman take K3, K12 at Discovery World!

The McKinley K-3 team took 1st place at Discovery World yesterday, beating several teams including German Immersion school who had 15 kids on their team.  We are playing at their school this Saturday!

Playing for the winning K-3 team was:

• Owen Ludwig
• Will Dee
• Priscilla Skyberg-Greer
• Ed Woznick
• Pete Deutsch
• Sam Riordan
• Anthony Boettcher
• Stella Albert

Owen, Will and Priscilla each won 4 out of their 5 games (with Will and Owen getting trophies).  Ed Woznick contributed 3 wins to the winning score, and Pete, Sam and Anthony each added wins to help the team.  The future is bright for the McKinley Chess Club!

In the K-5 division, McKinley took 3rd place in a crowded field.  Marissa Brunow took the 3rd place individual trophy with her 4/5 wins.  Sawyer Hanson, Ben Ludwig, Owen Schroeder, and Katelyn Mast rounded out the team. 

Ex McKinley kids won the K-12 section, with Max Kuhn taking 5th place individual.

Great practice for State!

ONLINE TOURNAMENTS Every Week!

Online Tournaments are held every week - on Chesskids.com!   Join them on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.   They appear on each kids screen when they log in. 

Times are 5:00, or 6:00  and on Sunday there are two tournaments.  Bob says he thinks there is one at 4:00 (a lower division) and a higher division. 

Thor Templin, the Chess leader at German Immersion School, puts them up each week.

Great tournament!

A fun tournament despite the weather cutting into our attendance a bit...  Kids from many schools around Milwaukee - and even some from Madison! - attended McKinley for our 3rd annual tournament.

It was a well-run tournament thanks to the WSCF and many parent volunteers.  The food was great, the space was perfect, and things ran smoothly and efficiently.  Thanks to Bob Patterson-Sumwaldt who cooked omelettes and pancakes!

In the k-3 Division, McKinley took 1st place with the team of Anthony Boettcher, Priscilla Skyberg-Greer, Matthew Rommelfanger, Edward Woznik, Isaac Wurzburg, Sam Riordan, Carl Borden, Will Dee, and Caleb Anderson.  Nobody won less than 2 out of 5 games - great job kids!  Anthony Boettcher took home the 5th place individual trophy by winning 3.5 of his games.  The future of the program looks bright!

In the k-6 Division, it was a crowded field with some tough competition including ex-McKinley kids from Whitman!  McKinley finished 3 games out of fourth, but was 4th place.  Whitman took 1st, Muskego took 2nd and Golda Meir took 3rd.    McKinley's Zach Brunow took 2nd, Max Kuhn took 5th.  For McKinley, Marissa Brunow and Sawyer Hanson took 3 out of 5 and finished in the top 10.  Xavier Holzen, Charlie DesPlaines, Owen Schroeder and Graham Hewitt added 2 victories each for the team.  Some kids had to miss 1 or 2 rounds due to conflicts.

The K-12 Divisions were won by Muskego Scholastic Chess Club (WSCF) and Whitman (USCF).

Tournament is a GO

We are a GO for the tournament!

No snow, but there are ICY conditions - especially on side roads but possibly even on highway.  Please drive carefully.
Snow is expected to start around 2pm but not accumulate much until evening.   Awards should be around 3pm.

Enter on SW corner of building on 90th st please - please arrive between 8:00 and 8:30 - registration ends at 8:45.  Round 1 scheduled to begin around 9:15-9:30.

WEATHER UPDATE and HOW TO ENTER - McKinley Tournament

We will be using the 90th street Gym entrance (on SW corner of building) only for this event. We feel that because it has no stairs it will be safer for everyone.  

Please check back here at 9:15pm Friday night and again at 7:15 am tomorrow for weather and cancellation updates - most likely, the tournament is ON!   

CHECK THIS WEBSITE BEFORE YOU LEAVE TO THE TOURNAMENT!!

Thank you.

REGISTER NOW FOR MCKINLEY TOURNAMENT!

McKinley parents and kids - reminder - we have our own tournament on Jan 11 - !!!!   Please register online ASAP - it shows the world that this will be a big tournament, and will inspire more registrations from outside the school.  To register, please go to www.wisconsinscholasticchess.org and click on Tournaments / Register and go from there.  K3 for kids in K thru 3, K6 for kids in 4th and 5th grade.  K12 of course is for kids in Middle School or High School then.

Everyone in the class should be ready to play in a tournament by that time - to make sure your child is ready, please earn the QUEEN level on ChessKid, or please send me an email and I can review your child's readiness if they've played some games online, or during class on the 9th (our first class wherein we return after holiday break).

Thank you !!  - Mark / Mr S.

P.S. Don't forget the week AFTER we have a tournament at Whitman Middle School!  That's Jan 18.  You register for that tournament the same way as stated above.  - M

McKinley - Online Tournaments thru WSCF!

We have had online tournaments, and they went great!  With these online tournaments, hosted on ChessKid by WSCF, you can play in your own home - on ChessKid.com using your Chesskid account!  See information below about the next tournament - TOMORROW!!  Watch for more soon!

Next tournaments will be Sunday Dec 22nd.  A u600 tournament at 5:00 pm and an "Open" tournament at 6:15.   Please pass on to your students.  Tell them to look for posted tournament through out holiday break.