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Dedication of the Dorothy Smith Center of Arts and Culture
On February 23rd, 2023, McGill School of Success formally dedicated our former music room to Dr Dorothy Smith, a San Diego educational...


Thu Feb 23 - 4th Grade Performance
Ms Yoo's 4th grade classroom performed a play on the morning of February 23rd. The play highlighted the six pillars of character. Ms Yoo...


Leadership Awards for January
We had a wonderful set of students win leadership awards for Athletics, Citizenship, English Language Arts, Mathematics, Music, and...


Kinder/TK hears about Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson is an African-American engineer and inventor, who worked for NASA. However, ask the students in Ms Niday's class learned,...


McGill and the San Diego Union Tribune Launch Collaboration
Please read more about the collaboration on the Union Tribune's website: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/about-us-sdut/newsletter/20...


Leadership Awards for December
We celebrated the excellence of our McGill students on Friday, January 13th. We began by giving out awards for Citizenship, Math, English...


Character Counts Lunch
On January 25th, Principal Mendoza had lunch with our Reverend George Walker Smith Character Counts awardees, Jadiel Camarena (4th Grade)...

Happy Holidays from 4th Grade
Fourth-grade students have been working hard this year to grow their brains, learn how to be a friend, and practice respect and...

Leadership Awards for November
We celebrated the excellence of our McGill students on Thursday, December 15th at 8:30am.


Hour of Code - 3rd Grade
Mrs Fletcher's 3rd Graders are participating in this week's "Hour of Code" event, encouraging kids across the country to get more...


EDP Students Build Gratitude Tree
The students in McGill's Extended Day Program created a gratitude tree, listing the vary many things for which they are grateful.


Leadership Awards for October
We celebrated the excellence of our McGill students on Friday, November 4th at 8:30am.


AttenDANCE for October
On November 4th, McGill celebrated students whose October attendance was perfect with an AttenDance!


Halloween Parade
On October 31st, McGill students showed off their creativity with fun costumes!

Week of 10/31
Please enjoy some of the highlights from this week in 4th grade. :) Students thought of several ways to represent a number using place...


Catapults!
4th graders built a simple catapult using popsicle sticks and rubber bands. They predicted which object- a marshmallow, pom-pom, or candy...


Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
McGill students put on a fantastic celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month!


School Daze with Mr D
Kids in the EDP program had a great time with Mr D and his new book School Daze!

4th Grade Lately
Dear 4th Grade Families, Happy October! We are now about halfway through the trimester. The students have been working hard to ensure...
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