McKinley Primary School is a kindergarten and first grade Reading Recovery Demonstration School. Currently 17 self-contained classrooms serve the kindergarten and first grade students; each classroom has a maximum of 20 students.

The goal of McKinley Primary School is to offer a high quality primary program. All students receive the core curriculum, which is driven by the California State Content Standards adopted by the district. With the flexibility of a School Wide program and a School Based Coordinated Program, we are able to integrate resources and provide a school program that meets the needs of all students at McKinley Primary School.

Numerous multiple measure assessments are given to gather information/data about each student’s progress. This information/data is used to guide teacher instruction and to provide feedback. This is shared with parents several times throughout the school year. McKinley Primary School implemented four full day first grade English Language Development classrooms devoted to language acquisition to serve limited English students.

Students receive direct certificated instruction to achieve grade level and California State Content Standards. Also, five certificated teachers provide Reading Recovery to educationally disadvantaged students and/or students who are at risk of not meeting district/state standards. Students with exceptional needs receive additional services provided by the Resource Specialist Teacher and/or paraprofessionals through literacy groups and ability grouping. Our core academic focus is language arts and mathematics, but science and social studies are integrated through our non-fiction Rigby books, along with our State adopted language arts and mathematics series.