JOIN THE AWARD-WINNING SMS PTA FOR 2025-2026!
Support the SMS students and teachers by showing that you value your child’s education by joining the PTA. Memberships start at $13 and students are only $7 with a parent membership! As a benefit to members only, you will have access to an online directory as well as PTA member discounts. Student members receive special discounts during our spring and fall socials and have the opportunity to be involved in leadership opportunities. 
Parents, we would love for you to volunteer at any of the following events:
Friday, 11/21: Collect pies or distribute pies to teachers and staff
Monday, 12/1 - Friday, 12/12: Sell tickets for Lunchapalooza
Friday, 12/19: Sell candy during Lunchapalooza
Help Us Send Staff Home on a Sweet Note!
Sign up to donate pie(s) HERE.
Sign up to help collect and distribute pies HERE.
As we head into Thanksgiving break, we’d love your help in showing our gratitude to our wonderful teachers and staff. Please consider donating a store-bought pie (or pies!) that we can send home with them on their last day before the holiday.
Important Details:
Pies must be store bought and include an ingredient list so everyone can choose a pie that meets their dietary needs.
Any variety is welcome — pumpkin, sweet potato, fruit, nut, etc.
No frozen pies, please.
Drop-Off Times:
• Thursday, November 20 — Front Office
• Friday, November 21 — Morning Drop-Off
(Volunteers at the carpool line Friday morning will take pies directly from your car!)
Thank you for helping us make our staff feel appreciated and celebrated!
Students and Staff will be making no-sew blankets on the last day of the semester to donate to Children's Hospital. The goal is to make 400 blankets and we will need 1600 yards of fleece! Please help us by donating fleece or money to purchase fleece. Thank you!
Donate Fleece to make blankets
Donate Money to Purchase Fleece to make blankets
The Tryout Prep Clinics and Tryouts are for current 8th graders who would like to make the 2026-2027 Clark Wildcat Belles team their freshman year. Questions? Contact Skylyr Vasquez, Wildcat Belles Director, at skylyr.vasquez@pisd.edu.
The yearbook staff is hard at work on the 2025-2026 SMS yearbook!
The current cost for a yearbook is $40 before any customization. Take advantage of this Black Friday price now through November 30th, as prices will increase after this date.
Order Online: Click Here to Buy or Donate a Yearbook
School ID Code: 15526226
If you have any questions, please contact our yearbook advisor, Alisha Williams, at alisha.williams@pisd.edu.
Lunchapalooza is coming to Panther Country! This special block lunch event will take place on Friday, December 19th. Students can bring $8.00 to the table in the cafeteria during their lunch time to pre-purchase their Lunchapalooza meal. For this amount, a student will receive 2 slices of cheese pizza, a bag of chips, and a soda or a bottle of water. Students are able to buy multiple meals if they would like more pizza. The presale window runs through Friday, December 12th. Students will NOT be able to purchase a Lunchapalooza meal after this date. Sales are cash only. On the day of the event, the lunch line will still be open, and students can still bring their own lunches if they prefer.
If you have questions about Lunchapalooza, please contact Amber Evans, our NJHS sponsor.
Parents and students are invited to join the science team on Wednesday, December 3rd, between 5:00pm and 6:30 pm in the SMS library for a showcase of our seventh and eighth grade Science and Engineering Fair Projects.
That evening, more than 50 student projects will be on display, highlighting the impressive work and dedication that our honors science students have shown throughout the first semester of this school year. If you are considering honors science placement for your child next year, this event offers a valuable opportunity to see the scope and creativity of the honors project. If your child is already participating in the science fair process, this is a wonderful chance to explore the remarkable investigations that they and all of their peers are currently conducting in pursuit of scientific excellence.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact our science department chair, Jeannie Freeman at jeannie.freeman@pisd.edu.
We still have spirit wear to purchase. We have t-shirts, long sleeve t-shirts, and hoodies. Order now and items will be delivered to students at school.
Wonderful Panther Families: our goal for membership this year is the Platinum Voice for Every Child award, or 826 members. Membership connects you and your child to our community, supports the $500 scholarship we offer for former Schimelpfenig students, and helps TX PTA advocate for ALL public school children. Additionally, this year we are offering the opportunity for parents to sponsor a membership for a staff member. Please help us reach this goal!
PTA Membership costs are:
For any questions, please email Anna Hulse, VP of Membership
Thank you!
There are still 2024-2025 yearbooks available in the front office. $45 each, first come, first serve!
Every Wednesday starting on August 20th during lunch, students will be able to purchase school supplies and spirit items at the School Store. Please bring cash!
We need parents volunteers to help run the store. Please make sure you are VOLY-approved and sign up HERE to volunteer.
Questions? Please contact Alana, our VP of Volunteers at volunteers@smspta.org.
The mission of Plano ISD's Family Education and Guidance Services is to strengthen all families in the community by providing education, resources and services which support raising responsible, self-confident, emotionally healthy children in today's complex society. Please visit HERE to gain access to PISD supports that you and your family may wish to utilize throughout the year!
DISCLAIMER: The Schimelpfenig Middle School PTA is a noncommercial, nonsectarian, nonpartisan association that does not endorse any candidate or political party. This PTA does not endorse non-PTA products or services. If you have a concern, please contact a member of the PTA Executive Board.
