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April is School Library Month with April 4-10 as National Library Week

4/7/2021 10:39 am

Our wonderful Schimelpfenig MS librarian, Carol Campbell, continues to support all Schimelpfenig students despite the challenges of Covid-19.  If you see her this week, please give her a big smile and thank you for all that she does!

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April 5-9 is National Assistant Principals Week

4/7/2021 10:37 am

PISD is honoring all assistant principals, including our wonderful Schimelpfenig Assistant Principals, Ari Weinberg and Latasha Goodwin. #PlanoISDCelebratesAPs

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Calendar Update – Bad Weather Make-Up Day

4/1/2021 11:45 pm

Plano ISD will use Monday, April 26, as the designated inclement weather day for the weather-related closure on Thursday, February 11. Originally slated as a student holiday and staff development/work day, school will now be in session on April 26. TEA has approved waivers for the additional weather closures during Winter Storm Uri, so no additional make-up days are required. 

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PTA Action Alert

4/1/2021 11:43 pm

Students are still giving 100% during COVID-19, so should the state! Texas PTA has joined with 22 other organizations asking Gov. Abbott to assure 100% ADA funding for the remainder of this school year.

 

Lend your voice! Follow this link to ask your legislators to appeal to Gov. Abbott on behalf of all public school students in Texas. #FundTheFuture

 

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Happy April Fool's Day!

4/1/2021 11:00 pm

Did you know?  Some historians speculate that April Fools’ Day dates back to 1582, when France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, as called for by the Council of Trent in 1563. In the Julian Calendar, as in the Hindu calendar, the new year began with the spring equinox around April 1. 
 
People who were slow to get the news or failed to recognize that the start of the new year had moved to January 1 and continued to celebrate it during the last week of March through April 1 became the butt of jokes and hoaxes and were called “April fools.” These pranks included having paper fish placed on their backs and being referred to as “poisson d’avril” (April fish), said to symbolize a young, easily caught fish and a gullible person. (from the History website).
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