Show your Schimelpfenig school pride! Order your spirit wear today!  

Pre-order your Spirit Wear from Friday, September 3rd through Wednesday, September 15th at 11:59 pm.  Sizes Youth Large through Adult XL are available in each style.  If you are interested in larger sizes, please contact us at spiritwear@smspta.org to see what we have in stock. 

Distribution information will be announced at a later date.

Mark your calendars!  Our first PTA General Assembly meeting will take place on Thursday, September 2nd at 9:00 a.m.  Grab a cup of coffee and join SMS PTA and our guest speaker, Principal Kristen Kinnard, to vote on our budget and discuss plans for this year!  Please sign up HERE.

National PTA Executive Director Nathan R. Monell, CAE will be participating in a virtual town hall with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Tuesday, Aug. 31 at 5:45 p.m. CST on "Prioritizing Safety For Students and Staff Amid New COVID-19 Surge." Check it out. 

TikTok recently announced new youth safety features and steps they're taking to protect teens on the platform. Learn more on their Newsroom.

• Parent and Family Engagement Program -- PISD offers many in-person and virtual classes to parents.  Topics range from how to use the Parent Portal to Dealing with Sibling Rivalry and Adult ESL classes.  Check out the calendar of classes with the QR code or at: https://tinyurl.com/mzwjups or download the flyer here.
• The Plano ISD Board of Trustees held an Emergency Meeting on August 23rd in which they approved a measure to temporarily require indoor masking at all Plano ISD schools, facilities and district-provided transportation. This temporary measure will be effective through Friday, September 24, or until there is further guidance on GA-38 as a result of ongoing state and federal litigation or legislative action.  Parents were provided an option to request an exemption for their student and the results of those requests are shared via a Mask Exemptions Dashboard. Families who missed the August 25 deadline to request an exemption can work with their campuses to submit a request.
• Check the Plano ISD COVID Case Dashboard to keep up-to-date on reported cases.

September 5th, 6pm-9pm! This event is sponsored by Plano Council of PTAs. Tickets available for purchase at The Colony ticket window on Sunday, September 5th, 2021. 

Admission only $20

Admission+Meal+Unlimited Drinks $30

Day Cooler Passes available for $15

Mark your calendars!

Our first General Assembly Meeting and Coffee with Ms. Kinnard will take place on Thursday, September 2nd at 9:00 a.m.  Grab a cup of coffee and join SMS PTA and our guest speaker, Principal Kristin Kinnard, to vote on our budget, and discuss plans for this year!  Advance signup information will be available in next Monday's SMS PTA Newsletter. 

Schimelpfenig Middle School Virtual Open House is this Wednesday, August 25th!  Watch your inbox for further details from Schimelpfenig!  

PISD's Covid Dashboard launched on Friday, August 20th.  It will be updated every Tuesday morning. Find it at:  https://www.pisd.edu/coviddashboard

• Back to Class Virtual Town Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 1 at 12:00 p.m. CST -- National PTA is partnering with the Centers for Disease Control to host this event, which will be moderated by NBC correspondent Kate Snow and feature the Director of the CDC, U.S. Secretary of Education, as well as experts in mental health and social-emotional well-being and how to address missed instruction from this past year. Watch this special event live on NPTA Facebook page.
• Advocacy -- Action Alert! -- Every school day, nearly 50 million K-12 students and 6 million adults occupy close to 100,000 public school buildings in the United States. In more than 30% of public-school facilities, windows, plumbing and HVAC systems are considered in “fair” or “poor” condition. Given state budget shortfalls and the need for economic recovery, now is the time for the federal government to invest in school infrastructure.  National PTA recently participated in a letter to policymakers advocating for $100 billion in direct grants to improve the nation’s public school facilities, and is asking for help in advocating for schools to be included in infrastructure funding by contacting our Representative and Senator!

Becoming a member of our PTA does not require volunteering, though we love that, too!  When you join our PTA, you also join TX PTA and National PTA, adding members to organizations whose main focus is advocating for school children.  Your membership dues also directly benefit our school, and student members will get perks throughout the school year.  Join SMS PTA today!  Click Here to Join!

Picture Day is Thursday, August 19th. Students will take pictures during their Science class periods. These photos will be used in the SMS yearbook (if you have indicated so in your enrollment forms). No make-up day has been scheduled yet; we will keep you updated.

This year's photos will be taken through Legacy Studios. Students will receive a QR code on Picture Day that can be used to order photos online.

You can also contact Legacy Studios at customercare@legacystudios.com with student's name, grade, and school (Schimelpfenig), and they will send online order information directly to you.

At School Picture Day on Thursday, August 19th, students will be issued a student ID and lanyard immediately following their picture being taken. It is an expectation that students wear their school-issued ID on a lanyard around their necks every day while they are on campus.

Mrs. Kinnard, our principal, will be sharing more details and information regarding student IDs very soon!