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. 

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Support SMS PTA

1. The World Wear Project

 

The World Wear Project is an easy way to help make some money for Schimelpfenig PTA! Just clean out your closets, bag up your gently-used items, and put them in the bin in the Schimelpfenig MS parking lot! Accepted items are: wearable shoes, clothing, purses, wallets, belts, hats/caps, backpacks, hard toys that fit into the bin, soft toys and stuffed animals

 

 

 

2. Amazon Smile
 

Holiday Shopping is upon us!  If you use Amazon for your holiday shopping, set up your Amazon account through Amazon Smile, supporting Schimelpfenig Middle School PTA. Then, every time you make a purchase, a portion of your sale goes to Schimelpfenig PTA!  For information on Amazon Smile, the Amazon Smile App, and how to sign up for both, go to:  About AmazonSmile: Program details and FAQ

 

3. Kroger

 

Signing up to link your Kroger card to Schimelpfenig MS PTA is easy! Under My Account, look for Community Rewards, and enroll with organization number KU864.

 

 

 

 

4. Tom Thumb

 

Schimelpfenig PTA is a partner in the Tom Thumb Good Neighbor Program. When you identify SMS PTA as one of your charities, we all benefit. There is no cost for participation and it does not interfere with any other Tom Thumb programs you may be enrolled in. Forms are available through the link above and at the Customer Service service desk at any Tom Thumb grocery store. Use Charity # 5107. You can also email the information to good.neighbor@tomthumb.com.

 

5. Box Tops
 

Watch for these items while shopping, save your receipts, and watch this video and see how easy it is now to earn money for Schimelpfenig Middle School!


Happy Hanukkah to all in our Schimelpfenig family who celebrate the holiday!


Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 30th is Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday is a worldwide celebration of generosity, an opportunity for people to come together through generosity in all its forms: sharing acts of kindness, giving your time as a volunteer, adding your voice to a cause, donating money or goods to support communities and causes. Please consider donating to your Schimelpfenig PTA to support our students and staff at Schimelpfenig Middle School PTA - Plano ISD, TX - SMS Donations 2021-2022 (membershiptoolkit.com) and/or to National PTA as a way to support students throughout the US at National Congress of Parents and Teachers - Giving Tuesday 2021 (networkforgood.com). #GivingTuesday


Join our SMS PTA Membership Today!

Parents, Students, Grandparents and other Community Members can join to support Schimelpfenig PTA.  

 

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Thank you in advance for your support!


PISD News

Application Window for High School and Senior High School Academy Programs Now Open

 

Plano ISD eighth, ninth and tenth grade students who are interested in applying for academy programs at the high school and senior high schools for the 2022-2023 school year can do so as of Friday, November 19. Online applications are available on the Academy Programs of Plano webpage at www.pisd.edu/academies. Applications for Academy High School, the Health Sciences Academy and the IB World School at Plano East must be submitted by 9:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 15, 2021.


Latest Notes from the Backpack podcast

Episode 50: Our Culture is More than a Holiday
From people who mispronounce your child’s name to teachers who expect them to explain your family’s holiday traditions to the class, your child may be struggling with the pressure to represent an entire culture. Actress and author Sheetal Sheth joins our hosts to offer her advice. Listen now.

 


PTA Awarded the Platinum Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health by Mental Health America (MHA)

The Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health is a distinction awarded by Mental Health America (MHA) to companies who meet the standards for a mentally healthy workplace. National PTA earned this status (just in time for Healthy Lifestyles Month!) for demonstrating an outstanding commitment to employee mental health and well-being. Learn more!


Plano Council of PTAs News

Plano ISD's Head Start program needs 146 coats for children, sizes 3T to 7, by this Friday, December 3rd.  They lost their sponsor, so Plano Council has asked for help from all Plano PTA members.  If you are able to donate a coat for a boy or girl, sizes 3T to 7, please contact president@smspta.org.  New coats, only, please!  

 

 

 

 

 

It's the time of year when all Plano PTAs work together to restock the PISD Core Store.  Launched in 2016, the CORE Store has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars in supplies and classroom materials to teachers throughout Plano ISD. The CORE Store allows teachers to shop for additional school supplies for their students at no cost.  Please consider making a donation online to Plano ISD Education Foundation, donating a gift card to purchase supplies, or donating an item(s) on the Most Requested Items list, found here: Foundation Initiatives / CORE Store (pisd.edu).  All donated items must be received by us by Wednesday, December 8th or dropped off by you at the Core Store on Friday, December 11th between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.  Please contact president@smspta.org if you are interested in donating items.


Download the Membership Toolkit App!

Did you know that you can download the Membership Toolkit App to easily access the directory, calendar, sales & volunteer forms and also view our weekly newsletters? If you have multiple children at different schools, you can also easily switch between the various PTAs/Booster Clubs. Download the app here:

 

          


Take Care of Texas video contest opens in September

The Take Care of Texas Video is a fun way to learn about protecting the environment and come up with creative ways to share this knowledge with others.  Prizes for middle school students who place 1st, 2nd, and 3rd will include a gift card for camera equipment.  

 

Contest runs from September through December 3rd.

 

For more information, click here!


Thank you!

Hello Panther Parents!
 

During this week of Thanksgiving, your SMS PTA Board would like to thank everyone who donated a pie or sweet treat for Schimelpfenig staff for Pie Day! The staff truly enjoys receiving these and appreciates your generosity. Thank you also to our wonderful volunteers who helped distribute the pies on Pie Day and who helped to sell candy to students at Lunchapalooza!  (If you haven't already heard about Lunchapalooza, ask your student(s) about the fun student-teacher volleyball games at the end of the day.  Go Panthers!)


Support SMS PTA

We hope you are enjoying this holiday week and are getting to spend some quality time with your Schim students. This week is a time for cooking, baking, and BUYING! Your SMS PTA wants to remind you of some easy ways that you can support PTA this week (and throughout the year) while you shop for your holiday feasts and gifts for friends and family.
1. Amazon Smile

Holiday Shopping is upon us!  If you use Amazon for your Black Friday shopping, set up your Amazon account through Amazon Smile, supporting Schimelpfenig Middle School PTA. Then, every time you make a purchase, a portion of your sale goes to Schimelpfenig PTA!  For information on Amazon Smile, the Amazon Smile App, and how to sign up for both, go to:  About AmazonSmile: Program details and FAQ
2. Kroger

Signing up to link your Kroger card to Schimelpfenig MS PTA is easy! Under My Account, look for Community Rewards, and enroll with organization number KU864.
3. Tom Thumb

Schimelpfenig PTA is a partner in the Tom Thumb Good Neighbor Program. When you identify SMS PTA as one of your charities, we all benefit. There is no cost for participation and it does not interfere with any other Tom Thumb programs you may be enrolled in. Forms are available through the link above and at the Customer Service service desk at any Tom Thumb grocery store. Use Charity # 5107. You can also email the information to good.neighbor@tomthumb.com.
4. BOX TOPS

Watch for these items while shopping, save your receipts, and watch this video and see how easy it is now to earn money for Schimelpfenig Middle School!

 
5. World Wear Project

So you say that your middle schooler is growing so fast that his or her clothing that you bought just a few months ago no longer fits? Well, bag up those clothing items THIS WEEK and bring them to the Schimelpfenig parking lot to fill our World Wear bin! During the month of November, in conjunction with American/Texas Recycles Month, the World Wear Project is offering an incentive of $100 extra to each and every school that is able to collect 2,500 lbs. or more of shoes, clothing and other accepted items. This is an easy way to donate items and make some money for PTA at the same time!
 

Thank you Schimelpfenig families for your support!  And Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope all our Schimelpfenig families have a relaxing week off next week and an enjoyable Thanksgiving Day filled with lots of turkey, pie, football, family, friends, and fun!


Sign up for Pie Day - 11/18!

Every November at Schimelpfenig, we donate pies so that every staff member can bring home a pie for Thanksgiving.  This year, Pie Day is Thursday, November 18th.  Please help us to provide a pie for every one of the 85 Schimelpfenig staff members this year!  

 

SIGN UP HERE.


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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.