JOIN THE AWARD-WINNING SMS PTA FOR 2024-2025!
Support the SMS students and teachers by showing that you value your child’s education by joining the PTA. Memberships start at $12 and students are only $6 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. 
The North Texas Teen Book Festival is going virtual this year! Many of your favorite authors will be there. You can submit your questions to the featured authors. It’s free, so come join the fun! Check out the website for the lineup and activities happening on March 5-6.
1. Donate to the PTA online! Please visit here to donate online!
2. You just keep shopping – let these stores do the donating for you!
3. World Wear Project – Clean out your clutter of old toys, kitchen items, unused towels and bedding and of course CLOTHES! Bring them up to the BIG BLUE Bin located in the west parking lot.
Visit our Fundraising Page here for more information.
Thank you to all who donated to our World Wear bin. In December, we collected a total of 682 pounds and received $81.84!
Hope this newsletter finds you well, warm, and safe. Hard to believe that last week was single digit temperatures and this week we were into the 80s! As they say here in Texas, if you don't like the weather, wait five minutes! Though, unfortunately for some of us, we had to wait more like five days this time!
There are resources to help if your family is in need, including the City of Plano website at: Plano, TX - Official Website | Official Website where you can find helpful information, including a link to apply for Federal Disaster Aid. Information about various Community Resources to assist students and families is also available on the PISD website at: https://www.pisd.edu/
As always, please send me an email at president@smspta.org with any questions or concerns, and I and your PTA Board will do our best to help.
Michele Rohleder
Public schools look different this year, but the commitment is the same: to keep every student safe, learning and growing. Join National PTA in celebrating Public Schools Week this week and show you're #PublicSchoolProud. Listen to a podcast featuring National PTA President Leslie Boggs (formerly Texas PTA President from 2014-16) on how parents and schools can work together to meet the growing social-emotional and mental health needs of students during the pandemic.
Did you know that Rosa Parks was not the first person to defy bus segregation laws? Or that in 1962, an African American commanded a U.S. Navy combatant ship? There are many incredible accomplishments of the African American community members that are not well-known, or that have been lost to the past.
Black History Month: Historic Pioneers | Our Children (ptaourchildren.org)
Thank you for joining Texas PTA for our largest and most celebrated advocacy event of the year!
Follow these links to re-watch Rally Day 2021:
Priorities Caucus – available on the Rally Day Band
*Join the band any time by following instructions below or HERE.
Rally Time – available on YouTube here with captions
*Click the “CC” icon to turn on captioning.
President’s Address - available on YouTube here with captions
*Click the “CC” icon to turn on captioning.
Sign up for BAND to join the official Rally Day Band, the one-stop shop for Rally Day 2021. BAND is available online or through the app store, and it's free!
Easily join the Rally Day Band one of three ways (while logged into your free BAND account):
- Follow this link: https://band.us/n/a4a142haTcRe2
- Scan the QR code below.
- Use this invite code: 6687 STIR
(On the BAND home screen, click the “More” tab and select “Check invite.” Then select “I got a code” and type 6687 STIR.)
The instructional environment selection window for the final nine weeks of school is February 15-19 for all levels (elementary and secondary students). Students will be scheduled in the selected instructional environment, face-to-face or PISD School@Home, which will go into effect on March 15, 2021, the first day of the fourth 9-week grading period. If no changes are made in Parent Portal, then the current instructional environment will remain in effect until the last day of school.
Plano Council of PTAs is hosting an Advocacy Information Night next Tuesday, February 16th at 7 pm. You can register for this event at www.planopta.org. If you want to learn more about Plano Council's Legislative Priorities, this is the place to be! This is for all PTA members across Plano ISD and will get you ready for Rally Day on February 22nd.
Do you know educators who back the future of every child? Do you know an amazing teacher, principal, or superintendent who gives a little bit extra to make sure all students are successful? 'Share the Love' and nominate those outstanding educators from your community by Monday, February 15th at: https://www.txpta.org/
SKI Plano is celebrating its 25th Anniversary on February 27, 2021 with a virtual silent auction this year. Schimelpfenig PTA donated a themed basket for the auction – Baking With Kids.
As the Plano ISD Education Foundation’s largest fundraiser, proceeds from SKI Plano benefit all students, faculty, staff, and schools in the Plano Independent School District. These funds help our kids reach their full potential by providing financial support to educators and academic programs including: Grants to Educators, AVID, The CORE Store, Robinson Fine Arts Center, Plano ISD Robotics, Employee Crisis Fund, and Social Emotional Learning.
Plano ISD Council of PTAs Antiracism Committee's Book Club for How to be an Antiracist beginning Jan. 28 - Feb. 18
Register at www.planopta.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.
