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! 

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.

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

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.

Here is a LINK to the November 11th edition of the Panther Parent 411 newsletter.

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:

• $13.00 for a one-parent membership    $7.00 for a student membership
• $22.00 for a dual membership              $8.50 for staff member

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.

 JOIN OUR PTA TEAM! 

 

The Schimelpfenig Middle School PTA is looking for amazing parents and guardians to join our 2025–2026 board!

 

 We have several open positions—big and small—so whether you have a little time or a lot, there’s a place for you! Volunteering with the PTA is a great way to support our school, meet other parents, and make a real impact in our school community.

 

URGENT NEED: We’re especially looking to fill these key roles ASAP:

 Hospitality             Spring Social

 Fall Social            School Supplies

 

 Check out the full list of current board roster & open positions here:  https://bit.ly/schimvolunteer2025

If you have any questions, please contact PTA President Terri Childress at president@smspta.org.

We welcome volunteers at the school and at our PTA events.  Per district policy, you must be VOLY approved to be around students.  VOLY approvals expire every year in June and must be redone each year in July, regardless of any previous year approval.  Please go to plano.voly.org to get your approval started now!

Click Here for Old PTA News