Dear Panther Parents,
With less than TWO WEEKS to go, we are getting more and more excited to start this school year!! Our teachers come back to campus on Monday and they are ready to begin designing lessons and preparing for an amazing start!
6th graders ONLY: PANTHER PALOOZA is August 9th from 9:00-12:00 at Evans. Schedules will be released to view on August 9th at 8:00, but if you are unable to print or bring a schedule for your child, no worries. We will have all 6th grade schedules printed for those who need one. IF you are needing to pick one up, I would encourage you to get to Evans a little early because we will begin 1st period at 9:10 sharp! We don’t want you to miss meeting each of your child’s teachers. We will walk 1st-7th periods then students will head to the gyms for some fun and parents will join me in the Cafeteria for an “All Things Evans” presentation. At 11:30, please join us on the back porch for a complimentary hot-dog picnic! Officer Pruett will be grilling up the dogs, we will have chips and cold water available for students and their families. Pre-ordered school supplies and spirit wear will be available for pick-up, and you can also join PTO and order spirit-wear. We have also arranged for Kona Ice to be there if you would like to purchase a cold-sweet treat! Please remember that this event is designed for you to meet your child’s teachers. Our 6th grade teachers will not be present/available during the Meet the Teacher night designated for our 7th and 8th graders. You are still welcome to walk your child’s schedule that night from 4:30-6:00, but again, 6th grade teachers will not be available.
7th and 8th graders ONLY: Meet the Teacher Night is August 9th from 4:30-6:00. This event is come-and-go and self-paced. Please keep in mind this is not a time to hold a conference with a teacher as our teachers are wanting to mingle with as many students as possible in this limited time. If you need to meet with a teacher, please feel free to request a conference via email.
ALL students must have a POR on file and have registration completed BEFORE the school year begins. By not having your child’s registration completed, CANVAS and other digital tools could be disabled. We definitely don’t want that, so please help us out by being proactive in completing this process. Thank you in advance for your help with this.
August 12th marks the first day of school and we can’t wait to see our Panthers!!
Happy Friday,
Darla
469-302-7111
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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued guidance that allows schools to offer meals to all students at no cost for the 2021-2022 school year. McKinney will be participating in the USDA waivers for free meals once again this school year. Healthy meals will be offered every school day to all students at no cost.
Typically, a student’s household must meet income eligibility requirements to qualify for free or reduced-price meals. While no application or eligibility determination is required for your student to receive free meals this school year, income eligibility requirements will likely resume in the 2022-2023 school year. As such, McKinney ISD will process household applications during School Year 2021-2022 to ensure student eligibility for free or reduced-price meals during the first 30 days of the 2022-2023 school year
Starting on August 3rd we will begin processing online applications as well as accepting written applications. Food Service strongly encourages families to apply online this year, however, we will provide schools with paper applications. Every school will be distributed a minimal amount of paper applications for parents to pick up if requested. We are asking each school to communicate or post the following link in newsletters, social media, or other forms of communication http://www.mckinneyisd.schoollunchapp.com/
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Ginny has ten items on her big to-do list for seventh grade. None of them, however, include accidentally turning her hair pink. Or getting sent to detention for throwing frogs in class. Or losing the lead role in the ballet recital to her ex-best friend. Or the thousand other things that can go wrong between September and June. But it looks like it's shaping up to be that kind of a year! Here's the story of one girl's worst school year ever -- told completely through her stuff.
Kelli Bolin
469-302-7117
Media Resource Specialist
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Newly UPDATED PTO Website, lots of NEW informative information. Check it Out!!
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NOW IS THE TIME you can join the PTO for the 2021-2022 school year.
Here is the form to print it out or you can go to evanspto.com. and join on line.
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We are looking for a few more people to join our fabulous PTO. If you are interested in any of these positions please contact Libby Amsler at Libbyamsler@gmail.com
Concessions
Co-Concessions
Co- Programs
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Everyone please shop via smile.amazon.com and select Evans PTO when they make purchases through Amazon. Remember to use the smile.amazon.com and search for Evans PTO to make sure we get the donation.
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Kroger stores are on a mission to not just be a part of, but to help create a stronger community. Evans PTO recommends you link your rewards card to Evans PTO so that they can give back to our community. |
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Check out the “New Way” of scanning receipts for box tops. The first link talks about it and the second link is to download the app.
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Sincerely,
Patricia and Cathy
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Dear Panther Families, We believe it takes the entire community to help our students grow into kind and compassionate young adults. Your student(s) receives a weekly CharacterDare on Mondays during Panther Time that is an actionable challenge focused on strengthening one of their “character muscles” like patience, kindness, commitment etc… The program we use, CharacterStrong, also provides Family CharacterDares that are aimed to provide actionable ways families can strengthen relationships, engage in character development activities together and continue conversations around serving others, and showing empathy and kindness for others. There are four categories of Dares:
• Conversation Starters
• Acts of Kindness
• Recreation and Rest
• Expressions of Love
Each week we will send out a Family CharacterDare that we challenge you to do with your students. The staff and administrators in the building will also be engaging in this personal character development as well. We believe in the power of role-modeling this work, and we have no doubt that with this common goal in mind, we are creating a more caring, compassionate, and capable world. You can go to characterstrong.com if you would like to learn more about it or contact Cathy DeLisle (cdelisle@mckinneyisd.net) with any questions.
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Hi All,
I look forward to seeing all our students back in Evans very soon.
All incoming 7th graders, Please submit your updated Vaccination records to the nurse, if you haven’t already. In order for your child to start back school this year, I need a copy of this Vaccination record. A Tetanus Booster and a Meningococcal Vaccine are typically what is required to start 7th grade.
Many thanks ,
Donna Fitzpatrick,RN
School Nurse
(469) 302-7107
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