Evans Middle School
#EvansStrong
Dear Panther Parents,

Thank you for everyone who participated in Teacher/Staff Appreciation this week. The lunch our PTO provided was fabulously yummy!! We have also received many generous notes, emails, and even some yummy snacks!! We love our Panther Community!!

Two more weeks to go!! Let’s finish strong and continue partnering until we reach the finish line. We GOT THIS!!

STAAR testing will be in full swing next week. The schedule is as such:
Tuesday: 6th, 7th, and 8th graders will be taking the MATH STAAR or Algebra EOC on campus. We will continue to keep virtual students separated from face-to-face students, so please have your child enter through the LIBRARY if they are a virtual student.
Wednesday: 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students will take the READING STAAR.
The Math tests will be online from campus so PLEASE make sure your child brings their charged laptop.
Reading is on paper for most, but we would still like students to bring their laptop that day as well.

It is important that our students have a nutritious breakfast on testing days. Also, please have your child to school on time, as that makes for a better start which leads to better results for our students. Students need to bring a water bottle and they can bring their own non-messy snack, but we will provide each student a snack as well. Students will be eating lunch in their testing site. They can either bring their own lunch with them when they come to school, or one will be provided for them. NO FOOD DELIVERIES ARE ALLOWED ON TESTING DAYS. If food is brought for a student, they will not receive it until after all testing is complete (after 2:30). Thank you for your help with this.

If you know you are not returning to an MISD campus next year, please make sure your child turns in their laptop and charger before dismissing for summer. If this property is not returned, it will be filed as stolen property. For students staying within MISD, you will KEEP your laptop during the summer. Please take good care of it as this is the laptop that you will keep for 5 years. Don’t forget, there is a yearly $30 fee but that is not due until the beginning of next year.

The 8th grade Celebration is quickly approaching. I sent a separate email to only 8th grade parents earlier in the week. I will send another one next week with some reminders, but I wanted to give you a FINAL NOTICE FOR T-SHIRT purchases. The online purchasing ends THIS SUNDAY (I believe I misspoke and told you Tuesday so please note the correction). Click on this link to purchase the Class of 2025 t-shirt. Can’t wait to have some fun with this great group of students!!

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms out there!

Darla

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Evans Calendar of Events

MISD Student Technology Help Site
Please do not schedule any appointments on May 11th or May 12th!
UPCOMING EVENTS
See what's happening this month

May

9th
  • Last Day to Order an 8th Grade Class T-Shirt
10th
  • Last Day to Check Out Library Books
11th
  • STAAR Math ALL GRADES
12th
  • STAAR Reading ALL GRADES
13th
  • Student Council Meeting
  • Theatre Awards Celebration
14th
  • PJ Day for 8th Grade Students
  • All Library Books Due Back Today!
15th
  • Cheer Spring Show
  • Pantherette Spring Show
17th
  • Yearbook Distribution-Tentative
  • 7th & 8th Grade Choir Rehearsal
18th
  • 8th Grade Celebration
  • Choir Spring Concert
19th
  • Theatre Dress Rehearsal
  • Theatre Student Directed Plays
  • Band-Incoming 6th Grade Parent Meeting
20th
  • Pantherette Banquet
21st
  • Last Day to Order School Supplies
  • Last Day of Q4

June

1st
  • RCs Posted to HAC

August

9th
  • Meet the Teacher
12th
  • First Day of Semester 1

September

6th
  • Labor Day-No School

October

11th
  • Teacher Workday-Student Holiday
15th
  • End of 1st 9 Weeks
18th
  • Beginning of 2nd 9 Weeks
25th
  • Teacher Workday-Student Holiday

November

8th
  • Teacher Workday-Student Holiday
22nd-26th
  • Fall Break

December 2022

17th
  • End of Semester 1
20th-31st
  • Winter Break

January 2022

3rd
  • Teacher Workday-Student Holiday
4th
  • Beginning of Semester 2
17th
  • School Holiday

February 2022

21st
  • Teacher Workday-Student Holiday

March 2022

4th
  • End of 1st 9 Weeks
7th-11th
  • Spring Break
14th
  • Beginning of 2nd 9 Weeks

April 2022

15th
  • Bad Weather Day
25th
  • Bad Weather Day

May 2022

20th
  • Last Day of Semester 2
23rd
  • Teacher Workday
Newly UPDATED PTO Website, lots of NEW informative information. Check it Out!!

  
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PLEASE SIGN UP to help volunteer with the 8th grade Celebration.
 
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

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Co-Concessions
Co- Programs 
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.
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.
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.
 
 
Download THIS
LAST DAY TO ORDER IS MAY 21st!

If you would like to order your child's school supplies for the next school year click on the link below:
Enter the school ID: EVA010 (3 letters/3 numbers)

Please Note: All packs are the same for each grade
School supplies will be available at 
Evans Back to School Night 
August 9, 2021.

For questions, please contact
Jessica Montano at:
Hello, Panthers,

This week was Teacher Appreciation Week, and we were grateful to share in the joy and thanks for our amazing teachers and staff! This has been an extraordinary year in so many ways, and we are proud to be a part of this Panther Family. We have the best community around!

8th graders already got us started off strong this week, but we are coming up on two big days of STAAR testing next week and we know for some that means STAAR stress. Here is a short article with some test-taking tips. Encouraging confidence going into testing goes a long way. Have your students prep by eating well, sleeping plenty, and finding their calm before testing begins. We got this!

I read recently that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. In a year when it seemed like every hill, mountain, and ditch out there presented itself, I am reminded of how strong the human spirit really is. We are inching ever closer to closing out a memorable year

Newsletter 4/30/2021
Hi, Panthers!

We can’t believe we’re moving into May already! We are looking forward to ending the year strongly, but if you’re finding your student in a little bit of a spring slump, you’re not alone. Finding motivation this late in the year can be tough. Check out this article on how to encourage motivation and ownership in your children. 

8th graders - if you missed out on summer school registration but are still interested, there are limited spots still available. Registration is in person at MNHS on May 28th from 9:00-11:00am. Reach out to a counselor with any questions and to see what courses are available. 

If you need assistance with food or necessities, One Heart McKinney is always a great resource. We’re here to help, so please reach out with any needs.

Sincerely,
Patricia and Cathy
Cathy DeLisle, counselor A-K, cdelisle@mckinneyisd.net       
Patricia Spear, counselor L-Z, pspear@mckinneyisd.net
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.
Nurses Notations
NO SHOT NO SCHOOL
           6th grade students need to update their immunizations. Those who do not have their immunizations updated by May 20th will not get their schedules this summer. Immunizations must be current to attend 7th grade next year!!
 
MEDICATIONS NEED TO BE PICKED UP
  Please come pick up your student’s medication as soon as possible.
All medication left in the clinic on the last day of school will need to be discarded, as we cannot store it over the summer. 
 
LOST GLASSES
    I have a collection of glasses that students have lost this school year. If your child is missing their glasses please have them check to see if one of these belongs to them!!
 
 
Thank you,
Nancy Yarbrough BSN, RN
Evans Middle School Nurse
nyarbrough@mckinneyisd.net
LEARNING COMMONS
News from the EMS Library: Friday April 30, 2021
  • March Madness . . . a literary version.
Congratulations to our March Madness Winner!!! Thanks for all who participated!
Chronicle of the Dark Star: Last Day on Mars (Kevin Emerson)
 
Congratulations to the class winners: 
           First: Mrs. Harp’s 5th period
           Second: Miss Boykins’ 2nd period and Mrs. Boykin’s 3rd period
 
  • The LAST day to check out books this school year is Monday May 10.
 
  • ALL Library books are due back by Friday May 14! Please help remind students to return their books to the library.
 
  • May Reading Challenge
           Can you face the challenge? Try to read a book in one of each of the following categories:
·        May 2 is Brothers and Sisters Day! Celebrate your sibling with these literary siblings:
·        Thyme and Val in Counting Thyme by Melanie Conklin
·        Peter and Fudge in Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
·        Rosalind, Skye, Jane, Batty in The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsell
·        May 4 is National Star Wars Day! Celebrate “a galaxy far, far away” with these books from the Star Wars Universe and May the Fourth Be With You!! 
·        The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
·        Jedi Academy by Jeffery Brown
·        The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader by Ryder Windham
·        May 9 is Mother’s Day! Celebrate some amazing mothers in literature as you celebrate your own mom! I
·        Mrs. Quimby from Ramona and Her Mother by Beverly Cleary
·        Sally Jackson from The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
·        Miss Honey from Matilda by Roald Dahl
·        May 11 is Twilight Zone Day! Check out these books and channel your “spooky” side!
·        The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co.) by Jonathan Stroud
·        The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
·        The Bone Garden by Heather Kassner
·        May 24 is National Scavenger Hunt Day! Take an adventure through these literary puzzles!
·        The Maze of Bones (39 Clues 1) by Rick Riordan
·        Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertram
·        Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
 
  • Books on Screen News
  • Nancy Springer’s popular series Enola Holmes is about the teenage sister of the famous Sherlock Holmes. Netflix has confirmed that the second movie in the series is in development with an tentative release date of late 2022/early 2023. Haven’t seen the first one? Enola Holmes, based on the first book in the series The Case of the Missing Marquess, is streaming now on Netflix and stars Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill. With six books in the series and the popularity of the first film, viewers can hope for even more adventures from this intrepid young detective.
Happy Reading!!Y
Sixth-graders Sara, a Pakistani American, and Elizabeth, a white, Jewish girl meet when they take a South Asian cooking class taught by Sara’s mom.
 
Sixth-graders Sara and Elizabeth could not be more different. Sara is at a new school that is huge and completely unlike the small Islamic school she used to attend. Elizabeth has her own problems: her British mum has been struggling with depression. The girls meet in an after-school South Asian cooking class, which Elizabeth takes because her mom has stopped cooking, and which Sara, who hates to cook, is forced to attend because her mother is the teacher. The girls form a shaky alliance that gradually deepens, and they make plans to create the most amazing, mouth-watering cross-cultural dish together and win a spot on a local food show. They make good cooking partners ... but can they learn to trust each other enough to become true friends?
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At this time, district policy dictates that we can only admit one adult per child. Please schedule appointments with staff whenever possible before coming up to the building.
In accordance with state and TEA guidelines, before entering a McKinney ISD school or MISD office buildings, visitors will be required to answer “yes” or “no” to the questions below, which will be posted at the building entrance. Please note that only one adult per student may enter the building at a time.
Visitors that answer “yes” to any of these questions will not be granted entrance to the building.
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  • Diarrhea
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