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Dear Panthers,
The 2018 year has been amazing so far!! It was great to see our kiddos back on campus. It sounds like everyone had a great break and is ready to attack the second semester. Let's start strong!!
Evans received some exciting news today. Our very own Mrs. French won Counselor of the Year for the State of Texas. What an honor! We truly have the most exceptional people on our campus and in our district. Congrats, Mrs. French!
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is January 15th and it is a school holiday.
We are excited to announce our 2nd Annual PTO Parent Enrichment Night on January 30th from 6:30-8:00. Last year was a huge success and we look forward to having even more Panther parents join us this year. There are 4 breakout sessions offered. Click HERE to view the brochure.
TEA released our school report card. Just more proof that Evans is a great place to be! Review our report card by clicking HERE.
Bundle up and enjoy the 3 day weekend,
Darla
Click here to visit our school website.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
January 15th School Holiday
January 16th Fine Arts Recruitment Trip
January 17th AVID 8th Grade Trip to High Schools
January 23rd Scoliosis Screening for 8th Graders
January 25th IMPACT Celebration Breakfast
Click
HERE for a complete Calendar of Events with information about times and venues.
ACADEMICS
NJHS:
Sponsor: Amber Stephens
STUCO:
Sponsor: Angie Stadler
PALS:
Yearbook:
UIL Academics:
AVID:
Sponsors: Robyn May
Megan McDougald
CLUBS
6th Grade Theatre Club:
Meets every Wednesday morning (schooldays) from 8:00-8:25 in C114
Sponsor: Jeni Eberhard
FCA:
FCA Meets Tuesday mornings @ 8:15a in Mrs. Williams' room, D119 (school days beginning September 12th)
Sponsors: Camille Williams
Valarie Long
Chandler Jackson
Chess Club:
Meets every Tuesday (schooldays) from 3:45 until 5p in D104
Sponsor: Josiah McDowell
SOAR Girls Club:
Meets every Monday (schooldays beginning September 25th) from 3:50-4:30p in the D101.
Errin French
Evans FC Soccer:
Sponsors: Megan McDougald
Shawn McGeeney
Progress Report & Report Card Dates
*Progress Reports and Report Cards can be viewed and printed from the
Home Access Center (HAC) and will not be mailed or sent home with students. This is in an effort to be more earth-friendly. If you are unable to access HAC, please let the AP secretary know and we will send home a paper copy with your student.
January 13th Report Cards viewable on HAC
January 29th Progress Report
February 16th Progress Report
March 9th End of Quarter 3; Grades Due
March 24th Report Cards viewable on HAC
April 6th Progress Report
April 26th Progress Report
June 7th End of Quarter 4; Grades Due
June 14th Final Report Card viewable on HAC
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| WINTER ILLNESS GUIDELINES |
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Winter Illnesses
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We would like to remind all parents of the importance of keeping sick children home. When a child comes to school ill, he/she can spread illness by coughing, touching his/her nose/mouth and then touching objects that other students come in contact with.
Remember that fever is not the only sign of true illness and that fever is usually a late sign of an illness, or an illness that is progressing.
If your child is out sick remember to always send in a note from the Dr or a parent note.
MISD Health policies are in place to help insure a healthy school where students can learn and grow. Please take a moment to review the exclusions that are listed below.
Guidelines for Returning to School after an Illness
In order to minimize the number of children that are ill, we ask you to please consider the following guidelines when making your decision to let your child attend school or return to school after an illness.
A student with any of the following symptoms must be excluded from school until such time as the student is free from symptoms.
- Temperature of 100.0 degrees or more. Student must be fever free for 24 hours, without medication, before re-entry (Texas Administrative Code)
- Vomiting (not related to a single event such as gagging, positioning, mucus, running after eating, or eating spicy food) Student must be symptom free for 24 hours, without medication before reentry.
- Diarrhea, of two or more loose or watery stools; all students
must be diarrhea free for 24 hours without the use of medications before re-entry (Texas Administrative Code).
- Pain and/or swelling at angle of jaw
- Undetermined rash over any part of the body accompanied by fever
- Under diagnosed scaly patches on the body or scalp
- Red, draining eyes
- Intense itching with signs and symptoms of secondary infection
- Open, draining lesions or wounds
- Jaundice
- See McKinney ISD Lice guidelines
- A vaccine preventable illness in question will require a physician's note for re-entry (pertussis, mumps, measles, etc.).
- For any infection, antibiotics must be taken for a minimum of 24 hours prior to re-entry to school.
These guidelines have been designed to give your child adequate time to recover, as well as keep the majority of the students, faculty and staff as healthy as possible.
Hand Washing
Hand washing is one of the easiest and best ways to prevent the spread of disease. Direct contamination of your mucus membranes (eyes, nose and/or mouth) is how many infectious diseases enter your body. So let's work together to decrease the risk of contracting and spreading illnesses by following these three simple rules:
- Wash your hands when they are dirty and before you eat.
- Do not cough or sneeze into your hands (use your sleeve, elbow or shoulder instead).
- Never put fingers in your eyes, nose or mouth.
Remember...you are responsible for keeping yourself healthy!! Be as nice to yourself as you are to others.
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| PROJECT GRADUATION NEEDS YOU!!! |
Attention parents of Elementary and Middle School Students . . . McKinney's Project Graduation is back . . .and we need YOU ! ! !
Why are we asking for your help when you don't have high school students? Because in 2017 Project Graduation didn't take place due to a lack of community support. And we want to make sure that never happens again! We need to keep Project Graduation going strong so it's there when your students are seniors. Why? Because Project Graduation keeps graduating seniors (and the community) safe by providing a lock-in style event with fun activities, entertainment, food and prizes (including a FREE CAR!). It is supported and run ENTIRELY by volunteers, parent groups, booster clubs, and local businesses.
You have the potential to save lives - please consider supporting this worthwhile event. What can you do to help? It's simple...we need sponsors, prize donations and volunteers.
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please contact Nancy Nori at (716) 517-5090 or
[email protected]
Thank you in advance for your support!!
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2nd Annual PTO Parent Enrichment Workshop
Please mark your calendars for the upcoming workshop on January 30th from 6:30-8:30 pm. This event is back by popular demand with some popular repeat workshops and some brand new additions. Childcare is provided, and we promise the evening will be informative and worth your time. We hope to see you there!
Please click
HERE for all the information.
BECOME A PTO MEMBER!
Your membership provides valuable funds to our school as well as giving you a vote in PTO events and programs.
*Awarded $6000 in teacher grants
*Sponsored the IMPACT carnival, Pay it Forward Fun Run and 8th Grade Celebration
*Funded two scholarships to graduating Evans' seniors
*Presented multiple parent enrichment workshops
*Helped to support academic programs like the spelling bee, UIL and AVID
*Hosted teacher appreciation events throughout the year
Most importantly, our PTO fosters a sense of school community while supporting students. We play a crucial role in helping to create an environment that is nurturing, educational, and exciting for all of our Panthers.
Please consider joining the PTO! You can
download the membership form
or purchase your
membership online.
SPIRIT WEAR
New Hoodies Have Arrived!
Show Your Evans Spirit
New logos ... new colors ... new style! Stop by the concession stand during lunch on the Fridays below to see our new hoodies! On Spirit Wear Fridays, if your student is wearing any kind of spirit wear, she or he earns a ticket for our drawing and is eligible to win a prize. Plus, anyone who picks up a spirit wear order gets a ticket. Good luck!
Spirit wear sales dates for 2017-18:
January 26
February 9
Please remember that you must be approved through MISD before you can volunteer. Please click HERE to go online and complete your application.
Last year applications will run out at the end of September.
Thanks so much!!!
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NAVIANCE- What is it? A college and career portal for use in grades 6-12
OR access the link from the Evans Website
You or your child can log in with the username and password of S followed by the ID number.
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| SHOE DRIVE FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT EVANS PTO |
Do you have gently used shoes your kids have outgrown or shoes you don't wear anymore? Please donate them to Evans PTO for a shoe recycling fundraiser in the month of January. All funds received will go directly to PTO teacher grants. Please deposit shoes in bucket in front office or 6th grade counselor's office. Please see the following list for acceptable and unacceptable types of shoes.
Accept Gently Used Mens/Womens/Kids:
Soccer Cleats
Casual Shoes
Dress Shoes
Work Boots
Sneakers
Sandals
Heels
Flats Loafers
Do not accept:
Damaged/holes
Wet/Mildewed Shoes
Single Shoes
Metal Spikes
Flip-Flops/Plastic Shoes
Slippers
Dress Boots
Ski/Winter Books
Skates/Blades
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Gracie has never felt like this before. One day, she suddenly can't breathe, can't walk, can't anything and the reason is standing right there in front of her, all tall and weirdly good-looking: A.J.
It turns out A.J. likes not Gracie but Gracie's beautiful best friend, Sienna. Obviously Gracie is happy for Sienna. Super happy! She helps Sienna compose the best texts, responding to A.J. s surprisingly funny and appealing texts, just as if she were Sienna. Because Gracie is fine. Always! She's had lots of practice being the sidekick, second-best.
It's all good. Well, almost all. She's trying.
Kelli Bolin
469-302-7117
Media Resource Specialist
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Our district is proud to participate in the American Heart Association's District Heart Challenge! We want to inspirestaff to get their blood pressure checked, be active and learn about how to keep our hearts healthy. By partnering with the American Heart Association, we will raise awareness and help fight heart disease and stroke, the No. 1 killer and No. 5 killers of Americans.
On Friday, February 2nd, National GO RED DAY, we are asking everyone in our district to GO REDto support the mission of the American Heart Association - building healthier lives free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Throughout this school year, you will receive monthly emails on a variety of health topics. Learn the simple ways you can make big changes with your health.
Take a moment to visit
www.heart.org/districtheartchallenge
and show your support! Search our district, and then find your campus. Through this website you can make a $20 donation for this year's shirt, or reach out to friends and family via email to share what you are doing and help you raise funds to fight heart disease. You can also earn other thank you gifts from the American Heart Association for raising additional funds!
Together, we will learn about heart health, get our blood pressure checked and raise lifesaving funds for the American Heart Association. We also have some great incentives and prizes along the way. Log on, sign up and donate for your shirt today!
We will be asking EVERYONE in our district to go RED on Friday, February 2nd
Shirts must be earned by Friday, January 12th to receive them in time for our GO RED DAY.
ONLINE DONATIONS ONLY, NO CASH/CHECKS ACCEPTED
Here's a sneak peek at the 2017-2018 American Heart Association T-Shirts!
T-shirts are earned at the $20 donation level and ALL proceeds benefit the American Heart Association and its mission.
Follow the American Heart Association on Instagram and Twitter @heart_south for healthy snack ideas, recipes, and heart health information for YOU and YOUR family!
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8th Grade Scoliosis Screening
Parents, we started screening ALL 8th Graders for Scoliosis today, Friday Jan. 12th and will screen again on Tues. Jan. 23. The screening will take place during their 7th period class. We started with athletics and a couple classes on the 12th and will try to get to all of the rest of the students on Tues. Jan 23.
BOYS WILL WEAR PANTS OR GYM SHORTS AND REMOVE THEIR SHIRTS. GIRLS ARE REQUESTED TO WEAR A HALTER-TOP, SWIMSUIT TOP, OR A SPORTS BRA.
Students in Off Campus PE will be screened at our earliest convenience.
Referral letters will be sent home with the student for anyone who does not pass a screening. Information on Scoliosis is on the Evans Website under Nurses Clinic. Please call the clinic with any questions or concerns
National GO RED Day - Feb 2nd
American Heart Association District Heart Challenge: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 is NATIONAL GO RED DAY!!
T-shirts are earned at the $20 donation level and ALL proceeds benefit the American Heart Association and its mission.
All shirts MUST be earned by January 12, 2018 to ensure getting them in time for Feb 2
nd.
Nancy Yarbrough BSN, RN
Evans Middle School Nurse
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Click here for the athletics website
Click here to order athletic wear.
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Second Language Learners can now attend tutoring on Monday's after school in Mr. Perez' room -E116.
After school tutoring will begin Monday October 16 from 3:50- 4:50 after school. A late bus will be provided, and will drop students at their zoned elementary school or outlying area.
More information will be sent home to parents about this opportunity.
Plan now to attend tutoring with Mr. Perez, Monday's after school.
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We are so lucky to have so many wonderful volunteers who make it possible for us to make our school the very best it can be! Please remember that if you are a returning volunteer, or maybe a first time MISD volunteer, that you must go online to fill out a Volunteer Application and be approved before you can serve in any capacity where you will have contact with students. Sometimes this takes a couple of weeks, so please do it as soon as possible! We need you!!!
Click HERE to go directly to the link.
Thank you so very much! We look forward to having you on our campus!
Note:
Volunteer applications may take up to two weeks to be processed.
If after two weeks you have not been contacted regarding your volunteer status, please contact MISD Human Resources at 469-302-4117. DO NOT contact staff members at schools regarding your volunteer application. Your application is a confidential matter.
Once you are approved, you will be able to volunteer in the district throughout the school year.
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Contact Ms. McDougald for information at
or Mr. McGeeney at
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| FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES |
Evan's FCA meets every Tuesday morning (schooldays) at 8:15 in D-119. Everyone is welcome (parents also)!! Please come and bring a friend.
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Calling all 6th graders interested in theatre! We will meet every Wednesday from 8:00a.m.-8:25 a.m. when school is in session to play theatre games, learn more about theatre, and end the year with a 6th grade show! We meet in Mrs. Ebs room C114. Please enter the building through the back doors that lead into the fine arts hall. Doors will be locked after 8:10.
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SOAR is a club for all girls at Evans. It meets Mondays right after school in room D101 until 4:40.
Hope to see you there!
Mrs. DeLisle and Mrs. French
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| IMPORTANT PARENT INFORMATION |
Dear Parents,
Although some of he following information is not new, we would like to remind you of a few policies we have in place here at Evans Middle School. We can't thank you enough for your cooperation!
*For the safety and security of all MISD students and staff, everyone is required to show government issued ID (driver's license, identification card, passport etc.) upon entering the campus or accessing student information.
*In the event your student forgets an item at home, you are welcome to leave it on the cabinet in the front office. Please make sure it is clearly and visibly marked with your student's name. We cannot be responsible for anything left on the cabinet and all food items will be thrown out at 3:45pm. In an effort to keep our classrooms as free from disruption as possible, we will not make phone calls or deliveries to students for items left for pick up.
*We are happy to have your student come to the front office to be checked out once you are in the building, but we do not call students in advance. This will keep our students in the classroom as much as possible. If your student is in a fine arts class, lunch or a PE/Athletics class, please allow for additional time when picking them up. Please be sure that the person picking up your student is on your contact list. We will need to see your driver's license every time you enter campus. Thank you in advance for your help with this.
*We will not be able to call a classroom for dismissal after 3:15pm in order to minimize disruption at the end of the school day. If you must pick your student up at the end of the day, please arrive in plenty of time to meet this deadline. We appreciate your understanding.
*While you are welcome to bring lunch up to school for your child, bringing food to anyone other than your student is prohibited. This is a federally mandated directive.
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Have you ever considered being a substitute teacher? McKinney ISD is hiring now! Click HERE for more information and for instructions on how to apply.
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| JOHN AND JUDY GAY LIBRARY FALL EVENTS |
Comic Book Fight Club - Every Wednesday at 4:30pm
Discuss comic books and graphic novels! We'll discuss our favorite characters, play games, and create comic book related crafts.
Animanga Club - Every Thursday at 5pm
Do you like Naruto? Dragonball? Hunter X Hunter? Want to discuss anime with other fans? Join Animanga club! Watch episodes of anime, talk about your favorite manga, make animanga-inspired crafts, and hang out with other fans.
Teen Special: Texas Chess Association - Friday, September 22nd at 4:30pm
Learn how to play chess from the pros! The Texas Chess Association will be presenting who they are, what they do, and teaching you the basics.
Teen Special: Silent Library Scavenger Hunt - Friday, September 29th at 4:30pm
Compete in teams to complete the scavenger hunt. But you have to stay quiet or you'll run out of time!
Teen Special: Toy Hacking - Friday, October 6th at 4:30pm
Create new toys out of old ones! See what happens when you combine two toys together!
All programs are free to attend. We encourage pre-registration on our website (so we know how many to expect), but attendees are also welcome to just show up.
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| LOVE & LOGIC PARENT CLASSES |
McKinney ISD is offering Love and Logic classes at no cost to MISD parents. Registration is required. Love and Logic parenting classes are for parents wanting have loving relationships with their children by setting limits, avoiding power struggles and guiding their children to become problem solvers. The curriculum supports families with children from birth through the teen years.
Class sessions include three fall sessions and three spring sessions. Each session meets on Thursdays from 6-8 p.m. for four consecutive weeks.
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Welcome to McKinney ISD's Community Folder. The Community Folder is the electronic communications where school related, non-school related and non-profit organizations may post their information that may be of interest or benefit of students and parents. The information here has been submitted to and approved by the McKinney ISD Communications Department. Check back often for the latest opportunities and information from our community. Listings in this area do not constitute an endorsement of any agency, group, organization or business by McKinney ISD.
For Events Sponsored By Outside Organizations: McKinney ISD does not sponsor, endorse, or assume any responsibility for this event/program. To request accommodations for individuals with disabilities, please contact the sponsoring organization. For general questions or concerns related to the use of facilities by non-district organizations, please contact the campus principal.
click
here for more information.
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| VOLUNTARY STUDENT ACCIDENT INSURANCE |
| Attention Parents:
Under State Law
,
school districts are not liable for accidents which occur in schools.
It
is important to
understand the school/district IS NOT responsible for medical payments or bills for your child.
If
your child is injured during ANY SCHOOL, ATHLETIC OR UIL SPONSORED ACTIVITY
,
all
medical charges are YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
The school district has purchased a supplemented accident polic
y
which covers the students for
UIL activities. This is a limited benefit polic
y
and any charges not covered by this policy are your
responsibility.
For the benefit of parents who do not have insurance or have limited health insurance, the school
district is making available a VOLUNTARY STUDENT/ATHLETIC ACCIDENT INSURANCE
PLAN
.
Please click
HERE to print this brochure in both English and Spanish with enrollment information.
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| CAFETERIA INFORMATION AND MENUS |
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Click HERE for a printable LUNCH MENU Click HERE for a printable BREAKFAST MENU |
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