Oct. 5, 2021 Contact:
Jean Ann Collins
Communications Coordinator
(469) 952-5400 ext. 3504
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Email Express for week of Oct. 4 |
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Welcome to the eighth edition of Email Express, the communications tool utilized by Princeton Independent School District. It is distributed weekly to keep you informed. Districtwide events are featured at the top, followed by a section for each campus to make information easier to navigate.
We encourage suggestions on how we can improve our communications, so feel free to email jcollins@princetonisd.net with your ideas.
In addition, like the Princeton Independent School District Facebook page and follow Twitter @princetonisd to stay up-to-date, as well. These accounts are also linked to the district website at www.princetonisd.net so you do not need social media to see the postings. In addition, Princeton ISD has an official Instagram page to showcase photos from around the district. Follow @PrincetonISD on Instagram to see the kids in action.
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October's "Email Express" sponsored by: |
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PISD offers voluntary COVID-19 testing for students and staff. The testing site has been relocated to Lovelady High School, with access at the back of the school. Individuals will enter the back parking lot off Mabel. See map. Use the entrance marked C21.
Testing hours are from 7-11 a.m. and noon-3 p.m. daily by appointment only. To schedule an appointment, contact the campus principal or nurse. Click here to access testing consent form.
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Princeton schools and offices will be closed Monday, Oct. 11, for Columbus Day. Normal school and office hours resume Tuesday, Oct. 12. |
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Fall school picture dates |
Oct. 6 Clark, Fall retakes, 7:30-9:30
Oct. 7 Canup, Fall retakes, 8-9:30
Oct. 12 Lacy, Fall retakes, 8-9:30
Oct. 13 Lowe, Fall retakes, 8-9:30
Oct. 14 Godwin, Fall retakes, 8-9:30
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The PHS ag barn, which is normally closed to the general public, will open for tours Oct. 9.
This will feature fall-themed games and food, so bring the family for some fun.
Rather than charging an admission fee, donations will be accepted for Princeton’s Angel Tree.
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Board meetings are held monthly, typically on the third Monday of the month, except on months when the meeting would conflict with a school holiday. Board meetings, which are held in the board room at 321 Panther Pkwy., begin at 6:30 p.m. and are open to the public. The schedule for the remainder of the 2021-2022 board meetings:
Oct. 18, 2021
Nov. 15, 2021
Dec. 15, 2021
Jan. 24, 2022
Feb. 28, 2022
March 21, 2022
April 18, 2022
May 16, 2022
June 20, 2022
July 18, 2022
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Salon opens to the public |
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The CATE Center salon will be open to the public beginning Thursday, Oct. 7.
Hours will be 7:30-10 a.m. and 12:30-5:00 p.m. on the first and third Thursdays of each month.
The month of October, the salon will offer a $1 conditioning treatment with any service.
As before, all haircuts for PISD staff are no charge.
Click here for a complete price list, which features reduced rates for all services.
The salon will not offer artificial nail services until December.
To make an appointment, call 469-952-5400, ext. 3068, and leave a message, if there is no answer.
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Normal business hours for the PISD administration building are 7:15 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday. For elementary campuses, office hours are 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, and secondary campuses are 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. |
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The school calendars for the next two years are available.
Click here for a copy of the 2021-2022 school calendar.
Click here for a copy of the 2022-2023 school calendar.
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Students in the introductory course for sports medicine are focused on the healing process. As part of the hands-on lesson, the future athletic trainers jumped ahead to borrow a traditional Halloween activity to create their own wounds to heal. |
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The PHS National Honor Society induction has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20. All the information is on Google Classroom. |
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The PHS Renaissance team (JRen) is joining forces with "Skate for Change" to collect new socks that can be donated to those in need. Socks are the most requested yet least donated item in most homeless shelters.
During the month of October, the students are challenging their Pride Time counterparts to donate as many new socks as they can. The JRen team will be around each Friday to collect socks and tally donations.
There will be weekly winners, and the PrideTime that donates the most socks overall will receive a reward as recognition for their hard work.
Finally, socks will be sorted and donated to local groups (nursing homes, school campuses, community clothes closet, etc.) to directly benefit members the Princeton community.
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FAFSA workshop for graduation requirement |
The State of Texas has passed a new graduation requirement for all students in the Class of 2022 and after. Each student must complete a financial aid application (either the FAFSA/TASFA) to meet this graduation requirement.
PHS counselors will host in-person FAFSA/TASFA workshops to assist students and parents in completing the application. The remaining dates are:
Thursday, Oct. 7, from 6-8 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 9, from 8:30 a.m.-noon
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For students enrolled in AP classes, AP exam invoices went out electronically to the email address listed in the student's MyAP account. These must be paid by midnight Oct. 22 to avoid a $40 per exam late fee. If a student qualifies for free/reduced lunch but does not have a current application on file, they need to complete an application ASAP in order to get the reduced exam fee. |
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The boys soccer program took time out of their athletic period to catch up on Chapter 8 of their book study, “Row the Boat,” which is a book written by Jon Gordon and P.J. Fleck about a never-give-up approach to leading with enthusiasm and optimism and improving a team’s culture. |
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Any student driver needing a parking permit for the 2021-2022 school needs to complete the Google form while logged in to their school email account or use the QR code.
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The Princeton High School science trip to Costa Rica will be six days from June 4-10, 2022. The trip is all-inclusive with a cost of $2,984. The educational trip is through WorldStrides. For more information, visit worldstrides.com and use the trip code 186142. Science teacher Rachella Fannin is the trip leader.
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Lovelady custodian appreciation |
Lovelady showed appreciation to the custodial staff with lunch from Golden Chick and cookies from Crumbl. |
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There will be only one freshman football game at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, at Jackie Hendricks Stadium vs. Frisco High School because Frisco only has one freshman team. |
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Lovelady counselor newsletter |
The October issue of the Lovelady counselor newsletter is available.
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Lovelady meeting for Spanish-speaking parents |
Lovelady High School will host a monthly meeting for its Spanish-speaking parents. The next meeting is 6 tonight in D204. |
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Lovelady High School has a new Facebook page. Click the link to connect with the new school, which opens this year to all the 9th-graders in the district.
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Lovelady Shipmate of the Month |
Lovelady High School recognized the Shipmate of the Month, which is a staff member who represents the core values of the campus, which are leadership, relationships and citizenship.
Nancy Longino, the yearbook adviser and animation/principles of IT teacher, was the recipient for September.
This is one of the nominations, “Mrs. Longino has so much spirit. She is always happy and frequently checks in with her co-workers to make sure they are having a great day. This kind of energy makes each day a joy.”
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Clark football changes for tonight |
Middle school football game changes for tonight (Oct. 5):
Clark 7th-grade A team will play one game at 6 p.m. at Jackie Hendricks Stadium, while Clark 8th-grade A team will travel to Celina for a 6 p.m. game.
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Students in Rebecca Baker's and Jessica Foote's 7th-grade science classes at Clark dissected a chicken wing. They were careful to separate skin from muscle, muscle from tendons, then tendons from bone. Students broke the bone open to investigate the bone marrow. |
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Clark has a hub to assist parents with helpful information and links regarding Clark Middle School. Click link to see what it's all about.
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Clark Middle School has its own Facebook page to communicate important information for parents:
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Clark Teacher of the Week |
Clark's Teacher of the Week is Amanda Buckner. Here is what administrators had to say about Mrs. Buckner: "Mrs. Buckner's investment in our students' learning and success is above and beyond. Mrs. Buckner's classroom is a safe, fun, expressive, engaging and pleasant environment where students are acquiring essential knowledge and skills. Mrs. Buckner's competency in using technology in her classroom guarantees a competitive edge for our students, team and staff." |
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Southard football changes for tonight |
Middle school football game changes for tonight (Oct. 5):
Sherman does not have B teams so both Southard 7th- and 8th-grade A teams will travel to play in Sherman.
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Students in Brittany Neal's 6th-grade science classes at Southard Middle School explored properties of minerals by doing the following stations: reading, writing, speaking and hands-on activities. |
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After reading a story in Paige McCartney's 6th-grade English 1st/2nd period class at Southard Middle School, the students put together a live story map. |
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Students will be able to win a prize for participating.
Oct. 14 - Super hero day (No costume masks.)
Oct. 19- Pink out
Oct. 28 - Character day (Dress as favorite book or movie character/no costume masks. Must be school appropriate.)
Nov. 2 - Club day (wear club T-shirts for SMS)
Nov. 10 - Jersey day
Feb. 11 - Twin day
April 14 - Neon day (STAAR prep: be bright)
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Michelle St. John’s 6th-grade math students at Southard worked on multiplying fractions task cards. They went outside to the courtyard to work with a partner to solve problems. |
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Southard Life Skills students show off their wish list donations. |
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Deborah Southard and Brooke Jones prepare to deliver goodies to the Life Skills classroom. |
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Deborah Southard, who is the Southard school namesake, and Brooke Jones, Mrs. Southard’s granddaughter and Southard counselor, donated items to the students in the Southard Life Skill's class that were on their Amazon wish list. |
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Southard Credit by Exam for November |
The next CBE opportunity for Southard Middle School students will be Nov. 5 with sign-up by Oct. 19. Complete the form at link below to participate in the testing.
About CBEs/Información sobre CBEs:
- a student earns credit for the language if they make an 80 percent (without prior instruction) or 70 percent (with prior instruction)
- the score from the exam will be entered on the transcript, but CBEs do not count toward student GPA
- if a student is currently in a class (i.e. Spanish I), then the CBE score will count toward future classes (i.e. Spanish II, III and/or IV)
- un estudiante gana crédito por el idioma si obtiene un 80% (sin instrucción previa) o un 70% (con instrucción previa)
- el puntaje del examen se ingresará en la transcripción, pero los CBE no cuentan para el GPA del estudiante
- Si un estudiante está actualmente en una clase (es decir, español I), el puntaje CBE contará para futuras clases (es decir, español II, III y / o IV)
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Southard custodian appreciation |
Southard said thanks to the campus custodians with goodies and gift cards for the day and night shift staff for their work to make the school shine and keep everyone healthy. Life skills students made a sign, and the art students decorated the custodian closet door. |
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Southard has a hub to assist parents with helpful information and links regarding Southard Middle School. Click link to see what it's all about.
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Godwin gingerbread man hunt |
Godwin kinder students in Deborah Baker’s class started a study on relative location in social studies and read the story of “The Gingerbread Man.” He escaped the classroom, but left some clues behind so students could find him. He also surprised them with treats at the end. |
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The PTO at Godwin will host a Trunk-or-Treat from 5:30-7 p.m. Oct. 29. |
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The following Godwin students were winners in the Bike Safe/Walk Safe helmet drawing:
German Merino
Aylin Villareal
Kynzie Haverland
Wyatt Brown
Trenton Powell
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Join the Godwin PTO remind group to stay in touch with the latest information. Send a text to 81010 with the message @9h4gdedhgg. |
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Yearbooks are available for purchase at Harper for $25, which is a $5 discount and the lowest price of the year.
If you purchase personalization for the book, you receive four icons for free.
Return the order form that was sent home to the Harper office with cash or check (payable to Harper Elementary) or purchase online at jostensyearbook.com or use this link:
You may also call toll-free, 1-877-767-5217, to purchase a yearbook. This offer ends Friday, Oct 15.
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Harper Elementary Facebook |
Follow Harper Elementary on Facebook. Search HarperES or click link below.
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Oct. 4-22 - Beginning-of-year TxKEA for Kinder
Oct. 5 - PTO meeting at 5:30 p.m.
Oct. 5 - Spirit Night fundraiser at Dairy Queen
Oct. 11 - No school
Oct. 12 - Progress reports
Oct. 22 - 50th day of school
Oct. 25-29 - Red Ribbon Week
Oct. 27-29 - Second six-weeks testing
Oct. 29 - Trunk-or-Treat
Oct. 29 - End of second six weeks
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Harper needs volunteer readers |
Harper needs volunteer readers to record themselves reading their favorite book. Students will watch the videos during Mystery Reader Monday, which will be part of DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) time. Anyone interested can contact Assistant Principal Jason Brown for more information at jbrown@princetonisd.net.
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As students work toward reading 1 million pages as a campus, Harper is seeking donations of books for students who may not be able to go to the local library or purchase books. Donations can be dropped off in the front office during normal school office hours. |
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Harper celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month |
Students in Jennifer Coburn’s 4th-grade classroom at Harper collaborated in making a poster in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month. |
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The 5th-grade science students in Amanda Beaty’s class at Lacy studied sound energy.
They are Brinlee Bliss, Sophia Benitz, Jorge Sustaita, Adam Fuentes and Nicole Moncada.
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To join the Lacy PTO Remind group to stay in touch with the most up-to-date information, text @lacyelem to 81010. |
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Lacy custodian appreciation |
In honor of School Custodian Appreciation Day, Lacy Principal Katherine Colon presented Freddy Loera, Miguel Ortiz and Homereo Pineda with a goody box and appreciation cards made by the students. |
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Lowe recognized its 3rd-grade STAAR students of the week. |
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You can join the Lowe PTO Facebook group for up-to-date information at:
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Lowe custodian appreciation |
Lowe 4th-graders showed appreciation for the campus custodians for School Custodian Appreciation Day. |
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Jesse Lester from Rachel Walker's 5th-grade science class at Lowe shows off the robot he designed that illustrates the forms of energy. |
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Smith students celebrated animal day along with the kindergarteners who are learning the letter A. Smith Kinder teacher, Caitlyn Carr, and 1st-grade teacher, Alissa Waters, joined in the animal day fun as lemurs. |
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Smith PTO has Remind code |
To join the Smith PTO Remind group to stay in touch with the most up-to-date information, text @cakeff to 81010. |
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Use the QR code to connect to the Smith Elementary PTO Facebook page. |
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Use the QR code to connect to the Smith Elementary PTO Instagram account. |
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Kindergarten students in Halie Campbell’s class at Smith learned about the main idea of a story by making a Witch’s Stew. Details were the ingredients…bones, vampire fangs, spiders, witch fingernails and more. The main idea was the witch’s stew when it was finished brewing. |
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Canup custodian appreciation |
The Canup crew celebrated its amazing custodians on Custodian Appreciation Day to thank them for everything they do to keep everyone healthy and safe and the campus looking great. Pictured are Luisa Meza and Minerva Jimenez. Not pictured is Kaylee Little. |
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Jemma Conoly and Duke Wussah |
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Izzy Hotz and Jack Goodson |
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Lupe Rojas’ Pre-K class at Canup concluded the unit on community helpers with students making their favorite community helpers, their buildings and role playing with them. Students featured are Jemma Conoly, Duke Wussah, Izzy Hotz and Jack Goodson. |
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Girl Scout clothing drive |
Girl Scout Troop 4067 is doing a clothing drive fundraiser. Clean out space in your closets and help out the local troop raise funds to do things like learning about robots, becoming leaders and making history come alive.
Donations can be dropped off at 1200 Cedar Hollow Dr., Princeton TX 75407 from Oct. 1-30. Or text 469-585-4877 to arrange a no-contact pick up off your porch. (Acceptable donations are cleaned, wearable clothing, shoes, bag/backpacks and accessories.)
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Click here for information about classes offered through Princeton ISD's Community Ed program. In addition, registration is now available on RevTrak at:
See the registration guide:
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Storytime at the Princeton library will be held every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. with guest readers, crafts, sing-a-longs and more. |
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Chamber networking breakfast is back |
The Princeton Chamber of Commerce networking breakfast has returned. Now called Coffee and Connections, the free monthly breakfast will be 7:30 a.m. every third Tuesday at Whataburger. The next gathering will be Oct. 19. |
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The Princeton Chamber of Commerce networking luncheon will be noon Wednesday, Oct. 13, at the Community Center across the hall from the Chamber of Commerce, 319 McKinney Avenue.
There is limited seating so you must RSVP. Cost is $10 for members and $15 for non-members. A light lunch will be provided by the Chamber.
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Christ Cares for Princeton offers assistance |
Need assistance with food, clothing, prescriptions or auto fuel? If you live within the boundaries of the Princeton Independent School District, Christ Cares for Princeton can help.
For more information, call 469-278-HOPE (4673). Click links for assistance, to donate or information.
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If you have any questions, comments or suggestions about the district's communications, I can be reached through this email address, jcollins@princetonisd.net or by calling 469.952.5400, ext. 3504.
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Princeton ISD| 469-952-5400 | 321 Panther Parkway, Princeton, TX 75407 |
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