Haggard Middle School

Due to field conditions, the Middle School Soccer Festival ,which was rescheduled from last week, has been cancelled.

Early voting happens from April 22-30 for the May 4 local election. See what will be on your ballot by entering your address into www.vote411.org. Check voting locations and hours on the county elections website. The voter turnout is usually less than 10% in local elections. Your vote counts!

www.collincountytx.gov/elections/election_information

April 2019

This month, families with unpaid meal charges will begin receiving notifications from Plano ISD regarding the amount owed and how to pay their balances. We want you to be aware of this impending communication and the related guidelines and payment options.

The goal of Plano ISD’s school breakfast and lunch program is to provide healthy meals to children during the school day. In order to serve healthy, high-quality meals to all children, we must make sure we are financially secure, and parents play a key role in this effort.

Procedures for Students with Unpaid Meal Charges:
If you are unsure if your family has a meal account balance, you can view your balance via the Plano ISD Mobile App (downloadable at www.pisd.edu/mobileapp), or you can access and pay the balance online using Paypams, https://paypams.com.

A student is allowed up to two reimbursable breakfast meal charges (where served) and two reimbursable lunch meal charges. Once a student incurs these charges, communication to the parents/guardian is initiated. This month’s direct notification will include comprehensive guidelines and instructions, and will be sent in addition to the regularly scheduled notifications.

• Parents/guardians may make payments in students’ accounts through the online payment system or in person at the campus site.
• For online payments, visit https://paypams.com. You will need to know your login information.
• To access the Free and Reduced Price Meal Application visit https://fans.pisd.edu/fma. Qualifying for the Free and Reduced Meal Program will apply only to charges incurred after successful enrollment, and cannot be applied retroactively to existing balances.

For questions or inquiries about payment plans, contact the food and nutritional services manager at your child’s school. You may access those phone numbers as follows:

• Elementary Schools: https://www.pisd.edu/Page/4521
• Middle Schools: https://www.pisd.edu/Page/4548
• High Schools/Senior High Schools: https://www.pisd.edu/Page/4549

Valued parents of students with disabilities,

The Special Education program is exploring ways to increase communication, training and involvement opportunities for families of students with disabilities, and we need your input. I know that you are very busy working and taking care of your family, but I encourage you to give us your voice by answering the thirteen (13) questions in this survey. We value parent input and want to know how the special education program is doing towards meeting you and your child's needs. Please click this link to go to our district Special Education page and then select the option on the right hand side of the screen that corresponds to your language of preference: https://www.pisd.edu/sped

Please be sure to complete this survey by Friday, April 26th. Many thanks in advance for your assistance and input!

Please be aware of some additional immunizations that will be required in the 2019-2020 school year for 7th grade entry.

The changes will amend 25 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 97, Subchapter B, §§97.61; 97.63-97.72.

Following are the immunizations that will be affected:

 Meningococcal Vaccine – One dose required on or after 11th birthday

 Tdap Vaccine (Tetanus and diphtheria toxoids and acellular pertussis)

 Booster dose required (within last 5 years)

Proof of these immunizations will be required to begin school for the 2019-2020 school year. Please check your child’s immunization records now and provide your school nurse proof of immunization as soon as the vaccine is received as this will provide faster service for your student’s schedule release. To view a copy of your child’s immunization record as currently on file with the school, please go to https://parentviewer.pisd.edu/

Attention 8th graders attending the Williams Health Science Academy or the Plano East IB World School: If you are interested in trying out for the Plano East Boys or Girls Golf Team next year, there is a MANDATORY Parent/Athlete meeting at Plano East in the cafeteria on Thursday, May 9th at 6:30 pm. We will be discussing tryouts and the golf program. If you cannot attend, you must contact Coach Engelking at jon.engelking@pisd.edu.

Fri, 4/26 Platinum Eagle Breakfast @ Haggard 7:45 am

Sat, 4/27 Choir All-Region Clinic and Rehearsal

Tues, 4/30 Plano Beginning Orchestra Festival @ Courtyard Theatre

Tues, 4/30 NJHS Induction Ceremony @ Haggard 6:30-8:30

Mon, 5/6 8th grade Recognition Ceremony @ Haggard 6:00 pm (A-L) and 7:30 pm (M-Z)

Wed, 5/8 Algebra I STAAR/EOC Exam

Thur, 5/9 Orchestra Spring Concert @ HMS

Mon, 5/13 STAAR Exams: Math 6, Math 7, Science 8

Tues, 5/14 STAAR Exams: Reading 6, Reading 7, Social Studies 8

Wed, 5/15 STAAR Exam: Math 8 Retest

Thur, 5/16 STAAR Exam Makeups

Fri, 5/17 8th grade Celebration @ Haggard 4:00-6:00

Mon, 5/20 Final Exams

Tues, 5/21 Final Exams

Wed, 5/22 Final Exams

Thur, 5/23 Final Exams

Fri, 5/24 Final Exams; Early Release at 12:40 pm; Last Day

We will have a special General Meeting at 9:45 am on May 2nd in room 206 to make a few quick budget amendments. See you there!

Thank you to everyone who helped out with our Spring Social! We had a great turn out (over 300 kids) and we could not have done it without your help!

Haggard School Store: Our school store is open during all 3 lunches (11:10am-12:45pm) most Mondays and Fridays. This is a great way for parents and guardians to get a peek into the daily lives of their kids. We have several volunteers openings for the school store coming up this semester. To help, check out the signup genius at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0a49afa7229-haggard4

REMEMBER: **Before volunteering, you must have a PISD volunteer background check completed: go to www.pisd.edu and click on "Volunteer Application" This step must be repeated each year that you plan to volunteer with PISD**

Andrea is always helping out at Haggard with a smile, wherever she is needed. In addition to her board position as Parliamentarian, Andrea also led our PTA Nominating Committee to fill our board positions for next school year. Andrea and her husband, Mark have been married for 20 years and are the parents of Luke (6th grade) and Nate (5th grade at Wells). Their family also includes their dog, Allie. In their spare time, she and her family “love to watch movies (popcorn is a must!) and in the summer we like to swim and go tubing on the lakes.”

About Haggard MS, Andrea says “It’s been a great first year at Haggard. The teachers/staff are wonderful. Volunteering on the Haggard PTA Board has been great because we get to hear all that goes on in the school and all that the PTA does for the students. It’s fun to be a part of that.”

Haggard Volunteers Remind: Be among the first to hear about volunteer opportunities by signing up for our Volunteer Remind. Text “@hmsvolun” to 81010 or going to www.remind.com/join/hmsvolun

It is time to say THANK YOU to our teachers for a super year!

This year we would like to provide our teachers with a catered meal from Rosa’s Café on Friday, May 10th. For just $10 you can purchase a meal for a special teacher! Just click on the link below to go to PayPal. You will have an option to specify the teacher and leave that teacher a note once you are on PayPal.

You are welcome to purchase more than one meal!!!

http://haggardmspta.org/teacher-appreciation/

If you have any questions or have any issues leaving a note, please feel free to email them to me: Christie@pcawebdesign.com and I will make sure the teacher receives the note.

It's time to order school supplies for the 2019-20 School Year. The PTA is selling 6th,7th & 8th grade packets through http://www.schooltoolbox.com/ this year. You can purchase the pack as is or you can make changes, adding a backpack, lunchbox or zippered binder, etc. 8% of your purchase goes to the PTA. New this year, your supplies will ship directly to you instead of school. Shipping is free if you spend $50 or more. No more waiting in long lines to pick up your supplies.

PISD Staff, friends and family,

Do you enjoy playing golf and supporting aspiring educators?? Join the Plano Principals Association at the 2019 PPA Scholarship Scramble! The golf scramble format emphasizes fun without the pressure of keeping individual scores. Each player hits a tee shot on each hole, but everyone plays from the spot of the best shot. Fun for all golf levels!

For more information visit our website at www.tinyurl.com/PPAGolfScramble.

Ready to sign-up now? Use our *new* online registration form: www.tinyurl.com/2019PPAGolfSignUp. We now accept check or PayPal payments!

Shauna Koehne

Principal

shauna.koehne@pisd.edu

Email: no-reply@pisd.edu
Website: https://www.pisd.edu/haggard
Location: 2832 Parkhaven Drive Plano, TX 75075
Phone: 469-752-5400