Murphy Middle School ENews
September 20, 2018
Car Pool, Drop off, Pick up, and Morning information
MMS Parents,
Please use the circle drive in the front of the building for drop off and pick up. You may also use the Kimbrough Parking Lot. There is a guarded cross-walk between the Kimbrough parking lot and the school that students can use to cross. Parents may also drop off their student along the drive on the north side of the building.
Please do not use the bus lane on the South and East side of the building for drop off in the morning or pick up after school. Also, please refrain from using the bus lane after school while buses are present. Thank you.
The front doors open at 7:45AM. Morning tutorials begin at 7:50AM.
MMS Tailgate Party
Fall Social - October 5th
MMS CAREER DAY- FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12
See the flyer below. Click on the document link for a printable copy of the Career Day Form.
Please complete the form at the bottom and return it to Sylvia Lansing in the Counseling Office. Or e-mail it to sylvia.lansing@pisd.edu
Plano ISD App
Do you have the Plano ISD App on your phone or device?
The Plano ISD App is a great way to see information about the Plano calendar, news and alerts, the anonymous tip line, and much more. It is available for iOS or Android. Search for Plano ISD in your App Store.
Golden Maverick Award
MMS has such great citizens! This week’s 6th grade Golden Murphy Maverick winners are Andrew Nguyen, Amarri Boldoe and Lillian Cuny!
Spring PACE Testing
Is your student interested in participating in PACE next year? Testing for consideration to be admitted into the Plano Academic and Creative Education (PACE) program for next school year will take place next spring. Referral packets can be submitted online or on paper by Friday, Jan. 16 to Ms. McAnderson in E105. If you have any questions about the process please contact her at melissa.mcanderson@pisd.edu. The online version will automatically send an email to Ms. McAnderson when completed.
Organization Corner
Organization Corner is a place for Murphy Middle School students to come to get organized It is available Wednesday mornings 7:50-8:20 in Mrs. Good's room, E109 every week. AVID students will be available to help.
MMS Environmental Club
Congratulations to the MMS Environmental Club! It recently won the Outstanding Existing Environmental Awareness Group from the City of Plano’s Environmental Star of Excellence ceremony on Sept. 19th. The club assisted Camden Henson in creating a butterfly garden in front of the cafeteria and registered it as a Monarch Waystation. A dedication ceremony was held to honor Lori Crawford, a MMS math teacher, who lost her battle with breast cancer.
The Club will meet Friday, Sept. 21st to team with the City of Murphy’s Clean Sweep. Meet in room E113 from 3;30-5pm. Make sure to dress for working outside.
MMS Student Council
Mathcounts
MMS Art Club
Dearest Murphy Art Patrons,
Art club is in need of your help. We are learning about rococo art, and are creating powdered wigs. We are reaching out for donations of cotton balls and toilet paper rolls, only the cardboard roll not with all the paper, for our project. You can drop donations off at Mr. Adams’ art room B118 anytime during the school day. We thank you for your patronage, as we look to realize our inner Marie Antoinettes.
MMS Football
No game next week, make sure that you are looking at the practice schedules for report times. Pink Out game October 1st & 2nd at Kimbrough Stadium vs Carpenter. Please get the money to Mrs. Waid to purchase pink socks for the game.