To protect all children from communicable illnesses, students infected with certain diseases are not allowed to come to school while they are contagious. Students should be symptom-free for 24 hours before returning to school. Contact your campus nurse if you are unsure whether or not your child should return to school.

The guidelines below have been developed for the exclusion of students who have communicable or contagious diseases. These regulations are in compliance with the requirements of the local health authority, Plano ISD Administrative Guidelines and the Board of Trustees’ appointed medical officer.

1.A student with any of the following symptoms will be excluded from school until such time as the student is free of symptoms, has been satisfactorily treated or submits a signed physician’s statement that he/she is not contagious.

•Temperature of 100 degrees or more. Student must be fever free for 24 hours, without medication, before re-entry.

•Pain and/or swelling at angle of jaw.

•Undetermined rash over any part of the body.

•Undiagnosed scaly patches on the body or scalp.

•Nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. Student must be symptom free for 24 hours without medication before re-entry.

•Red, draining eyes.

•Intense itching with signs and symptoms of secondary infection.

•Open, draining lesions.

•Jaundice

2.The Principal or his/her designee, in collaboration with the school nurse, will notify parents that the student must be excluded for medical reasons.

3.It is the responsibility of the parent or guardian to transport the student from school to his/her home.

Murphy Middle School is pleased to host the American Mathematics Competition 10B on Thursday, February 15, 2018. This international math competition will be hosted by Murphy Middle School in the cafeteria during 1st & 2nd period. The AMC 10B will be open to Murphy Middle School students only. The first 50 people signed up will sit for the exam on Thursday, February 15. To sign up, your student will pick up The Contract in the Counseling Office before or after school and return it signed to Mrs. Dau in room N105 by February 2

Second Thursday of the Month from 3:30-4:30 is Volunteer club. 1 hour credit for all NJHS and NEHS students that attend. Each month there is a different volunteer project done at the school in room B120.

Please donate to Volunteer Club meeting on Feb 8th any supplies to decorate cards Valentine or Thank you cards for teachers such as stickers or paper doilies etc—bring any items to Mrs. McCutcheon’s room (B120)

Local students of the Murphy Achievers Academic Team, Xavier Brewington, Wade Dennis and Nate Malone, all of Murphy Middle School, competed in the 9th Annual Aiming for the Stars Academic Competition hosted on January 27th by The University of Texas at Dallas.

The African American Male Academic Bowl is a 3-tiered Middle School Competition that includes a Jeopardy-style Quiz Bowl, Engineering Design segment, and a MathCounts Quiz round. There were 18 teams competing from across the metroplex, including teams from Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD and Frisco ISD.

In their first year competing, the team earned First Place in the MathCounts division, winning a graphing calculator for each team member.

The Murphy Achievers Academic Team is coached by Warren Dennis, a Senior Engineer and Murphy resident.