Husky Tracks
March 22, 2024
Principal's Message
It's been a great week at PRT! It was nice to hear about everyone's spring break but also nice to get back to the routine of school! We have a lot to do in the next nine weeks - lots of learning, lots of assessments and many celebrations!
The track season kicked off this week and we have over 260 students participating. How exciting! We are hoping for some sunny and beautiful track meets in April!
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Dr. Jenna Jones, Proud PRT Principal
#PRT20YrsGreat
INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES
8th Grade Award Winner
8th Grader Chase Woolfolk has been selected as the recipient of the Celebration of Black Excellence Award as the 2024 Middle School Academic Award Winner. One student from each middle school won this prestigious award and were honored at a district ceremony prior to Spring Break.
Please join us in congratulating him on this honor!
4th Quarter Lunch Seats - Monday, March 25
All students will select their 4th quarter lunch seats on Monday, March 25. If your student will be absent that day, a friend can sign them up.
Assessment Dates
All students will be taking the Reading and Math State Assessments in the mont of April. Please help to remind your student to come with their device full charged on these days. A good night's rest and a good breakfast is always helpful as well!
Reading: April 2 and April 3 - during Language Arts class
Math: April 10 and April 11 - during Math class
Husky Honors: Save the Date!
Our Husky Honors programs recognize and celebrate many accomplishments of our students! These ceremonies are before school at 7:10am in the auditorium. A variety of awards are presented to students including 4.0 GPA, MLK Jr. Contest winners, Science Olympiad, Math Counts, TSA, KS History Day, Honors Choir, John Phillip Sousa Band, KMEA, President's Award for Educational Excellence, Spelling Bee, Service Award, Citizenship Award, Pena Award, Husky of the Quarter and Husky of the Year. It is an exciting morning! Personal invitations go home with students who are invited to the ceremony. Once these invitations are distributed to students, we will inform parents to check with their student. Here are the dates by grade level:
May 14 – 6th Grade
May 15 – 7th Grade
May 16 – 8th Grade
Attention Current 7th Graders
Middle school can be overwhelming, especially for new 6th graders.
As next year’s 8th graders, you can make the difference and help them with this big transition from elementary school!
If you want to be an important part of helping a new group of students learn the expectations at PRT and make them feel welcome then you are the perfect fit to be a P.A.C.K. leader!
Your commitment would include…
- Attend a training on July 30th from 9-11:30 at PRT to learn about the first day activities and help prepare to welcome students.
- Help with our back-to-school night in July (if available)
- Wear your PACK leadership shirt & mentor 6th grade students throughout the school year. This includes their first half day of school on Tuesday, August 13th from approximately 8-1pm
- Help with fundraising activities.
Want to apply?
We will be accepting applications through Friday, March 29th.
We will announce the 2024-2025 PACK leaders on our website no later than April 1st.
If you have questions, see Mrs. Vena (counseling office) or Mrs. Wrecke (room 605)
District Site Council Meeting - Monday, March 25
Please consider attending the upcoming District Site Council meeting next Monday at 7pm at Olathe East. Our very own, Mr. Bussinger will provide the opening message!
KAY Club Diaper Drive - March 25-29
KAY Club will be having a diapers and wipes drive for area shelters from March 25-March 29. The shelters said that they especially need diapers that are sizes 3 or 4 but will gladly accept all sizes. The WAG class that brings in the most diapers and wipes will receive donuts! Thanks so much in advance for donating to those in need.
PRT Summer Camps
Parent’s Night Out! ONW Engineering Event
On March 29th from 5:00-9:00 pm, parents can drop their kids off at Olathe Northwest and enjoy a night out. Children will have the opportunity to play games, watch movies and so much more! Dinner and snacks will be provided.
Noah's Bandage Run
Attention Parents & Students! Yearbook wants your photos!!
Do you have great pictures of sporting events or activities at PRT? The PRT Yearbook would love for you to submit them for consideration for the 23-24 Yearbook. Please use the following link to submit photos.
By submitting photos, you give Yearbook staff permission to use them. All photos submitted will be considered, but there is no guarantee your photo will make it into the final yearbook. If you have any questions, please contact Kelsey Casey at klcasey@olatheschools.org.
Husky Counseling Corner
6th grade Counselor/7th Grade Team Tundra:
Mrs. Vena | kavena@olatheschools.org
8th grade Counselor/7th Grade Team Glacier:
Mrs. Brown | arlbrown@olatheschools.org
Need to speak with a counselor?
Students can drop into the counseling office to see if a counselor is available, or request to see counselor by using this form:
https://forms.gle/D4WvsPxcRoLF91So7
Other OSD counseling/mental health resources and information:
https://www.olatheschools.org/Page/2471 and https://www.olatheschools.org/Page/8873
PRT Administration
Mrs. Jones
Principal
Mrs. Stoskopf
Assistant Principal
6th Grade
7th Grade Team Tundra
Mr. Mellen
Assistant Principal/Activities Director
8th Grade
7th Grade Team Glacier
School: @PRT_Huskies
Mrs. Jones: @MrsJonesPRT
Mrs. Stoskopf: @jenstoskopfPRT
Mr. Mellen: @BMellenPRT