PfISD Employee Express

• Upcoming Events & Holidays
• Pegasus Program Enrollment Open
• Employee of the Month
• Grant Opportunity
• Stop the Bleed Training
• Employment Corner
• Staff Shout Outs
• CTE Corner
• Fine Arts
• Athletics

Women’s History Month

Music in Our Schools Month

Youth Art Month

Social Work Month

Mar 2: Board of Trustee Workshop Meeting

Mar. 6-10: National School Breakfast Week

Mar. 12: Daylight Saving Time Begins

Mar 13-17: Spring Break

Mar 23: Board of Trustee Regular Meeting

Mar 25: Pfamily Pfitness Pfair

Pegasus Enrollment is now open until March 29, 2023. The purpose of the Pegasus Program is to provide onsite preschool for children of district staff members while also providing preschoolers with disabilities an opportunity to regularly interact with typically-developing peers. Children of district employees serve as positive role models for the students identified with special needs. This research-based model benefits both groups by providing quality preschool instruction in a supportive, inclusive setting. Pegasus is open to district employees, substitutes, Aramark employees, and relatives of all three. Visit https://www.pfisd.net/pegasus for more information or click on a link below.

For more information, please view the links below:

o Pegasus Flyer

o Pegasus Parent Agreement 23/23

o Pegasus Application 23/24

Please contact Julie Schwarz at Julie.schwarz@pfisd.net or 512-594-0173 with any questions.

It is that time to nominate a team member for PfISD Employees of the Month (EOM) for professional staff, support staff, and guest educators.

Your March EOM nominations will be accepted through THIS FRIDAY March 3rd.

To review the process and nominate an employee, please click here: https://www.pfisd.net/EOM

Teachers and Staff: The Foundation is seeking your grant applications to fund projects and/or programs that are innovative and stimulate students’ learning and creativity by enhancing the existing curriculum. Grants can be up to $2,000 for programs or projects initiated by an individual educator, and up to $5,000 for programs or projects initiated by teams or departments.

Deadline: March 31, 2023

Apply here:

https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/12ED3WCRy1mP5c64QIYjSVxbz6JXXOv9M/copy

Questions? Contact jennifer.fry@pfisd.net.

Texas House Bill 496, Sec. 38.030 requires that each school district implements a Traumatic Injury Response Protocol for use in the event of traumatic injury involving blood loss. The bill requires that bleeding control stations are stored in easily accessible areas throughout the school, and that training is offered to all employees and students in grades 7-12.

No matter how rapid the arrival of emergency responders, bystanders will always be first on the scene of trauma. A person who is bleeding can die from blood loss in 3-5 minutes; therefore, it is important to quickly stop the blood loss.

"Stop the Bleed" is a nationwide campaign to empower individuals to act quickly and save lives. For more information, please visit BLEEDINGCONTROL.ORG.

This training is OPTIONAL. If you wish to view a video describing the general steps of the training, please complete the following survey. https://forms.gle/ksZ1JTjWiyj9bbPs8

The video is about 20 minutes long and will be added to your Canvas account and available to view when you are able to do so. Once again, this is NOT required and is optional.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Brittany Jones, BS, RN at Brittany.jones@pfisd.net

Did you know that Pflugerville ISD has great opportunities for Nurses (RNs) on campus and Licensed Electricians? If you or anyone you know is skilled in these areas please consider joining the PfISD Pfamily!

Check out our Careers page for details on the great benefits of working for PfISD and the Jobs Board for current opportunities.

We love our PfISD staff members and we know our parents do too! We want to provide an opportunity for our parents to publicly recognize and thank our staff members who serve our students, staff and the community. We have created a Google Form to provide information directly to us to share with our staff as a whole and let you see the difference you are making in a student's life every single day. Please click here for the Google Form.

These Shout Outs will be included in upcoming issues of the Parent and Staff Newsletters. If a Shout Out directly references a student, we will not include the parent name to protect the child's anonymity. If you are recognized in an anonymous Shout Out and want to learn the parent's name, please contact Tamra Spence at tamra.spence@pfisd.net.

THANK YOU TO OUR AMAZING PFISD STAFF MEMBERS FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO FOR OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY!

Macee Robins of KLMS (via Anonymous): She is hands down the best! Inside and outside of the classroom she has a positive influence on not only my child but all students she works with! Thank you for all you do on a daily basis!!

Megan Darlington and Moises Correa of Windermere elementary Pflugerville Middle School (via Nicole S.): These two people are working together across the district to help my child be a better musician. They are both going above and beyond. I truly appreciate them.

Ariel Richers of PE Coach Brookhollow Elementary (via Jamye J.): Coach Richers is absolutely fantastic! She goes above and beyond to engage the family with the school community. She does weekly awards for students that come with a positive phone call home! This week she hosted "Bring your parent to PE day". I was able to go to all 3 of my kids' PE classes at Brookhollow. It was so fun to watch AND play during PE. It was an amazing way to get the parents involved and let the kids show off their PE skills! We are so grateful for Coach Richers!!! We love our BES family!

Ms Kassidy Perry of Mott Elementary (via Manisha P.): Ms Perry is one the greatest teacher Mott Elementary can have. She is very kind and a role model to my daughter in 2nd grade. Ms Perry not only helps kids in class but she take personal interest in kids extracurricular activities. Ms Perry took time to come for Shree's, my 2nd grader to attend her soccer game. She is very good at communication with families and keep us updated on their progress.

Ainsley Benton of Math/Swim Coach (via Anonymous): Coach Benton is so supportive and positive with her swimmers! She has made such a difference for my daughter.

Kerri Ruiz, Cheryl Jorgenson, Margarita Garcia, and Deanna Torres of Highland park elementary school (via Maria Alcala S.): Thank you to the pegasus teachers at highland park elementary school for welcoming Nolan Landers to his first week of Pre-k! He had in incredibly warm welcome and happy days full of smiles. We are so very grateful for your kindness and support.

Jolee Tovar of Caldwell Elementary School (via Anonymous): Thank you Mrs. Tovar for all your hard work. I appreciate your dedication to my child and all the students in your class. My child enjoys school and comes home sharing what he learned. Thank you

Mrs. Olivarez of Copperfield Elementary (via Lisbeth O.): Congratulations to the Ballet Flokorico students at Copperfield Elementary. Their hard work and dedication paid off and came in first place in several dances in last weeks Bailes De Mi Tierra competition. Thank you Mrs. Olivarez, Mrs. Gonzalez and our instructors Mrs. Sanchez and Jose for making this happen. We appreciate you very much.

Mr. Julian of Brookhollow PE assistant (via Calvin): Thank you, Mr. Julian, for keeping us safe in PE!

Pflugerville Elementary Staff of Front Office (via JH): Thank you for all of your hard work- whenever there is a school event they are always on top of it. Their kind words make my son’s day!

Gem Scott of Pflugerville High School (via Veronica J.): Mrs. Scott is so amazing. She is so supportive and answers all questions promptly. I appreciate her dedication to her students and the parents, too. Great counselors are hard to find and PHS is so fortunate to have one of the BEST!

St. David’s HealthCare hosted a hiring event for high school Healthcare Therapeutic students on February 26, 2023. PfISD Health Science teacher Dori Smith took 26 students from Pflugerville High School and Weiss High School. Students had an opportunity to put their technical and employability skills to the test in interviews for several healthcare entry-level positions including:

• Facility Supply Chain Technician
• Patient Care Technician
• Patient Safety Attendant
• Sterile Processing Technician
• Transporter

PfISD Healthcare Therapeutic program students can graduate high school as a Certified Clinical Medical Assistant or Emergency Medical Technician. Students learn medical terminology, health science theory, anatomy/physiology, and develop clinical care skills and employability/customer care skills through campus and hospital work-based learning experiences. PfISD provides industry expert instructors, certification preparation, industry-standard laboratories, and covers the cost of student certification exams.

We are so proud of these students and wish them success in the hiring process, whether they take their skills directly into full-time positions or work while they pursue postsecondary education in the healthcare field. And, we are grateful for the partnership of organizations like St. David’s HealthCare.

Congratulations to our high school band and choir students who participated in the UIL region solo & ensemble contest. We are especially excited to celebrate the success of our students who earned division I (superior) ratings, and many of them will represent Pflugerville ISD at the state competition in May.

Connally HS Band: 10 superior ratings, 3 state solo qualifiers

Connally HS Choir: 12 superior ratings, 1 state solo qualifier

Hendrickson HS Band: 71 superior ratings, 16 state qualifiers (11 solos & 5 ensembles)

Hendrickson HS Choir: 7 superior ratings, 5 state solo qualifiers

Pflugerville HS Band: 62 superior ratings, 19 state qualifiers (10 solos & 9 ensembles)

Pflugerville HS Choir: 12 superior ratings, 4 state solo qualifiers

Weiss HS Band: 11 Superior ratings, 6 State Qualifiers ( 9 solos & 2 Ensembles)

Weiss HS Choir: 33 superior ratings, 22 state qualifiers (21 solos & 1 ensemble)

(All schedules can be found on rankonesports.com)

Soccer:

Huge 6-1 district win for the Lady Cougar Soccer team over Cedar Creek HS. There were 5 different goal scorers for CHS: Vicky Torres, Vanessa Iniguez (2), Jane Datashvili, Alondra Martinez and Kaylee Hernandez

Volleyball:

Volleyball went to Parmer Lane Elementary for our community service project. You can find video and pictures on our twitter page. An elementary student said, "This is a miracle day!" It was a great experience for the girls and future cougars

Men’s Basketball:

Senior Kendal White has been awarded the Abacus Athlete of the Week. The story will air Sunday 10:30PM on KVUE.

Advanced to the Region III Quarterfinals after winning Tuesday’s bi-district game against Austin LASA and defeating Belton Friday Feb. 24th in the Area round 57-47. The Cougars will play Bryan Rudder Tuesday night with a chance at advancing to the Region III Tournament in Houston, Texas.

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Basketball:

Basketball ended their season in the second round of the playoffs but finished the year with a school record of 26 wins. It was a great turnaround season after not making the playoffs last year!!!

Baseball:

Baseball went 4-1 in their opening PfISD tournament

Soccer:

Soccer defeated Pflugerville 3-2 Friday to remain in the top 3 of the district standings

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Track:

The boys track team finished 7th out of 23 teams at the Bastrop Bear Relays

Power Lifting:

8 girls and 3 boys will be competing at the regional meet

Soccer:

Boys had a huge win over Georgetown 3-2

Women’s Basketball:

PHS Girls Basketball ended their season in the 1st round of playoffs but had an amazing season!

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Soccer:

Varsity vs Temple 8-2 Win

Varsity vs Copperas Cove 4-1 Win

Basketball:

Final Score: Weiss 50 vs. Desoto 56 - Leading Scorers: Jerin Brown 13 points; Titus Massaquoi 11 points; Cameron Jackson 14 points

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High School:

HHS 583

PHS 474

CHS 414

WHS 278

7th Grade:

PCMS 208

CMS 207

KLMS 169

PMS 164

BMS 150

WMS 86

DMS 52

8th Grade:

CMS 208

PCMS 186

BMS 183

KLMS 170

WMS 112

PMS 98

DMS 37