Murphy Middle School ENews
March 21, 2019
Moving Up to Murphy- Tuesday, April 2nd
2019-2020 Attendance Notification Form
If your student will not be attending either Murphy Middle School or McMillen High School next year, please take a moment to fill out the Next School Year Notification Form and return it to Linda Altier in the Counseling Department by May 1st. (This does not include IB or the Academies)
If your plans change and your student will be attending Murphy or McMillen, this form will not affect their enrollment.
Murphy's Got Talent
Have a talent you want to show off? Then come audition for Murphy’s Got Talent hosted by the MMS Theater Department! Due to the amount of students wanting to participate, there will be tryouts for the show. Solo piece tryouts are Tuesday, March 26th and Group piece try outs are Thursday, March 28th. To sign up, students will need to choose an audition time on the callboard located outside the theater room, sign up, and pick up a student-parent information contract. The Murphy’s Got Talent performance will be Friday, April 5th at 6pm in the cafeteria! Please have your student stop by during morning tutorials if they have any questions. –Mrs. Norris, MMS Theatre & Speech
Upcycle Art
8th Grade Students of the Quarter
Congratulations to the 8th grade Students of the Quarter chosen by their teachers for their academic excellence and work ethic this past nine weeks.
Avery Adame
Josie Allred
Aracely Blanco
Drew Broeckel
Alexis Coker
Nicolas Cooper
Spencer Dang
Anna Firica
Adrian Flores
Roma Gandhi
Aubrey Hourigan
Faith Humphreys
Victoria Jackson-Sears
Mallory Jamison
Noah Kanter
Grayson Kerr
Makenzie Lang
Madison Le
Chris Ling
Penelope Lopez
Rahi Mehta
Michael Mortel
Vidur Nangia
Arwa Quadri
Hayley Pack
Ana Padilha
Milan Parikh
Ryan Richards
Carly Shaw
Caden Stack
Holden Stokes
Kailey Thompson
Madison Tran
Abigail Vause
Trinity Waterhouse
Sloane Williams
Cade Willis
Jadyn Wilson
Brayden Womack
2019-2020 Cheerleader Packets
REMEMBER…
You can start turning in your Cheer packets today! They must be turned in by March 29th. You can deliver them to Mrs. Swanner’s room or Mrs. Rooke’s room. If you have any questions please contact Mrs. Swanner @ amy.swanner@pisd.edu
MMS Track & Field
MMS Skills/Career Readiness and Life/College Readiness classes
Mrs. Thompson's sewing supplies are due Thursday, April 4th for Skills/Career Readiness and Life/College Readiness classes. See Google Classroom for more information!
MMS Environmental Club
The next Environmental Club meeting will be Friday, March 29th from 3:30-4:30 in Mrs. Pilgrim’s room E113. Dress for working outside. Spring Cleaning? SAVE THE DATE: the City of Murphy’s Spring Clean & Green will be held Saturday, April 13th. All the following items can be recycled: clothes, shoes, backpacks, toys, pots/pans, light bulbs, electronic waste, batteries and shredding will be available.
Gateway Summer Engineering Camp
PESH Baseball Spirit Night
PTA News and Updates
PTA Life Membership Award Banquet
The Plano ISD PTA Life Membership Banquet took place Monday night at the Marriott Legacy Town Center. Representing Murphy Middle School were Texas PTA Life Membership Award honorees Ebonii Bell (MMS PTA First VP of Programs) and Mrs. Lysell (MMS 6th and 7th Grade Science Teacher, who also celebrated her birthday on Monday)! Corey Maddux (MMS PTA Communications and Technology Chair) was honored with the National PTA Life Achievement award. Melissa Gonzales (MMS PTA Second VP of Membership), Mr. Conrad, and Carole Ann Waid (MMS PTA President) also celebrated this night of children's education, health, and well-being advocacy.