Murphy Middle School ENews
May 16, 2019
Final Exam Schedule
Exam Week- May 20-24
Students are cleaning out their lockers tomorrow, May 17th. 8th Grade will clean out lockers in the morning; 6th & 7th Grade will clean out their lockers through their English classes. After locker cleanout, lockers will not be available for students to use. This means that backpacks - string bags or gym bags - need to stay at home during Exam Week. Small purses that can be carried to class will be allowed. Students can carry their binders with them to classes.
Athletic and PE lockers will also be unavailable for students.
Students can carry their lunches and binders as needed.
Yearbook Distribution
If we have any surplus to sell after distribution, those will be sold on a first come basis on the morning of Wednesday, May 22nd starting at 7:50am for $40 exact cash. There are no holds or reservations. Cash only. Thank you for your support.
MMS Nurse News- IMPORTANT INFO FOR NEXT YEAR
Parents must pick up all medications before the last day of school. If you absolutely cannot come to the school campus to pick them up, please call 469-752-7009 to arrange a time to pick up your child’s medication. Unused medication will not be sent home with a student and will be destroyed.
Thank you to those 6th grade parents that submitted their student’s state required immunization information. This will enable you to print your student’s schedule at registration time.
If updated records have not been submitted, please do so by May 20th. For those students receiving their immunizations after May 20th, you may submit them via email or FAX even though the clinic is closed for the summer.
ALL CURRENT 6th GRADE STUDENTS MUST HAVE THESE IMUNIZATIONS PRIOR TO 7th GRADE. SCHEDULES CANNOT BE PRINTED UNTIL THESE ARE DONE AND THE SCHOOL RECORD IS UPDATED.
It has been a pleasure to provide health care to your child this school year. I hope your summer if safe and healthy.
Nurse Joan Boswell
FAX: 469-752-7019 or 469-752-7001
8th Grade Celebration Tomorrow!
Order School Supplies for Next School Year! Deadline is May 22
Cafeteria Account News
AVID Celebration
AVID Celebration this Thursday, 5/16, at 6:00PM in the library. Come & celebrate your achievements in AVID with your friends & family. Refreshments will be served. This celebration is for current 7th and 8th grade AVID students and incoming AVID students who will be in 7th grade next school year.
MMS Speech and Debate- Congratulations!
Congratulations to the MMS Speech and Debate team for placing 3rd in the Shepton HS Speech and Debate Tournament on May 4th! The MMS Speech and Debate team competes in 13 different events, which include Public Forum Debate, Congressional Debate, Humorous Interpretation, Dramatic Interpretation, Poetry, Prose, Duet Acting, Lip Sync, Reader’s Theater, Musical Pantomime, Storytelling (6th grade only), Original Oratory, and Extemporaneous Speaking. Murphy had 65 students compete and 95 entries. The following are individual awards at the tournament:
Parthiv Varanasi & Ishan Patel- 1st place in Public Forum Debate
Nathan Gong & Neal Kapadia- 2nd place in Public Forum Debate
Mrs. Norris also wants to give a special shout out to her Advanced Speech 3 Class for dominating this year’s tournaments! This group has worked extremely hard in class and were fantastic leaders this year to the younger students! Also, congratulations to Parthiv Varanasi for being the top debater of the ENTIRE tournament & Sukhran Chandrasekhar for being the top Murphy scorer.
SUMMER OPPORTUNITES
GATEWAY Summer Engineering Camp
Theater Camps
Robotics Camp
Speech and Debate Camp
CSI Summer Camp
Collin College Robotics Camp
Collin College Coding Camp
Plano Health Fair
PPA Golf Tournament
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