Carlisle Connection
Make Good Things Happen ~ April 18, 2019
Parent Notification
Plano ISD to Begin Collections for Unpaid Meal Charges
April 2019
This month, families with unpaid meal charges will begin receiving notifications from Plano ISD regarding the amount owed and how to pay their balances. We want you to be aware of this impending communication and the related guidelines and payment options.
The goal of Plano ISD’s school breakfast and lunch program is to provide healthy meals to children during the school day. In order to serve healthy, high-quality meals to all children, we must make sure we are financially secure, and parents play a key role in this effort.
Procedures for Students with Unpaid Meal Charges:
If you are unsure if your family has a meal account balance, you can view your balance via the Plano ISD Mobile App (downloadable at www.pisd.edu/mobileapp), or you can access and pay the balance online using Paypams, https://paypams.com.
A student is allowed up to two reimbursable breakfast meal charges (where served) and two reimbursable lunch meal charges. Once a student incurs these charges, communication to the parents/guardian is initiated. This month’s direct notification will include comprehensive guidelines and instructions, and will be sent in addition to the regularly scheduled notifications.
· Parents/guardians may make payments in students’ accounts through the online payment system or in person at the campus site.
· For online payments, visit https://paypams.com. You will need to know your login information.
· To access the Free and Reduced Price Meal Application visit https://fans.pisd.edu/fma. Qualifying for the Free and Reduced Meal Program will apply only to charges incurred after successful enrollment, and cannot be applied retroactively to existing balances.
For questions or inquiries about payment plans, contact the food and nutritional services manager at your child’s school. You may access those phone numbers as follows:
· Elementary Schools: https://www.pisd.edu/Page/4521
· Middle Schools: https://www.pisd.edu/Page/4548
· High Schools/Senior High Schools: https://www.pisd.edu/Page/4549
New Stop Signs
You will notice new stop signs at the end of the Carlisle driveway. Please come to a full stop at the stop signs.
Upcoming Dates and Events
Friday, April 19 - Student and Teacher Holiday
Monday, April 22 - Student Holiday
Tuesday, April 23- Classes resume
Thursday, April 25 - Kinder Sneak A Peek! - 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm- more details below...
Friday, May, 3 - Field Day
Saturday, June 22 and Saturday, July 30 - Meet You at the Park! 9:00 am - 10:00 am - more details below...
Parent Information
Testing Reminders...
Field Day
We love our Watch Dog Dads!
Counselor's Corner
Notes from the Nurse
Saturday April 27, 2019 from 10am to 2pm is
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
“The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications.” (U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration). When unused and expired medications are stored in homes they can be a safety issue leading to accidental poisoning, incorrect use or misuse of the medication, and/or overdose. The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day program helps prevent unused and expired prescription drugs from becoming a hazard to others.
The Plano Police Department is using several PISD schools as sites for Prescription Drug Take Back. If you have any expired or unused prescription medications in your home, please consider dropping them to one of these location listed below
Upcoming Events
Friendly Reminders
We'd love for you to come volunteer this year!
Don't forget to Update Your Child's Information in Parent Portal
- Log onto PISD's parent portal at: http://parent.mypisd.net
- If you have never accessed the parent portal, you will need to set up a new account.
- Click on "New Registration" and set up and account using your student's ID number (this is the same number your child uses in the cafeteria) and your email address. (If you do not have an email address the easiest way to set one up is through a free service like Yahoo or gmail).
- Once you have registered and logged into parent portal, you will see tabs for each of your children.
- Click on each child's name and follow the directions for completing all of the registration information for the 2018-19 school year below.
You will need to complete the following information for each child you have enrolled in school:
- Emergency information (have current, accurate emergency phone contacts).
- Be sure to fill out health information completely. In the event of an emergency, it is very important that we have accurate information.
- Sign the Truancy Warning Letter for 2018-19.
- Sign the Student Policy Guide.
- Sign the Student Information Release Form indicating your preferences and consents.
Remember your ID
This is true for volunteering, lunch visits, attending Good Morning Carlisle on Fridays ~ anytime you are going past the front office. Thank you for your cooperation.
Messages from Your PTA
Stay Connected to Carlisle!
It's important to us that we are connected with our community. All of us are invested in the best for our kids. We hope that you will get involved with us this year, join PTA, volunteer in our classrooms, join us on field trips, become a mentor or a WATCH D.O.G. and connect with your child(ren)'s teacher(s). Together, we will make this a fantastic school year! Don't forget to Like us on Facebook to get regular updates and information about what's happening at Carlisle throughout the year.
Carlisle Elementary School
Email: linda.patrick@pisd.edu
Website: pisd.edu/carlisle
Location: 6525 Old Orchard Drive Plano, TX 75023
Phone: 469-752-0600
Facebook: facebook.com/carlisle
Twitter: @carlislecoyotes