Andrews Elementary

What a truly special week it's been as we celebrated Teacher Appreciation Week! Thank you to everyone who donated items, time, or funds to help make it so memorable. Our staff felt incredibly loved and appreciated—especially with the fun dress-up days, Thursday’s in-person snack deliveries, and this morning’s fresh-baked pancakes. We say it often, but it’s always worth repeating: we are so fortunate to be part of such a supportive and caring Andrews community.

We also had the honor of celebrating our Teacher of the Year nominee, Ms. Tara Parmley, at the district ceremony last night. We already knew how extraordinary she is, and the district affirmed it by awarding her the Marilyn Brooks Excellence in Teaching Award, recognizing her as one of the top 10 finalists for District Teacher of the Year. We are incredibly proud of her and grateful for the impact she makes every day at Andrews.

Looking ahead, we're excited for Field Day 2025, happening next week! Thanks to our amazing Andrews PTA, students will enjoy a fun new station—Bubble Fizz. To participate in this activity, a waiver must be completed by Thursday, May 15, at 5:00 PM. We’ll send reminders leading up to the deadline, but completing the waiver early is greatly appreciated. When filling out the form, please enter "Andrews / [Teacher’s Name]" in the Name or Organization field to help us verify submissions more efficiently.

If you ordered a Field Day shirt, it will be delivered to your child’s classroom next week. For those who didn’t order one, students are encouraged to wear their grade-level color to show their Field Day spirit!

As we head into the final weeks of the school year, there’s still so much to look forward to. Be sure to stay up to date by checking our Andrews Family Newsletter and your Grade Level Newsletters regularly.

Wishing you all a restful and joyful weekend!

- Ms. Daly and Ms. Dias

• Bubble Fizz Waiver
• Field Day Reminders
• Library Books - Time to Return!
• Plano ISD Summer 2025 Exploration
• Birthday Board
• May Counselor's Corner
• Lost and Found
• PTA 2024-2025 Yearbook
• PTA Membership
• PTA After School Programs Spring Semester 24-25
• 2024-2025 Volunteer Application - VOLY
• Spring Semester Lunch Visitors
  
• Spring Semester Musical Mornings
• Stay Connected

Field Day Volunteers

• Only parents who have volunteered are able to come to Field Day. Spectators are not allowed at Field Day.
• Volunteers must check in/out at the Volunteer Table located under the awning of the east entrance (closest to the front playground).

Field Day Shirts

• No Extra T-Shirts: If you did not order a t-shirt during the window you will be unable to purchase an Andrews Field Day shirt for the event.
• Grade Color Coordination: All students are encouraged to wear the designated color for your grade-level on Field Day. If you did not purchase a shirt through the PTA, please wear a shirt of your choice that is closest to your grade-level color.

Beginning THIS SEMESTER, parents can celebrate their child's birthday via our Birthday Board located in the school's main hallway. If you choose to celebrate your child this way, you will complete the form below. The form will also be included in each Andrews Family Newsletter this semester if you choose to complete it at a later date. In addition to the completed form, your payment of $10 will need to be made via Rycor prior to your child's celebration day.

If your child had a birthday during the first semester, has a summer birthday, or their birthday is on the weekend, you can still celebrate the second semester by completing a form and selecting the date of your choice. Additional questions? Please reach out to Leigh Anne Hickman at leigh.hickman@pisd.edu.

An example of what the Birthday Board looks like is included below.

We're once again partnering with TreeRing for this year's Yearbook!

When you create your free accounts to purchase a yearbook, you can also add photos to designated folders (i.e. First Day of School, Party at the Park, etc) so our yearbook staff may consider them for placement.

Don't think you see enough of your student in the Yearbook? No problem! Every student gets two free, uniquely printed pages, so you can fill your yearbook with personal memories. TreeRing's software has powerful automated tools and template-based, drag-and-drop pages to help build and design your custom pages.

Parents purchase a copy of their yearbook directly from TreeRing. TreeRing only prints what’s ordered, which means there won’t be any wasted books or cost to our school. (What's more, TreeRing plants a tree for every yearbook purchased, and all books are printed on recycled paper!)

There will be no left-over copies, so order your copy now at https://www.treering.com/purchase?PassCode=1015995828243345

If you would like to volunteer during the 2024-2025 school year, an application must be completed through Plano ISD's volunteer system, VOLY. Applications must be completed each school year for you to be eligible to volunteer.

Returning volunteers can access the application for this year with their same username and password from before to complete this year's application, orientation and background check.

New and Returning Volunteer Applications -

When you are done the following will be GREEN:

Volunteer Type - Plano ISD Volunteer Application - Orientation

When you are done the following will be YELLOW:

Background Check Form

There will be a PURPLE box stating "PENDING" for Plano Background Check Application.

Families who would like to eat lunch with their child will be able to do so utilizing the designated guest tables in the cafeteria. Space will be limited so we ask that families who wish to participate sign up in advance. As a courtesy to others, we ask that families only register for ONE SLOT PER STUDENT during this semester.

Additional information can be found on the Andrews Lunch Visitors - Spring 2025 Sign-Up.

**Please note that if you sign up please only take one slot. You are welcome to bring two guests but if you select two people are coming then both slots will fill and no additional guests will be able to come.**

This year, Ms. Riordan will once again host Musical Mornings for students on selected days. If your child would like to participate this semester, please choose a day using the sign-up linked below.

Did you know that Plano ISD has an app for smartphones?

On the app you can:

• View student grades and attendance
  
• Access school and staff info
  
• View news stories
  
• Receive important alerts
  
• View calendar info
  
• Access PISD's tipline

More information can be found at: https://www.pisd.edu/mobileapp

Visit the Google Play or Apple App Store to download it today!

Plano ISD is implementing a text messaging option to provide our community with more ways to receive school and district information. Opt in today by texting “Y” to 67587.

If you don’t opt in manually, and the district has a cell phone number for you, you will receive a text message from Plano ISD in the coming days inviting you to opt in. The message will read:

“Plano Independent School District messages. Reply Y to confirm, HELP 4 info. Msg&data rates may apply. Msg freq varies. schoolmessenger.com/tm”

You must reply to this text message with “Y” to opt in to continue receiving text messages from the district. For more information, please visit the Text Opt in webpage.