Good afternoon Renner Mustangs and Families,

As we wrap up an incredible year of learning we want to share a few final reminders and celebrations before we officially start summer break.

Congratulations to Our 8th Graders!

We are incredibly proud of the Class of 2029! Your leadership, creativity, and resilience have been an inspiration. We wish you the best as you move on to high school—keep reaching for great things!

No Food Deliveries Reminder

No food deliveries will be accepted by a 3rd party vendor. This is a PISD policy. A parent may drop off food for their student but we can not accept food being dropped off by doordash, etc.

Chromebook Collection Update

Student Chromebooks will be collected on Thursday, May 22nd, 2025 as you complete your last exams. Your teachers will direct you for this.

Last day of school planning

You may bring ONLY a pen/pencil and yearbook to school on the last day of school - Friday, May 23rd. Do NOT bring any book bags, backpacks or large purses to school during the last day of school. We will be checking all students as you enter the building. Any unapproved items will be held in the front until the end of the school day.

Yearbook Delivery

Monday thru Thursday this week. Thank you to Ms Justice and the yearbook staff for an amazing yearbook! There is a limited supply still available for $50 cash. Please see Mrs Justice in room 404 before or after school to make a purchase.

Thank you to all our students, families, and staff for an amazing year. Your support, encouragement, and engagement help make our school a place where every student can thrive.

We wish you a safe, restful, and fun-filled summer. See you in the fall!

Best Regards,

Renner MS

SPANISH

Buenas tardes Mustangs Renner y Familias,

A medida que terminamos un año increíble de aprendizaje queremos compartir algunos recordatorios finales y celebraciones antes de comenzar oficialmente las vacaciones de verano.

¡Felicitaciones a nuestros estudiantes de 8vo grado!

¡Estamos muy orgullosos de la Clase de 2029! Su liderazgo, creatividad y resistencia han sido una inspiración. Les deseamos lo mejor al pasar a la preparatoria - ¡sigan alcanzando grandes cosas!

No se aceptan entregas de comida Recordatorio

No se aceptarán entregas de comida por un proveedor de 3 ª parte. Esta es una política de PISD. Un padre puede dejar comida para su estudiante pero no podemos aceptar comida dejada por doordash, etc.

Chromebook Collection Update

Chromebooks de los estudiantes serán recogidos el jueves, 22 de mayo de 2025 al completar sus últimos exámenes. Sus maestros les indicarán para esto.

Planificación para el último día de clases

El último día de clases - viernes 23 de mayo - SOLO pueden traer a la escuela un bolígrafo/lápiz y el anuario. NO traigan bolsas de libros, mochilas o bolsos grandes a la escuela durante el último día de clases. Estaremos revisando a todos los estudiantes al entrar al edificio. Cualquier artículo no aprobado será retenido en el frente hasta el final del día escolar.

Entrega de Anuarios

de lunes a jueves de esta semana. ¡Gracias a la Sra. Justice y el personal del anuario para un anuario increíble! Hay un suministro limitado todavía disponible por $50 en efectivo.

Por favor vea a la Sra. Justice en el salón 404 antes o después de la escuela para hacer una compra.

Saludos cordiales,

Renner MS

English

What is Head Start? Head Start is a federally funded child development program for 3 and 4 year olds designed to provide comprehensive services (education, dental, medical) to preschool children from low-income families. Applications for the 2025-2026 school year are available January 27, 2025.

ENGLISH GRAPHIC

Spanish

¿Qué es Head Start? Head Start es un programa de desarrollo de niños de 3 y 4 años financiado por el gobierno federal y diseñado para proporcionar servicios comprensivos (educativos, dentales y médicos) a niños preescolares de familias con bajos ingresos. Aplicación disponible para el año escolar de 2025-2026 a partir del 27 de enero del 2025.

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MEDICATIONS: For any students with medications in the clinic, please remember to pickup the medication sometime between Monday 5/19 and Thursday 5/22. No medication pickup will be allowed on the last day of school, as the last day is already very chaotic for the front office staff! Any medication still remaining in the clinic as of Friday 5/23 will be disposed of per district policy.

ACTION PLANS: Don’t forget any action plans (asthma/allergy/epilepsy/diabetes) must be renewed each school year. You can download a blank action plan to send to your child’s provider in preparation for the 2025-2026 school year - https://www.pisd.edu/Page/1697

VACCINES: Please use the summer break to ensure your student is up-to-date on vaccines! If your student is delinquent with any vaccine(s), their schedules will not be released in August until they’re in compliance. To check if your student is currently up-to-date:

• Log in to Skyward Family Access https://www.pisd.edu/familyaccess
• Health Tile – you may or may not need to expand the next screen depending on how you’re viewing the website, but Vaccines is toward the bottom of the list
• Under “Status Update” column you’ll see if they’re currently in or out of compliance
• For current 6th graders, a lack of Tdap/MCV4 vaccines wouldn’t likely trigger an “Out of Compliance” until after the last day of school for this school year. If you’ll hit the right-facing arrow with the blue circle to the left of the Vaccines, you can view the vaccine record as we have it in our system. If your student has received vaccines that aren’t listed there, please obtain the most recent vaccine record from your physician and email it to me.

ANNUAL ENROLLMENT FORMS: There are roughly 200+ students whose parent/guardian has yet to complete the annual enrollment forms for this current school year. For 2025-2026, students will not have access to their schedules without a completed annual enrollment form. The enrollment form for 2025-2026 are available in Skyward; however, to save yourself time it is encouraged that you complete 2024-2025 annual enrollment forms now, as most of the information will carry over to next year’s forms making the process much faster toward the end of the summer. Without these forms I have no medical information, and very limited information and contacts in case of emergency.

Thank you!

Plano West Tennis Tryouts

We will be having an information meeting regarding tryouts for the Plano West Tennis Team on May 5th, 2025. The meeting will be at 6pm in the Plano West Presentation Room. For more information or if you miss the meeting, contact Coach Walker at….

Morgen.walker@pisd.edu

It is time for summer tennis camps at Plano West!

We would love to have your children spend some time with us on court this summer!

Our camp dates are 5/26 – 5/30, and 7/7 – 7/11.

Registration is now open.

Register online at:

• https://planoisd.store.rankone.com/Camp/List
• Select Plano West from the drop down menu.
• Select which week you want your child to attend, and register.

We are excited to be hosting the Summer 2025 Plano West Wrestling Camp for boys and girls. The camp will be in the Plano West wrestling room located inside the auxiliary gym. The camp is for boys and girls ages 6-14 years old. The camp will be May 27-30 from 9:00AM-12:00PM.

Register online at:

• https://planoisd.store.rankone.com/Camp/List
• Select Plano West from the drop down menu.
• Select wrestling camp and register.

RMS Parents,

This week we are introducing students to e-hallpass, a new hallway pass system we'll begin using at RMS very soon. Shepton High School also recently started using e-hallpass, and we're excited to be able to align with their efforts as our 8th graders prepare to transition there. The purpose of this communication is to provide additional information about e-hallpass at Renner before the system is implemented. Below you will find a frequently asked questions (FAQ) resource designed to address common questions we’ve heard about e-hallpass.

What is e-hallpass?

e-hallpass is a digital hall pass system that allows students to request passes through a tile on their school Webdesk. Students may request passes using existing classroom technology such as chromebooks and desktop computers.

Why an electronic hall pass system?

Based on information gleaned from other PISD campuses that use this system successfully, we believe that e-hallpass has the potential to reduce classroom disruptions and enhance accountability for student whereabouts. Shepton High School is also implementing e-hallpass, so introduction of the program will help our 8th graders as they transition to Shepton next school year.

Does a student need to use their personal cell phone or personal device to obtain a pass out of class?

No, a student may use any web-connected device to request a pass. Most often, they should be using their Chromebooks, so it’ll be important to have charged Chromebooks with them daily. If students do not have access to a device accessible, teachers are able to create passes for students in only a few seconds from the e-hallpass teacher dashboard.

Does e-hallpass track a student’s location using cell phone location services?

No, e-hallpass does not use location services at all.

Is a student required to carry a device on them in the hallway or bathroom?

No, a student need not carry a device with them in the hallway or in the bathroom. Our Administrative team will be able to view all active student passes to quickly confirm when a student has a legitimate hall pass.

What personal information does e-Hallpass use in the application?

e-hallpass uses student first and last names and PISD Google email addresses.

Their Privacy and Security Policy can be found at: https://eduspiresolutions.org/privacy-policy/ The Policy indicates E-hallpass’ compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Data on student hall pass usage is stored on a short-term basis.

How does a digital hall pass system enhance security?

A digital hall pass system allows a school to know how many students are in the hallway at any given time and identifies each student on a pass. Whether in a real emergency or a practice drill situation, this information allows for greater awareness and security across the entire school campus.

When will e-hallpass be implemented at RMS?

E-hallpass is rolling out this week, following our training with students and staff. We are continuously revising our systems to best meet the needs of our Renner students and staff.

Here's an article from a school that uses e-hallpass. https://archive.triblive.com/local/south-hills/electronic-passes-provide-added-level-of-security-at-tjhs/

If you are new to Plano ISD this school year, you have to opportunity to test for placement into the PACE (Plano Academic and Creative Education) Program.

If you are interested in your Renner student being tested for entry into the Plano Academic and Creative Education (PACE) program:

• click on the following link: https://www.pisd.edu/giftededucation.
• choose the Secondary Forms (Grade 6-8) in English or Spanish and fill it out.

The deadline to submit the referral for fall testing is Friday, August 23rd. If you do not get it submitted by this date, your student will have to wait until next semester to be tested.

Please contact Angie Ritchie (angie.ritchie@pisd.edu) if you have any questions or need assistance with this process.

This is a reminder that the only medications your student(s) may carry in their backpack are albuterol, insulin, and epinephrine. All three of these medications require a physician-signed action plan to be on file in the clinic. Tylenol, Motrin, all other over-the-counter medications must be stored in the clinic, and require a medication authorization form before I can provide any medication. See the district’s website for more information: https://www.pisd.edu/Page/1698.

Several families of returning PISD students have not yet completed the Annual Enrollment forms through Skyward. Please note that medical information did not migrate from our previous system into Skyward. We need the Annual Enrollment form to be completed for every student. If you’ve not already set up Family Access on Skyward, please visit this site to get started: https://www.pisd.edu/familyaccess. If you believe you’ve already completed this form, please go into Skyward and double-check that it’s been submitted. We’re seeing many forms still in the “started” stage which mean parents haven’t completed all pages and hit “submit.”

Please encourage your student to bring a bottle of water to school every day!

Immunizations

Please continue to send me immunization records over the summer. If you have a 6th grader heading into 7th in the fall, they will most likely need a Tdap booster and the first meningococcal vaccine. They cannot start 7th grade without these vaccines. You can review their immunization record on the Parent Portal – what you see there is what I see on my side so if there is no meningococcal dose and no Tdap booster in the last 5 years, please schedule an appointment ASAP for them. Parent Portal: https://parentportal.pisd.edu/Login.aspx

Action Plans

If your student has asthma/allergies/epilepsy/diabetes, please note those action plans are good for one school year. They will need new action plans for the fall. Action plans can be found on the district’s website: https://www.pisd.edu/parents/health/checklist.shtml

Thank you,

Nurse Reece

Students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals at the end of last school year are eligible to participate at their current eligibility status for the first 30 operating days of the 2024-25 school year or until a new eligibility determination is made whichever comes first.

• In order for meal benefits to continue, a federal meal application for the 2024-25 school year must be completed.

• Students with no application on file after 30 operating days will return to full-paid eligibility status effective September 25, 2024.

• Households that have submitted a federal meal application for free or reduced-priced meals for the 2024-25 school year do not need to reapply.

• Households who wish to apply for free or reduced-priced meals will need to complete an online federal meal application for the current school year.

• Applications will be processed within 10 business days.

• Eligibility notification letters will be sent via email.

  • If you have not received the letter in your inbox, please check your junk and spam folders.

Buenas tardes Renner Mustangs y Familias,

Compartiremos la siguiente información varias veces ya que es muy importante que tengamos información precisa para nuestra comunidad. Por favor, considere rellenar la solicitud incluso si no está seguro de su elegibilidad.

Los estudiantes que calificaron para comidas gratis o a precio reducido al final del año escolar pasado son elegibles para participar en su estado de elegibilidad actual durante los primeros 30 días de operación del año escolar 2024-25 o hasta que se haga una nueva determinación de elegibilidad, lo que ocurra primero.

- Para que los beneficios de comidas continúen, se debe completar una solicitud federal de comidas para el año escolar 2024-25.
- Los estudiantes que no hayan presentado la solicitud después de 30 días de funcionamiento volverán al estado de elegibilidad de pago completo a partir del 25 de septiembre de 2024.
- Los hogares que hayan presentado una solicitud federal de comidas gratuitas o a precio reducido para el año escolar 2024-25 no necesitan volver a presentarla.
- Los hogares que deseen solicitar comidas gratuitas o a precio reducido tendrán que completar una solicitud federal de comidas en línea para el año escolar actual (https://www.schoolcafe.com/pisd)

- Las solicitudes se procesarán en un plazo de 10 días laborables.
- Las cartas de notificación de elegibilidad se enviarán por correo electrónico.
- Si usted no ha recibido la carta en su bandeja de entrada, por favor revise sus carpetas de correo no deseado y spam.

We hope everyone's summer has been going well! As we prepare for the next school year, there are a few announcements we want to make for our Renner Athletes (6th grade pre-athletics, boys' athletics, and girls' athletics)!

1. RankOne is open! Please go to https://planoisd.rankone.com/New/NewInstructionsPage.aspx in order to upload your students' paperwork. Remember, you must upload a physical that is completed AFTER April 1, 2024. Whether you are joining athletics or just doing track/cross country, remember that RankOne must be complete in order for your athlete to participate.

2. Uniforms are available for purchase! To instill unity and safety as an athletic program, athletes are required to purchase a Renner Athletics uniform. This is DIFFERENT from PE uniforms. See the attached flyers and bring the correct one for your athlete to Cardinal's Sports to purchase your uniform. Please note the store's slight location change.

All of this information can also be found on our school website at https://www.pisd.edu/Page/4610 under "Forms" and "Uniform". If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me or Coach Hentges at the respective emails - ken.hentges@pisd.edu or mackayla.pavelka@pisd.edu

We hope you've been enjoying and putting in the work this summer and we'll see you in the fall!

Make a Difference in Your Neighborhood as a Paid School Crossing Guard!

We are looking for a School Crossing Guard for Brinker Elementary to keep students safe on their way to and from school each day. This part-time position is fun, keeps you active while enjoying the outdoors and provides great pay - $35 per daily assignment! Work is performed from 7:05-7:40 am and 2:50-3:25 pm each school day — NO nights, weekends or holidays required! Apply online at Plano.gov/jobs. After completing the online application, please call School Crossing Guard Program Manager Bill Sommermeyer, 972-941-2283, for a telephone interview. Drug Screen and Criminal background check will be conducted pre-hire. Have questions? Email bsommermeyer@plano.

Check out the Renner PTA website for important information about our school! From this website, you can purchase your membership, check out school supplies, and buy spirit wear. It's also a great place to find out about upcoming PTA opportunities to help out Renner Middle School.

Renner PTA Website: https://rennerpta.membershiptoolkit.com/

Jordan Mullins, Principal

Website: www.pisd.edu/renner
Location: 5701 W Parker Rd, Plano, TX 75093
Phone: 469-752-5800