Andrews Elementary

What an incredible day we had for Field Day! The weather couldn’t have been more perfect, and our students had an absolute blast rotating through each of the fun-filled stations. A huge thank-you goes out to all of our amazing volunteers—your time, energy, and supervision helped make this day such a success for our students. We’re also incredibly grateful to our wonderful PTA for adding something new and exciting to the experience this year: Bubble Fizz! This Field Day was truly one to remember and is sure to be a core memory for many of our students.

Can you believe next week is the final week of the school year? The last few weeks have flown by! We’ll wrap up the year with Class Parties on Thursday and our year-end assembly on Friday. Just a quick reminder: only parents who received an invitation to see their child receive an award will be able to attend the assembly. This helps us ensure we have enough space for all families attending throughout the year.

Looking ahead, we’re already starting to plan some exciting back-to-school events for the fall. If you’re not already following our Andrews Elementary Facebook page, we encourage you to do so—it’s the best way to stay informed about important updates and upcoming events. Returning families can go ahead and mark their calendars: Meet the Teacher will be held on August 8 at 7:30 AM. To add a sweet start to the school year, we’re bringing in the DonutNV truck at 7:15 AM for a fundraiser that morning. Grab a treat before or after you visit your classroom!

There’s so much to celebrate as we close out the year. Thank you for partnering with us every step of the way. Let’s finish strong!

- Ms. Daly and Ms. Dias

• 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

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.