Husky Tracks

Hello PRT Families,

Sorry for the delay on getting the newsletter out. Some newsletters have more information than others. This week there are a lot of important items including the Husky Fund, our school store, conference reminders and community service day. We have a short but big week ahead! And on top of all of this, best of luck to our football teams as they compete for city championships!

Have a wonderful evening, Huskies!

Dr. Jenna Jones

Proud PRT Principal

#PRT20YrsGreat

VOLLEYBALL

Our 8th grade girls played on Saturday of this week at Mission Trail for the City Tournament. PRT started strong with solid wins against Chisholm trail in the 3 vs. 6 match. After a successful first match, we were able to seek revenge against Frontier Trail, who beat us earlier in the week. We won both games against FT and were headed to the championship match against Mission Trail, the overall one seed. The huskies had a bit of a slow start, losing the first game 25-17. With a little determination and competitive spurt, our girls pulled out the second set victory taking Mission to a third game. During the third set, our Huskies fell just a little short. We ended up taking second place in City out of ten teams; what an accomplishment. Thank you to those of you who came out to support throughout the season.

The 7th grade volleyball team is your 2024 volleyball city champions! They completed their undefeated season, 19-0, in a thrilling 3 set match to Mission Trail in the championship game. After dropping the first set to Mission 25-19, your huskies came back and battled to win a must win second set 27-25. Prairie Trail took over in the 3rd set winning 15-9 and taking the city championship. Kendall Macrorie and Sammi Hallenbeck controlled the front line. Kendall recorded 3 kills and several key blocks while Sammi had 7 perfect hits. Marin Wagner, Mia Jarvis, and Maesyn Loontjer controlled the serving line going a combined 25 for 28. Emma Clayton, Leighton Sanders, Sienna Roberts, and Kelsey Murphy stayed strong in front and back row contributing several key digs and passes to help keep the huskies battling. Congratulations to your 7th grade city volleyball champions!

The PRT Husky Fund provides funding for our student and staff initiatives for the year. This campaign runs now through October 28th and is the only major fundraiser for the annual budget. The suggested donation is $25 per family. Please help us meet our goal of $9,000 to support our programs - PBIS, Student Programs and Staff Appreciation.

The donation button on InTouch will be active starting Monday, October 14 through the end of the day Monday, October 28. https://ks-olathe.intouchreceipting.com/

Once you sign in to TouchBase, select your student, items at student's school, Husky Fund.

If we reach half our fundraising goal by Oct. 21, all students will earn a popsicle treat! If we reach our full goal by Oct. 28, all principals will get slimed at the next pep assembly! Thank you for helping us reach our goal and for helping us support our school-wide programs!

Parent Teacher conferences are this week and we are looking forward to meeting you! In person conferences will be held on Wednesday, October 16 in the main gym and MPR from 4:30-8:30pm. These in person conferences are not scheduled.

PRT 20 Year anniversary t-shirts will be sold for $18 at conferences on Wednesday.

Outside of Wednesday evening, teachers individually set 8 hours of conference times. These conferences are held virtually on teams or zoom unless requested by parent to be in person. These conferences have been scheduled.

Our ALL SCHOOL community service day is this Tuesday, October 15th. All students will depart PRT around 9:10 on busses for their volunteer location around the Kansas City metro area. Volunteering could include working with children, elderly, animals, food drives, cleaning public areas, etc. Please have your student dress accordingly for the day, including tennis shoes and clothes for working. It looks like it is going to be 55 degrees and sunny so warm clothes will be needed. Students will return to school by 12:00 and eat lunch at school. Students will attend 5th hour, 6th hour and 7th hour classes.

***Please note: we request that you refrain from call outs on Tuesday, as students will be off site. Also, please avoid late arrivals, as we can not guarantee that we can unite your student with their group. Thank you.

Students are dismissed at 11:35am on Wednesday. Students will attend hours 1-4 only as these hours will be missed on Tuesday.

With conferences this week, there is no school on Thursday and Friday.

Our one spirit wear store for the year is now open! Families may make purchases through the end of the day on October 24.

https://prairietrailmiddleschool.itemorder.com/shop/home/

Tryouts will be the same time for both 7th and 8th grade. Tryouts are Monday October 21st, Tuesday October 22nd, and Wednesday October 23rd after school from 3:30-5:00. You must have a current physical on file to tryout. Please see Coach Haverkamp with any questions.

6th grade students will be taking assessments to learn about the different ways in which we process information the beginning of October. You can soon ask your student if they are a tactile, visual, or auditory learner and ways in which they can study more effectively based upon their results! They will also take a Matchmaker survey and saved careers that were interesting to them. They will look at education, training, salaries, and schools that offer those degree programs.

7th grade students will be looking at their Matchmaker survey results next week. They will also be completing their personality style survey and reflecting upon careers that match their values and strengths.

8th graders completed their career matches and have saved careers that are interesting to them.
They started to explore pathways, education and training, and programs of study that fit their interests.

This will help them when looking into all the various 21st Century Academy Programs in Olathe and preparing for their high school pathway/Individual Plan of Study (IPS)

For more information, you can visit the website: https://www.olatheschools.org/21stcenturyacademies

If you have questions about how to access any of your student’s results or resources, please reach out to the counselors!

Do you want to learn more about high school options and our Olathe 21st Century Academy information? Starting September 30th, we will be highlighting an “Academy of the Day” with our 8th grade students during WAG time. For more information on our high school academies, open houses, and upcoming dates check out their website here:

https://www.olatheschools.org/21stcenturyacademies

21ST CENTURY ACADEMIES INFORMATION

If you would like to learn more about the 21st century academies, please explore the videos below:

Take a Look at 21st Century Academies: Application FAQ's:
https://www.olatheschools.org/domain/3031 https://www.olatheschools.org/Page/10554

Academies Career Pathways Overview: How to Apply:
https://www.olatheschools.org/Page/10519 https://www.olatheschools.org/Page/11016

Individual Academy Descriptions: How to Complete the Distinguished Scholars Portion:
https://www.olatheschools.org/domain/3202 https://www.olatheschools.org/Page/11017

Academy FAQ's: How You Will Be Notified:
https://www.olatheschools.org/Page/10521 https://www.olatheschools.org/Page/11018

Each Academy hosts an Open House for students and parents/guardians. During this time, students are able to see the space, talk with facilitators, and learn more about the Academy. Dates and times for these are below – all are drop-in except for Distinguished Scholars, which you must attend for the entire time.

Tuesday, October 22nd @ Olathe North, 6:00
*Distinguished Scholars- must attend the entire time
Thursday, October 24th @ Olathe North, 5:45-7:45
*Animal Health, Geoscience, Medical Professions, & Sports Medicine
Wednesday, October 30th @ Olathe West, 6:00-8:00
*Green Tech & Public Safety
Wednesday, November 6th @ Olathe East, 5:30-7:30
*Civic Leadership, Design, & Future Educators
Thursday, November 7th @ Olathe South, 6:00-8:00
*BioMedical Engineering, Business Finance, Computer Science
Tuesday, November 12th @ Olathe Northwest, 5:30-7:30
*e-Communication
Wednesday, November 13th @ Olathe Northwest, 5:30-7:30
*Engineering

Friday, November 15th- 21st Century Academy Applications OPEN at 7am

Monday, December 9th- 21st Century Academy Applications CLOSE

Ongoing- Interviews scheduled for academies.

Friday, January 10th- 21st Century Academy notifications available via link at 4:00pm

Friday, January 17th- All 21st Century Academy & programs accept/decline responses must be received by 10 pm.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

November 15th: MOCK interviews at PRT for any students wanting to apply for 21st Century Academies

Contact Mrs. Brown with any questions!
arlbrown@olatheschools.org

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School: @PRT_Huskies

Dr. Jones: @MrsJonesPRT

Mrs. Stoskopf: @jenstoskopfPRT

Mr. Mellen: @BMellenPRT

Thank you to these sponsors who donated to our 20 Year Anniversary Celebration! We appreciate you!