Renner Middle School eNews

March 5 - End of 3rd 9 Weeks

March 8 - 12 - SPRING BREAK

March 14 - Daylight Savings Time Begins (Spring Forward)

March 15 - 4th 9 Weeks Begins

March 22 - Renner PTA Board & Membership Meetings

Please monitor the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for international travel as you are making spring break travel plans. The guidelines went into effect January 26, 2021, and will significantly impact the ability to return home and to school. Plano ISD will be following the guidelines regarding quarantine.

We realize some of our families have plans to travel over spring break, and we respectfully request that you please report your travel plans using this online form, with a separate entry for each impacted student.

Boys Mustang TRACK 2021

Tryouts: March 15- 26, 3:45- 4:30pm

**Gym doors open at 3:40pm

Boys interested in trying out for the 2021 track team please read through the documents below and fill out the google form once you have read ALL of the information:

-General Track Information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_1Q04TSUpUg657mCPOuHawCXZ25Nf5D-/view?usp=sharing

-Physical: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A6wv0cWiR2AQQauu-0yVxj8TFQLvRn0w/view?usp=sharing

Tryout Dates & Events:

Please complete the google form below to sign up for the events you would like to tryout for:

https://forms.gle/2XQ9RQrKzgHiFNEk8

-**Cross Country Tryout form will be posted later**

Monday, March 15th & 22nd

Time: 100’s & 200’s

Tuesday, March 16th & 23rd

Time: 800’s

Wednesday, March 17th & 24th

Time: 400’s

Thursday, March 18th & 25th

Time: 1600’s

Friday, March 19th & 26th

ALL FIELD EVENTS

Long jump

Triple jump

High jump

Shot

Discus

***School@Home students may participate in tryouts. Please arrange for them to have a ride to and from the Renner Middle School Gym for all the days of tryouts.

Any Questions regarding track can be sent to Coach O’Bryant (doug.obryant@pisd.edu) or Coach Barnes (demarkus.barnes@pisd.edu)

Lady Mustang TRACK 2021

Tryouts: March 15- 26, 7:15- 8:15am

**Gym doors open at 7:00am

HAPPY MON-YAY!!! Girls interested in trying out for the 2021 track team please read through the documents attached and fill out the google form once you have read ALL of the information:

Tryout Dates & Events:

Players, please complete the google form below to sign up for the events you would like to tryout for:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RfBfF9YRA8Apy9VxIUXFAkkk-WxzgUR5EAIX4tKN_-A/edit

Monday, March 15th & 22nd

Time: 100’s & 200’s

Tuesday, March 16th & 23rd

Time: 800’s

Wednesday, March 17th & 24th

Time: 400’s

Thursday, March 18th & 25th

Time: 1600’s

Friday, March 19th & 26th

ALL FIELD EVENTS

Long jump

Triple jump

High jump

Shot

Discus

***School@Home students may participate in tryouts. Please arrange for them to have a ride to and from the Renner Middle School Gym for all the days of tryouts.

Attachments

Track Tryouts: PE & Advisory announcement

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eV7TyBMIgqR7GF4pDxMY_6IUijn_TfM6SXTBu7gaDmQ/edit

Track Tryout Form 2021

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RfBfF9YRA8Apy9VxIUXFAkkk-WxzgUR5EAIX4tKN_-A/edit

2021 Track Meet Schedule

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mh000GR7hx9I6lbihsGOCLxX54wKECzSRAejxroviGs/edit

Join the 2021 North Texas Teen Book Festival March 5-6 with over 90 AMAZING young adult and middle grades authors! Authors include Alan Gratz, Jerry Craft, Jason Reynolds, Neal Shusterman, Angie Thomas, Soman Chainani, Jennifer Neilsen, Stuart Gibbs, and more.

All author panels will be available virtually on YouTube-for a schedule of presentations and how to access them go to http://www.northtexasteenbookfestival.com/panels

You and your kids do not want to miss this opportunity!

Katie Aycock

Librarian

Renner Middle School

Please use the link below to view the Special Edition newsletter from Shepton High School with information for our current 8th graders who will be moving up to Shepton next year.

Shepton 8th Grade Parent Info - https://www.smore.com/qgc41

Calling all students interested in Drill Team – the Shepton Stallionettes will be conducting virtual auditions soon. Please see the flyer for tryout workshops, the Google Classroom code, and additional helpful information. If you have any questions, please contact Director Kaleigh Kelley: Kaleigh.kelley@pisd.edu

Calling all 8th graders interested in being a future Shepton Cheerleader! Please visit our website for additional information and be sure to pay attention to all details and deadlines!

Mustang Parents-

With regards to following COVID-19 protocols, we have been running into the following situations here at Renner that we need your help with:

1. IF your Renner student tests positive, the student cannot come to school. Please notify Mrs. Engelking & Nurse Brandi immediately regarding the positive test.

2. IF a family member in your household tests positive, your PISD students must immediately quarantine at home. Please notify Mrs. Engelking & Nurse Brandi immediately regarding the need to quarantine.

3. IF a family member in your household is awaiting test results, your PISD students must stay home until a negative result is received. Please notify your child’s teachers that your student will be learning from home until a negative result is received. If the family member tests positive, please notify Mrs. Engelking & Nurse Brandi immediately.

4. IF your PISD student is awaiting their own test results, the student (and all other PISD students in the household) must stay home until a negative result is received. Please notify your child’s teachers that your student will be learning from home until a negative result is received. Please notify Mrs. Engelking & Nurse Brandi immediately regarding a positive test.

5. IF your student comes into close contact with someone outside of your household who has tested positive, the student must quarantine at home for 14 days. Please notify your child’s teachers, Mrs. Engelking, & Nurse Brandi regarding the need to quarantine.

With our co-seated instruction, students who test positive or must quarantine can learn from home without interruption to instruction; we must follow these protocols in order to help stop the spread of COVID-19.

Brandi Shrier (School Nurse): brandi.shrier@pisd.edu

Jill Engelking (Principal): jill.engelking@pisd.edu

Thank you so much,

Jill Engelking, Principal

Padres de Renner-

Con respecto al seguimiento de los protocolos COVID-19, nos hemos encontrado con las siguientes situaciones aquí en Renner con las que necesitamos su ayuda:

1. Si su estudiante de Renner da positivo, el estudiante no puede venir a la escuela. Por favor notifique a la Sra. Engelking y la Enfermera Brandi inmediatamente sobre la prueba positiva.

2. Si un miembro de la familia en su hogar da positivo, sus estudiantes de PISD deben ponerse en cuarentena inmediatamente en casa. Notifique de inmediato a la Sra. Engelking y la enfermera Brandi sobre la necesidad de poner en cuarentena.

3. Si un miembro de la familia de su hogar está esperando los resultados de la prueba, sus estudiantes de PISD deben quedarse en casa hasta que se reciba un resultado negativo. Notifique a los maestros de su hijo que su hijo aprenderá desde casa hasta que se reciba un resultado negativo. Si el miembro de la familia da positivo, notifique a la Sra. Engelking y la Enfermera Brandi de inmediato.

4. Si su estudiante de PISD está esperando sus propios resultados de prueba, el estudiante (y todos los demás estudiantes de PISD en el hogar) deben quedarse en casa hasta que se reciba un resultado negativo. Notifique a los maestros de su hijo que su hijo aprenderá desde casa hasta que se reciba un resultado negativo. Por favor notifique a la Sra. Engelking y la Enfermera Brandi de inmediato con respecto a una prueba positiva.

5. Si su estudiante entra en contacto cercano con alguien fuera de su hogar que ha dado positivo, el estudiante debe estar en cuarentena en casa por 14 días. Notifique a los maestros de su hijo, la Sra. Engelking y la Enfermera Brandi sobre la necesidad de la cuarentena.

Con nuestra instrucción compartida, los estudiantes que dan positivo o deben estar en cuarentena pueden aprender desde casa sin interrumpir la instrucción; debemos seguir estas reglas para ayudar a detener la propagación de COVID-19.

Brandi Shrier (enfermera de la escuela): brandi.shrier@pisd.edu

Jill Engelking (Directora): jill.engelking@pisd.edu

Muchas gracias,

Jill Engelking, Directora

Parents, please remember that we are following guidelines to minimize contact at this time. In the interest of following those guidelines, we ask that you please only bring items your student has forgotten that are necessary for them to have during the school day. These items include:

• Forgotten lunches from home (please remember that cafeteria lunches are offered at no cost through December)
• Medication
• Water bottles

Please make sure your student’s name and grade are listed on any items dropped off.

At this time:

• We are NOT accepting fast food lunches for students.
• The only drink allowed in classrooms is water. If a student would like to drink something other than water in the morning before class, they may go to the cafeteria.
• If you are picking your student up from school for an appointment, please call (469) 752-5805 to let us know the approximate time you will arrive to get your student. This will allow us to call your student from class and make sure they are ready when you get here. Also, please have your driver’s license ready to show our staff.
• We also ask that you please wear a mask when you stop by school to drop items off for your student, pick them up from the nurse’s office or for an appointment.

With everyone following these procedures, we can ensure a safe environment for our staff and students.

To learn more about our Student Curricular & Non-Curricular Clubs available for the 2020-2021 school year, visit our website at https://www.pisd.edu/domain/2554

Parents-

Please read the following information carefully if you or your student(s) plan to attend athletic events. Remember that rides home for student spectators should be arranged in advance and should be timely in their arrival to pick up students when the game is over.

Tickets

• Tickets will be sold on a week-by-week basis
• Ticket sales will open up to the General Public on Monday at 8:00am for all games occurring for the current week
• Tickets are required for school-age children kindergarten through 12th grade
• Ticket prices: Adult-$4, Student $2
• A maximum of 2 tickets can be purchased per transaction
• All ticket sales will be online

○ No cash transactions will be available

○ If available, tickets can be purchased on a mobile device by using the QR code at the gate

• You will purchase your tickets on the home team event site
• There will be no passes accepted at the gate

Tickets can be purchased at https://www.pisd.edu/Page/23044

Spectators

• All spectators must wear a face covering in order to enter.
• All spectators must complete the COVID-10 self-screening

• The PISD bag policy will be in place.

• Social distancing is expected in all areas of the stadium including the student section
• Congregating in the concourse area or walkways will not be allowed.
• At the conclusion of the B-Team game, spectators and participants will be asked to exit out of the designated doors. The A-Team spectators will then be released to enter the gym.
• Tickets are available online only
• Rides should be arranged in advance for transportation home in a timely manner

Boys Basketball

7th Grade Boys Basketball Schedule

8th Grade Boys Basketball Schedule

Girls Basketball

7th Grade Girls Basketball Schedule

8th Grade Girls Basketball Schedule

If your family is experiencing difficulty with home internet access, please contact our Campus Technology Assistant, Jonathan Loveday, at jonathan.loveday@pisd.edu.

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/

Masks are required to be worn at all times in the facility except when participating in certain activities where 6 ft social distance can be safely maintained.

Activities or spaces NOT available currently.

1. Lobby furniture has been removed. No waiting or congregating in the lobby is allowed.

2. No Game room activities are available.

3. No basketball court activities, or access to the basketball court is available.

4. No Leisure swimming is available.

5. No day passes are available to enter the facility, only members may gain entry. Memberships are available.

Activities that ARE available to youth members.

1. Lap Swimming. 1 person per lane, continuously moving. Masks must be worn to and from the pool.

2. Walking/Running track. Children under 11 must be supervised by an adult. Mask Required at all times.

3. Open play table tennis or badminton. If they bring their own equipment, and obey all open play rules. Open play schedule here: https://www.plano.gov/DocumentCenter/View/16510/Weekly-Recreational-Activities

Additional details about our status and changes can be found here: https://www.plano.gov/Facilities/Facility/Details/14

Jill Engelking, Principal

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