The Jim Plain Insider

We aspire to be a safe and loving community that empowers students to be lifelong learners who positively contribute to the world.

It's hard to believe we are already halfway through March! We know it was hard to wake up this past week with the time change, but just a reminder that our school day begins at 7:30, so when your child arrives after this they are missing learning and community building with their class. Our car rider line also closes at 7:35 so our staff can go in to support the students they serve. If you are still waiting in line or not here yet by 7:35, you will need to drop your child off at the front office. We open our doors at 7:10, and the car rider line moves quickly between 7:10 and 7:20. We appreciate your help in making sure that your child arrives on time.

Have a wonderful Spring Break! We'll see students back here on March 25th!

💗Mrs. Ulatoski

Congrats to our Star Classes of the Week:

24-25 Academic Calendar

March 17-21

• No School - Spring Break

March 24

• Professional Learning Day - No School for Students

March 25

• Spring Book Fair begins!

March 26

• Family Night at the book fair until 6:00 pm

March 28

• Future Friday - wear your LMS, DMS, GHS, college, or career gear!
• Book fair closes at 12:00 pm
• PTA's Western Spring Dance at 6 pm

March 29

• LISD District Art Show at Vandegrift High School from 10 - 1

March 31

• Plain Pride Day - wear your JPE gear

April 1

• New student registration begins!

April 2

• In person Kinder and PreK registration at Plain from 7:30 am - 4:00 pm

April 4

• Field Day
• Last day to collect plastic bags for the HEB recycling challenge

April 7

• Kids Heart Health Challenge Kickoff
• Administrative Professionals Week
• Assistant Principal Week
• National Library Week

April 8

• Quest Fair

April 11

• 5th Grade Field Trip

April 15

• 3rd-5th grade Reading & Language Arts STAAR - No visitors allowed on campus

April 16

• STAAR Make Up Testing Day

April 17

• Enrichment Clubs
• PTA's Ready, Tech, Go presentation from 6-8pm

April 18

• Staff & Student Holiday

April 21

• Professional Learning Day - No school for students
• School Volunteer Week begins

April 22

• 1st Grade Field Trip

April 23

• 5th Grade Science STAAR

New student registration begins April 1st! This includes all new Prek and Kindergarten students. Teacher staffing is based off of enrollment numbers, so please please be sure to register your children as early as possible and encourage your neighbors to register early as well! Everything can be done online here.

We've collected 3014 bags so far with another full bin for HEB to count!!! 🙌🙌 Keep them coming!

For Earth Day, we are partnering with HEB and participating in their Our Future, Our Texas school plastic bag recycling challenge. Have extra plastic bags at home?! Have your kiddo bring them to school to drop off in the bin in the office starting on Monday. The top 3 schools with the highest bag count will receive an HEB gift card up to $500! We will be collecting bags from Monday through April 4th. For more info, see the Our Texas, Our Future website.

We are excited to announce that our final session of after-school enrichment is quickly approaching! Plain will have Cross Stitching and Dance on Thursdays and Wacky Science on Tuesdays. Here is the direct link to the site that has registration information for both YMCA-led and teacher-led classes. Registration is open through March 24th!