• EDUCATING AND INSPIRING SUCCESSFUL LIFELONG LEARNERS, EVERY DAY IN EVERY WAY

• BUILDING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND TRUST
• FOSTERING RESPECT AND COLLABORATION
• INSPIRING INDEPENDENT LEARNERS

The importance of arriving at school early or on time each day cannot be emphasized enough. Students who arrive early are afforded sufficient time to settle in, greet their teachers, put up their backpacks, sharpen their pencils, and transition into their school work in a focused and organized manner. Timeliness helps students develop the habit of being punctual and illustrates to them your commitment to their learning.

Beginning at 7:00 a.m., the school doors open and teachers are on duty to supervise and greet the students. Breakfast is available from 7:10 - 7:40 if your child wishes to eat at school.

The outside doors are closed at 7:40 a.m. to allow staff members to come inside and begin their teaching day. If you arrive after this time, you will need to escort your children into the building to sign them in. This is critical for keeping all of our students safe.

Let us know if we can help in any way. Our goal is to have 100% of our students in their classrooms prior to 7:40 a.m. when instruction begins each day!

Sandra Muzquiz, Interim Principal

Stacy Lawrence, Assistant Principal

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As the weather gets colder and we go through fall into winter, a reminder that we are starting to see an increase of flu cases. We are still seeing COVID cases. No matter the season, we continue to have strep throat, pink eye, and other viral and bacterial infections.

To protect all children from communicable illnesses, students infected with certain diseases are not allowed to come to school while they are contagious. Students should be symptom-free for 24 hours before returning to school.

The guidelines below have been developed for the exclusion of students who have communicable or contagious diseases. These regulations are in compliance with the requirements of the local health authority, Plano ISD Administrative Guidelines, and the Board of Trustees’ appointed medical officer.

A student with any of the following symptoms will be excluded from school until such time as the student is free of symptoms, has been satisfactorily treated, or submits a signed physician’s statement that he/she is not contagious.

*Temperature of 100.0 degrees or more. Student must be fever free for 24 hours, without medication, before re-entry.

*Nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. Student must be symptom free for 24 hours without medication before re-entry.

*Pain and/or swelling at angle of jaw.

*Undetermined rash over any part of the body.

*Undiagnosed scaly patches on the body or scalp.

*Red, draining eyes.

*Intense itching with signs and symptoms of secondary infection.

*Open, draining lesions.

*Jaundice

Please send me an email or call me if you have any questions or concerns about when your child is able to return to school.

Keri Swartzendruber BSN, RN, IBCLC

email: keri.swartzendruber@pisd.edu

phone: 469-752-1509

As you know the grace period ended on September 20 and unless families have reapplied, students have been moved to paid lunches. As a reminder, Plano ISD participates in the federal meal program, which provides free and reduced-price meals to students who qualify. Families who may qualify for meal benefits should complete a meal application for the 2023-24 school year, available through Parent Portal or via the website at www.pisd.edu/mealprogram. Families who already have a SchoolCafé account can sign in to complete the meal application. Families who do not have an account can create a new one by selecting that option on the SchoolCafé page. View this SchoolCafé information video for instructions on how to complete the meal application.

The Plano ISD Parent Education & Engagement Program (PEEP) invites parents and grandparents to attend one of two weekly, virtual parent education workshops. Each week, members of the PEEP Team will hold workshops designed to present and share ideas on a variety of parenting and schooling topics.

• The Lunch & Learn series happens every Monday, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• The Rise & Shine series occurs every Wednesday, from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

For the month of September, workshop topics will focus on establishing routines as well as on the importance of regular school attendance.

For additional information on the Lunch & Learn or Rise & Shine virtual workshops, as well as other services provided by the Parent Education and Engagement Team, please visit the PEEP website, or call the PEEP office at 469-752-2232.

Sending daily snacks with your child is optional. Each grade level provides a set day each day where students may eat their snack if they bring one. Most students seem to look forward to a snack to fuel them, so are sometimes disappointed if they do not have a snack. Please help your child pack a snack each day.

Unfortunately, the school is not able to provide snacks to students except during parties on our three school party days (FMNV days).

We are pleased to welcome visitors back to campus for lunch and assemblies starting September 5th, 2023. We do ask that visitors please sign up prior to any lunch or assembly visit using the links below. This will allow us to plan for the number of visitors to expect, as well as expedite the sign in process.

Please remember to always check in at the front office and have your photo ID with you when you arrive.

GMH Assembly sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4EA5A822A6F9C43-gmhassembly

Lunch sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4EA5A822A6F9C43-harrington

*Students are not allowed to invite friends to eat with them.

*Parents may only bring lunch for their child - sharing food with other students is prohibited.

*After lunch, parents need to return to the office to sign out.

Lunch and assembly access may be closed at any time without warning depending on campus events and district guidelines.

Plano ISD participates in the federal meal program, which provides free and reduced-price meals for students who qualify. Families who may qualify for meal benefits are encouraged to complete a federal meal application for the 2023-24 school year. Applications may be completed through School Café by logging in to your account, or by creating a new account.

The United States Department of Agriculture waiver that allowed Plano ISD to provide free meals to all students during the 2022-23 school year has expired.

• Plano ISD will resume charging for meals during the 2023-24 school year based on student eligibility for meal benefits.
• Families who may qualify are encouraged to complete a federal meal application for free and reduced-price meals.
• The 2022-23 meal application will be honored for the first 30 days of the 2023-24 school year.

The Plano ISD volunteer management system is VOLY. This application must be completed annually.

• Create an account and complete an application, online orientation, and criminal history check. These items need to be completed each school year by volunteers to be eligible for district/school volunteer opportunities. Volunteers can visit plano.voly.org to create a volunteer account and begin this process.
• An email will be sent to the volunteer applicant communicating the status of their application and criminal history search within 3-5 business days of completing these steps. Volunteer approval status can also be viewed by the volunteer by logging into their account. Volunteers will need to complete the online orientation as well to be eligible to volunteer.
• Once approved, they will be able to sign up for volunteer opportunities directly through the VOLY platform at plano.voly.org. Volunteers should be sure to select all of the schools they are interested in volunteering with when asked on their application. This will allow campuses to see their volunteers and their status in the system. These school selections can also be changed by the volunteer by logging into their account at any time.
• Volunteers can find more details on the approval process at pisd.edu/volunteer.

Need Assistance?

• For volunteer technical assistance, such as password retrieval and issues with accounts, please direct them to vol.cayzu.com.
• For questions about the background check process, please contact the Plano ISD Safety & Security Department at vbcheck@pisd.edu.
• For general questions in regard to the Plano ISD volunteer program, please email volunteer@pisd.edu.

This month we are talking about responsibility. One way to define responsibility is “taking action and understanding the impact of our choices.” Taking action can mean doing the right thing or completing the tasks you have been assigned. Understanding the impact of our choices means that our actions matter. Positive and responsible actions can help people and irresponsible actions can hurt others. Responsibility is 1 of 3 traits we will focus on throughout the year that helps students "Be Strong."

Pursuit #2

Review responsibility as a family! Responsibility is taking action and understanding how our choices affect others. Choose 1 household chore (or more!) that requires multiple steps. Then have each member of the family select 1 step to complete to help get the job done! Maybe it is washing the dishes, doing laundry, cleaning the living room, or unloading the groceries - whatever it is, see who can be the quickest or most effective at their task!

2023-2024 YEARBOOK & AD SALES ARE NOW OPEN!

COSTS:

Yearbook:

$20 early bird price!

Ads:

1/2 Page Shout-out: $10

1/4 Page Shout-out: $6

Honor your student with a personalized ad! Space is limited!

To purchase, visit: https://buytheyearbook.pictavo.com/PictavoSchool/FindSchool

Calling all creative Huskies! The deadline to enter your art into the PTA Reflections program is November 10th. Prepare your art/music/dance/literature now, entry form and details at https://harringtonpta.membershiptoolkit.com/Reflections

Community judges are also needed! Time commitment is minimal, just an hour or two in the month of November. Interested? Please email HarringtonPrograms@gmail.com

Our PTA is busy planning for the exciting year ahead, and we need you to help make it even better! Join Harrington PTA today. www.harringtonpta.net

Family membership (2 members): $16

Individual membership: $10

Website: https://www.pisd.edu/Page/59
Location: 1540 Baffin Bay Drive, Plano, TX, USA
Phone: 469-752-1500
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harringtonhuskies
Twitter: @Harrington_El