PISD eNews Beaty Early Childhood School Students with "Happy Shoes"
November 1, 2006
 
UPCOMING EVENTS
11/2 Early Release Day for Secondary Students
12:40 - Grades 6-8
1:20 - Grades 9-12
11/2 'State-of-the-District' Community Forum
11/3 PESH Homecoming
11/4-11/5 PWSH Snowflake Bazaar (PDF)
11/6 First Amendment Rights - PISD Town Hall Meeting(PDF)
11/7 School Board Meeting
11/10 Sec. Report Cards - Parent Viewer
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Student Competitions
& Performances Calendar

 

Andrews Elementary

Red Ribbon Week

Plano ISD students and staff celebrated saying NO to drugs during the national awareness campaign. View Website

 

 
You Are Invited...

Superintendent & School Board Welcome You
to Nov. 2 'State-of-the-District' Community Forum

PLANO POWEROn Thursday, November 2, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Doug Otto and the Plano ISD Board of Trustees will present a state-of-the-district report at a community forum to be held at the school district's Sockwell Center, 3601 Chapel Hill Boulevard. Presentations begin at 7:00 p.m. and will include such topics as: closing the achievement gap, college readiness, financial progress, bond programs, accountability ratings and 2006-07 district goals. Invitation & Map

Other News
Student with American Flag

6th Annual 'Diversity Leadership Award' Nominations Sought Through Dec. 12

Nominations for Plano ISD's Sixth Annual Diversity Leadership Award will be accepted through December 12. Students, staff and school groups may be nominated for making a difference in the improvement of relations between individuals and groups of different races, cultures, ethnicities or religions.read

   
Shannon Rummel  

Student Achievements!

   
Marilyn Brooks

40-Year Educator Captures Altrusa's 'Outstanding Woman of Today' Award

Vision, compassion, unwavering focus on students' needs are a few words used to describe Marilyn Brooks, Plano ISD educator, who won top honors recently as a local Altrusa International's "Outstanding Woman of Today...Builder of Tomorrow."read

   
Butterfly Happy Shoe  

Pre-Schoolers Decorate 'Happy Feet'
for Display at The Shops at Willow Bend

Pre-school children at Plano ISD's Beaty Early Childhood School decorated 40 pairs of Ked's tennis shoes for The Shops at Willow Bend "Happy Feet" display. Students read the related book, then got busy with the help of their teachers in turning the tennis shoes into symbols of happiness. read

   
School Board Update

The Plano ISD Board of Trustees will conduct a business meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 7, at Plano ISD’s Administrative Center, 2700 W. 15th Street. The meeting agenda will be posted this week as the Current Agenda link on the school board's website.

Thought for the Week:

“We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same."
~Anne Frank

 

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