Renner PTA

Student Absence: Remember to call the Child Safe Line at 469-752-5800 ext.35800 if your child has an early appointment that requires a late arrival to school or to report an absence.

Need to pick up a student early for a doctor’s appointment? If you know in advance about the appointment please send your child in with a note stating the exact time you will be picking them up. Have them check in with the front office that morning and we will authorize to have them released from class five minutes earlier. This allows them to go to their locker and be in the front office when you arrive to check them out. Remember to get a note from the doctor to turn into the attendance office when your student returns to school. Any questions can be directed to Mrs. Clapper (ext. 25804).

Homework Requests: Requests for homework should be called in to Mrs. Davis at ext. 25802. A request should be made on the third day of absence by 9am. The work may be picked up that afternoon at 3:45.

district calendar

parent view (grades/attendance)

pay online (meals, athletic fees, etc)

Here is a blank copy of the Plan of Work [.doc file] for PTA board members to use every year when planning the budget for the year.

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Check out the new parent portal, myPISD.net, for attendance, grades, class assignments, curriculum, calendars and more.

From: http://www.pisd.edu/about.us/safety/school.closure.shtml

Please also read about Inclement Weather information from PISD.

The following information is provided to help parents understand how the district determines whether or not to hold school or delay opening school on bad weather days and the notification procedures which are in place. Please note that student and staff safety is our first priority. The decision to call off school is a very important one and is made only after thorough consideration.

Assume that school will open as usual.

Check with one of the following sources of information to obtain accurate information:

• All major television stations including KDFW - Channel 4; KXAS - Channel 5; WFAA - Channel 8; KTVT - Channel 11; UPN 21; KDAF - WB33, News - Channel 33; and Channel 99, Time Warner Cable (PISD Station).

• Major radio stations including KERA (90.1 FM); KEGL (97.1 FM); KHKS (106.1 FM); KPLX & KLIF (99.5 FM and 570 AM); KRLD (1080 AM); KVIL (103.7 FM); WBAP (820 AM).

• By 6:00 a.m., a voice mail recording at each school will announce if school is closed.

• By approximately 6:00 a.m., at the district’s main number, (469) 752-8100, a voice mail recording will announce whether school is closed or delayed.

Download the new PTA Membership Info Form for 2009-2010 school year and support your PTA and all the events.

The United States Department of Education (USDE) requires all state and local education institutions to collect data on ethnicity and race for students and staff. This information is used for state and federal accountability reporting as well as for reporting to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

School district staff and parents or guardians of students enrolling in school are requested to provide this information. If you decline to provide this information, please be aware that the USDE requires school districts to use observer identification as a last resort for collecting the data for federal reporting.

Please answer both parts of the following questions on the student’s ethnicity and race. United States Federal Register (71 FR 44866) by visiting the Questionnaire.

Renner’s campus code is 049. Ask your child for his/her Student ID number.

1. Many children are being tested for type A flu, but not for H1N1. The H1N1 test is expensive and may be 40-60% inaccurate. If a student has Type A flu, it is assumed that it is the H1N1 strain at this time.
2. Not every ill person is prescribed Tamiflu or other antiviral medication. It depends on the person’s medical history and the severity of the symptoms. Observe your child carefully for changes in their breathing status and call your doctor if there is a change.
3. If you have anyone in your family with the flu or strong evidence of flu-like symptoms, AND your other children begin to show mild symptoms - please keep them home too, even without a fever.
4. Some kids are not getting a high fever. Don’t wait for the fever to keep them home if they are already complaining or sore throat, cough, runny or stuffy nose, chest congestion, weakness, body aches or extreme tiredness.
5. We are all, parents, teachers and nurses alike, having some trouble figuring out if a child’s mild symptoms are a cold, allergy or flu. Sometimes it takes a progression of symptoms to tell the whole story. PLEASE consider that if your child has any respiratory symptoms or fever that are likely to be contagious, whether it is a cold, strepp throat or the flu. We all value good school attendance, but not when a child is likely to be contagious.
6. We still hold the CDC guideline as our return policy: 24 hours fever free without the use of fever reducing medications.

If you have any questions about how we are managing at Renner, please feel free to e-mail the nurse at judith.grace@pisd.edu . Please don’t call - it’s a little hectic in the health office right now.

WASH YOUR HANDS!

Judith A. Grace, RN, NCSN Certified School Nurse Renner Middle School 469-752-5809 469-752-5814 (fax)

Picture re-take day is Wednesday, October 14. If you child was absent when school pictures were taken on Sept. 8, or if you are unhappy with the pictures that were taken, your child may have his/her picture made during Social Studies class on October 14. If this is a re-take, you child must bring back his/her picture packet.

Information forms are available in the front office. Students may stop by between classes, at lunch, or before or after school to pick up a form.

Renner leather jacket is now available for ordering. The order form is downloadable here: Leather Jacket Order Form. Please make checks payable to RENNER PTA.

For more information, please contact Sam Clement, Yard Signs/Decals Coordinator, by email.

Show your RENNER PRIDE with personalized yard signs and car decals!!!

Available for all Renner activities, clubs, and events, these sturdy signs are designed to last throughout the middle school years. You will receive your yard signs and car decals in a couple of weeks. Please make checks payable to RENNER PTA.

The order form is downloadable here: Spirit Supplies Order Form.

For more information, please contact Sam Clement, Yard Signs/Decals Coordinator, by email.

Please note NEW Yearbook Ordering Procedures!

Families will no longer receive order forms and notices from Josten’s in the US mail.

To order a 2010 Renner MS Yearbook, go to www.jostensyearbooks.com Find Renner Middle School, Plano, Texas. Create your Login and order your yearbook with a credit card. If you have questions or if you must purchase your yearbook with cash, please contact Cheryl Lange at Cheryl.lange@pisd.edu or 469-752-5869.

Online Yearbook Ordering Link is here.

Please let Ms. Lange know if you have any questions.

If you joined PTA and did not pick up your directory, they are in the school store and can be picked up by you or your student during lunch. The school store is open from 11:00 - 1:00.

Fall 2009 exam schedule is now available here.

The Plano Independent School District has an existing agreement with Dr Pepper Snapple Group. Based on this agreement, employees and volunteers are asked to utilize the following guidelines when planning activities and events:

• The Plano ISD/Dr Pepper Snapple Group agreement is in effect until December 31, 2011.
• All events that take place on or at any district facility must serve Dr Pepper products. This includes drinks that are purchased or donated.
• The agreement states that Dr Pepper Snapple Group is the sole and exclusive provider for beverages at all events in the district. Beverages do not include milk, brewed coffee products, tea brewed on the premises or tap water.
• Band students at football games: must be served Dr Pepper Snapple Group products. Dr Pepper Snapple Group has two bottled water products: Deja Blue and Evian.
• Evening socials and weekend events: Dr Pepper Snapple Group products must be served if the event is at a district facility.

You can find the list here.

If you are interested in serving on the Board, please complete this form and return it to Renner, attention: Laura Morris, Parliamentarian, by January 29, 2010, to be included for consideration.

Please contact Laura Morris if you have any questions about the election process or job descriptions.

The Volunteer Interest Form can be downloaded here.

The Renner Nominating Committee submits the following nominees for the 2010-2011 Renner PTA Executive Board to be voted on at the General PTA Meeting on Monday, March 8, 2010:

President: Julie Myers

1st Vice President Programs: Kelley Eggleston

2nd Vice President Volunteers: Susie Learmont

3rd Vice President Ways & Means: Jenny Woods

4th Vice President Membership: Lori Baum

Secretary: Jennifer Fuller

Treasurer: Sandy Seaton

Reminder to Parents of All Sixth Graders - ACT NOW!

Tick, Tick, Tick….Time flies from now until August 12, 2010.

Has your child received the three vaccines that are required for entry to Grade 7? Do not wait until the last minute. Your child will not receive their schedule for grade 7 on August 12, 2010 or start School on August 23, 2010 unless the nurse has received documentation that the vaccines have been completed.

We can help!

Not sure if your child is up to date? Check the Parent portal for Varicella #2, TDaP in the last 5 years, and Meningitis. Or call Miss Grace.

Need a copy of your child’s shot record? Check the Parent Portal or call Miss Grace for a copy.

Have insurance but need a physician? Miss Grace can refer you to local Pediatric and Family Practice doctors in the area.

Need Insurance? We can help you with free or reduced cost insurance through CHIP.

Just need to know a place to go for free or reduced cost vaccines? We can give you that info too.

Already have an updated shot record? Send a copy to school with your child or fax to 469-752-5814.

DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE!

Please join Lane F., 6th grade student, in collecting LEGOS to donate to Childrens Medical Center.

Lane is part of Team Sasha, a group honoring the memory of their friend who died from cancer last summer. Sasha loved LEGOS, the team thought it might raise spirits of other kids with cancer.

There will be a box outside the front office. Thank you for your donation.

Exam schedule is now available here.