New Platform To Keep You Informed

We will be transitioning our website, student directory and volunteer opportunities to PTAvenue.com (Organization Code is PhillipsPTA).   We hope everyone will utilize this new website to get all information regarding Phillips Elementary School throughout the year.  Please let anyone on the Board know if you have any questions or comments.

Thank you.

Is school starting in a month?

Wow!  Can you believe summer is almost over and school will start in about a month from now.  Hope all the families of Phillips are having a great summer.  But if you are wanting to get a head start and get ready for school, you can work on getting your school supplies. 

2013-2014  School Supplies List

Have a great summer break!!!

Frisco Community Night at FC Dallas

Each Frisco ISD student is eligible to receive a free ticket to the FC Dallas soccer game on Saturday, May 11. 

The match versus DC United kicks off at 7:30 p.m. at FC Dallas Stadium. Gates open at 6 p.m.

FC Dallas is off to its best start in franchise history and is looking to strengthen its position even further in the standings.

Parents, friends and family members may purchase half-priced tickets for $15, with a portion of ticket sales benefiting the Frisco Education Foundation. 

Simply follow the link below, select your campus and pick up your tickets at Will Call.

Get your student and adult tickets now!

This offer will be available through noon on Friday, May 10.

The elementary school that sells the most tickets by 48 hours prior to the match will get to participate in an on-field pre-game parade. The school that sells the most tickets overall will get the chance to win a special donation from FC Dallas.

Make plans to join the Frisco ISD family at FC Dallas Stadium on May 11! 

Chalk Day - Thursday, May 2nd

Calling all volunteers for Chalk Day! 

If you have some time to volunteer, please sign in to our Volunteer website and fill out the times that are still available. Your child will be participating during their grade levels' "specials" time. 

Thank you!

Diverse Abilities T-Shirt

Our shirts celebrate our district’s diverse abilities and send a message of inclusiveness and acceptance of everyone. The SAGE (Special and Gifted Education) Committee celebrates our community’s inclusive spirit this year by having our Career and Technical Education students in the graphic arts classes help with our design. In honor of our district that supports diverse abilities among its student population, we hope that Thursdays in April and May will be a day that students, faculty and adminstrators will wear these shirts with pride.

SAGE T-Shirt Order Form

 

Field Day

Field Day is Friday, May 3rd, 2013

K-2nd-8:45-11:00

3rd-5th-11:15-1:15

Volunteers needed!!

Please contact Erika DiBona if you would like to volunteer to help.

Erika DiBona

egdibona@yahoo.com

 214-683-7136 

Congratulations to our new 2013-2014 Executive Board Members!!!

President: Cherlyn Edwards
1st VP Membership: Lesly Fruge
2nd VP Fundraising: Colleen Sosbee
3rd VP Programs: Paige Olsen
Secretary: Sunny Vosburg
Treasurer: Keri Keck

Parents are needed to serve on the Phillips 2013-2014 PTA Board. Following are the Appointed Positions. These positions will be filled by the newly elected Executive Board. If you would like to serve as either the Chair or Committee Member for the following positions, please fill out the Election Form and return to your child's teacher NO LATER THAN April 30th, 2013

• Historian – Maintains a record of the PTA’s activities by creating a Scrapbook of activities during the year.
• Parliamentarian – Attends all meetings and advises on matters of parliamentary procedure.
• Hospitality – Coordinates Teacher Appreciation Week. Plans and hosts monthly teacher luncheons. Provides refreshments at PTA meetings.
• Newsletter – Coordinates with the school to compile, edit and distribute the monthly school newsletter.
• Cultural Arts – Coordinates, promotes and supervises National PTA “Reflections” art contest.
• Book Fair – Plans, promotes, organizes and runs fall and spring Book Fairs to promote reading and the Phillips Library.
• Volunteer Coordinator – Coordinates volunteers for committees and other school needs.
• Room Parent Coordinator – Works with teachers and principal on Coordinating room parents and organizing class parties.
• Environmental – Promotes environmental issues and coordinates beautification of the school.
• Student Directory – Coordinates the creation and distribution of yearly Student directory.
• Web Master – Updates and maintains our current PTA website.
• Field Day – Assists PE coaches in preparing and running the annual field day.
• Store Programs – Coordinates the collection of Box Tops. Schedules and promotes all school spirit nights.
• Mini-Grants – Distributes, collects and reviews all mini-grant applications. Calls A meeting of the grant committee to discuss and distribute grants.
• Healthy Lifestyles -
• S.A.G.E -

Thank you for your interest in serving Phillips PTA!

If you have any questions, please contact: Cherlyn Edwards, Phillips PTA President @ CherlynPTA@gmail.com

Show Us Your Talent

5^th Grade Talent Show Auditions

Thursday April 11^th from 1:15pm to 2:00 pm

Do you have a talent that you want to showcase to your friends and family?

Now is your chance.  Please read the rules and fill out this form and turn it in no later than April 8^th to Ms. Hunter.  Late submissions will not be accepted.

Rules:

·       Your act must be under 3 minutes in length

·       You must be in 5^th grade to participate in the talent show, including every member of a group routine.

·       Each 5^th grader can only be in one number

·       If using music you must bring it with you to auditions on a CD with only your music on the CD.  If you do not bring your music you will not be able to audition.

There will also be auditions for emcees for the show. You will be provided material to read at the audition. 

If you are wanting to audition to be an emcee put your name here:_________________________

Name  (include all members if a group routine):

 ________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

Type of Talent:___________________________________________________________

Length of Performance:____________________________________________________

We look forward to seeing all the talent of the 5^th Grade Class. If you have any questions please email paigeolsen2011@gmail.com

The Talent show will take place on May 16^th at 6:45 pm in the Phillips Cafeteria.

Kindergarten Round Up for 2013-2014

Open to students who will be 5 years old on or before Sept. 1st, 2013

Click here for more information and registration forms:

*Please note this week is for registration only – no tours will be available*

STAAR Testing

April 2nd - 5th Math and 4th Writing

April 3rd - 5th Reading and 4th Writing

 (No visitors or volunteers allowed during these testing days)

STAAR replaced the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) in the spring of 2012. The STAAR program at grades 3–8 assess the subjects listed below:

    Grade 3 - reading and mathematics (English and Spanish versions)
    Grade 4 - reading, mathematics, and writing (English and Spanish versions)
    Grade 5* - reading, mathematics, and science (English and Spanish versions)
    Grade 6 - reading and mathematics
    Grade 7 - reading, mathematics, and writing
    Grade 8* - reading, mathematics, science and social studies

*Student Success Initiative (SSI)
Enacted by the 76th Texas Legislature in 1999 and modified by the 81st Texas Legislature in 2009, the Student Success Initiative (SSI) grade advancement requirements apply to the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) reading and mathematics tests at grades 5 and 8.

As specified by these requirements, a student may advance to the next grade level only by passing these tests or by unanimous decision of his or her grade placement committee that the student is likely to perform at grade level after additional instruction.

Frisco SAGE Resource Fair

Thursday, March 28th

6-8 PM

 

PTA Meeting - Thursday, March 21st @ 6:45pm

Just a quick reminder that we have our PTA meeting tomorrow evening at 6:45pm.  At this meeting, we will be electing our new Board Members for the 2013-2014 school year.

Elementary Open House on March 7th

Please join us on March 7, 2013 at Phillips Elementary for our first Open House 

K to 2nd: 5:00pm - 6:00pm 

3rd to 5th: 6:00pm - 7:00pm

ROUGHRIDERS FRlSCO ISD PTA NIGHT

THURSDAY, APRIL 11TH @ 7:00PM
WITH THE FRISCO ROUGHRIDERS AT THE DR PEPPER BALLPARK

Join Us for this special event honoring our FISD Assistant Principals!

$10 GROUP TICKET

• Seats in the Group section with your school
• Post-game fireworks show
• Player autographs before the game
• Playball! Program
• FISD PTA Council receives a portion of every ticket sold

Tickets are limited. Order before March 8th deadline to sit with your school.


$5 Raffle for a chance to win:

• 1st Prize - A pool night at Dr Pepper Ballpark for 25 people (food included)
• 2nd Prize - Autographed RoughRìders Jersey
• 3rd Prize - 4 Tickets to a RoughRìders Game

$6 Meal Voucher that includes:

• Hot Dog
• Chips
• Soda

Click here for the ticket order form. Just fill out and return to the front office.

2013-2014 Executive Board Election

At our regular meeting on February 21 at 6:45 p.m., we have elected our Nominating Committee. According to our bylaws, “The nominating committee shall nominate an eligible person for each office to be filled and report its nominees at the election meeting in March.”

The three members and one alternate to serve on this committee are:

• Coleen Sosbee 
• Jamie Berry 
• Walkiria Soares 
• Candace Hansen 

The Nominating Committee will nominate a person for each of the elected positions on the Executive Board:

• President: Organizes and coordinates the overall activities of the association.
• First VP Membership: Serves as an aide to the President and organizes, implements and reports on all aspects of the association’s membership.
• Second VP Fundraising: Coordinates and reports on all of the fundraising activities of the association.
• Third VP Programs: Coordinates and schedules all programs for the school.
• Secretary: Maintains a written record of the activities of the association.
• Treasurer: Maintains all financial records of the association.

After the February meeting, there will be election forms made available to anyone interested in holding a Board position. Be on the lookout for this form and consider a position on the Phillips PTA Board! We will elect officers for next year’s PTA Board at our regular meeting on March 21.

If you have any questions about the Nominating Committee or Board positions, please feel
free to contact Ibby Gill at ibbyjim@sbcglobal.net.

Support Hope Park

Please help Phillips Student Council raise money in support of Hope Park!! The classroom teachers are collecting loose change through March 1st. This money will be used to purchase ducks in the Ducky Palooza, March 2nd. All of the money raised will go towards building this special park, Hope Park, a park for kids with special needs. Thanks for all you do, we love our Phillips families!!

Calling all Reflections Winners!

Please plan to bring your family and friends to the PTA Meeting and Art night on February 21st. Reflections entries will be on display and all of our participants will be honored and recognized with award ribbons for entering! Please check the PTA website for more Reflections information.

Reflections Winners!!!

Thank you to all of our Reflections entries for 2012! We had a great response and look forward to an even greater response next year.

The results can be found on the PTA Reflections page for the awards at the school level. Judges included external music and art  teachers, as well as artists. Complete awards for entries that have advanced to the Frisco ISD level (20% of each category) are still pending and will be published in the February issue of the Phillips Special newsletter.

We will display the Reflections entries at our upcoming Art Night on February 21. Be on the lookout for news about our upcoming ribbon presentation. Congratulations to all of our students for amazing artwork!

Spring Book Fair will be here soon!

Book Fair will be open for business February 19th-22nd from 7:30am-3:30pm. We will also be open for Art Night on February 21st from 6:00pm-8:00pm.

Your child will also get a chance to shop with his/her class.

All of the profits from the Book Fair will go to the Phillips library. Thank you so much for your support and we hope to see you there!

You will also receive an invitation from your teacher to "Have lunch with a loved one" and have some special shopping time at the book fair.  We ask that you RSVP to your child's teacher to let them know you will be going to the book fair with them at the scheduled time.

Art Night

Art Night Phillips Cafeteria February 21st, 2013 6:45pm - following a brief PTA Meeting Check out our events page for more details. (http://phillips-pta.blogspot.com/p/events.html)

Get your yearbook!

Dear Phillips Families,

If you have not ordered your Phillips Elementary Yearbook the last day to order is Friday, February 1^st.  The yearbook is on sale now for $20.00.  You can order online from our school website or click on the link below.  Don’t miss out on the FIRST EVER Phillips Yearbook!!!

http://www.jostens.com/apps/shop/yrbk_catalog.asp?cid=283449&pfid=2012123004173754771&affiliateId=2259034