Plano High School (Grades 9-12)

Happy New Year 2021! Please click on this link: https://www.smore.com/hvf0b to read a brief New Year's message from D88 Superintendent Tony Baker.

Attention Plano High School Parents & Students. An email message is being sent to inform you that we will be returning to remote learning on Thursday, January 7th, which will be a B day. Our schedule will remain the same as before break and is listed in detail in your email. (Español) Atención Padres y Estudiantes de Plano High School Usted a sido enviado un mensaje por email para informarles que volveremos a la enseñanza a distancia el jueves 7 de enero, que será un día B. Nuestro horario seguirá siendo el mismo que antes de las vacaciones y se detalla en su email.

Dear D88 Parents, Guardians & Staff, Please click on this link: https://www.smore.com/ejkgw to read a brief holiday message from Superintendent Baker. Best wishes for a safe holiday and memorable winter break!

Attention 8th grade & PHS Parents & Students! 2021-22 COURSE SELECTION PROCESS Hello Current and Future Reaper Families! We hope everyone is looking forward to a nice break from school to relax, reflect, and refresh for the next semester! When we return in January your student(s) will begin the Course Selection Process for the 2021-2022 school year. If you have been involved in course selection at PHS in the past things will look a bit different this year as we move towards aligning our courses to Career Pathways! Students will be able to review the 5 different Career Pathways that will be available starting in the 2021-2022 school year and can select their high school courses based on the career pathway they are interested in. As you work with your student(s) to review and select their courses for the 2021-2022 PHS school year please draw your attention to the following items that will be very important and helpful as your student selects their classes. Please review these items and discuss with your student a pathway of interest prior to returning to school on January 7th: (see your parent & student email for the links to:) - Career Pathway Presentation - Agriculture Education - Business, Marketing, and Computer Education - Family and Consumer Sciences - Health Sciences Technology - Technology and Engineering Education - Indian Valley Vocational Center (IVVC) Virtual Tour of Programs - IVVC FAQs - IVVC Info Video If you have any questions as you browse through this information please do not hesitate to reach out to your student’s School Counselor. We are here and happy to help you through this process in any way that we can! We look forward to seeing everyone in January when we will begin the course selection process! Sincerely, Lauren Elgersma School Counselor (Last names A-K) lelgersma@plano88.org Courtney Voise School Counselor (Last names L-Z) cvoise@plano88.org

7 Day Meal Boxes are Back! Pick-up 14 FREE meals TODAY, Thursday, Dec 17. No income requirements, just FREE for ALL children 18 and under. Fresh and frozen faves, plus half gallons of milk! Subsidize your holiday food budget! 11:30-12:30 PM & 5-6 PM at all Plano schools (no evening meals at Centennial). The next meal pick-up will be Thurs, Jan 7th, in order to give our food service team a much-deserved holiday break. Happy Holidays to all!

Plano High School: Return to Hybrid Schedule & Travel during Winter Break (see your email for full details) We will be returning to our Hybrid schedule on Tuesday, January 19th. If you will be traveling outside of the US during our Winter Break you will need to quarantine your child 14 days prior to them returning to school. If at any time during the 14 days anyone in your family begins to develop symptoms (Fever, new or worsening cough, shortness of breath, congestion or runny nose, sore throat, muscle or body aches, headache, loss of taste and/or smell, nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea) please contact your physician immediately. If you are not traveling outside of the US, but test positive, please contact our building nurse, Natalie Wells (nwells@plano88.org) so we can maintain accurate recording keeping. Once you and your family are in quarantine we would remind you that your child should not be in the building or a part of any activities taking place at Plano High School. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us at 630-552-3178 or nwells@plano88.org. Happy Holidays, Jim Seput Principal Plano High School (630) 552-3178

7 Day Meal Boxes are Back! Pick-up 14 FREE meals each day on Monday & Thursday, December 14 & 17. No income requirements, just FREE for ALL children 18 and under. Kids don't even have to be enrolled in Plano schools. Don't miss this great opportunity to subsidize your holiday food budget and feed your children! 8:30-9:30 AM, 11:30-12:30 PM & 5-6 PM at all Plano schools (no evening meals at Centennial). The next meal pick-up will be Thursday, January 7th, in order to give our food service team a much-deserved holiday break. Happy Holidays to all!

Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee and Valley West Hospital’s Community Health Services Department is in the process of conducting the organization’s next Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). They would like to invite District 88 families to participate in an anonymous online survey to help identify and prioritize health needs in our community. Information obtained as a result of the survey will help to plan and provide future health programs that will benefit our community. Please click this link https://bit.do/NMSurvey or copy and paste the web address into your browser to take the survey. They estimate the survey will take 10 minutes to complete. The survey is available online until Tuesday, December 15th. Thank you for your support and participation! Beckie Frieders, Manager, Community Health Services Renee Ellingson, Program Manager, Community Health Services

Plano High School: FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE - IMPORTANT DATES HORARIO DE EXAMENES FINALES - FECHAS IMPORTANTES The end of first semester is next week and all students should be preparing for their finals. Seniors who are trying to receive final exam exemptions need to have any late or missing work turned in by tomorrow, December 8th in order to receive credit. All other students should have missing work completed by this Friday, December 11th in order to receive credit. (see letter below for complete details) El final del primer semestre es la próxima semana y todos los estudiantes deben prepararse para sus exámenes finales. Los estudiantes de último año que intenten recibir exenciones para los exámenes finales deben entregar cualquier trabajo atrasado o faltante para mañana, 8 de diciembre, para poder recibir crédito. Todos los demás estudiantes deben tener el trabajo faltante completado para este viernes 11 de diciembre para recibir crédito. see letter/vea la carta: https://5il.co/nnzn or see email/o vea su email

Don't forget to watch the Rockin' Christmas Parade rolling through town TONIGHT, Friday, starting at 6 PM. Look for the school mascots! Click here for the parade route: https://5il.co/ncwk or just pack Main Street Plano! If you want to donate to help feed needy families in Plano, check out the Plano Rockin' Christmas page on Facebook.

Hear ye, hear ye Plano!  It is time for our yearly madrigal production.  Since schools were placed on an adaptive pause, our amazing fine arts students were interrupted in the middle of their rehearsal schedule.  They decided as a full cast that they wanted to continue rehearsals and record our production virtually.  We were able to record about half the show in the auditorium and the rest is being filmed individually at home.   The show will stream on December 12th at 6pm and December 13th at 4pm.  Tickets per streaming device are $5.  Please go to www.showtix4u.com and search Plano to find our show.  Once you purchase your tickets you will receive an email with a link to start the stream on the designated dates and times. Click here to see one of our jesters provide you with a promo for the show: https://5il.co/njob and click here for a sample of our students singing: https://5il.co/njoa. We have 35 students at PHS participating between singers, actors, and instrumentalists.  We hope to "see" you at the show!

Effective Thursday, December 3rd, Plano High School will have a new location for their FREE meal pick-up. Please enter the EAST SIDE of the building and drive through the circle drive to pick up your meals on Mondays and Thursdays. Thank you!

Take Part in Plano's Rockin' Christmas!! If you are interested in helping your neighbors who are struggling to put food on the table, you can make a monetary donation that will go toward providing a holiday meal for local residents/families. A $20 donation will feed a family of 4; donate as much or as little as you can. The monetary donation replaces the annual food drive that normally takes place at our school buildings and provides a safe alternative to giving back during the pandemic. Click here for the link to donate: https://form.jotform.com/203106363566048 On Friday, December 4th, your family is invited to watch or take part in the 2020 Plano Rockin' Christmas Driving Parade. The parade route is listed here: https://5il.co/ncwk. Vehicle line up begins at 5:45 at Plano High School, 704 W. Abe Street. For more information, see the Plano Rockin' Christmas Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/PlanoRockinChristmas

Dear D88 Parents and Guardians, Please click on this link: https://www.smore.com/7mex4 to read a brief Thanksgiving message from Superintendent Baker. There is also a quick reminder about COVID reporting that should take place during the adaptive pause. Best wishes for a safe and Happy Thanksgiving! ---------------------- Estimados padres y tutores del D88: Haga clic en este enlace: https://www.smore.com/7mex4 para leer un breve mensaje de Acción de Gracias del Superintendente Baker. También hay un recordatorio rápido sobre los informes de COVID que deben realizarse durante la pausa adaptativa. ¡Mis mejores deseos para un feliz y seguro Día de Acción de Gracias!

¡Aparte la Fecha! Noche de Información totalmente en ESPAÑOL para padres. Jueves 3 de diciembre 6:30pm - 7:30pm Vea este folleto para el ID y Clave para entrar via Zoom! No falte! Es una oportunidad para aprender como ayudar a su estudiante, especialmente en estos tiempos sin precedentes. Favor de responder a este breve cuestionario también. haga clic aqui: https://forms.gle/zvWuPd9eATPLhQEA9

Just a reminder that there will be NO meal pick-ups on Monday & Thursday, November 23 & 26th, so our food service team may enjoy a well-deserved Thanksgiving break. Please watch your Email and texts for locations and times for pick-ups beginning November 30th, during the fully remote schedule. Thank you for supporting our safe, efficient and FREE drive-thru meal service and we hope it has provided your family with some nutritious breakfast, lunch and snack options. Best wishes for a safe and Happy Thanksgiving to the District 88 family!

Thurs. November 19th: Yesterday afternoon an email was sent out from our Superintendent, Tony Baker, informing everyone that we will be in an Adaptive Pause beginning Tuesday 12/1/20. PHS will have fully remote learning taking place on Monday and Tuesday 11/23 & 24/20--this schedule for these 2 days was sent to you last week. (see email for more information)

Pick-up 14 FREE meals TODAY, Thursday. No income requirements, just FREE for ALL children 18 and under. Don't miss this great opportunity to subsidize your food budget and feed your children! 11:30-12:30 PM & 5-6 PM at all Plano schools (no evening meals at Centennial). Remember, no meals will be distributed next week, due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

Dear Parents & Guardians, Please click here: https://www.smore.com/zjwbk to read a very important message about Plano School transitioning to fully remote learning effective Tuesday, December 1st. Look for more communications to follow from your building principals and reach out to them with any questions. -------- Estimados padres y tutores: Haga clic aquí: https://www.smore.com/zjwbk para leer un mensaje muy importante sobre la transición de la Escuela Plano al aprendizaje completamente remoto a partir del martes 1 de diciembre. Busque más comunicaciones a seguir de los directores de su edificio y comuníquese con ellos si tiene alguna pregunta.

Pick-up 14 FREE meals each day on Monday & Thursday, Nov. 16 & 19. No income requirements, just FREE for ALL children 18 and under. Kids don't even have to be enrolled in Plano schools. Don't miss this great opportunity to subsidize your food budget and feed your children! 8:30-9:30 AM, 11:30-12:30 PM & 5-6 PM at all Plano schools.