Eagle Brief: Oct. 19-23
Following through on his backhand, junior Drew John returns his opponent’s ball. The tennis team starts their district tournament this week. They will face-off against Denton Braswell on Monday, Oct. 19 at 4:30 at the PHS courts.
October 20, 2020
The last eagle update was Oct. 23 at 11:02 a.m., check back daily for more updates.
Eagle Update
- Superintendent Dr. Holly Ferguson has released this week’s “A Few Minutes” video. Click here to watch it.
- The power was out at Prosper High School due to weather activity until 8:28 a.m. on Oct. 23.
- The Hope Squad asks all students and faculty to wear orange on Wednesday, Oct. 21, in support of National Unity Day to support unity and anti-bullying.
- The homecoming parade is postponed until Nov. 18 due to an increase in district COVID-19 cases.
- To keep track of the number of PISD COVID-19 cases, the dashboard explains the total number of students and faculty and the number of COVID-19 cases in the district.
- To take precaution against COVID-19, the district recommends to follow these Children’s Health tips.
- To view all PISD events, the district-wide calendar is linked here.
- The Talon Radio will air Halloween stories on their station for the month of October.
- A thanksgiving food drive event is accepting donations from Oct. 31 to Nov. 22. For more information, click here.
- The PISD school board held their meeting at 7 p.m. Oct. 19. Click here for the board meeting brief notes.
- Volleyball faced off against Little Elm Oct. 20, and won 3-0. To see photography from the game, click here.
- Tennis advanced in district after tournaments against Braswell and Allen. To view the slideshow from their win over Braswell, click here.
Upcoming
- Volunteers for the blood drive can register during all lunches this week.
- To highlight service to others, National Make a Difference Day is Oct. 24.
- Red Ribbon week will begin next week with dress up days and parent meetings to spread awareness of drug abuse prevention. To read the 2019-2020 Red Ribbon news brief click here, and to read the 2018-2019 news story click here.
Uplifting
Here’s an announcement from The Talon radio adviser Michael Hatch: “HUGE congratulations to “The Beau Show” on PHS The Talon (Prosper High School’s radio station): Beau Cormican, Sydney Kratochvil and Katie Johnson have just won the MarCom Gold Winner 2020 Award! Please congratulate this incredible team when you see them next: this is a prestigious honor! ”
BIG DAY TOMORROW for Prosper Tennis! Come out to the PHS Tennis Courts at 4:30pm and cheer on your Eagles as they take on Denton Braswell in the first round of the district tournament! 💚🦅🎾 @ENO_PHS @ProsperHS @EagleNationNews @ProsperISD @PISD_Athletics pic.twitter.com/7wOB7vMqdi
— PROSPER TENNIS (@prosper_tennis) October 18, 2020
🦅 It’s finally game week again! #DYJ #14days #BreakfastClub pic.twitter.com/qW8W0joEqN
— Prosper Eagles FB (@ProsperEaglesFB) October 19, 2020
Congratulations to Jack Johnston on breaking the 5k school record with a 15.38 just one week after Dawson Svoboda had broken it. STE @TXMileSplit @PISD_Athletics @ProsperISD @ProsperHS pic.twitter.com/H8C7h6aEMH
— Prosper XC & Track (@ProsperXCTrack) October 18, 2020
