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










![PHS's National Merit Semifinalists stand in front of the PHS building. Adithri Raghuram, Arnav Bhute, Dylan Lyon, Emily Zhang, Janani Sridhar, Katie Lee, Kenna Boyd, Khyati Khanderao, Krish Hariharan, Lakshya Meiyappan, Meher Lahiri Gudipati, Murtaza Siddiqui, Om Gaddad and Tejas Paleti qualified for the Semifinalists due to their substantial scores during the PSAT/NMSQT test and are on their way to become finalists. "I believe we find out [the finalists] in February,” senior Meher Lahiri Gudipati said. “So I guess we're just looking forward to it."](https://eaglenationonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/national-merit-300x200.webp)




