Eagle Brief: Jan. 5-8

Caroline Wilburn

Gleaming in the morning sun, the digital sign in front of the high school welcomes students back to the first school day after winter break Jan. 5. Teachers returned previously to a work day Jan. 4. Eagle Nation Online returns to regular publishing Jan. 5.

Grace Williamson, Editor-in-Chief
January 5, 2021

The last eagle update was Jan. 8 at 12:03 a.m., check back daily for more updates.

Eagle Update

*UPDATE – 1/8/21 9:15 A.M. – PPD worked through the night identifying suspects and their involvement in the shooting. …

Posted by Prosper Police Department on Thursday, January 7, 2021

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 view the PISD events, the district-wide calendar is linked here.
To view the calendar of scheduled sporting events, click the high school athletics calendar here.
Due to construction, Prosper Trail is closed in several places including east of Escalante Trail and the southbound entrance of Escalante Trail. The district has recommended traffic cut through Whitley Place off of Custer Road or through the north entrance of Gateway Church.
Principal Dr. John Burdett has released the principal’s newsletter of Jan. 4. Click here to read it.
The Prosper Eagles football team played to round four of this season’s playoffs, and lost 24-30 to Denton Guyer Jan. 2. To catch up on the game, click here to view the photography slideshow.
Click here to view the December highlights of the fine arts department.
Due to a shooting in downtown Prosper Jan. 7, there is an increased presence of police on all PISD campuses Jan. 8.

Upcoming

Boys basketball will play against Denton Braswell away Jan. 5.
Girls basketball plays Denton Braswell at the PHS Arena Jan. 5.
The boys soccer team will play Mount Pleasant at home Jan. 7.
Boys basketball plays Allen at the PHS Arena Jan. 8.
The girls basketball team will play Allen away Jan. 8.
The boys soccer team plays Rockwall at home Jan. 8.

Uplifting

Follow the end of the Prosper Eagles Football team’s season on Eagle Nation Online with all our new photo slideshows covering their road to district. #ProsperHigh #ENO #ProsperFootball @ProsperEaglesFB @ProsperISD https://t.co/Po4jrC8JP8

— Eagle Nation Online (@ENO_PHS) January 5, 2021

I don’t have the words to express the gratitude and love I have for our 2021 seniors. It has been such a pleasure to see you grow over the last 4 years. You will be missed more than you know. #DYJ @ProsperETC @ProsperEaglesFB pic.twitter.com/II8Mze30zf

— Brandon Schmidt (@ThatEagleCoach) January 2, 2021

🏀District Basketball tonight🔥
5:00 – 9th, 5:30 – JV, 7:00 – Varsity
Lady Eagles HOME 🦅
Eagles at Braswell 🐅 pic.twitter.com/uOmsjwWCxP

— Prosper Basketball (@prosperhoops) January 5, 2021

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Grace Williamson, Editor-in-Chief

Grace Williamson is the 2020-2021 Editor-in-Chief of Eagle Nation Online. This is her third year on the school newspaper, and she was previously the 2019-2020 sports editor. She plans to strengthen the newspaper as a team, and help promote brilliant reporting and coverage this year. Following graduation, she plans to major in criminal justice at a currently undecided college. When she is not working in the newsroom at school, you can probably find her spending time with her dog, Newt. For any questions, you can reach her at willigra002@k12.prosper-isd.net or prosper.eaglenationonline@gmail.com.

Caroline Wilburn, Sports Editor

Caroline Wilburn, a senior, has lived in Prosper, Texas, since 2010. This is her second year on staff, and she holds the position of sports editor this year. In addition, she serves on the editorial board for Eagle Nation Online. Outside of school, she enjoys spending time with friends, family and her dogs. She also plays for the varsity tennis team and looks forward to combining her love for sports and journalism together.