Eagle Brief Sept. 19 – 25

Kaya Miller

Students on the Prosper Speech and Debate team competed this past weekend at Princeton High School. Junior Kaya Miller placed 3rd in congressional debate, President and junior James Kim placed 7th in congressional debate, and sophomore Erica Smith placed 5th in Prose Interpretation. “Debate is a creative outlet for me where I can express my thoughts and challenge myself to have meaningful conversations about topics foreign to me,” Kim said. “My favorite part about the Princeton tournament and essentially every tournament are the people I am able to meet through competing. I still keep in contact with them and we exchange ideas over our shared hobby of debate. Debate students are somewhat like-minded so it’s just a great opportunity to meet people you can bond with.” Photo courtesy of Romi Shamir.

Kalyani Rao, Executive Editor-in-Chief
September 15, 2022

Eagle Update & Resources

To view the calendar of scheduled sporting events, click the high school athletics calendar here.
To view the PISD events, the district-wide calendar is linked here.
To see the 2022-2023 academic calendar, click here.
To view this week’s PISD express information, click here.
To change your classes, email your counselor. Counselors are assigned by last name order and can be reached via email or by requesting an in-person visit to the lower or upper houses.

Upcoming

SNHS junior & senior applications are officially open until Sept. 19 at 5:00 p.m.
Fashion Design 2 students are looking for modeling candidates to walk the runway for the student run spring fashion show in April. If you are interested, please scan the QR code on one of the posters around the school or check out the PHS Fashion Instagram page at @prosperhsfashion. Applications are open until Sept. 20.
The Creative Writing club is meeting Sept. 20 from 4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. in Room 1247.
Science UIL meetings are every Wednesday in room 2122
The Prosper ISD College Fair is Sept. 21 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Preregister using this link. Pre-registered students receive a custom match to participant colleges at the event.
Voting for Homecoming Court will be held through Sept. 19 – 22. You can log in to prosper.voting4schools.com and vote for any member of your grade. The student with the most votes on Sept. 2 will win. For seniors, the top four nominees will run for King and Queen the week of Homecoming.
The next senior lunch is Sept. 30. Students with early release are not required to return to campus.
Oct. 5 is the end of the first 9 weeks.
Oct. 6 is a Professional Learning day as well as a student holiday. Oct. 7 – 10 are student holidays.
Yearbooks are on sale now!
Our Body Not Yours is a new club at PHS that strives to educate students on the issue of sexual violence from several different perspectives to truly understand the problem and evaluate solutions. The meetings will be held Wednesdays on the third week of every month after school, and the first meeting will be Oct. 12 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Contact Mrs. Ballard for more information.
The wrestling team is looking for 6 managers, three boys & three girls. The managers will travel and participate in all team activities. This includes traveling out of state for wrestling tournament.

The week of Sept. 19 – 23 is “Beat Rock Hill Week”. The dress up themes are as follows: Monday is “Western”, Tuesday is “Frat,” Wednesday is “Jersey”, Thursday is “Anything but a backpack”, and Friday is “Green out”. (PHS Student Council)

Sports games this week

Monday, Sept. 19 – No events.
Tuesday, Sept. 20
4 p.m. Varsity Boys Tennis vs. Denton Braswell
4 p.m. Varsity Girls Tennis vs. Denton Braswell
5:30 p.m. 9th A Volleyball vs. McKinney Boyd
5:30 p.m. JV Volleyball vs. McKinney Boyd
6:30 p.m. 9th B Volleyball vs. McKinney Boyd
6:30 p.m. Varsity Volleyball vs. McKinney Boyd
Wednesday, Sept. 21
4:30 p.m. JV Football vs. Celina
6 p.m. Varsity Girls vs. Denton Guyer
7 p.m. Varsity Boys vs. Denton Guyer
Thursday, Sept. 22
8 a.m. JV Girls Tennis vs. Denton Braswell HS
4 p.m. JV Boys Tennis vs. Denton Braswell HS
4 p.m. 9th White Football vs. Allen
5:30 p.m. 9th Green Football vs. Rock Hill
5:30 p.m. JV Green Football vs. Rock Hill
7 p.m. 9th Black Football vs. Rock Hill
7 p.m. JV Black Football vs. Rock Hill
Friday, Sept. 23
4:30 p.m. Varsity Boys Tennis vs. Coppell HS
4:30 p.m. Varsity Girls Tennis vs. Coppell HS
5:30 p.m. 9th A Volleyball vs. Guyer
5:30 p.m. Varsity Volleyball vs. Guyer
6:30 p.m. 9th B Volleyball vs. Guyer
6:30 p.m. JV Volleyball vs. Guyer
7 p.m. Varsity Football vs. Rockwall
Saturday, Sept. 24
9 a.m. Varsity Girls vs. Denton Ryan
10 a.m. Varsity Boys vs. Denton Ryan
10 a.m. Varsity Boys vs. Denton
10:30 a.m. Varsity Girls Cross Country vs. Invitational
10:30 a.m. Varsity Boys Cross Country vs. Invitational
Sunday, Sept. 25 – No events.

Uplifting

Students on the Prosper Speech and Debate team competed this past weekend at Princeton High School. Kaya Miller placed 3rd in congressional debate, James Kim placed 7th in congressional debate, and Erica Smith placed 5th in Prose Interpretation. Congratulations to these students on their success!

The Prosper ISD Board of Trustees & district administration is excited to announce that Walnut Grove High School will open in Fall 2023 for grades 9-12, a full year ahead of schedule.
This state-of-the-art high school will relieve overcrowding at PHS. https://t.co/xhsuVb8yaU pic.twitter.com/IZw1n67iPf

— Prosper ISD (@ProsperISD) September 13, 2022

Today we are proud to highlight our Music Programs. With 100% of our K-5 students participating in Music, and over 3,827 students in grades 6-12 who participate in Band, Choir and Orchestra, Prosper ISD continues to be an elite district for music education. #ProsperProud pic.twitter.com/hDB4T8QwaM

— Prosper ISD (@ProsperISD) September 14, 2022

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Kalyani Rao, Executive Editor-in-Chief

Kalyani Rao is a senior. This is her third year as a staff member on Eagle Nation Online, and her first year as Executive Editor-in-Chief. She writes to transform the lives of the people around her, and hopes to continue to bring her own charm to ENO. She loves hamsters, and her favorite place in the world is Auckland, New Zealand.

Honors, Experience and Awards:

5 Best of Sno publications.

5th place in Copy Editing, district UIL meet 2021

Honorable mention- Podcast interview, 2021 TAJE Fall Fiesta

UIL Journalist 2020-2021, 2021-2022

Quill and Scroll Society member 2021-2022

1st place in Copy Editing for CENTEX UIL meet 2021-2022

3rd place in Copy Editing for Aubrey UIL meet 2022

2nd place in Copy Editing for NorTex UIL District meet 2022

National Silver award for poetry from the Scholastic Art & Writing organization

National Recognition Award from College Board

AP Scholar with Distinction Award

2 Best in Texas News & Broadcast Awards, 2022: Personal Opinion Column- Honorable Mention, News Story- Honorable Mention

President of the Classic Book Club, 2020-onwards

Member of the National Spanish Honors Society (NSHS)

PHS Award for Academic Excellence in Newspaper II, 2022

Dean’s Scholarship for Cornell University Pre -College Program

Sibley Scholarship for Brown University Pre -College Program

CIEE Global Navigator Scholarship

Kaya Miller, Co-Editor-in-Chief

Kaya Miller, originally from Los Angeles, California, moved to Prosper, Texas in 2017. She attends Prosper High School as a senior. This is her third year on staff, and she is co-editor-in-chief of Eagle Nation Online and editor-in-chief of the print newspaper Eagle Nation Times. Miller is on the Prosper debate team as historian. She is also president of the Spanish Honor Society. Miller is also on the Dallas Rowing Club Juniors team. In her free time, she enjoys baking and playing guitar.