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Eagle Brief: Jan. 20 – 23

Prosper ISD has school board meeting, possible snow during weekend
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Tejas Konka, Chief Operating Officer • January 20, 2026 • 103 Views
Palak Agarwalla
Preparing to take the next shot, senior Tanish Chauhan plays ping pong with his friend, senior Aarush Kangokar. Chauhan has 62 Minga points in total and was, therefore, invited to Minga Day. “Minga Day was a nice and silly break from the start of second semester as a senior,” Chauhan said. “Ping pong was a great way to spend time with my friends.”

Eagle Update & Resources

  • To view the calendar of scheduled sporting events, click the high school athletics calendar here.
  • To view Prosper Independent School District events, the district-wide calendar is linked here.
  • To view the 2025-2026 academic calendar, click here.
  • To view the latest PISD “Express” information, click here. 

Upcoming

  • A school board meeting will happen today, Jan. 20 from 7 to 8 p.m. Click here to view the agenda.
  • Theatre’s production of “Into the Woods” will be held on Jan. 22, Jan. 23, and Jan. 24 in the PHS auditorium, starting at 6:30 p.m. Purchase tickets to the show here.
  • The Book Basket Exchange event will happen Jan. 28 at 4:30 p.m.
  • Meet the Eagles Night will happen Jan. 28 to celebrate spring sports.
  • The Space Jam pep rally will happen Jan. 30 during advisory.

Sports Schedules

Monday, Jan. 19 -No events

Tuesday, Jan. 20 

5 p.m. – JV boys basketball vs. Plano East (Murphy Middle)

5:30 p.m. – Varsity girls basketball vs. Plano East (Plano HS)

7 p.m – Varsity boys basketball vs. Plano East (Plano HS)

7:30 p.m – Varsity boys soccer vs. Plano East (Plano HS)

7:30 p.m – JV girls basketball vs. Plano East (McMillan High School)

 

Wednesday, Jan. 21

6 p.m – Varsity wrestling vs. The Colony Tri (Colony HS)

Thursday, Jan. 22

5:30 p.m. – Varsity boys Swim and Dive vs. Varsity district dive

5:30 p.m. – Varsity girls Swim and Dive vs. Varsity district dive

Friday, Jan. 23

9 a.m. – JV boys wrestling vs. JV Districts

10 a.m – Varsity boys Swim and Dive vs. Varsity district swim

10 a.m – Varsity girls Swim and Dive vs. Varsity district swim

5 p.m – JV boys basketball vs. Rock Hill

5:30 p.m – Varsity girls basketball vs. Rock Hill (Rock Hill HS)

5:45 p.m – JV girls soccer vs. McKinney Boyd  HS (Children Health Stadium)

5:45 p.m – JV boys soccer vs. Rock Hill

7 p.m – Varsity boys basketball vs. Rock Hill (Rock Hill HS)

7:30 p.m – JV girls basketball vs. Rock Hill

8 p.m – Varsity boys soccer vs. Rock Hill (Rock Hill HS)

Uplifting

  • This week will only be four days long due to not having school on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
  • Congratulations to John Hutti for winning Prosper’s teacher of the year!
  • Congratulations to the students that are moving on to the DECA state competition:
    • Tanish Chauhan
    • Prabhat Mandava
    • Ron Minin
    • Devananda Anoop
    • Nainika Ronanki
    • Sai Saahas Dyapa
    • Arvind Kamal
    • Carlos Gonzalez Moral
    • Kunal Chevuri
    • Shriya Katta
    • Shreyansh Rath
    • Prathamesh Deshmukh
    • Pranavaraghav Saravanakumar
    • Aaditya Ananth
    • Puneeth Rayankula
    • Anishka Dangwal
    • Ishika Goyal
    • Bhavya Nirmal
    • Harshith Gaddam
    • Diego Martorano
    • Rafael Zambrana
    • Jawad Abuawad
    • Jad Diab
    • Madina Umarova
    • Kushi Raghav
    • Gautham Shanmugam
    • Om Gaddad
    • Vedika Sahane
    • Shreyas Varikuti
    • Karthikeya Koripella
    • Jissha Adithi Satheesh Kumar
    • Gurunath Rangabhatla
    • Sahasra Bonda
    • Manvit Peramanki
    • Ananya Reddy Manyam
    • Dhruvi Tank
    • Aakanksh Ravuri
  • January is School Board Appreciation Month.
  • There is a possible chance of snow over the weekend.

This article was edited by Trisha Panicker, Kate Duncan, Emily Logan and Johnathan Tristan.

This article was edited to include the students who moved on to the DECA state competition.

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