Carpenter Middle School PTA

03/17/2025

See you back on the ranch Tuesday, March 25!

03/16/2025

⏰ Today is the FINAL DAY to order your Carpenter Legacy shirt! Deadline is 11:59 PM on March 16. You can also donate a shirt to a Carpenter student. ⬇️

🔗 https://carpenterlegacy.itemorder.com/shop/home/

03/15/2025

ICYMI: This week’s Cowboy Chronicle is full of important updates.

March 14, 2025

03/15/2025

⏰ Time is running out to order your Carpenter Legacy shirt! Deadline is 11:59 PM on March 16. You can also donate a shirt to a Carpenter student.

🔗 https://carpenterlegacy.itemorder.com/shop/home/

03/14/2025

🤠 Have a great Spring Break, Cowboys! We’ll see you back on the ranch March 25.

A friendly reminder that Plano ISD will be closed for Spring Break next week, March 17-21. Monday, March 24, is a Student Holiday/Staff Development Day. Students return on Tuesday, March 25.

03/14/2025

🎳 Clark Band and future Wildcats from Carpenter, Hendrick and Schim are invited to a FAMILY EVENT (not drop-off) at Pinstack in Allen. Mention Clark Band when you pay for your bowling lane and 100% of bowling lane fee goes back to Clark Band. Let’s celebrate our band family together—see you there!

03/13/2025

Hey, Cowboy Fam, have you ordered your Carpenter Legacy shirt yet?! Order deadline is March 16. You can also donate a shirt to a Carpenter student.

🔗 https://carpenterlegacy.itemorder.com/shop/home/

03/13/2025

It's time for our monthly Food Pantry Distribution in partnership with the North Texas Food Bank! Please come TODAY, Thursday, March 13 from 3:30 - 4:30 pm to get your FREE food, including: fresh produce, dry goods, and snacks. Enter through the Cross Bend Road entrance and follow along the back of the building to pick up your food. 🚙 We will load the food into your car for you!

03/12/2025

🎉 Congratulations, Ms. Domenech! We are so lucky to have you at Carpenter!

03/12/2025

⏰ CARPENTER MS PTA SPECIAL MEETING TODAY, Wednesday, March 12 at 3:45 PM in the Library.

Purpose: Budget amendment to move any overages in income line items and funds not used in expense line items to Legacy Event expense line item. The Legacy Event line item will be used for various celebrations during the last weeks of the school year.

03/11/2025

🎾 2025-2026 Plano Wildcat Tennis Team Tryouts

03/11/2025

ONE MONTH UNTIL THE DEADLINE

🔔 The application deadline for the 2025 Carpenter PTA Alex Trejo Scholarship is April 11 and the winner will be notified by April 25.

🔗 https://carpenterpta.membershiptoolkit.com/scholarship

💙 This scholarship is named in memory of Alex Trejo, Carpenter’s beloved custodian. Alex was a fixture at Carpenter for 25 years preceding his death. He took great pride in keeping our school looking its best. He also had deep affection for the Carpenter staff and students. If you knew him personally, you know that he was a warm and caring man who always had a kind word and an easy smile.

🏆 Scholarship Award: A $650 scholarship will be awarded to one student who meets the requirements. See website for details.

03/10/2025

CARPENTER MS PTA SPECIAL MEETING this Wednesday, March 12 at 3:45 PM in the Library.

Purpose: Budget amendment to move any overages in income line items and funds not used in expense line items to Legacy Event expense line item. The Legacy Event line item will be used for various celebrations during the last weeks of the school year.

03/10/2025

Do good with us at McAlister’s TODAY Monday, March 10. Mention Carpenter when placing your order from 5-9 PM and they will donate 20% to our school.

📍701 N Central Expy, Plano 75075

03/09/2025

Get ready to do good with us at McAlister’s TOMORROW Monday, March 10. Mention Carpenter when placing your order from 5-9 PM and they will donate 20% to our school.

📍701 N Central Expy, Plano 75075

03/08/2025

Carpenter legacy shirts are now on sale! You can pick up at CMS or have it delivered to your home. We would love to have some donated to our students as well!

Online ordering for Carpenter Middle School - Legacy ends on Sun, Mar 16, 2025 (11:59 PM CDT)

03/08/2025

🚨ACT NOW: Keep Public Dollars in Public Schools🚨

Since 1957, Texans on both sides of the political spectrum have consistently rejected vouchers. Yet once again, lawmakers are attempting to push them through via SB 2 and HB 3.

While we appreciate the House Public Education Committee hearing HB 2, the school funding bill, before hearing HB 3, the voucher bill, the amount of funding being proposed in HB 2 for public schools does not make up for inflation and enrollment shortfalls and there is no room for a voucher bill.

Voucher programs in other states have exploded beyond their initial budgets, draining resources from public schools. Worse, vouchers do not improve student achievement and, in many states, lead to a decline in achievement. Furthermore, the reality is that vouchers are not about “parent choice” because the only choice in a voucher program belongs to private schools that can hand-pick their students and are not accountable to taxpayers or the state. Texas parents already have school choice, and vouchers undeniably funnel public tax dollars away from our already-strained public schools.

Governor Abbott has prioritized vouchers this session, and while reports suggest a slim House majority supports the initiative, voters are growing increasingly frustrated with the relentless push. Lawmakers are now facing backlash in their home districts for backing legislation that threatens the stability of our public schools—the backbone of our communities.

Five weeks ago, Texas PTA issued a Call to Action on SB 2, urging you to contact your legislators about vouchers. The response was record-breaking, proving how deeply Texans care about protecting public education.

Now, the House Committee on Public Education will hear HB 3 on Tuesday, March 11—and we need you to act NOW. Tell your representatives to stand with Texas families, not special interests. Our public schools depend on it.

Take time now to tell lawmakers:
• Voucher programs do not equate to improved academic outcomes
• HB 3 is NOT a school choice bill
• Public money demands public accountability

🔗 https://www.votervoice.net/mobile/TXPTA/Campaigns/123020/Respond