The Panther Pride

McMillen High School takes pride in preparing our diverse community of students in a safe and supportive environment to inspire them to be successful lifelong learners.

Relationships. Relevance. Rigor.

It's National Principals Month in October! This is Mr. Williams's third year as principal of McMillen High School. We are so grateful for his leadership, his guidance, and his support. Thank you, Mr. Williams!

Check out the video message below from some of our students!

Upcoming Events

9/15 Hispanic Heritage Month begins

10/6 End of Grading Period

10/9 - 10/13 Student Holiday

10/30 Panther Preview at Plano East

ATTENTION : Current 10th grade Panthers

Calling Plano East Panthers, We hope everyone will plan on attending the Panther Preview on October 30, 2023, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. This is an opportunity for parents and students to learn about academic course offerings at Plano East Senior High School. This event will be held in building B1 on the Plano East Campus. While on campus, you will be able to explore numerous course offerings and visit with our excellent teachers. You will be able to purchase spirit wear as you visit the different booster clubs and PTSA.

In addition to learning about the academic course offerings at Plano East, you will have the opportunity to attend the Collin College dual credit meeting. This will take place in the auditorium from 6:30-7:15 and will provide you with all the necessary information needed to consider registering for dual credit classes for the 2023-24 school year.

A course selection meeting will begin at 7:30 immediately following the dual credit meeting. It will touch on the graduation requirements needed in PISD, information about advanced-level courses, and the procedure for selecting courses.

During the week of the Panther preview, we will send a special message from Mr. Jones in the form of a video for you to watch. We hope you will be able to join us for this informative event.

Dear McMillen Student and Family,

You are receiving this message to notify you that your student arrived on campus without their school issued ID badge, as required by the Plano ISD dress code policy. Your student received a replacement ID badge; the cost for each replacement ID badge is $5.00. Students may pay for their replacement ID badges in the library on Fridays between 8:20 am and the end of the lunch period at 1:16 pm. Any fees not paid for by the end of the month will be added to the student's Rycor account. Unpaid fees on a student account will result in the inability to register for Plano ISD activities and/or view student schedules.

Please remind your student to ALWAYS wear their school issued ID badge.

Any students with unpaid fees will not be able to purchase a ticket to Homecoming this fall. In addition, they will not be able to attend the event.

Click here to review the initial information originally sent on 8/11/2023.

We appreciate your assistance.

Respectfully,

McMillen High School

Estimado estudiante y familia de McMillen,

Está recibiendo este mensaje para notificarle que su estudiante llegó al campus sin su credencial de identificación emitida por la escuela, según lo exige la política del código de vestimenta del ISD de Plano. Su estudiante recibió una credencial de identificación de reemplazo; el costo de cada gafete de identificación de reemplazo es de $5.00. Los estudiantes pueden pagar sus tarjetas de identificación de reemplazo en la biblioteca los viernes entre las 8:20 a. m. y el final del período de almuerzo a la 1:16 p. m. Cualquier tarifa no pagada al final del mes se agregará a la cuenta Rycor del estudiante. Las cuotas no pagadas en la cuenta de un estudiante resultarán en la imposibilidad de registrarse para las actividades del ISD de Plano y/o ver los horarios de los estudiantes.

Por favor, recuérdele a su estudiante que SIEMPRE use su credencial de identificación emitida por la escuela.

Cualquier estudiante con cuotas pendientes de pago no podrá comprar un boleto para Homecoming este otoño. Además, no podrán asistir al evento.

haga clic aquí para revisar la información inicial enviada originalmente el 11/08/2023.

Agradecemos su ayuda.

Respetuosamente,

Escuela secundaria McMillen

Every year in AVID one of our most impacting components of the program is having guest speakers share about their profession. McMillen AVID students are always thinking about college majors, and they love exposure to as many as possible. That's where guest speakers help the most. Whether you own a business, are in the medical profession, the world of transportation, hospitality, engineering, law, human relations, trade professions…we would love to schedule you to speak to our students. They are always interested and have an abundance of questions. If you would be willing to come share your profession with us, or if you know someone who would like to come be a guest speaker in our AVID classes, please contact Mike Abney, our AVID Coordinator, at michael.abney@pisd.edu. Please consider sharing what you do with our students! We're looking forward to hearing from you.

This year's Hispanic Heritage Month takes place from Friday September 15 to Sunday October 15, 2023. To observe this month, we will celebrate the histories, cultures, and contributions of some American citizens whose ancestors came from Latin America, Spain, Mexico, and the Caribbean. September 15 is significant because it is the anniversary of independence for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Additionally, Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on September 16 and September 18 respectively. Please join us as we honor the significant contributions made by all people of Hispanic heritage to the United States as we highlight some of these contributions each day during announcements.

McMillen Testing Dates

2024 AP Exam Schedule

AP Exam Fees Collection 2023

Live Webinar for Freshmen and Sophomores - Get Ready for College

Scholarship Bootcamp 2023

Substance Use & Fentanyl

PISD Monthly Mental Health Support Sessions

Please review the new metal detector guidelines and procedures for Plano ISD stadiums.

Tryouts are still happening! Tuesday the 10th from 9-10:30 pm. Tryouts are at Plano Super Bowl and consist of bowling 5 games (either all at once or spread over the 6 days) and cost $15 (for lane rental).

10/10 - 9:00-10:30 pm

10/11 & 10/12 - 4:00-5:30 pm

Students do not need to have their own equipment, shoes, or experience. Just a desire to learn how to bowl & have fun.

Last year our boys varsity team won Regional's, 2nd at Cat Cup and our girls varsity team won State!

Please, congratulate Anderson To for placing 3rd out of 73 competitors at the East Side Extempapalooza novice extemprporaneous speaking tournament last Tuesday 9/26.

Also, congratulations to Tebriel Phillips for placing 6th in Novice Extemp at the Newman Smith Spontaneity 44 tournament this Saturday, 9/28.

This weekend, the McMillen Choral Program participated in the Texas All-Region Choral Auditions, the first round in the Texas All-State process. Our students competed against all the 9-12 students from Wylie ISD, Allen, Lovejoy, and several other school districts in our region. Over 1,000 students competed for spots in the regional choir. The following students made a regional choir this round. The students who make the All Region Mixed choir will be going on to the next phase of the All-State auditions.

Please congratulate these students:

Preston Le All Region Mixed Choir
Zak Ferenczhalmy All Region Mixed Choir
Emily Hadden All Region Treble Choir
Jessica Mathew All Region Treble Choir
Jiya Thomas All Region Treble Choir
Kelly Harr Fresh/Soph Honor Choir
Sarah Abraham Fresh/Soph Honor Choir

Congratulations to the McMillen HS Marching Band!

The McMillen Golden Roar band performed for judges and earned a Sweepstakes Trophy for their performance at the Plano East Marching Invitational (PEMI) this past Saturday at Kimbrough Stadium.

The band also received the following awards for their performance:

Superior Percussion

Superior Color Guard

Superior Drum Majors

Catch the Golden Roar Band at their next performances:

• Thu 10/5 MHS Freshmen Football Game vs Flower Mound 7:00pm kickoff @ Kimbrough Stadium

• Sat 10/7 Celina Marching Contest @ Bobcat Stadium 2:50pm prelims performance

• Sat 10/14 UIL Marching Contest @ Kimbrough Stadium 11:30am performance time

• Thurs 10/19 East JV2 Football Game vs West (Shepton) 7:00pm kick-off @ Clark Stadium

• Wed 10/25 East Cluster Band Night featuring all band students in grades 7 through 12 @ Kimbrough Stadium 7:00pm MHS Performance

Student Senate is looking for members who are interested in making this school year a year to remember! We work together as a team to provide students experience and training in leadership building skills. Student Senate helps share students' ideas, interests, and concerns with teachers, administrators and other students. If you’re interested in joining student senate, please fill out the application linked below.

Student Senate Application Form

Attention McMillen students. Are you interested in music but aren't able to take a class? There is a music club forming that doesn't need any experience for people who want to play instruments, sing, or learn how to create music digitally. Information meeting is today, right after school, in the choir room F118. QR codes in the hallway!

If you can't make the meeting email nicholas.blaine@pisd.edu for more information.

Please be sure to join the McMillen PTSA

Follow this link: https://mcmillenhsptsa.membershiptoolkit.com/worldwear