Panther Family Weekly Update

• Pioneer Trail families, the Olathe Middle School EF Tour group will be traveling to Amsterdam and Paris, and your student is invited!
• If your student is interested in learning more about this trip of a lifetime, please plan to attend our informational meeting on Tuesday, September 29th at 7:00 pm in the Pioneer Trail auditorium.
• This tour is open to ALL Olathe students currently in grades 5-8 (and family members!).
• Please sign up using this RSVP for the meeting. All who RSVP and attend the meeting will be entered into a drawing for a brand-new suitcase to be raffled off on Tuesday!
• If you have any questions about the Olathe Middle School EF program and/or our upcoming trip, reach out to group leader, Megan Komp, at mskomp@olatheschools.org.

Parents of students in grades 8-11 are invited to come hear an overview of the options students have when preparing to transition to high school including: Career Pathway Programs at all 5 high schools, Four-Year Academies available at select high schools, and Two-Year Academies for grades 11-12. Families may choose to attend any location. The same information will be shared at each.

• September 29 Career Pathways Presentation @ Olathe South (Black Box) @ 6:30 PM – For Parents & Students grades 8 – 11.
• September 30 Career Pathways Presentation @ Olathe West (Auditorium) @ 6:30 PM – For Parents & Students grades 8 – 11.
• October 5 Career Pathways Presentation @ OPSIC (Restaurant Area) @ 6:30 PM – For Parents & Students grades 8 – 11.

• Back to the 80's play is October 7th and 8th at 7:00pm.
• Ticket information can be found here.
• There is a student show at 3:30 on October 7 that students can get in for only $1. Adults can also come, but will be $5 cash at the door for that show.
• Please reach out to Mrs. Hayse if you have questions.

• Fall conferences will be held the week of October 12th
• Arena-style conferences will be Wednesday, October 14th from 4:30pm – 8:30pm in the main gym and auxiliary gym. No appointment is necessary and all teachers will be on-site during this time.
• For the remainder of the week of October 12th, families may have the opportunity to sign up for a conference with teachers with individual teacher or core teams via emails that staff will be sharing with families. These conferences will be held via Microsoft Teams, by phone, or in-person depending on individual teacher preferences.
• If you have questions about individual teacher availability outside of 4:30pm to 8:30pm on October 14, please reach out to those teachers to see when they are available.

Time to order a PT yearbook. Yearbook Orders (26-27) are now being accepted online.

• Share Photos with Yearbook Staff (SNAP) to possibly be featured in the yearbook.
• The yearbook staff will determine final yearbook content.
• The Access Code is Panthers.
• Walsworth cannot guarantee any submitted photos or other photo details will be used. The staff may also alter any content submitted.

• The Book Fair will run from 10/07/2026 - 10/14/2026 from 8:00am to 4:00pm in the Pioneer Trail Library
• The fair will also be open from 4:00pm to 7:15pm on 10/14/2026 during conferences
• Students can bring cash or families can set up an eWallet for their student to use. See below for directions on how to set up an eWallet

How to set up an eWallet:

• The eWallet experience has been upgraded! Once a child’s eWallet is created, it carries over each year and stays in their Scholastic account, so they can use the same eWallet at future Fairs.
• Families start from your school’s Book Fair homepage—available three weeks before your Fair begins—to set up an eWallet for each child. If their child already has an eWallet from a previous Fair, they can simply sign in to their Scholastic account to view their balance and manage funds.
• Funds are available immediately. Families can add funds, create an eWallet for another child, invite friends and family to contribute, and more—all from their account.

Mon. Sept. 28 @ 3:45pm: 7th & 8th grade volleyball vs Frontier Trail @ PT

Mon. Sept. 28 @ 4pm: 6th, 7th, & 8th grade cross country city race @ Olathe District Activity Center

Tue. Sept. 29 @ 3:45pm: 7th & 8th grade volleyball vs Oregon Trail @ OT

Wed. Sept. 30 @ 6pm: 8th grade football vs Mission Trail @ College Boulevard Activity Center

Thur. Oct. 1 @ 3:45pm: 7th grade football vs Mission Trail @ MT

Thur. Oct. 1 @ 7pm: 6th grade band and orchestra concert @ PT

Tue. Oct. 6 @ 3:45pm: 7th & 8th grade city volleyball tournament @ TBD

Wed. Oct. 7 @ 3:30pm: Fall play matinee for students @ PT

Wed. Oct. 7 @ 7pm: Fall play performance @ PT

Thur. Oct. 8 @ 3:45pm: 7th & 8th grade football vs Summit Trail; 7th @ ST, 8th @ PT

Thur. Oct. 8 @ 7pm: Fall play performance @ PT

Fri. Oct. 9: No school for students

• Football: Our games scheduled for Sept. 3rd have been moved to Oct. 13th. The schedule will remain the same, with 7th grade playing at home vs. IT and 8th grade playing at IT.
• The city games originally scheduled for Monday, October 12th (7th grade) and Tuesday, October 13th (8th grade) have also been moved. The 7th grade city game will now be Tuesday, October 20th, and the 8th grade city game will be Wednesday, October 21st.

• Team/core subject teachers are available to provide students support with their classwork, missing assignments, and quiz/test preparation in the morning before school between 7:45am and 8:15am.
• It doesn’t matter what subject your student needs help with, they can report to their team’s designated PAW Time class for that day.
• We hope to see your student at PAW Time!

• This year we will be following the tardy policy outlined below. We are hopeful that this will help students understand the importance of getting to class on time and being efficient with their passing periods.
• We give students some grace the first few days of school to adjust to the building and their new schedules. We will communicate our start date for counting tardies with students during our morning announcements.

Tardy 1 – 3: Teacher communicates tardy with parent/guardian
Tardy 4 & 5: Teacher calls home, student detention
Tardy 6 & 7: Administrator assigned lunch detentions
Tardy 8 & 9: Administrator assigned in-school suspension
Tardy 10: Administrator assigned alternate passing period

• As mentioned in communication from the Olathe Public Schools earlier this year, personal electronic communication devices may be stored in our school provided storage location in our front office or in a student hallway locker.
• Each student has been assigned a hallway locker and student locker information can be found on the Student Info tab on ParentVUE/StudentVUE.
• Students will still be able to utilize backpacks as they travel from class to class and the use of hallway lockers is not required.
• Progressive consequences will be assigned for students who are in possession of personal electronic devices on school grounds between 8:20am to 3:20pm.

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