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.

Website is still being renovated. Thank you for your patience!

Parents, please remember after school pick up is in the back parking lot only, NOT the bus lane. We appreciate your attention to our students' safety.

Who is your counselor?

Sarah Davidson Last names A – F sarah.davidson@pisd.edu

Brandon Rogers Last names G – K brandon.rogers@pisd.edu

Allison Youderian Lat names L – Q Allison.youderian@pisd.edu

Lissa Testa Last names R – Z lissa.testa@pisd.edu

There will be a dual credit information night for parents and students on Thursday, February 5th, at 5:30pm at McMillen High School. This is for all Class of 2028 students who are considering taking dual credit courses next year in 11th grade. Haley Blair, dual credit college and career counselor from PESH, will be available to answer questions. Please plan on attending to learn more about dual credit course options at PESH.

Please click on this link to watch our Counseling department's Plano East 11th Grade Course Selection Zoom video.The access code is 8kA&RmCR

Please click on this link to watch our Counseling department's McMillen 10th Grade Course Selection Zoom video. The access code is z&Z5aFun

Parents have the ability to review instructional plans for their child’s classes. Visit https://www.pisd.edu/students-families-a6/instructionalplans to view the instructional plans and learn more about your child’s learning experience.

Feb 19th: Don't miss this very informative parent focused presentation on internet and phone safety.

McMillen HS PTSA benefits as a result of the placement of a shoes and clothing donation bin at our school in the parking lot. We are paid by the pound for each pound of shoes, clothing, belts, purses, wallets, hats, caps, backpacks, hard toys and stuffed animals placed in our bin. Please help our PTSA raise funds for school projects, teacher training, new technology and to generally support the children who attend our school.

Learn more how you can make a difference and clean out your closets.

We are proud to say McMillen students were awarded 1st AND 3rd place in the high school/senior high division! Yes, you read that right! Briana Hernandez was awarded 1st place and Ewan Brink was awarded 3rd place!

Please take a moment to appreciate their amazing art below and congratulate Briana and Ewan when you see them!

Additionally, please consider joining them on January 22nd at 6:30PM at the Robinson Fine Arts Center where they will be honored at the 39th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. This is a super fun evening with bands, guest speakers, dance performers and of course lots of amazing artwork! Come be a part of honoring McMillen students in front of our Superintendent, the District Board of Directors, and the Mayor of Plano!

3rd Place: Ewan Brink

All Students Interested in the Plano East AVID Program, remember applications are due by January 30. Please give to Ms. Gaines in B113 to send to Plano East.

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 Sherika Gaines, our AVID Coordinator, at sherika.gaines@pisd.edu with questions. You may click the Google Form or scan the QR code on the flyer. Please consider sharing what you do with our students! We look forward to hearing from you.

Plano East Cheer & four of our JROTC cadets wrapped up the UIL State Spirit Championship, finishing 8th place out of 40 teams in the state! Finishing above outstanding programs such as Pearland, Allen, Plano West, Arlington Heights, and many more.

Congratulate them on their hard work, and incredible accomplishment! 💛 Thank you for your continued support!

Good morning! We have had an exciting few days for our choir community here on the East Side! Sound Invention from Plano East Choir was selected to sing at the National "Jazz Educators Network" Convention on Thursday, January 8th in New Orleans. Only two high schools out of the entire nation were selected to perform, and this is the first Plano ISD ensemble to ever be invited. 15 out of the 18 singers went through McMillen!

Sound Invention

Cooper Blaine*

Lucy Breedlove

Andrew Dickenson

Zak Ferenczhalmy*

Mayah Kiama*

Preston Le*

Emmanuel Martinez*

Jessica Mathew*

Chloe Myles*

Madison Nguyen*

Briana Palla*

Aiden Panlaqui

Brody Peters*

Phoebe Smith*

Abigail Spinks*

Isaac Updike*

Christian Weeresinghe*

Larina White*

I had the privilege of chaperoning their trip to New Orleans and let me tell you--- they were INCREDIBLE!!! Here's an audio and video recording of their performance:

JEN video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wIlRCsv6C9GcoQhYyn0wiorjKF-QidoS/view?usp=sharing

JEN audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LwgaxucevtZ49BrKe-M_Coxt47OCDNbZ/view?usp=sharing

That's not all!!! As soon as we returned from New Orleans late Friday night, seven Plano East Singers auditioned at the last round of Texas All State Auditions on Saturday, January 10th. McMillen alumni, Phoebe Smith and Julian Malone placed in a 2026 Texas All State Choir!!

Phoebe Smith, 1st chair Mixed Choir Soprano

Julian Malone, 7th chair Tenor-Bass Choir

This is not an easy task-- most of our students go to a camp over the summer to prep the music, and then they have to get through 4 rounds of auditions. Going against students from Plano, Allen, Wylie, Sherman, Dallas and Lewisville. We are so proud of them!