Welcome to Mockingbird PTA
This site helps our families stay connected with our PTA and school community. Register and log in to get full functionality, like access to forms, grade level emails, spirit store orders, PTA Membership, etc.
Register/Login
(You can use a Membership Toolkit account from another organization as your login.)
Highlights
- Remember there's no school on Friday, 4/18, and Monday, 4/21.
- The PTA and SBDM monthly meetings are Thursday evening, April 10, in the library.
- STAAR testing will be April 10, 16, and 24. MES staff has requested parents NOT visit school on those days.
- There's a community garden day on Saturday, April 12 (rescheduled from last week).
- Remember, there is no school Friday, April 18 and Monday, April 21.
- Mockingbird's 2025 Auction is April 25 at Brake and Clutch Warehouse. You can buy tickets and sponsorships. Or get more information including other ways you can get involved.
- Mark your calendars for other upcoming events: School-wide field day on Friday, May 16; kinder through 4th-grade picnics on Thursday, May 22 (during lunch/recess); 5th-grade awards and picnic on Friday, May 23 (last day of school).
- The MES Talent Show is Monday 4/28 and Tuesday 4/29.
- PTA and SBDM have been hard at work on school upgrades! Check out details.
- Yearbooks are on sale. Get yours now if you haven't already.
Volunteer/Donate
- Cafeteria volunteers are needed for the spring semester on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10:30 - 11:30, 11:30 - 12:30, and 12:30 - 1:30.
- Support the Peace Pantry, a donation-based service run by the Mockingbird PTA that provides support to the families in our school facing food insecurity.
- Remember, if you'd like to volunteer, you have to register or renew your VOLY account with DISD each year.
Reminders
- To report absences, email your homeroom teacher and mockingbirdattendance@dallasisd.org. Include: 1) student's name, ID number, and grade; 2) date and reason for the absence; 3) parent or guardian's signature.
- Click here to give a shout out to a teacher or staff member for a job well done please. They will be recognized and celebrated during the staff huddle and in the staff newsletter.
- Free dental clinics are available across Dallas. Check out this resource for locations and qualifying criteria.
- You can get information about measles and MMR from Children's Health Dallas, and find information about vaccine clinics in the area here. Also note, the Parkland Mobile Vaccine Unit is onsite at the DISD Margaret and Gilbert Herrera International Welcome Center every Wednesday from 9am - 2pm through May 7, 2025. The welcome center is located at 9400 N. Central Expressway Dallas, TX 75231 (see map).
- You can also get information from Children's Health Dallas about healthy eating, including what's in red dye no. 3, the impact of ultra-processed foods on health, a guide for creating balanced meals, and habits that can contribute to unhealthy weight in kids.
- If you are VOLY approved, you may visit your student during their lunch time on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
