🌱 How two new middle schools will reshape Celina students’ daily routines

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In today's newsletter:

• How two new middle schools will reshape Celina students’ daily routines

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 100 and low of 79 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Partly sunny and hot, temps: high: 100, low: 79.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 100 and low of 78 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Where DFW is opening and closing schools in 2026-27 (audacy.com) — Families in Celina will see big changes this fall as Celina ISD opens Willard Middle School and Prosper ISD launches Jim Bridges Middle School near Custer and Frontier to serve Celina neighborhoods. The story also explains why nearby districts like Frisco, McKinney, and Fort Worth are closing or repurposing campuses, highlighting how rapid growth around Celina contrasts with enrollment declines elsewhere in DFW.
   

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📸 Around Celina

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Celina

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Friday August 7

• 9th - 12th - New to Prosper Independent School District makeup day
  Prosper H S Prosper High School, 301 Eagle Dr, Prosper, TX 75078, USA
  9:00 am
• Meet the Teacher - Elementary School
  Light Farms El Celina, TX 75009
  5:00 pm
• Back to School Band Camp
  Reynolds Middle Reynolds Band Hall
  5:00 pm
• Meet the Teacher
  Ralph and Mary Lynn Boyer El Prosper, TX 75078
  5:00 pm

Tuesday August 11

• Start of 1st 9 Weeks
  Light Farms El Celina, TX 75009
• First Day of School!
  Windsong Ranch El Prosper, TX 75078
• First Day of School / Beginning of 1st 9 Weeks
  Light Farms El Celina, TX 75009
• First Day of School
  Light Farms El Celina, TX 75009

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 6

• Middle School Schedule Walk - Grade 6
  Jack and June Furr El Prosper, TX 75078
  3:30 pm
• Schedule Walks - Any grade level
  Prosper H S Prosper, TX 75078
  5:00 pm
• High School Schedule Walks
  Jack and June Furr El Prosper, TX 75078
  5:00 pm
• Back to School Band Camp
  Reynolds Middle Reynolds Band Hall
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I’m in desperate need of a hairdresser who can cut and color.
  Looking for a bob style cut and the gray covered and some highlights. Preferably in the prosper McKinney and Celina area. Oh yea and reasonable if… (Nextdoor Weston)
• I am looking for a part-time job on weekends.
  I am flexible to travel and can stay from open to close. (Nextdoor Light Farms)

• Goodwin Recruiting posted a job opening for Restaurant Manager in Celina. Apply here.
• Weichert, Realtors posted a job opening for Real Estate Agent in Celina. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Celina here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Prosper

• The Pioneers of Prosper Walnut Grove (texasfootball.com)
• DFW's six-year streak of opening new high schools ends this fall (audacy.com)

McKinney

• Community leaders break ground on Collin County NeighborHub project in McKinney (communityimpact.com)
• City of McKinney to spray 2 locations for mosquitoes (ntxe-news.com)
• McKinney Approves Mosque Site Plan After 150 Speakers, Police Intervene During Heated Meeting (dallasexpress.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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