COOPER 5TH GRADE CELEBRATION: The Cooper Koalas had an awesome night for their 5th Grade drive thru celebration! We are so thankful that these families chose PCS for their children’s educational journey and look forward to welcoming these Koalas to Plainwell Middle School in the fall!
STARR PARADE: Last night, Starr Elementary celebrated their retirees and 5th grade students with a drive-thru celebration. Congratulations to Cynthia Kelly, Kathy Kranenburg, Jan Battilana, Renee Wiederhold and Jan Whyte-Tran on your retirement, we thank you for your years of dedication to Today’s Learners and Tomorrow’s Leaders! We also extend our congratulations to our fifth graders on finishing up their time at Starr, wishing you all the best at Plainwell Middle School.
GILKEY BIKE RIDE: The Gilkey Elementary 3rd grade class had a great afternoon as they took their annual bike trip. It was the perfect day for these students to take an adventure on their bikes around town. A big thank you to everyone that helped make this a fun and successful event for the Geckos!
VARSITY GOLF CONFERENCE CHAMPS! The Plainwell Varsity Boys Golf team won the 2021 Wolverine Conference Championship last week; and finished 3rd in the team standings of the MHSAA golf regionals! The Varsity Golf team will represent Plainwell at the state golf finals at Bedford Valley GC on June 11 & 12. Go Trojans!
KIA ART SHOW: Earlier this year, students from Regina Beltowski’s art class at Plainwell High School had the opportunity to submit their artwork to the KIA (Kalamazoo Institute of Arts) High School Area Show. Art students from surrounding counties (Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph and Van Buren) were given the opportunity to register their work for the juried art show and competition. The theme for the show was “I am a Genius” and the students were asked to “create 2D pieces of art using markers, pencils, charcoal, paint, glue, glitter, ribbons, crayons, paper collage and more.” In late April, four PHS students were selected to participate in the KIA art show and received special recognition and awards at the virtual award ceremony. Emma Stempien (11), Olivia Oakes (12), Grace Klang (12) and Kaitlyn Groner (12) were the artists selected and each entered the KIA show with two pieces of art selected (each student can submit up to 2). These pieces of artwork were on display at an exhibition from April 30 -May 30. From all of us at PCS, a very special congratulations to Emma, Olivia, Grace, Kaitlyn and Mrs. Beltowski on this extraordinary honor! Trojan pride!
ROCK PAINTING: Recently, Plainwell Middle School's National Junior Honor Society did a rock painting service project. The students used their creativity to paint rocks that are displayed around the Middle School. Great job to the NJHS students, what a great project!
