The Lifelong Learners held another great event yesterday. Partnering with Otsego and Christian Neighbors, they held a bingo event at the Admin Building at Otsego Public Schools. Local retirees and senior citizens enjoyed an afternoon of bingo, great snacks and prizes. Thank you to OPS for hosting this wonderful event for the Lifelong Learners!
For more information on the Lifelong Learners program, please visit plainwellschools.org/page/lifelong-learners.
It’s School Resource Officer Day and we can’t let the day pass without recognizing our AMAZING School Resource Officer, Mr. Farris. We are incredibly thankful for all he does for our school and community every day! He goes above and beyond for our students, school and community - please join us in sharing a big THANK YOU to Officer Farris!
As a reminder, our Mid-Winter Break is from Friday, February 16-Monday, February 19. We wish our students and families a wonderful break. We look forward to welcoming the PCS students back to school on Tuesday, February 20. Have a great break and GO TROJANS!
Attention PHS Class of 2024 Students and Families! Please take a few minutes to review the 2024 Senior Graduation Informational Packet by visiting https://5il.co/2euqj. Included in this packet is information regarding graduation and other important dates to note.
Mark your calendar! The 2024 graduation ceremony is scheduled for Thursday, May 23 at 7:00 PM at Streidl Field! GO TROJANS!
The Young Fives from Cooper Elementary had so much fun yesterday! They celebrated Valentines with graphing fruit snack hearts, using beads to make a pattern on a heart, counting and stacking candy hearts, creating hearts and other shapes with marshmallows and decorating heart cookies. It was a day full of fun learning festivities!
Students in Ms. Adams’ 3rd grade class at Cooper Elementary made and delivered valentines to Alamo Nursing Home today. Their mission for the morning was to “spread joy.” Way to go, Koalas! ❤️
To celebrate the 101st day of school Mrs. Gonyeau’s first grade class at Starr Elementary incorporated fun into many different subject areas. Students made dalmatian headbands, they listened to a story, wrote about dalmatians, they rolled dice 101 times to tally which numbers had the most and least amount, they did jumping jacks/other exercises for 101 seconds and they played a listening game called "Doggie Doggie Where's Your Bone!" It was a great day of fun and learning for these Rock Starrs!
The Kindergarteners at Gilkey Elementary are learning about different types of measurement. Yesterday, they were exploring weight by taking time to explore and compare the weight of different objects in their classroom. Today’s Learners, Tomorrow’s Leaders!
Ms. Hansen’s Kindergarten class at Starr Elementary had lots of fun while learning at their 100 Days Brighter Celebration.
LET'S GO TROJANS! Good luck to the Varsity Cheer Team as they head to Gull Lake High School for District Finals on Friday, February 16 beginning at 6:00 PM. For tickets, please scan the QR code or visit https://gofan.co/event/1349573. GOOD LUCK PHS CHEER!
Congratulations to Peyton, Kathryn and Abigail, as they are Plainwell Middle Schools' "Book and a Bonus" winners for January. "Book and a Bonus" is a monthly reading incentive program for MS students that is supported by Ransom District Library. This month, their support allowed PMS to award THREE winners! Keep up the great reading PMS students! Special thanks to Ransom District Library for your ongoing support of PCS and the “Book and a Bonus" program. PLAINWELL PRIDE!
Registration is open through 3/11 - REGISTER TODAY! Join us for the 2024 Mother/Son Hockey Night as the Kalamazoo Wings take on the Allen Americans in the 40th Annual Green Ice Game on Saturday, March 16 at 7:00 PM. Mothers and sons will enjoy the game, a $5 concession voucher, a FREE knit hat and a voucher for a FREE game of bowling at Airway Fun Center! Tickets are available for $17/adults, $14/kids (12 and under). Transportation is not available and parking is $5 per car at the event.
Interested in tickets? Tickets are purchased through K-Wings and will be picked-up at Wings Event Center. To purchase tickets, please scan the QR code or visit https://fevo-enterprise.com/event/Plainwellschools. PLEASE NOTE: Tickets are assigned seats, so if you are going with friends or a group, please plan accordingly. Tickets are available through March 11, so please purchase your tickets today!
Our lower elementary Rock Starr ticket winners were celebrated last week! Throughout the year, Starr Elementary students have been earning Rock Starr tickets for good behavior, making good choices and being exceptional students. Recently, they held a drawing and 26 students were selected to go on a special field trip to All That Athletics followed by a pizza party. It was an awesome day celebrating with these amazing students! Special thanks to All That Athletics for your support of PCS!
The 2024 Daughter Dance was SO MUCH FUN!! Over 500 daughters joined their dates for a wonderful evening at Plainwell Middle School. They enjoyed formal photos, dancing, a selfie station, refreshments and a raffle. Thank you to all that joined us for this special event!
REMINDER! Do you have a student starting 6th grade at Plainwell Middle School next fall? Current 5th grade parents, please mark your calendar to join us for our upcoming 6th Grade Parent/Guardian Orientation TOMORROW (February 13) at 5:30 PM at the Plainwell Middle School Cafeteria. Parents/Guardians (only) are invited to join us to learn about schedules, counseling, athletics, electives and more!
Have questions? Please contact Lynne Seibert at lynne.seibert@plainwellschools.org.
Miss Hunter’s second graders and Mrs. Beach’s 4th graders at Cooper Elementary completed a community service project for Valentine’s Day. The students made special cards and collected stuffed animals for a local domestic abuse shelter. Way to go Koalas, changing the world for the better.💙🐨
Yesterday in Grandville, Team: The Robot Pigs3 (Gilkey Elementary School) and Team: Koalabots (Cooper Elementary School) had a strong showing for the Plainwell Robotics Club (PRC).
The Robot Pigs3 (Nicholas, Mari, Abigail and Coaches - Naomi Tsuji and Stephanie Larson) earned the Build Award that recognized a well-built robot that is constructed with a high attention to detail to hold up under the pressures of the competition.
Team Koalabots (Parker, Carter, Lucy and Coach - John Morse) ended the day with a highly ranked skills score and earned the Excellence Award, the highest award in VEX Robotics. Team Koalabots was recognized for their overall excellence in both the judged awards and the Performance award categories. A team earning this award needs to be at or near the top of all engineering notebook rubric rankings, exhibit a high-quality team interview, be ranked in the top 30% of teams in each of the following categories: the end of qualifying matches, in the Robot Skills Challenge, and in the Autonomous Coding Challenge. Team Koalabots earned the designation of only the second team in PRC’s history to earn the Excellence Award and the second team to double qualify for the State Championship.
Congratulations to both teams and good luck to Team Koalabots in their State Championship competition on February 16-17! Plainwell Pride!
Alumni update! Congratulations to PHS Alumni, Ivan Emde (22’), who had a 2nd place finish this weekend in pole vault at the NCCAA Indoor Track and Field Nationals with a height of 14’5.25”! From all of us at PCS, congratulations Ivan!
Congratulations to PHS Senior, Sydney Harper, on signing her letter of intent for Swimming at Clarion! We are incredibly proud of Sydney's athletic achievements while at PHS and wish her all the best next year at Clarion. From all of us at PCS, congratulations and best wishes to Sydney! TROJAN PRIDE!
100 days of school and 100 days smarter! The students in Mrs. Fillar's Kindergarten class at Starr Elementary had a great day completing special activities and exercises to celebrate 100 days of fun in Kindergarten!
