Last night during the Homecoming Football game, PHS Sophomore, Madison Nieuwenhuis was recognized for her many accomplishments. Last season, she became the first female wrestler in school history to become a MHSAA State Champion, traveled the country to become a Fargo National Champion and this past summer, she won the “Who’s Number One Challenge Match”. Madison is currently ranked 💙 #2 IN THE COUNTRY 💙 at her respective weight class and is currently training for the USA World Team Trials this spring. Last night, current Division 2 State Head Coach of the Year, Rodd Leonard, along with PHS Assistant Coaches Jaylyn Bohl and Travis Reardon presented Madison with her own State Champion banner to hang proudly and forever in the PHS wrestling room. Congratulations Madison on your multiple accomplishments and thank you for representing PLAINWELL with PRIDE!
It was a rainy and chilly night, but our students, community and Trojan fans still showed a lot of Plainwell Pride at our Homecoming Football game. Congratulations to the PHS Homecoming Court and the 2023 Homecoming King and Queen: Mason Meert and Zoey Bennett! Trojan Pride! 💙
Trojan spirit all around at the 2023 Homecoming Parade! What a great afternoon for the parade - thank you to the students, staff, families and community for showing your Trojan pride! 💙
Next up, join us at Streidl Field tonight as the Varsity Football team takes on Niles at 7 PM at the Homecoming Football Game. Let's go, Trojans! 🏈
Calling all PCS 3rd-5th graders! Have you heard about Battle of the Books? Battle of the Books is a book-based quiz competition for 3rd-5th grade students at Plainwell and surrounding elementary schools. Students read six incredible stories together and then compete in a quiz bowl type competition in February 2024.
Interested in participating this year? Join us for an Informational Meeting to learn more about Battle of the Books on Tuesday, October 24 from 6:30-7:30 PM at Gilkey Elementary’s Media Center. A Zoom link will also be available for those that are unable to attend in person.
The parade is on! Join us today (10/13) to support PHS and cheer on the Trojans at their 2023 Homecoming Parade beginning at 1:20 PM. Parade begins at PHS. Students, staff, PCS families and the community are welcome to join us for the parade to celebrate Homecoming Spirit Week and to cheer on the Trojans prior to their football game against Niles at 7 PM. GO TROJANS!
Congratulations to the PHS Boys Varsity Soccer team on their 6-0 win over Harper Creek in the first round of Districts tonight! Plainwell Pride! Next up, they will play on Monday (10/16) at Otsego HS. Let’s go Trojans! ⚽️
It was a chilly, but fun day for the Gilkey Elementary 4th and 5th grade students to take their annual bike trip on Monday. Throughout their adventure, they stopped at various places in Plainwell to learn about bicycle safety. A very special thank you to Bob Farris, Plainwell Public Safety, the Gilkey Staff and the many parent volunteers who made this an amazing experience for the Geckos!
The Kindergarten students from Starr Elementary took a trip to Plainwell Public Safety where they learned about fire safety. During the visit, students received a tour of a fire truck, sprayed a fire hose and met with firefighters to learn all about the importance of fire safety. A very special THANK YOU to Plainwell Public Safety for a great visit and awesome learning experience at the fire station!
Calling all Community Senior Citizens! You are invited to join us for the 2023 Lifelong Learners Halloween Party! Join us at Christian Neighbors (282 12th St, Plainwell) on Thursday, October 19 at 10:00 AM for some Halloween fun! Attendees will enjoy games, prizes, chair exercise and lots of fun! We look forward to seeing you at this free event for our community senior citizens! For more information on this event, please visit https://5il.co/26wh1.
For more information on our Lifelong Learners program, please visit plainwellschools.org/page/lifelong-learners.
It was a great time at the 2023 Homecoming Spirit Week Powderpuff Football game last night. The game was filled with Trojan Pride and fun competition between the Juniors and Seniors. The Seniors came out on top with a 20-6 victory. Way to go, Trojans - PLAINWELL PRIDE! 💙🏈💙
📸 courtesy of Gwen McDaniel
The Plainwell Middle School ECO Club has been hard at work making the courtyards a great space for students to learn. This fall, Total Property Management Group of Plainwell donated 15 cubic yards of wood chips to help maintain the courtyards. Students have worked long hours to move the wood chips from the outside of the building into the space. The east courtyard was finished this week and next up, they plan to start on the west courtyard. Way to go, Trojans!
A very big THANK YOU to Total Property Management for your donation, we greatly appreciate your support! Plainwell Pride!
Students in Mr. Herbert’s Michigan Exploration class at Plainwell Middle School took a kayaking trip yesterday. It was a great experience and adventure for these students as they explored our beautiful state.
To celebrate Homecoming week and to support each other, the Trojan Football teams (7th grade-Varsity) had a team meal last night. It was an amazing event that brought our Middle and High School programs together - what an amazing community and a wonderful start to a new tradition for our Football programs. Trojans leading Trojans - Plainwell Pride! 🏈
SIGN-UP TO MENTOR TODAY! Are you interested in mentoring a student at Plainwell Middle School this year? We are excited to introduce Big Brothers Big Sisters at PMS. During the 2023/24 school year, we will be offering the Partnership Program. As a Big Brother, Big Sister or Big Duo, you can mentor a 6-8th grade student during their school day (suggested investment of your time: 30-60 minutes, 2-4 times per month, for 1 school year). For more information, please visit https://5il.co/22r6s. Interested in becoming a Big Brother or Big Sister? Please scan the QR code or visit ThinkBigToday.org/volunteer.
Join us tomorrow (Wednesday, October 11) as we celebrate Homecoming Spirit Week at the PHS Powderpuff Football game! Kick-off is at 7:30 PM at Streidl Field where the Juniors will take on the Seniors in this annual spirit week game.
Congratulations to the PHS Girls Golf team on their 4th place finish at Regionals today. The team played great and just missed the cut to qualify for Team States.
Special recognition goes to Ayla Jaeger who placed 2nd at Regionals. Next up, she will represent PHS at the State Finals on October 20 and 21 at MSU as an individual. Way to go Ayla and PHS Golf - TROJAN PRIDE!
The home PHS Swim meet that was scheduled for tonight (Tuesday, October 10) has been postponed.
The Young 5 students at Cooper Elementary just finished a special unit where they compared apples - size, weight, color and taste. They made patterns using red and yellow apples, graphed their favorite color of apples and used the apples to show ways to make five! To end their unit, they made applesauce! What a fun (and delicious) project for the Koalas! 🍏🐨🍎
Congratulations to the Trojan Marching Band on a 2nd place finish at a very chilly Sparta Invitational on Saturday. The TMB earned a 5 point jump from their previous week's score showing great improvement in a short period of time! Their next performance will be this Friday (10/13) at the Homecoming Football game. Then the TMB will return to competition on October 21 at the Jenison Invitational.
It's Homecoming Week! Join us this Friday (10/13) to support PHS and cheer on the Trojans at their 2023 Homecoming Parade beginning at 1:20 PM. Students, staff, PCS families and the community are welcome to join us for the parade to celebrate Homecoming Spirit Week and to cheer on the Trojans prior to their football game against Niles at 7 PM. GO TROJANS!
We will be monitoring the weather and any changes to the parade schedule will be made by 11:00 AM on Friday (10/13).
