Good luck to the PHS Boys Swim & Dive State Team as they travel to Oakland University to compete in the D3 State Championship Meet on Friday, March 10 and Saturday, March 11. Good luck to Brent Hart, Tyler Keator, Andrew Miller, Sam Harper, Jacob Westdorp, Lucas Boven and Brandon Courtney. TROJAN PRIDE!
As a reminder, we have a half day of school tomorrow (Thursday, March 9) and Friday, March 10 (end of second trimester). Have a great day, Trojans!
Reading is magic! March is reading month and to kick-off the month, all three elementary buildings (Cooper, Gilkey and Starr) had a special magic show. Magician Alan Kazam visited each building, which provided a magical time for our elementary students.
Congratulations to the PHS Girls Varsity Basketball team on their overtime win against Olivet High School 46-42 in the first round of Regionals tonight. Way to go Trojans! Next up, they will play in the Regional Finals on Thursday (3/9) at Three Rivers High School. PLAINWELL PRIDE!!
We are excited to share the 2023/24 School Year Calendar Highlights with you - https://www.plainwellschools.org/article/1029283. The full school year printable calendar will be shared with families soon. Have a great day and GO TROJANS!
The Starr Elementary Parent's Club sponsored the February Student of the Month Breakfast. Each month, Starr teachers will select one student who they felt did an outstanding job throughout the month. In February, the students who were selected did an awesome job including others. Way to go, Rock Starrs!
It’s game day! Join us tonight (Tuesday, March 7) at Three Rivers High School as the PHS Varsity Girls Basketball team takes on Olivet in the first round of Regionals. Tip off is at 7 PM. To purchase tickets, please scan the QR code or visit https://gofan.co/app/school/MI10255. LET’S GO TROJANS!!
The Gilkey Gecko Choir had the opportunity to sing the National Anthem at the K-Wings game this weekend! The students did an outstanding job! Special thanks to Mr. Oostdyk, Mrs. Fazio and all of the parents for your support of this special opportunity for these Gilkey students! Great job, Geckos!
Boys Basketball Districts kick-off this week, right here at PHS! Join us for any of the upcoming games to support our local athletes and Trojans! The Boys Varsity Basketball team will play in the first round of Districts tonight (Monday, March 6) at 7 PM. For tickets, please visit https://gofan.co/app/school/MI10255.
Six Plainwell Robotics Club Middle School Teams participated in the Michigan State Robotics Tournament yesterday in Monroe, Michigan and two teams qualified for the VEX World Championship Tournament to be held in Dallas, Texas in April.
Highlights from the competition include:
Team "Bad Bananas" placed 13th of 54 teams and qualified by winning the Think Award for their work to develop and implement quality robot programming as part of their strategy to solve the game challenge. Pictured below are team members Luca Cassada, Blaine Rensi, and Parker Montange. They are coached by Sarah and Curtis Orr.
Team "Trial and Error" placed 25th and qualified by achieving a high Skills score during the Monroe event. The Skills score is the total points accumulated during a one-minute driver-controlled phase, and a one-minute autonomous phase. Pictured below are team members Liam Preuninger, Mai Nguyen, and Erica Klein. They are coached by Marie Tsuji.
Team “Demoted Rookies” placed 18th in the Monroe event. Team members are Mason Anderson, Kolton Johnson, Isaiah Looney-McPhillips, and Lucas Pauly. They are coached by Marcus Anderson.
Team “B.A.T..T.LE.” placed 28th. Team members are Alexander Billheimier, Elliott Johnson, Rori Rosati, and Joseph Sanderson. They are coached by Jeremy Sanderson and Brooke Billheimier.
Team “Three Engineers” placed 30th. Team members are Jackson Albrecht, Walker Clippinger, Caleb Williams, and Ayden Young. They are coached by Matt Clippinger
Team “The Hackers” placed 42nd. Team members are Hunter Crouch, Aiden Glass, Liam Greene, and Parker Stull. “The Hackers” are coached by Charles Crouch.
Congratulations and “thank you” to all of our students, coaches and parents for a most challenging, educational, successful and enjoyable year.
BIG NEWS FROM FORD FIELD! Congratulations to our Individual Wrestlers who had a PHENOMENAL competition at the State Finals this weekend at Ford Field! Trammel Robinson is 3rd in the State in his weight class, Adin Young is 6th in the State in his weight class, Avery Lynch is 3rd in the State in her weight class, Coach Rodd Leonard was voted the D2 Coach of the Year for the STATE and…
MADDY NIEUWENHUIS IS THE STATE CHAMPION!!
Way to go Trojan Wrestlers - PLAINWELL PRIDE!
The Plainwell High School Honors’ Choir gave an outstanding performance of the National Anthem at the WMU vs. CMU basketball game last night! What a spectacular performance, way to go Trojans! Plainwell Pride!
The Plainwell High School Robotics teams had tremendous success last weekend at their State Championship Tournament. Teams Flourescent Bananas (Aiden Mallory, Tyler Vlietstra and Kevin Vicenzi) and So Many Problems (Danielle Klein, Sam Bacon and Owen Ferris) competed last Sunday against 75 of the top teams from across the state. Team Flourescent Bananas played strong defense in their matches and finished 2 of 7 in the qualifying rounds, with a qualifying rank of 30 out of 38 teams in their division. Unfortunately they were not selected for an alliance in the playoff rounds. Team So Many Problems relied on a strong autonomous program and all around performance to win 6 of 7 qualifying matches and were ranked 2nd of 39 teams in their division. They captained the second ranked alliance in the playoff rounds and made it to the division semifinals, just one win shy of qualifying for the Worlds tournament.
Both teams also received some press attention at the event, with Fluorescent Bananas being featured in a Flint Journal article on the event, and So Many Problems being interviewed for the YouTube channel RoboZone Show.
Flint Journal article:
https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2023/02/high-schooler-designed-robots-compete-at-michigan-championship-in-flint.html
RoboZone Video:
https://youtu.be/lgkdM7SjySQ
The Robotics Club would like to thank their many volunteers and sponsors of the 2022-2023 season for their support of the robotics program. Go Trojans!
2022-2023 Sponsors:
Axis Automation
Bennett Family Agency
Buist Electric
Cedar Run Decoy Co.
Disher
Flowserve Corporation
Grandpa Joe’s Italian Kitchen
Johnson Controls
Miller Welding Supply
Plainwell Counseling Center
Quality Air
Earlier this week, Ellen Sponsler (MS Special Education Teacher) and Tracy Keesee (Elementary Special Education Teacher) presented at the CEC (Council for Exceptional Children) conference in Grand Rapids. The title of the session was "Working Smarter Not Harder: Leveraging 5 Evidence Based Practices for Specialized Health Instruction." Thank you for representing PCS so well Ms. Sponsler and Ms. Keesee. Plainwell Pride!
DISTRICT CHAMPS! Congratulations to the PHS Varsity Girls Basketball team on their win over Otsego tonight in the Distict Finals 51-41. Way to go, Trojans! Plainwell Pride!
The students at Cooper Elementary had a special visitor today, as the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra String Quartet performed for the school. It was an amazing experience for the Koalas!
Due to winter weather, there is no open family swim tonight (Friday, March 3).
Due to the potential winter weather, the MHSAA District Finals Girls Basketball game scheduled for tonight (3/3) has been moved to 5:30 PM. Join us this evening to cheer on the Trojans as they take on the Otsego Bulldogs in District Finals.
Need tickets? Please scan the QR code or visit gofan.co/app/school/MI10251. Good luck and GO TROJANS!!
Yesterday, Plainwell hosted a Band Festival for MSBOA District XI. The event ran from 12:30-8:30 PM with bands and orchestras from all over Southwest Michigan coming to perform in our amazing venue. Each ensemble was judged on a prepared performance as well as sight-reading! Plainwell’s 7th and 8th grade Bands as well as the High School Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble performed and received superior and excellent ratings. Way to make Plainwell proud, PCS Bands!
The PHS Varsity Basketball team had a great win over Edwardsburg last night 49-42! It was a great game and a big win going into Districts next week. Way to go, Trojans! Plainwell Pride!
