CHORAL FESTIVAL 2022: On Thursday (2/24) the PHS Bass Choir and combined Soprano/Alto Choirs sang at Hastings HS. Both groups scored high enough to qualify to sing at the State Choral Festival in May. The Bass Choir also scored their personal highest in PHS history! The Combined Soprano/Alto Choirs scored perfectly across the board! Then on Friday (2/25) the PHS Honors' Choir also qualified for State Choral Festival while competing at East Kentwood HS, only 10 points away from perfect across-the-board scores. All ensembles will be singing at State Choral Festival at Hope College in May! Way to go, PHS Choir!
THIS WEEK AT PCS: Stay up to date with the latest Trojan News with "This Week at PCS". Please check weekly for Montange's Message, as well as the latest news and updates from the district and school buildings. For This Week at PCS for February 28-March 6, please visit: https://www.plainwellschools.org/article/670977.
Have a great week, Trojans and remember to "Work Hard & Be Nice to People"!
ENERGY BUS: At Cooper Elementary, they have an award system called the "Cooper Energy Bus" where students can earn tickets recognizing their extra efforts in and out of the classroom, as well as celebrate positive behavior. Pictured here is Principal Keorkunian with a class of third grade Koalas who ALL earned a Cooper Energy Bus ticket last week! Way to go, Koalas - "Be Your Best and Nothing Less"!
PCS ROBOTICS: Three of the Plainwell Robotics Club's High School teams participated in the State VEX Robotics Championships on Saturday (February 27) held at Kettering University. Seventy-eight HS teams qualified for the event, which was run as two 39-team divisions. The division champions then played one additional match to determine the Tournament Champions. The PCS teams placed 8th and 22nd in one division and 14th in the other division after the qualifying round. All three teams captioned alliances in the playoff rounds and were eliminated in the round of sixteen — thus bringing the Club's second (only) HS competition season to an end.
Congratulations to these talented students, their coaches and parents for a very rewarding season. Trojan pride!
PHS SKI: The PHS Ski team had their last race of the season and award ceremony where Dillon Vlietstra took 9th in the Conference and Liam Troutner took 14th. The team also had 2 girls from Thornapple Kellogg place 2nd and 15th. The teams finished the season with the Varsity Girls taking 4th place and the Varsity Boys in 5th. The Varsity Girls B team took 1st and Boys took 3rd. Way to go, Trojan Ski! Plainwell Pride!
PHS SWIM & DIVE: The PHS Boys Swim and Dive team had an epic weekend in the pool at the Conference Championship Meet in Allegan. Our divers Jacob Westdorp finished second and Brandon Courtney earned All League status by finishing 7th, which is awesome for a first year diver! Ivan Emde won the 100 fly and 100 back event. He was also part of the State 200 free and 400 free relay team along with Lucas Boven, Tyler Keator and Andrew Miller. Lucas Boven was also All League in the 200 IM and the 500 free. Other great swims by Nicholas Deblecourt, Brent Hart, Austin Susens and Spencer Cowles. The boys were 5th going in and finished 4th over all! Great job to everyone on the team who all had personal best times! Trojan pride!
BATTLE OF THE BOOKS CHAMPS: Congratulations to the 2022 Battle of the Books đź“š Champions - The Magic Pirate Readers - from Cooper Elementary. It was a great day of competition and we are so proud of all of the participants for their hard work and outstanding teamwork today! Congratulations to the winning team - way to go, Koalas!
PHS CHEER: Congratulations to the PHS Cheer team who placed 9th in our Region with a score of 700.4 today at their Regional competition at Kenowa Hills. This places the team in top 20 in the State for Division 2! Trojan Pride!
PHS CHEER: Good luck to the PHS Cheer team who are currently competing in Regionals at Kenowa Hills today (2/26)! Go Trojans!
PHS SWIM & DIVE: Good luck to the Boys Swim & Dive team as they head to Allegan for the SCC Championship Meet today (2/25) and tomorrow (2/26)! Go Trojans!
BATTLE OF THE BOOKS: The 2022 Battle of the Books team competition is only 2 DAYS AWAY on Saturday, February 26! We have some awesome competitors from Starr, Gilkey and Cooper Elementary Schools who are ready to work as a team on Saturday morning to compete to be the 2022 Battle of the Books champions. The teams have worked hard reading and studying seven books over the last few months and are now ready for competition. Wishing all the teams and coaches the best of luck and congratulations to all the participants for their hard work and dedication to preparing for this special day! Plainwell pride!
BOOK VENDING MACHINE: The Cooper Koalas recently got a new addition to their building - A BOOK VENDING MACHINE! 📚 Through learning, positive behavior and hard work students can earn “coins” to purchase a variety of different books that are available for all K-5 grade levels. The vending machine was purchased through a grant by the Perrigo Foundation and is an awesome addition to Cooper Elementary.
TWOS-DAY: The students at Gilkey Elementary had fun celebrating TWOS-day on 2/22/22 with a Tutus and Ties celebration! The day was complete with a dance party at 2:22. What a fun way for the Geckos to return from Mid-Winter Break!
101 DAY FUN: Students in Mrs. Gonyeau's first grade class at Starr Elementary had fun during the 101st day of school. Mrs. Gonyeau was Cruella de Vil and her students were little dalmatians! The class incorporated 101 day activities in math, reading and writing. They also had a little dalmatian snack and made adorable headbands. It was a great day of learning and fun for these Rock Starr students!
THIS WEEK AT PCS: Stay up to date with the latest Trojan News with "This Week at PCS". Please check weekly for Montange's Message, as well as the latest news and updates from the district and school buildings. For This Week at PCS for February 21-27, 2022, please visit plainwellschools.org under News or Live Feed.
Have a great week, Trojans and remember to "Work Hard & Be Nice to People"!
PHS SKI: Congratulations to TK-Plainwell Trojan Ski Team for their hard work at Regionals this week where the Boys placed 11th and the Girls placed 9th at Cannonsburg. Their last Conference race is on Wednesday (2/23) at Timberidge. Our Girls Varsity team is currently in 4th place and Boys Varsity is in 5th. The Girls JV team is in 2nd place and Boys is in 3rd. Best of luck to our Ski team at the last race and to their teammate Lucy VanDenark from Thornapple Kellogg as she heads to Boyne Mountain for the Division 1 State Ski Finals. Way to go, Ski team!
PHS CHEERLEADING: Congratulations to the PHS Cheer Team who took 4th at Districts today and are heading to Regionals next week!  Way to go, Trojans!
MID-WINTER BREAK: As a reminder, there is no school from Friday, February 18-Monday, February 21 for Mid-Winter Break. We wish our students, staff and families a wonderful break filled with relaxation and happy memories! Go Trojans!
PHS SKI: The PHS Ski team is having a great season so far! The team, which includes 24 racers (14 girls and 10 boys) have been racing very well in competition. Our Varsity Girls are currently 4th overall in our Conference and the Varsity Boys are currently 5th overall in our Conference.
The Varsity B team stats (JV) are Girls: 2nd and Boys: 3rd.
The team just competed at Regionals and our Boys placed 10th out of 13 teams! The Girls results are pending due to a timing issue, but one of the racers from the team (from Thornapple Kellogg) qualified for states (Lucy VanDemark) - CONGRATULATIONS!
📸 courtesy of Kathy Way.
TEAM BUILDING: The Plainwell Middle School Band students had a creative team building activity last week for “Team Building Thursday” where they played musical Jeopardy. What a fun team building activity!
