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!
VALENTINE’S FUN: The students in Mrs. Mudget’s Kindergarten class at Starr Elementary had lots of Valentine’s fun yesterday. They had special activities, snacks and treats to celebrate the day. The smiles say it all - it looks it was a great day for these Rock Starrs!
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 14-20, 2022, please visit https://www.plainwellschools.org/article/657624.
Have a great week, Trojans and remember to "Work Hard & Be Nice to People"!
PCS ROBOTICS: Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Jenison Robotics Tournament on Saturday (2/12). It was a very successful day for our teams, students and coaches. Four of our teams earned the right to captain an alliance for the playoff round, and one team was invited to join the number two alliance. Special congratulations go to Team Geared Up, which was presented with the Create Award for demonstrating a highly creative design process, and for being committed to an ambitious and creative approach to solving the game challenge. This event brings the 2021-22 robotics competition season to a close. Way to go Trojan Robotics!
RHS POWERLIFTING: Renaissance Students Emerge in the Sport of Powerlifting. Since Renaissance's move to 798 E. Bridge Street, Mr. Stouffer has been using the new fitness area to teach physical fitness. Part of his plan was to integrate important values such as sportsmanship, positive attitude and resilience. He got a grant to bring in The Plate Boys (William Tolliver and Terrell Alexander) as guest presenters and the combination has been powerful. Yesterday (2/12) six RHS students - Chelsea Myland, Makayla Vercruysse, Nico Pelligrino, Kayden Hamilton, Devin Sonnerville and Vincenzo Pelligrino - participated in their first ever Powerlifting competition. All of the participants placed within the top 1/3 of their weight class and Devin Sonnerville took 1st place in his class. Way to go RHS - Plainwell Pride!
PHS VARSITY BASKETBALL: The PHS Girls and Boys Varsity Basketball teams played against Otsego last night at Plainwell. We started off a great night by having the Gilkey Choir sing our National Anthem prior to the Girls Varsity game - way to go Geckos! Both teams battled hard against the Bulldogs, but fell short. It was a great night of basketball with fantastic school spirit and community support. Go Trojans!
