STAFF KICK-OFF: Earlier this week, we held our staff kick-off breakfast! Our Superintendent, Mr. Montange, was excited to welcome our returning PCS staff and greet our new team members! A very special thanks to the amazing team at PCS - each and every employee has a critical role in the education of Today’s Learners and Tomorrow’s Leaders - and we are so thankful for each of you!
Also, thank you to the vendors that joined us for the event to share information with our staff! We appreciate the ongoing support from our community - Plainwell Pride!
We are ready and excited to begin the 2021/22 school - we can’t wait to see the PCS students on Monday, August 30 (half day) for the first day of school! Go Trojans!
SAIL DEPARTS: Our Summer Adventure in Learning program ended last week! To celebrate a great summer of learning and adventures, the SAILing crew had a special lunch together. From all of us at PCS, we thank our amazing summer staff for their hard work and dedication to our students this summer - thank you to each of you for being a PCS SAIL anchor, you really kept us afloat! Until next year SAILors, ahoy matey!
SAIL ADVENTURE DAY: The 4th and 5th grade SAIL students took to the Air (Zoo) on their adventure day this morning. The students explored and had fun while enjoying all the wonderful learning opportunities at the Air Zoo. It was a great way for the Session 2 Sailors to end their summer of learning (and adventures) at the Summer Adventure in Learning program!
AAESA STRATEGIC PLANNING SURVEY: The AAESA is starting a strategic planning process to develop and implement a 3-5 year strategic plan and they are looking for your input. If you did not attend a focus group at AAESA, they ask that you please complete the following brief survey at: https://www.alleganaesa.org/.
Thank you in advance for your time and input.
Go Trojans!
SAIL ADVENTURE: The SAIL kindergarten and 1st grade students had a great adventure day as they explored Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park. They met several animals including giraffes, birds, camels and reptiles, just to name a few. The students had a great time learning and exploring while visiting the animal park. It was another fun adventure for the SAIL program!
SAIL ADVENTURE: The SAIL kindergarten and 1st grade students had a great adventure day as they explored Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park. They met several animals including giraffes, birds, camels and reptiles, just to name a few. The students had a great time learning and exploring while visiting the animal park. It was another fun adventure for the SAIL program!
SAIL ADVENTURE DAY: Last week, our SAIL 2nd and 3rd grade students took an adventure to the Holland Dutch Village where they did a lot of learning and exploring. It’s been a great summer of SAILing at PCS!
SAIL ADVENTURE DAY: The Summer Adventure in Learning (SAIL) second and third grade students had a great adventure day as they went to visit the John Ball Zoo. They enjoyed exploring the zoo and meeting the animals. What a great way to end Session 1 of the SAIL program for these students!
SUMMER LEARNING: Over the last two weeks, the third grade students at the Summer Adventure in Learning (SAIL) program have been keeping busy with reading memory books, working on Venn diagrams, playing various math games and lots of other awesome educational activities. It’s been a great start to summer at Session 1 of the SAIL program!
SUMMER YOUTH BALL FUN: More fun from the 2021 Summer Youth Ball program, as the Pink Warriors from Plainwell had their final game against Otsego. After the game, the pink team was awarded medals and the coach allowed the girls to dump Gatorade on him. What a fun way for the team to celebrate the end of their season.
SAIL ADVENTURE DAY: It was another great adventure day, as the first grade Summer Adventure In Learning (SAIL) students took a trip to the Outdoor Discovery Center in Holland last Friday. The students had a great day of learning while exploring at the center.
YOUTH BALL: Our Community Recreation Youth Ball program has been a lot of fun for our elementary age students this summer! We would like to share a very special thank you to the following sponsors who donated money to help improve our Community Recreation Youth Ball program, we appreciate your generosity and support of PCS!
- CSM Group
- Halstead Home Group, Samantha Young
- Midwest Gutter Systems LLC
- The Pool Guys
- Honor Credit Union
- Meert Farms
- Plainwell Ice Cream
Our next Community Recreation program will be Junior Spikers Volleyball which will begin in October for 3rd-6th graders. Keep eye on the Community Recreation page for registration dates.
BOND UPDATE: The bond proposal construction continues at Plainwell Middle School. We are so excited to watch as the building addition and renovations come together. These changes will provide updated spaces for Today’s Learners and Tomorrow’s Leaders!
Stay tuned for more updates, details and pictures as the project continues throughout summer. THANK YOU to the amazing Plainwell community for voting YES on the 2019 bond proposal! We are so grateful for your ongoing support!
SAIL ADVENTURE DAY: The PCS Summer Adventure In Learning (SAIL) students had a great adventure day last Friday as the Kindergarten, 5th Grade and Middle School students took a trip to the Grand Rapids Public Museum and the Outdoor Discovery Center in Holland. The students had a lot of fun learning and exploring on their adventures, what a great experience it was for these SAIL students!
FIRST WEEK OF SAIL: It was a great week, as our summer students set SAIL on their Summer Adventure In Learning! We were so excited to welcome these students back in the buildings to learn and grow through this awesome summer program. Here are some highlights from the week:
1. The K-5 students created a social contract that we’re calling our Compass!
2. Middle School STEAM students planned, marketed and created business plans for how they would run a food truck.
3. We already have high school students completing classes. Self-paced means SAIL ends for high school students when they’ve achieved their credits.
4. Our elementary students read about character development throughout the week. We finished this with Friday Adventure Day where students created their own super hero - mask, cape, comic and all!
It was a great first week and we cannot wait to welcome back our Sailors next week!
PCS RETIREMENTS: Prior to our Board meeting last week, we celebrated the 2020 and 2021 retirements! It was great to honor these outstanding staff members who have worked alongside Today’s Learners and Tomorrow’s Leaders. We are thankful for your hard work, dedication and the endless support of PCS and our students! Congratulations and best wishes in your retirement!
COOPER 5TH GRADE CELEBRATION: The Cooper Koalas had an awesome night for their 5th Grade drive thru celebration! We are so thankful that these families chose PCS for their children’s educational journey and look forward to welcoming these Koalas to Plainwell Middle School in the fall!
