Registration is open for our upcoming Spring Tae Kwon Do program. Join us to improve coordination, gain strength and increase your flexibility while learning self-defense techniques, taught by Mr. Mitch. Tae Kwon Do is open to participants 7 and up. This twelve-week program will run from March 3-June 2 from 5:30-7:00 PM. Practices will be held at the Middle School Cafeteria (720 Brigham St, Plainwell). Cost is $60 per individual or $85 per family. To register, please visit plainwellschools.org/page/youth-programs.
PHS Wrestling had a competitive weekend, with several individual athletes qualifying for Regional competition.
Congratulations to Nieuwenhuis, Wanamaker, Vega, Lynch, Dranikowska, and Swanson from the Girls Wrestling team for advancing to regionals. This achievement sets a school record and includes three sets of siblings progressing to regionals: Nieuwenhuis, Vega and Lynch.
From the Boys team, we extend congratulations to the eight athletes who will be competing in Regionals next week at Gull Lake:
• Adin Young - 1st place
• Tyler Cooper - 1st place
• Dylan Nieuwenhuis - 2nd place
• Austin Gyorkos - 2nd place
• Grady Erlandson - 3rd place
• Marco Vega - 3rd place
• Carter Ritchie - 3rd place
• Rickey Lynch - 4th place
A special shoutout goes to Austin Gyorkos for achieving his milestone 100th career win!
Congratulations on a great weekend, Trojans - PLAINWELL PRIDE!
👏🏼 2025 Athletic Signing! 👏🏼 Congratulations to PHS Senior, Heidi Ragainis, on signing her letter of intent to swim at Alma College! We are incredibly proud of Heidi's athletic achievements while at PHS and wish her all the best next year at Alma. From all of us at PCS, congratulations and best wishes to Heidi!
VIRTUAL COLLEGE FINANCIAL AID PRESENTATIONS: Attention PHS Families - please check out this information from the MI Student Aid Team regarding their upcoming Financial Aid Presentations! This is a great opportunity for students and families who are looking for help paying for college to learn about available resources and options. Please visit https://www.michigan.gov/mistudentaid/students-families/virtual-financial-aid-presentations to learn more!
As a reminder, there is no school tomorrow (Friday, February 7). We look forward to welcoming our students back to school on Monday, February 10.
Have a great weekend - GO TROJANS!
We are excited to share that tickets are now available for the 2025 PHS Musical: Tuck Everlasting! There are three upcoming shows at the Performing Arts Center:
- Friday, March 28 at 7 PM
- Saturday, March 29 at 7 PM
- Sunday, March 30 at 2 PM
Online tickets are available by visiting plainwellschools.ludus.com. Get your tickets today for this amazing show!
Due to ice and difficult travel conditions, Plainwell Community Schools is closed today (Thursday, February 6). The SAFE and ECEC programs will open at 7:30 AM.
All afternoon and evening activities, including Middle School Conferences will be held as originally planned unless otherwise communicated by the district later today.
We wish our students, staff and families a safe snow day! Have a great day and GO TROJANS!
DISTRICT CHAMPS! Congratulations to the PHS Wrestling team on their win over Otsego tonight to secure the District Championship! GO TROJANS!
What an awesome night at the 2025 PHS Snowcoming Basketball Game last Friday! Highlights include: three awesome basketball games against Sturgis, a gym full of school spirit, the announcement of the 2025 Snowcoming Court and the crowning of the King and Queen. Special congratulations to Chad Winenger and Sadie Boven who were crowned the Snowcoming King and Queen! What a great night to be a PHS Trojan!
📸 Pictures courtesy of Ryan Lindsey Photography
Plainwell Community Schools welcomes the use of school facilities by the community for purposes directly related to the educational, civic, cultural, recreational, and social life of the community. To request the use of facilities at PCS, organizations must complete an online application at least 14 days in advance. NEW RATES (2/4/25)! For updated rental facilities information, pricing or to request the use of facilities, please visit plainwellschools.org/page/facility-rental.
Please note that rentals booked prior to 2/4/25 will be charged the previous contracted rates. For bookings on or after 2/4/25, please refer to the new rates.
Lunch and/or dinner tomorrow - ✔️! Join us for a Dine to Donate at Four Roses to support the Class of 2025 Grad Bash on Wednesday, February 5.
As part of their Snowcoming week festivities, PHS held their annual Junior/Senior Testosterone Volleyball game. It was a tough competition, with the Senior class coming away with the win!
Next up, join us tonight (1/31) at the Snowcoming Basketball game against Sturgis beginning with JV Girls at 4:15 PM. GO TROJANS!
Congratulations to the JV and Varsity Cheer teams who are CONFERENCE CHAMPS!!! The Varsity team came in first in all the Wolverine Conference Jamborees this season. They bring home the championship trophy after 14 years. Congratulations to Trojan Cheer and their coaching staff - Kylie Cook, Chey Stephenson and Nicole Murphy.
👏🏼📣 LET’S GO TROJANS! 📣👏🏼
Tickets are available for the PHS Boosters Club's "Blue and White Night" event. Join the fun on Saturday, March 22 from 6:00-9:00 PM at Lake Doster Country Club. Attendees will enjoy a buffet dinner with beef tenderloin, a reverse raffle, silent auction and door prizes. For tickets, please visit https://phstrojans.com/main/bevents or stop by the Field House Concession Stand during PHS home athletic games. GO TROJANS!
Congratulations to PHS Junior, Caleb Braybrooks, who was selected to sing in the High School TTBB State Honors Choir and performed at the Michigan Music Conference this past Saturday. The choir is made up of top singers from around the state of Michigan who must complete a rigorous audition process to be chosen. Bravo, Caleb - PLAINWELL PRIDE! 👏🏼
It was another great weekend for Plainwell Robotics. Check out these highlights from the PRC teams that competed.
Four middle school teams competed in a 33 team event at the Grandville Competition Center.
👏 Team Tech Titans (pictured Liam, AJ, Logan and Isaac) placed 2nd after the qualifying matches and captained the 2nd place alliance in the final rounds. They lost their semi-final match. The team is coached by Brooke Billheimer and Matt Billheimer.
👏 Team Gear Gremlins (pictured Alyssa, Mia and Aubrey) placed 6th after the qualifying rounds, captained the 5th place alliance, and lost in the semifinals. The team was presented with the Innovate Award which recognizes an effective and well-documented design process for a novel aspect of the team’s robot design or gameplay strategy. The team is coached by Julie Williams and Matt Warren.
👏 Team Roll For Initiative (Elliott, Mason and Mason) placed 18th after the qualifying rounds, captained the 11th place alliance and lost in the round of 16. They are coached by Joe Potts.
👏 Team Error 404: Team name Not Found (Ava, Mason, Lucas and Anne) placed 20th after the qualifiers, were invited to join the 8th place alliance and lost in the quarterfinals. They are coached by Marcus Anderson and TJ Wilkinson.
Two elementary school teams also competed in the 40 team event in Hudsonville.
👏 Team Koala Bots from Cooper Elementary (pictured Pearl, Aiden and Addie) placed 13th after the qualifying rounds and finished in 5h place in the final round. They were presented with the Build Award which recognizes a well-constructed robot that is built with a high degree of attention to detail in order to hold up to the rigors of competition. The award also earned them an invitation to the VEX IQ State Championship to be held in Monroe, Michigan in March. The Koala Bots are coached by John Morse, Adam Cornelius, and Craig Davies.
👏 The Hallow Knights from Gilkey Elementary (Ezekiel, Penelope, Madilyn and Charles) placed 31st after the qualifiers. The Hallow Knights are coached by Angalena Carruthers-Makarewich and Jamie Raulston.
High School results:
👏 High School team Siege (Walker, Owen and Isaiah) competed in the Kalahari Classic Signature Event in Sandusky, Ohio. The event hosted 168 high school teams from across the country. Team Siege finished in 25th place in their 86 team division. They are coached by Matt Clippinger and Jason Ferris.
Congratulations to PHS freshman Joshua Pembrook for being named to the MSBOA High School All-State Band! Through a rigorous audition, Joshua has earned his way onto the All State Band roster and has the opportunity to perform in the All State band on Saturday (1/25) with other All State band students from all over the state of Michigan. The All State High School Band will be performing at DeVos Hall in Grand Rapids under the baton of popular composer Randall Standridge. Congratulations to Joshua on this amazing achievement! 👏🏼
As we continue to monitor the weather and travel conditions, we wanted to provide an update on PCS afternoon/evening activities for today (Wednesday, January 22). All practices and activities are canceled, unless otherwise communicated by your student’s coach. Stay safe, have a great day and GO TROJANS!
Due to ongoing winter weather, extremely cold temperatures and difficult travel conditions, Plainwell Community Schools is closed tomorrow (Wednesday, January 22). This closure includes the SAFE and ECEC programs. We wish our students, staff and families a safe snow day!
The Plainwell Robotics Club held its 2nd Annual VEX IQ Tournament last weekend. Nineteen elementary school teams from across Michigan participated. Highlights from PCS students include:
- Team Gear Slayerz, from Cooper Elementary (pictured), placed 5th after the qualifying rounds and earned the Teamwork 2nd Place Award in the finals. They also were presented with the Innovate Award, which recognizes an effective and well documented design process for a novel aspect of the team’s robot design or gameplay strategy. The team members are Alex, Carter, Noah and Aiden. The team is coached by Bryan Gruizenga and Justin Palme.
- Cooper team The Gooder Gadgets, Harper, Zander and Kinzlee (pictured), placed 11th after the qualifying matches and finished in a six-way tie for 3rd place in the finals. The team was presented with the Create Award, which recognizes a creative engineering design solution to one or more of the challenges of the competition. They are coached by Kate Bates and Matt Bates.
- Team Girls With Gears, from Starr Elementary, placed 12th after the qualifying matches and were included in the six-way tie for 3rd place in the finals. They were presented with the Energy Award, which recognizes outstanding enthusiasm and excitement at the event. The team members are Bridgett, Riley, Lula and Eleanor. They are coached by Sarah Orr and Nicole Moore.
- The Hollow Knights, from Gilkey Elementary, placed 14th after the qualifying round. Team members are Ezekiel, Penelope, Madilyn and Charles. The team is coached by Angalena Carruthers-Makarewich and Jamie Raulston.
- The Banana Penguins, from Starr Elementary, placed 15th after the qualifying matches and were also involved in the 3rd place tie. Team members are Bradley, Emmett and Brock. They are coached by Jeff Cabello and Christie Hansen.
- Team Koala Bots, from Cooper Elementary, placed 18th after the qualifying round and shared the third place finish. Team members are Adelyn, Aiden, Grayson and Pearl. The team is coached by John Morse, Craig Davies and Adam Cornelius.
- Meanwhile, two PRC high school teams were competing at a 32-team event in Hudsonville. Team Ring Kong (Lucas, Blaine, Luca and Parker) placed 26th after the qualifiers, were invited to join the 13th place alliance, and lost in the round of 16. The team was present with the Amaze Award, which recognizes a consistently high-performing and competitive robot. They are coached by Sarah Orr and Curtis Orr.
- Team Brotherhood of Steel (Hunter and Kevin) finished the qualifying rounds in 16th place. They were invited to join the 9th place alliance, and lost in the round of 16. The team is coached by Charles Crouch.
