STARR WRITE OUT: Students in Mrs. Amaezechi’s fourth grade class at Starr Elementary have been participating in the National Writing Project “Write Out”. Today they made mini notebooks called “Zines”, went outside and wrote a mini book about how trees talk to each other. What a great day to be creative outside! Nice job, Rock Starrs!
COOPER KINDERGARTENERS: Students in Mrs. Kessler’s Kindergarten class at Cooper Elementary have been busy decomposing numbers this week. Learning is so much fun! Keep up the great work, Koalas! 🐨
JV VOLLEYBALL: Congratulations to the JV Volleyball team on their win at the Ottawa Hills Invitational on Saturday (10/8). The team went 8-1 on the day. Way to go, Trojan Pride!
COOPER FUN RUN: On Thursday, Cooper Elementary held their Fun Run fundraiser. It was a beautiful day for the students to enjoy running, walking and popsicles! Thanks to all that made this a successful event, especially Robert Keorkunian from Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial for being one of the top donors to the 2022 Fun Run.
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY: On Saturday morning, the JV Girls Cross Country team competed at the Allegan Invitational against varsity competition from nine other schools. Congratulations to Gwen Todd, Futaba Inoue, Natalie Somers and Anna Hall who all won medals while running season best times. Also congratulations to Maddie Rose, Kaylee Robson, and Ea Raux for their season best times!
On Saturday afternoon, the Varsity Girls Cross Country team competed against 41 other teams in the Portage Invitational, where they finished in the top half of the Division 2 teams. Congratulations to Hannah Erlandson, Emma Taggett and Laura Groner for running their season/personal best times under tough conditions. Trojan Pride!
TROJAN MARCHING BAND: Congratulations to the Trojan Marching Band for their 2nd place finish at the Belding Invitational yesterday. The TMB earned the caption for Best Visual Performance and was only .55 points away from first place. They will compete next in Jenison on October 22. Way to go Trojan Band!
📸 Photo courtesy of Eric Strader
RHS NEWS: The students at Renaissance High School have had a busy, but great start to the school year. Pictured here are students in their strength training class and students at their LEAD Day. During their LEAD day, they had a student led/student made breakfast followed by a trip to Art Prize. Great experiences for the RHS students!
GILKEY WALK-A-THON: The Gilkey Geckos completed their Walk-a-Thon fundraiser yesterday and raised over $18,500! It was a perfect day for their Rock-the-Block parade throughout Plainwell led by the Plainwell Department of Public Safety and Principal Bilodeau dressed up as the Gecko. A special congratulations to Mrs. Funk's class who had the most donations raising $1,696. What a great day for the Geckos! Thank you to all that supported this fundraiser for Gilkey Elementary!
PHS VOLLEYBALL: Congratulations to the Freshman, JV and Varsity Volleyball teams as they swept Vicksburg last night. The Freshman team overcame a large early deficit to win the first set then completed their sweep. The JV team played well in winning their match in three games and the Varsity rallied to win their first set 26-24 before completing their win in straight sets. Up next, the JV team will compete at the Ottawa Hills Invitational and Varsity will be at Wayland for the Wildcat Invitational. The Freshmen team resumes action in a home quad on Monday. Best of luck to all the teams! 🏐
BATTLE OF THE BOOKS: Do you have a 3rd-5th grade student who loves to read? We are excited to share the 2023 Battle of Books - Book Titles!
Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
Hello Universe by Erin Kelly
Three Times Lucky by Shelia Turnage
Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman
Sign-up is coming soon for the 2023 Battle of Books program! Students are invited to join us for a fun extra-curricular reading activity where they work as a team to read and study these seven selected books before competing in a quiz bowl type battle in February 2023.
Interested in participating? Sign-ups will take place at students' elementary buildings, so please stay tuned for more information and sign-up details to be shared soon!
INCENTIVE DAY: At Plainwell Middle School, they have a PRIDE program which stands for positivity, respect, integrity, determination and everyone’s safety in mind. Recently, the students filled their PRIDE pass box and earned an incentive day where they enjoyed basketball, classroom games, movies, legos, trivia, etc. We are so proud of our Middle School students for working hard to earn this special afternoon and are thankful to the PBIS team for making possible!
NATIONAL COACHES DAY: Today is National Coaches Day and we couldn’t let the day pass without saying THANK YOU to the amazing coaching staff at Plainwell Community Schools! We greatly appreciate your time and dedication to the PCS student-athletes. From all of us at PCS - THANK YOU to our outstanding coaching staff! Go Trojans!
OPERATING MILLAGE PROPOSAL: On November 8, 2022, Plainwell Community Schools’ voters will have the opportunity to vote on an Operating Millage "Headlee override" Proposal which would allow the district to continue to collect the full 18 mills voters approved at the May 2014 election. Please review these frequently asked questions to get an understanding of how this Proposal will affect you. You can also review this information, along with the ballot language by visiting plainwellschools.org under Menu - Operating Millage Proposal.
BUS ROUTE UPDATE: The Rabbit and Rooster elementary bus routes will be combined this afternoon (Thursday, October 6). Please check your email for updated route information.
NO SCHOOL REMINDER: As a reminder, there is no school tomorrow (Friday, October 7). We look forward to welcoming our students back to school on Monday (October 10). Have a great weekend, Trojans!
ROCK STARR'S OF THE MONTH: This morning, the Starr Elementary Parent's Club sponsored the September Student of the Month Breakfast. Each month, Starr teachers will select one student who they felt did an outstanding job throughout the month. In September, the students who were selected did an awesome job learning their Social Contract. Way to go, Rock Starrs!
TINKERING CLASS: Students in Mr. Herbert’s 7th grade Tinkering class at Plainwell Middle School have been making tables and cell phone charging stations. What a great class and fun project for these students!
MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE: Students in Mrs. Ramsey’s and Ms. Termeer’s 6th grade science classes at Plainwell Middle School have been learning to use microscopes. It’s great to see these scientists excited to learn! 🔬
COOPER CROCHET CLUB: Yesterday was the first day of crochet club at Cooper Elementary. A 4th grade student created this club for students wanting to learn to crochet during recess. Great creativity, Koalas!
PCS FOOD SERVICE MENUS: We are aware of an issue with the Nutrislice website. Unfortunately the system is currently down and not syncing food service menus. We apologize for the inconvenience - we are currently working diligently to get the system back up and running. Thank you in advance for your understanding!
