Happy 3rd Birthday to Plainwell High Schools’ therapy dog, Pyp! She has been a great addition at PHS, providing lots of support to the Trojans. 🐾💙🐾
As a reminder, we have some important calendar dates to note:
HALF DAY: There is a half day of school tomorrow (Friday, December 22)
WINTER HOLIDAY BREAK: There is no school from December 25-January 5
We wish our students, staff and families a wonderful Winter Holiday Break. Go Trojans!
Last night the PHS Wrestling team traveled to Sturgis where they fell short to Three Rivers 46-30 and bounced back against Sturgis 60-17 to finish the night. Undefeated wrestlers were: Madison Nieuwenhuis, Austin Gyorkos, Ben Lynes, Michael Gonyeau, Marco Vega and Adin Young. Special congratulations goes out to Adin Young for a milestone 100th career varsity win last night. Way to go, Trojans!
This week, PHS LINKS and LINKS II students got together with their matches for a holiday celebration! LINKS is a Peer-to-Peer support program designed to bring students together to support each other throughout the school year. During their holiday celebration they played fun games, ate great holiday snacks (including Mr. Lindstrom’s incredible English Toffee) and enjoyed each other’s company. 🎄
Students in Mrs. Ullrey’s Statistics B class at Plainwell High School chose various candy cane challenges to complete and collect data. Students then analyzed the data using probability distributions and confidence intervals.
We are looking forward to an amazing 2023 Winter Spectrum Musicale this evening beginning at 7 PM. This festive show features music by the PHS Choirs, Bands, Percussion Ensemble & Jazz Band. The show is sold out, but we are happy to share that we will have a few live feed options available. To watch the live performances this evening, please visit:
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@phstrojantv (Click on LIVE)
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/PlainwellPAC
PHS SPORTS NETWORK: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/plainwell-high-school-plainwell-mi
Special thanks to Mr. Badalamente and the PHS students for having these options available! We look forward to a wonderful show from the Trojans!
Who doesn't love a great holiday tradition?! It was great fun at Gilkey, Cooper and Starr Elementary Schools as the Middle and High School Choirs performed for the students at their annual holiday caroling tour throughout the district. This annual caroling event includes a number of holiday classic songs, as well as a few new favorites...including a special appearance from "Olaf". It is always a favorite for all the students and staff involved, the smiles were priceless!
The PHS JV and Varsity Girls Basketball teams were victorious tonight against Schoolcraft! The Varsity team won 45-32 with Alyssa Weldon leading the scoring with 17 points.
Next up, both teams will take on the Vicksburg Bulldogs on Thursday (12/21) at home beginning at 5:45 PM. GO TROJANS!
The PHS Red Cross Club held their annual clothing drive where they collected over 1,300 articles of clothing that were donated to the Martin Area Resource Center. Way to go, Trojans!
Congratulations to the Plainwell Varsity Cheer team who took first place in their Wolverine Conference meet last night. This is a triumphant honor and victory, as this is the first time since 2016. The team is ranked in the top 5 in the State for Division 2 and will continue their fight tomorrow at West Catholic High School at 7:00 PM along with Plainwell JV and Middle school teams. GO TROJANS - PLAINWELL PRIDE!
The PHS Multicultural Club had the opportunity to attend the Holiday Traditions Around the World at Frederik Meijer Gardens. The students recognized that cultures worldwide celebrate traditions and holidays in similar, but different ways. Some of the students from other countries had a chance to share their holiday traditions with other students. They also viewed a film highlighting several locally celebrated traditions. To end the night, they all enjoyed a Hibachi dinner together. What a great experience for these Trojans!
Plainwell Robotics Club had a great weekend! The PRC High School teams made a strong showing at the Napoleon Tournament on Saturday, December 9 where the following teams found success:
- Team "Blitz" (Blayne Withrow, Isaiah Looney-McPhillips, Walker Clippinger and Matt Clippinger - coach) were tournament finalists and earned the Think Award, given to the team that demonstrates the most consistent and effective use of coding techniques and programming skills to solve the game.
- Team "Black Soul Monsters" (Aiden Mallory, Clay Walker, Rori Rosati and Jim Mallory - coach) earned the Create Award which recognizes a creative engineering design solution for one or more of the competition challenges.
- Team "Nuclear Reactors" (Aiden Glass, J.D. Fritz, Ayden Young, Hiro Nguyen and Shannon Fritz - coach) were awarded the Build Award, which recognizes a well-constructed robot that is constructed with a high degree of attention to detail in order to hold up to the rigors of competition. The Build Award also comes with an invitation to the State tournament.
- Cooper Elementary team "No Nello" (Harper Bates, Nevin Berneis-Emmons, Keagan Lyon and Kate and Matt Bates - coaches) finished tied for 7th place at their tournament in Jenison.
- Cooper Elementary team "Cobras" finished in 40th place at their tournament in Jenison.
Way to go, PCS Robotics - PLAINWELL PRIDE!
Congratulations to the Boys Swim and Dive team who finished 5th out of 13 teams at the City Sprints Invite this weekend. Highlights from the weekend include:
- The Dive team of Phil Mathis, Aidan Ranger and Brandon Courtney finished 3rd
- Sam Harper won the 100 Im event
- Ben Sparks was 4th in the 50 back
- The relay team of Ben Sparks, Nolan Lindsay, Henry Cox and Brayden Triemstra finished 6th
- The 200 free relay team of Ben Sparks, Henry Cox, Brayden Triemstra and Sam Harper finished 4th
- Other medal recipients included Joseph Hoffman, Davis Nooney and Alex Steele
Great job to the Swim and Dive team, TROJAN PRIDE!
The Renaissance High School students started their Gone Boarding class that Mr. MacQueen is piloting. This week the students spent some time riding different types of longboards to help them determine which type of board they want to make in the class.
Earlier this week, Plainwell VFW Post 9377 recognized some of the PHS Trojans! Congratulations to Plainwell High School students - Audra Huberty, Olivia Huberty (not pictured) and Hiro Nguyen who received awards from the Plainwell VFW Post 9377 for essays they submitted for the Voice of Democracy competition. Audra's first place essay will be entered in the district VFW Voice of Democracy competition. In addition, the VFW Post 9377 awarded PHS Teacher, Andrew Hansen, with the Teacher of the Year award. Congratulations to these students and Mr. Hansen - Trojan pride!
Reminder!!!! Join the PHS Girls Basketball team to support local families in our community during the holiday season. As a team, they will be collecting monetary donations that will go 100% towards the sponsorship of families in our community this holiday season. The goal is to provide families with a full Christmas dinner and gifts under their tree. There are two ways to donate:
1. Please join us TOMORROW (Friday, December 8)at the Plainwell Girls Basketball game where they will be collecting monetary donations to support their Holiday Giveback!
2. Donate online by scanning the QR code.
Please see a Girls Basketball player or coach for more information! Thank you in advance for your support - Go Trojans!
The Plainwell Wrestling team pulled off a couple of great wins last night over Wayland 34-32 and Grand Haven 43-33. A few wrestlers started the season with unbeaten 2-0 records: Madison Nieuwenhuis, Thomas Almaguer, Austin Gyorkos, Marco Vega, Rickey Lynch and Adin Young. Landon Crapsey and Micheal Gonyeau came out with powerful wins as well. Our JV and Girls teams wrestled tough throughout the night. This Friday both our JV and Girls teams head to Delton and East Jackson for more mat time. The Varsity team will travel to Allegan on Saturday. GO TROJANS!
LAST DAY TO ORDER! Just in time for the holidays…Plainwell High School Boosters has created an online store with new Plainwell gear. Place your order by visiting https://plainwellcommunity.itemorder.com/shop/home/.
🎄 Shirts, sweatshirts, hats, bags, blankets, pants/shorts…and more.
🎄Orders can be shipped to your home or you can pick up at T Shirts Printing Plus on W. Main.
🎄The store closes 12/4/23 at 11:59pm.
🎄Orders will be shipped/ready for pick up 12-17 days after the store closes.
🎄Money from each sale will go directly back to the booster club.
🎄NO LATE ORDERS ACCEPTED!
Congratulations to the Boys Swim and Dive team who competed in their first meet of the season over the weekend at the Cereal Bowl Relays. The 500 relay team of Brayden Triemstra, Alex Steele, Sam Harper, Austin Susens and Henry Cox finished 3rd overall. The Dive team of Brandon Courtney and Phillip Mathis finished 3rd and Sam Harper qualified for State in the 200 free. The boys swim again on Wednesday at Otsego for the SCC relays and then in Grand Rapids next Saturday. GO TROJANS!
Beginning tomorrow (12/4), we will begin accepting donations for the 2023 Plainwell Volunteer Christmas Project and there are several opportunities to donate through December 15. Throughout the district, we are collecting donations for the food drive and many buildings have special opportunities for their students to participate in donating, please check for communications from your students building for more information. Thank you in advance for your support of the Plainwell Volunteer Christmas Project!