In November, the PCHS Admin team presented our School Improvement Plan to the School Board. If interested, you can find the slide deck that supported that presentation here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nQzFali91DTkbAVGq0uu6OmayAa44nFqHuXXWjW6Rks/edit?usp=sharing
Today, the Positive Peer Influence (PPI) students traveled to the Hamburg Senior Center for their holiday party. The students did a wonderful job serving food, greeting people, and cleaning up. We are so proud of this group, described as “wonderful” and noticeably “present” by party goers!
9th grade Earth Science students building wind powered vehicles that fit certain constraints and that will compete to be the fastest. This is in service of learning the relationship between forces and mass, velocity, acceleration, speed and force. Lots of prototyping going on!
Congratulations to Act 2 for being honored by the MI Educational Theatre Association as an Outstanding Troupe for the 2019-2020 year!! They’ll be honored at the upcoming festival opening ceremony and will present a workshop on how other troupes can be outstanding too!
Key Club is holding a food drive this week at the high school to benefit the Farley Hill Food Pantry. For more details visit PHS Connected: https://phsconnected.com/5008/student-life/key-club-holds-canned-food-drive-for-farley-hill-food-bank/
Announcement: The high school will be dismissing at 2:10pm today (rather than 2:30pm), to ensure busses can stay on schedule for our younger Pirates on this snowy day. Thanks!
We'd love your feedback on Parent-Teacher Conferences! Let us know your thoughts here by 11/22/19: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScm-EE13Bpu24fFvCDIsdwhA9zFXqgDIveB3JKu9id8xQenuA/viewform?usp=sf_link
This week, Student Government members attended a Leadership Training Institute offered through the Michigan Association of Student Councils, focused on group dynamics, communication techniques, managing groups more effectively, resources on event planning, team building, soft skills, and time management. We are hoping they will use topics they learned in Student Government, in other student groups, and in their classrooms! #studentled
Kent & Rose’s Advisory yesterday = staff collaboration + student teamwork + cross curriculum applications + friendly competition + candy!
Two PHS Students, Haylee Williams and Sophia Sharp, recently attended the Congress of Future Medical Leaders and received the Award of Excellence. For more information on their achievements visit PHS Connected: https://phsconnected.com/4953/student-life/two-phs-seniors-win-the-award-of-excellence/
Join us for Parent-Teacher conferences this Thursday, November 7 between 4pm-8pm!
Ready, set, submit! Seniors in Mrs. Dailey’s classes simultaneously hit the submit button on college and scholarship applications yesterday and celebrated with treats!
Connection circles allow students to see themselves as part of a community and discover a great deal about one another.
Happy Halloween, Pirates!!
Students explaining to a friend how to tell time in Spanish (more complicated that it sounds!), using white boards as visual supports.
Freshmen grappling with the question, “Was American Imperialism a good or bad thing for America?” and offering one another feedback on the strength of primary source evidence and reasoning to support one’s claim. #disciplinaryliteracy
Check out the latest PCHS photo/video updates! https://spark.adobe.com/page/P1oyafQekpcsq/
NTH seniors and Country Elementary second graders just finished up a project about seed dispersal and collaboration together. Read all about it on PHS Connected:
https://phsconnected.com/4852/student-life/new-tech-and-country-elementary-collaboration/
Class of 2020 Families! Join us for FAFSA Night at PCHS on Weds, 10/30 at 7pm. Learn about how to access financial aid (grants, work-study, and loans) to pay for college. Fill out this form if attending: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf70CQe0fZtUomqgMqoqESBJSOqdsB4Hdl86NdvxSI_0AJXRg/viewform
Class of 2020, check out this letter from the State of MI, which contains information and resources to maximize opportunities for State post-secondary financial aid programs! https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mistudentaid/Senior_Reminder_Letter_2019-20_664122_7.pdf