Incoming Freshman Parents & Students! A reminder that this evening at 7pm, Dr. Sharon will be hosting an orientation zoom session. Topics will include graduation requirements, how to plan for your future, surviving that first year of high school and everything a freshman should know but didn't think of asking. Zoom link here: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/76518536353?pwd=OXBULzhFb1hnSGVmUVNIb1JLeC9PUT09
Attention AP Students! Please check your school email and respond to the AP Exam Status Survey by this Thursday, April 23. Thank you, and have a wonderful evening! Sincerely, PCHS Admin and AP Teachers
Go check out our students’ art on display at the “Got Art” show in the Howell Opera House! Exhibit runs March 10-15.
Kicked off a fun March is Reading Month project with our friends at Country Elementary School today! Students working together to visually capture the perspective of the main character in their new book.
Thank you to our friends from National Alliance on Mental Illness for helping us to kick off UMatter week, an effort to end the silence and stigma about mental illness.
Mark your calendars! This coming Monday, February 24 is PCHS Educational Options Night from 7-8pm in the Commons! Connect with reps from all depts and programs offered here at PCHS and get your questions answered to ensure thoughtful course selection coming up in early March.
Annual Find Your Heart Day at PCHS ❤️ Happy Valentines Day, Pirates! Have a wonderful long weekend. And bring on Winterfest and Spirit Week next week!
Lots of new and more informed registered voters amongst the PCHS Senior class today, thanks to the support of the League of Women Voters!
Thanks to our friends from LESA for presenting to 10th and 11th graders today about CTE and Early College options! To learn more, visit www.livingstoncte.org or www.lcearlycollege.org or make an appointment with your counselor!
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!