Putnam County CUSD #535

Illinois Principals Week - October 19 - 23.

This week, Putnam County CUSD #535 is proud to recognize and celebrate our outstanding building principals!

Our principals work tirelessly each day to support our students, encourage our staff, and create positive learning environments throughout our district. Their leadership, dedication, and commitment to student success make a tremendous difference in our schools.

We are incredibly fortunate to have such a dedicated team of educational leaders!

We extend our sincere appreciation to our principals for their exceptional leadership and the positive impact they make on our students, staff, and school community each and every day!

Thank you for all that you do!

- Mr. Martzluf, Superintendent

Thank you to PCEF for their support of our annual Starved Rock field trip. It allows our school to celebrate being Pumas, team build, and have fun! Thank you to such a great group who supports PC students!

Congratulations to Puma Finley Judd as she finished 97th out of 223 runners at the IESA state cross country meet running her PR. Great job Finley, Coaches Rodriguez and Jalley and teammates Maddie Knapp and Albie Ryan who went down to support and cheer! Great things ahead!

PCJH sent off Finley Judd as she runs at the state cross country meet tomorrow! Great job Coach Rodriguez & Coach Jalley, Puma Band & Cheerleaders! Thank you Mr. Martzluf for joining us. The Pumas are proud of you and good luck Finley!

Students in Mrs. Olson's class joined thousands of other students virtually to do a live event with Jeff Kinney, author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Mr. Kinney showed students how to draw some of the famous characters from his books and gave them a sneak peek at his next book.

What has our 7th Graders been reading? Check out the reading tree for the students in Mrs. Ibarra's class.

These two savvy second graders used their Dojo points to purchase an Announcement Takeover! They’ve already got the principal job down pat!

Congratulations to PCJH Puma 6th Grader Finley Judd who qualified for the IESA Cross Country State Meet ! Finley will run at the State Meet Saturday in Normal. There will be a pep assembly/state send off Friday at PCJH 2:30. Great job Finley!

Members of the PC Rotary visited PCES today and gifted each 3rd grade student with their very own dictionary. Thank you for your generosity!

PC 5th grade band and chorus did a great job at the Fall Concert 🎼

Students in Mrs. Baker's Science classes have been applying scientific methods to designing, testing,&improving skimmers to see how far they could get them to go.

Check out these super smart Math Fact Masters! These students KNOW their math facts, and showed off their skills. Of course we celebrated with a super loud Hallway Yee-Haw! Way to go, kiddos.

Outstanding concert last night by Ms. Klypchak and the PCJH Band&Chorus!

7th grade students in Mrs. Miller's Math class taking math skills they are working on and applying them to real life situations. Today is using percentages to figure out discount prices on items.

PCJH has a great cross country course and runs excellent meets. That is due the hard work and dedication of the people that work them. PCJH CCCoach Rodriguez, PCJH Cc Asst Coach Kim Jolley,PCHS CC Coach Chuck McConnell, long time PC staff member Megan Goetz, & Vic Rodriguez.

Our Puma Cheerleaders spent Saturday spreading PC spirit and serving our community as they volunteered at the Family Fall Festival putting g hair tinsel. Great job Puma Cheerleaders.

Thank you to Addie Goetz and Liam Judd for their dedication to the PCJH Cross Country program and we recognized them and their parents before the race Saturday.

Congratulations to Austin Grasser on his 1st Place finish at the 4 team meet at PCJH Saturday. After the race Austin displayed great sportsmanship and congratulated the other top finishers.

What: L.E.A.S.E Trunk or Treat in Ottawa, IL
When: October 27, 2026 from 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Where: 1009 Boyce Memorial Drive, Ottawa, IL
Who: Students with disabilities

PCJH Interact painting the mailbox. Thank you Denny, Preston, & President Addie.