Putnam County CUSD #535

5th grade students had so much fun dissecting owl pellets today. I'm pretty sure they would've done this all day if we had let them! 🔎

Great week in PE with Mr. Carboni, Mrs. Quick, & Ms. Moberg as students competed in the Presidential Physical Fitness and Maizy & Brantley earned PE Students of the Month.

Great 6th Grade Girls basketball game tonight vs. Ottawa.

Ms. Katherine from the U of I Extension Office teaching Mrs. Baker's class about DNA and how to extract it from apples.

Mrs. Zuniga and Jaxon with their crazy socks for our Red Ribbon crazy sock day.

Mrs. Bell’s class wrapped up Junior Achievement yesterday with Mrs. Mattingly from Marquis. The students learned all about jobs in the community, payments, taxes, and voting. We are so grateful for volunteers like Mrs. Mattingly!

The PCPS staff are LOVING the lounge snacks our amazing PTO surprised us with! ❤️ Thank you, PC PTO, for thinking of us and treating our staff to some delicious goodies! We appreciate you! 💙

PCPS Families and Community Members: Below is the route for our Halloween parade. We have shortened the route to make the walk more manageable for our students, especially if temperatures are cold. This will allow everyone to enjoy the parade while keeping the walk at a more comfortable length. We will start on Elm Street, turn right onto Main Street, turn right onto Colby Street, and then return to school. Thank you, Mrs. Mott

Mrs. Boudreau's Math class are learning about functions and conducting a function auction. They decide if a problem is a function or not and bid on function problems and winner has to explain why it is a function. Winning team has most functions.

This fantastic first grader used his Dojo points to bring two buddies along for some fun and games with Mrs. Mott! We had such a great time! This was definitely to best part of the day.

Big Thank You to the PC PTO for the snacks for the staff lounge! Appreciate all the treats and support!

Check out these super smart Math Masters! They were lightning fast with knowing their math facts, especially our school rule math facts! Of course, we had to celebrate with a SUPER LOUD hallway YEEHAW!

Join us this Sunday for our annual Grange Halloween event sponsored by the PCHS Interact Club and the PC Rotary.

The PCJH Earth Club spread mulch around the pollinator garden. Great job.

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.