This savy kindergartner saved up all of her dojo points for a whole school morning hallway dance. She chose the song, "Bye, Bye, Bye. " I think our teachers enjoyed it just as much as the students!
PC #535: Reminder that schools* dismiss at 2 PM on Thursday, December 19th and Friday, December 20th. (*PCHS follows the final exam schedule these days.) Winter break begins Monday, December 23rd.
School resumes Tuesday, January 7th, 2025.
Second grade had fun with their egg drop activity today!
Today's spirit day at PCES was to dress like a teacher. They nailed it!
Students in Mrs.O'Hern's Science class learning about exothermic & endothermic reactions and since it's the season, they made fake snow to demonstrate the concepts.
Information for anyone interested in the Washington DC Trip:
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Subject Line: DC Parent Meeting - 7:30pm TONIGHT
Parents of current 6-8th graders,
Tonight's the night! Our parent meeting for the Washington D.C. school trip is at 7:30pm, and we want to make sure you're there!
We already have a strong turnout, 22 people will be attending! If you haven’t done so yet, please RSVP here: https://rsvp.worldclassrooms.com/rsvp/19739585557?rsvp_id=19739585557
Your RSVP gives you access to all the details—don’t miss this chance to learn more!
Join the meeting here: https://schooltrip.us/PutnamIL26
See you tonight!
Some 5th-grade Math with Mr. Masini and ELA with Mrs. Frund at PCES
Congratulations to Marshall Holocker who won his age division in the Oglesby Elks Hoop Shoot Free Throw Competition ! Nice job Marshall!
Congratulations to our snowshoe pros! Aiden got 2-1st place golds and is headed to state. Hayden earned 2-2nd place silvers. Max received 1-2nd place silver and 1-3rd place bronze. PCHS is very proud of them!
Reminder: Little Cheer practice tomorrow (12/16) will be at the Primary School from 4pm - 5:30pm.
Reminder: Putnam County School District will be hosting a dental clinic. Please see the following letter for more information. https://5il.co/30xkl
Check out this group of super smart Mathfact Masters. They were excited to tell me the answers to the hardest facts we introduced. They were also eager to tell Dr. T his special math fact and to show off their hallway yee-haw! Way to go kiddos!
Senior Spotlight: Kacie Coleman
Congratulations to Hannah Heiberger on receiving the Good Sportsmanship award at the Sectional Championship.
Congratulations to the 8th Grade Lady Pumas on winning the sectional championship and advancing to the state tournament! Back to back trips for these Pumas!
Mrs. Carboni's class working on improving their writing with similes, metaphors, alliterations, and verbs
Ms. Erickson's class had a special guest today for their holidays around the world reading unit. Southwest Airlines pilot Dave Burr came and spoke to her class about flying & traveling around the world. He read with them too. He showed many pictures of his day as a pilot.
The three primary reasons for an author's purpose are to Persuade, to Inform, and to Entertain (PIE). Mrs. Frund's class played a game today to help remember this acronym and they even convinced Mrs. Balestri to play! She was lucky the first time around but not the second time!
These super smart Mathfact Masters knew all of the math facts we have introduced. They were so excited to show off their Mathfact knowledge. Of course we celebrated with a hallway yee-haw!
PC #535: Reminder that today (Wednesday, December 4th, 2024) is a 1:00 PM dismissal for all schools.