Pentwater Public Schools

Your Pentwater Public Schools' Bands have been very busy during the month of March! On Wednesday, March 5, Professor Ted Malt from West Shore Community College visited Pentwater schools to clinic the high school band before our performance at district band festival. On Thursday, March 6, the high school concert band traveled to Manistee for our MSBOA District 1 Band Festival performance where we received an overall ‘excellent’ rating from all 3 judges! On Wednesday, March 13, Professor Malt, once again, worked with our high school jazz band musicians in preparation for our concert on March 14. At our concert, all three upper level ensembles, 7/8 band, Jazz and HS concert bands performed for our third concert of the school year. Inspiring performances by all of our bands! Lastly, on Tuesday, March 19, six high school band students were nominated and traveled back to Manistee High School for the MSBOA District 1 All Star Band where they experienced a day of fun working on four brand new concert pieces which culminated in a performance that evening with 94 other high school band students throughout our District 1 region. Thank you, Professor Malt, for sharing your expertise with us and thank you, band members, for all of your continuous hard work; it is reflected in your performances and we are incredibly proud of all of you!

On Saturday, March 16, students across the State of Michigan performed instrumental solos at the MSBOA state level solo and ensemble. These students are eligible to participate at this higher level if he/she received a ‘superior 1’ rating at the district level. Abie VanDuinen, one of our Pentwater High School trombone players, was one of five students from Pentwater who received a '1' rating at district solo and ensemble. He performed his solo, “Sonata in F Minor”, by Georg Telemann. Abie received a near perfect score of 95 earning him another ‘Superior 1’ rating at the state level! Additionally, he was nominated as an ‘outstanding soloist’ by his judge which is an extremely high honor. He was one of only eight trombone players in the entire State of Michigan to be nominated for this honor. Congratulations, Abie! We want to also thank community member Diane Larson for dedicating her time as the piano accompanist throughout this whole process and helping out with our band program and students. We couldn’t have done this without her and we are incredibly appreciative of her continued support in aiding our band program/s with her talent.

It was a great day for a Book Swap at Pentwater Elementary! 186 books were chosen by excited readers. Happy reading!!!

This Community is Awesome!! Love how we all come together to create such a fun experience! The Pentwater PTCO carnival was such a success due to the many hands of volunteers & staff. Thank You & can’t Wait to see what fun we can create next!! (Parent-Teacher-Community Organization (PTCO))

Congratulations to the 2023-2024 Adray Bantam 14u West Shore Wolves' state champions for hockey and congratulations to our very own, Ben Wisenbaugh! The team is comprised of 16 players from area schools and this past weekend they competed in the 14u Adray State Championship tournament and won beating the Cheboygan Chiefs in the final game, 3-2. The list of players, include: Benjamin Wisenbaugh-Pentwater; Jackson Bishop and Joel Knobel-Hart; Jacob Bielski-Manistee JH; Ryan Higley and Anderson Riemer-Ludington HS; Landon Bruno-Rombach, Graham Carroll, Kowen Hamilton, Grant Hill, Bradey Lawler, Adrian Lundberg, Timothy Pomeroy-Ludington JH; Nathan Adams-MCC HS; and, Owen Adair and Brayden Quillan-MCC JH. Well done, West Shore Wolves!

A great big Falcon thank you goes out to Jaynie Manier and Kelsey West, from WSESD, who brought the inspiREading Book Bus out to the Pentwater PTCO Carnival. 104 children received free books to take home and enjoy!

The Village of Pentwater has asked PPS to share the link to their Parks and Rec survey. Please take a moment to complete the survey with the following link or scan the QR code! Thank you! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KXB9FVD

Thank you to the many individuals that helped to make our annual Mental Health Break Days a success! Pentwater Mental Health Day's goal is to nurture an awareness of mindfulness practices in all ages with an aim to create a lifelong interest and engagement in whole self wellness. In the morning on Friday, 3/15, our JH and HS students explored different areas of interest from 8:05am-11am. The morning started off with a team scavenger hunt throughout and around the building. They were then able to choose an activity, that included: creating stress balls using balloons and a variety of resources with Mrs. Fatura; painting positive and creative 'Pentwater Rocks' messages on rocks to share in town with Mrs. Holstad; animal exploration with Gracie Powers; having fun with karaoke with Mr. Sampson; diamond painting art with Mrs. Jeruzal; puzzles and origami with Mrs. Nyberg; yard games with Mr. Knapp and Mr. Holstad; playing board games with friends in the lobby and cafeteria; sitting, reading and relaxing after 10am in the library; and visiting with Mrs. Zimmerman from the Falcon Wellness Center with "games, giveaways and grub"! Thank you, Mr. Barter, for coordinating this enriching day for our students!

Thank you to the many individuals that helped to make our annual Mental Health Break Days a success! Pentwater Mental Health Day's goal is to nurture an awareness of mindfulness practices in all ages with an aim to create a lifelong interest and engagement in whole self wellness. In the morning on Thursday, 3/14, our elementary students explored different areas of interest from 8:15am-9:50am and they were able to choose an activity, that included: exploring activities that engage your senses with Mrs. Weber; canvas fabric art with Mrs. Macher; read and relax with Mrs. Miller; animal exploration with Gracie Powers; yard games with Mr. Knapp; using balloons and cooking items to create stress balls with Mrs. Kuipers; karaoke with Mrs. Case; relaxing with yoga with Mrs. Tabor and having fun learning to play the ukulele with Mrs. Stone! Thank you, Mr. Barter, for coordinating this enriching day for our students!

🌟 Exciting Announcement! 🌟 Introducing Maddy Holstad, the star of this week's Pentwater Staff Spotlight! 🌟 Get ready for a series of amazing features shining a light on the incredible talents within our team. 🦅 Stay tuned for more! 🚀 #PentwaterSpotlight #TeamHighlight 🌟👏💜💛💜💛

We hope to see you tonight at the PTCO Carnival at Pentwater Schools from 5:30pm-7:30pm!

Reminder: The PTCO will host their annual spring school carnival on Friday, 3/15, from 5:30pm-7:30pm. Come on out and have a great time!

We hope to see you there!

Incredible experience for the Pentwater Varsity golf team on Wednesday, 3/13. The team was able to tour Cornerstone University with their collegiate golf team! The golfers were incredibly grateful for the opportunity; these connections made such deep life memories. Thank you to Cornerstone University staff and golf team for truly an awesome day!

Looking for something fun to do during Spring Break? Check out the Mama & Me Expo on Saturday, 3/23!

On Monday, March 11, student artists took a field trip to the Dennos Museum Center in Traverse City to see art exhibits and to learn from renowned Marvel Comic Artist, Jerry DeCaire. Jane even won an original Spider-Man drawing!

We want to thank the athletic boosters as well as Ken Adams & Sons Excavating for donating their professional services and equipment in refurbishing our current running track making it safe for our track and field athletes to practice this spring! This work was done on Saturday, 3/9, in preparation for the start of our spring sport season which begins on Monday, 3/11! Go, Falcons, it's going to be a great spring!

Parent/Teacher Conferences are scheduled for Wednesday, 3/13, from 4pm-7pm and Thursday, 3/14, from 12pm - 3pm. Students are dismissed at 11:30am on Thursday, 3/14, and Friday, 3/15! Students are dismissed on Thursday, 3/21, at 11:30am with Spring Break beginning Friday, 3/22 thru Friday, 3/29! School resumes on Monday, 4/1!

Elementary students, find the books you have already read and loved at home, then bring them in to swap for a new book you'll enjoy.

The West Shore Educational Service District’s inspiREading Book Bus will be at Pentwater School during the PTCO Carnival, on March 15. Children and their parents are encouraged to board the amazing bus and select one free book per child. Happy reading!