Pentwater Public Schools

Due to several injuries, Today's(1/16/2020) JH Girls basketball game with New Era Christian has been canceled.

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We are loved!! Thank you Pentwater UMC!

The Pentwater Falcons won tonight at home vs Big Rapids Crossroad Academy 63-38. The Falcons came out the first quarter in a tight 12-11 start. The second quarter we adjusted and came alive. Blake Brigindahl, Tyler Plummer-Eisenlohr and Khole Hofmann lead the charge with 6-7 points each in the quarter. Transition and a solid defensive performance took us into the half up 34-15. In the attack to win every quarter, the Falcons came out strong in the third scoring 13 points and owning the boards against a tall and athletic Crossroad team. To complete the game the falcons shared the ball well and looked to one another in transition. 8-9 Falcons players scored tonight and huge rebounds and assists were totaled in our charge to win another conference game.

The Pentbots have put in a full day of work to get their robot started! Thank you to Coaches Mark Shotwell and Chris Bush. A big thanks also to Dr. Dave Roseman and Patterson Marine for your mentorship and use of a great space.

Due to weather conditions the youth basketball camp will be ending at 1pm. Please be careful!

Basketball camp is still on for today. When dropping your children off, please come in and talk with the coaches. We may need to end camp early due to weather and we need to make sure we have the correct contact information. Thank you!

Homecoming 2020! Homecoming week will be celebrated during the week of 1/20 - 1/24/2020! The dress up days are as follows: Monday, 1/20 - Pajama Day Tuesday, 1/21 - Tacky Tourist Day Wednesday, 1/22 - Class Color Day (12th-Red; 11th-White; 10th-Black; 9th-Blue; 7th/8th-Orange; Elementary-Neon; Staff-Green) Thursday, 1/23 - Decade Day Friday, 1/24 - Purple and Gold Day! Homecoming JV/Varsity girls basketball game is scheduled for Thursday, 1/23, versus Baldwin and the JV/Varsity boys basketball game is scheduled for Friday, 1/24. The Homecoming 2020 court will be announced at Friday night's game along with the cheerleader annual "glow show"! The homecoming dance will take place on Saturday, 1/25/2020, from 9pm-12am in the high school gymnasium!

Falcon News Brief 1/10/2020

The JV and Varsity boys basketball game scheduled for Thursday, 1/9/2020, versus Bear Lake, has been canceled!

Congratulations to Hunter Cornelisse, Aubriana Foster, Kenna Hasil, Abby Hughes, and Eliana Mandarano in earning a Division 1 rating at Middle School Honors Band back in November and participating in our District's Middle School Honors Band on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 in Shelby! There's some amazing talent and hardwork taking place here at Pentwater!

The key to a brighter future for Michigan's children is a strong public education system. Every day, students count on public schools to help prepare them for a successful future. Whether they understand it or not, they count on adults across the state ensuring they have access to resources to help them learn, keep their buildings safe and have qualified teachers to guide them. It takes a pure, unwavering commitment to a community to make this all possible. Yet, at the end of the day, the true super heroes contributing to the success of our students are just ordinary citizens with extraordinary dedication to public schools: our school board members. These individuals approach their volunteer work like it is a full-time job and, for some, they value their work on the board as more important than their chosen profession. Their job is to establish a vision for the education program, design a structure to achieve that vision, ensure that schools are accountable to the community and strongly advocate for continuous improvement in student learning. The job of a school board member is tough, the hours long and the thanks few and far between. Too often we're quick to criticize school board members without really understanding the complex nature of their decisions. We have to remember to take time to thank them for their untiring efforts. The month of January marks the observance of School Board Recognition Month. This is an opportunity to show our year-round appreciation for these servant leaders and begin to better understand how local trustees work together to prepare today's students to be tomorrow's leaders. We encourage you to join with others throughout our community, state and nation to salute the men and women who provide grassroots governance of public schools. School Board President: Mrs. Linda Vangills School Board Vice President: Mr. Larry Doran School Board Secretary: Dr. Patricia Collins School Board Treasurer: Mr. Ken McClane School Board Trustee: Mrs. Jennifer Adams School Board Trustee: Mrs. Bonnie VanDerZanden School Board Trustee: Dr. Paul Wagner We thank you!

Members of the Pentwater Robotics team traveled to Muskegon Community College for the kick off event on Saturday. Afterwards, they attended a strategy/brainstorming session with Fruitport’s team! It’s going to be an exciting and challenging Rookie year. If you are interested in helping to mentor the team please contact the school! Go Pentbots!

Pentwater Public Schools' JH and HS Semester 1 Exam schedule is as follows: TUESDAY, 1/14/2020: 7:50am-2:44pm: 1st Hour Exam from 7:50am-9:25am with exam review for the remainder of the school day. All students (Elem/JH/HS) dismissed at regular times. WEDNESDAY, 1/15/2020: 7:50am-11:30am: 4th hour exam and 5th hour exam. All students (Elem/JH/HS) dismissed at 11:30am THURSDAY, 1/16/2020: 7:50am-11:30am: 6th hour exam and 2nd hour exam. All students (Elem/JH/HS) dismissed at 11:30am FRIDAY, 1/17/2020: 7:50am-11:30am: 7th hour exam and 3rd hour exam. All students (Elem/JH/HS) dismissed at 11:30am

Pentwater Falcon Fans, Family and Alumni, do you hate missing home games? Well, regret no more. We now have the capability of live streaming all of our home games! Head on over to www.nfhsnetwork.com, signup and subscribe. Now, no matter where you are in the world, you can support the Falcons!

Congratulations to 9th grade student artist, Anna VanDuinen as one of the local Spectrum Health Reach Out and Read Art Contest Winners! Anna's drawing inspired by, Winnie the Pooh and the Hundred Acre Wood by A.A. Milne will be framed and on display for one year at the Spectrum Health Ludington Pediatric Office. Anna also receives a certificate and a gift card to Storybook Village.

Reminder that Basketball Youth Camp is this Saturday and Next Saturday! Please bring completed camp forms( camp order form, concussion form, and payment) to Coach Wojtas or to the door Saturday morning! We look forward to seeing all of you:) Camp: 2nd -8th graders 10am-2pm Work with varsity athletes!

Results are in! We had our best NHS Blood Drive ever on Dec. 20 right before break. Goal of 23, 38 presenting, 33 total collected units!! 7 donors had to be turned away due to time. Shout out to all our first time donors and all others who were so patient. Save the date for our next drive March 5, 2020.

The Pentwater Public Schools' family wishes you and yours a wonderful holiday season and looking forward to a wonderful and exciting 2020! Students return on Monday, 1/6/20!

Falcon News Brief 12/20/19!