Plymouth Public Schools

If They Had Known

On Thursday, every student at PNHS viewed the documentary "If They Had Known" followed up by a live Q&A between two SADD students and PYDC Coordinators Kelly & Merielle. There was also a community showing in the evening where over 40 parents and students came to watch the film and engage in meaningful discussion around "party culture".

PHOTOVOICE SHOWCASE

In July of 2017, a PhotoVoice project was completed with rising 6th and 7th graders at the Boys & Girls Club. Through photography and focus groups, youth shared their voice on issues around substance use, mental health and healthy coping mechanisms. Join us as we showcase their work next Thursday!

4th Annual "Reflections" Anthology

It was an honor to recognize the writers and artists selected to appear in the fourth annual edition of our “Reflections” anthology. Eighty-eight PPS students, from all grade levels, were honored this week for their outstanding poems, stories, and artwork.

Congratulations to our published writers and artists! The fourth edition of "Reflections" includes ten entries from Plymouth, UK students and in turn ten entries from our district have been published in theirs. We are truly grateful for this wonderful collaboration each year.

A very special thank you to Dr. White, ELA Academic Coordinator, Mr. Caple, VPA Coordinator, as well as all of the teachers and parents who encouraged students to submit work and who work daily to nurture creative, talented, and passionate writers.

View the entire photo album on the Plymouth Public School Facebook Page!

Student Leadership Opportunity this summer!

Looking for student leaders who are ready to take charge!

Camp Invention Leadership Interns can earn 40 volunteer hours in one week. Must be entering at least grade 10 in the fall. Leaders-in-Training must be entering grades 7-9 in order to take advantage of this opportunity to gain mentorship experience.

Camp Invention is July 8-12 at PCIS.

Parents & Guardians: Don't Miss the TECH EXPO!

The TECH EXPO and Parent Information Night is set for Monday, January 28th at both high schools. This evening will give parents and guardians the opportunity to walk through the expo and talk with current CCTE students from our 17 high-quality programs. The expo is followed by an information session hosted by building principals.

5:00-7:00 PM Tech Expo at PNHS & PSHS
5:45 PM Grade 8 Parent info session at PNHS
7:15 PM Grade 8 Parent info session at PSHS

**CCTE Applications for the 2019-2020 school year are due February 5, 2019.

To learn more about our CCTE opportunities, visit www.bit.ly/PPSCCTE.

Congratulations PNHS & PSHS DECA!

Over 175 Plymouth students attended the 2019 DECA district competition on Friday, January 11th. An incredible amount of hard work and dedication goes into preparing for this competition. We could not be more proud of these students!

Scroll down to North High and South High to read more about their students' success!

22nd Annual Early Childhood Fair

The Plymouth Family Network is sponsoring the 22nd Annual Early Childhood Fair on Saturday, February 2 from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm at Plymouth North High School. The theme for this year's fair is "This is ME: Building Social & Emotional Skills". (Snow date is 2/9/2019)

We present this community wide early childhood fair to increase public awareness of the need for high quality childcare and early education. It also provides families with information about the variety of community services available in Plymouth for young children and their families. The fair includes special activities and entertainment for families with young children including school bus rides, crafts, drumming, dance party, educational activities and much more.

the story of the Pied Piper

The Students at the FFES library are enjoying making shadow puppets this week. We discussed light and how it bounces off of reflective surfaces and thus what to do and what not to do to make the BEST shadow puppets and silhouettes! We took turns reading and retelling the story of the Pied Piper while a second student acted as the puppeteer. Students decided that the moral of the story is to "Keep your promises and don't make a promise you don't intend to keep!"

Cross the Brook Challenge

Jill Duggan held an assembly for each grade level. She discussed the School initiative to concentrate on areas of Pride- empathy Performance-110% effort and Power- problem solving.

The students engaged in a cross the brook challenge to work as a team to get to the other side.

An Oyster visit

This week, NMES welcomed visitors from the A.R.C. Hatchery. Our first grade classes enjoyed seeing some hands-on tools and artifacts from oyster farming. The presentation with our fifth grades expanded from just seeing the artifacts to learning about aquaculture, marine stewardship and possible careers in marine studies. Many thanks to our PTA for coordinating this visit and continuing to support our school-wide marine theme initiative.

PSMS Musicians of the Month

Zachary Lyons (8th grade bass clarinetist), Jill Imrie (8th grade violinist), and Molly (6th grade chorus) have been named the PSMS Musicians of the Month for January. In addition to being very talented performers, these students are being recognized for their dedication, effort, and focus on continued growth within the arts.

Congratulations PNHS DECA!

Plymouth North’s 139 competitors at the 2019 DECA district come home with 107 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place medallions. Forty-seven overall winners of 1st through 4th place in their event have earned the right to compete in their event at DECA’s State competition in March. In additional to performing role play events, students also take tests. Michael Mitchell, (Finance test) and Jonathan Liskov (Personal Financial Literacy test) also won trophies for earning the top score in the district. PNHS DECA students prepared and worked very hard to achieve these outstanding results. Congratulations!