Plymouth Public Schools

MA Art Week Event

On Monday 4/29/19 at 6pm PYDC in collaboration with The Happy Heart will be showcasing youth art from two PhotoVoice projects that have taken place in Plymouth. These projects were designed by Boys and Girls Club youth as well as the PCIS Leadership Council. We hope to see you there! Free dinner will be served.

Hometown Clean Up - Saturday, May 3

The town-wide clean up in spring and fall has become a Plymouth tradition. With all of us pitching in we keep our parks, beaches, conservation lands, village centers and neighborhoods beautiful for people and wildlife. Families, neighbors, school groups, clubs, businesses, and organizations join in. It is a good way to nurture civic pride in our young people.

To find a group or register your own, contact pfarah@townhall.plymouth.ma.us or call Patrick at Town Hall (508) 747-1620 x 10204 or go to Plymouth Farmer’s Market at Plimoth Plantation on April 25, 2;30 to 6:30.

Or go out on your own and be a part of this day of beautifying Plymouth!

Student Lighthouse Community Service Project

The Student Lighthouse Committee, made up of eleven 4th and 5th graders, at Cold Spring Elementary have been working on their annual community service project. For about a month the students have been collecting donations of Easter eggs, candy, and small toys. At their meeting this week they stuffed about a thousand eggs. On Thursday they got to deliver their donations to the Sunshine Farm Sanctuary. This is a farm and retreat for children in foster care. Those children are going to get to enjoy a big Easter Egg Hunt and celebration this weekend because of the hard work put forth by the Cold Spring students.

One School, One Book- The BFG!

Our FFES School Community really came together this week for an amazing culmination of our One School, One Book Project. On Thursday, our school was transformed into Giant Country! All day students enjoyed activities planned around our book, The BFG. The entire 3rd grade participated in a STEM challenge, designing silverware prototypes to scale for the giant. At night students returned with families, to snack on “Snozzcumbers” washed down with “Frobscottle”, make their own dream catchers and dream jars, and have their pictures taken with the BFG himself. The celebration will continue tonight with a PTA sponsored, BFG movie night. Thank you to everyone who participated and helped to bring the magical world of the Big Friendly Giant come to life!

Bicycle Safety

Starting this year, our 4th and 5th graders will begin their first ever bike unit. We are joining forces with Safe Routes to School (a Mass DOT program) that helps teach and promote bike safety. Students will attend a bike safety presentation and learn how to properly fit their helmet, which will lead to a "bike rodeo" outside applying those safety skills learned. We have also teamed up with Seth from Serious Cycles in Plymouth, who has been more than generous with donating bikes and helping us. Thank you, Seth!

Leadership Day

On Thursday, South Elementary hosted Leadership Day. We invited families and guests from our community to show off our 7 Habits, as we are a The Leader in Me School. This day was almost entirely student-led, as students performed and sang, held a question and answer panel, and led tours throughout the building with various tables set up to educate visitors about each habits. It was a great day and we are so proud of our leaders!

Grade 4 MCAS Egg Hunt

On Monday after vacation, Mrs. Fitzgerald and Mrs. Sawicki's classes prepped for the upcoming Math MCAS with a question hunt. Students were partnered across classes to search and solve Math MCAS questions outside in colored eggs. Students had fun joining together and solving problems outside after a long vacation.

Cool Math

Mrs. Billings's 7th-grade math students enjoyed some hands-on activities this week. First, to reinforce their understanding of probability, students tossed ten tacks onto a flat surface. How many tacks will land with the points up? The students then compared the theoretical probability with the experimental probability.

The same students also explored the relationship between the circumference and the diameter of a circle. Many different sized circles were measured, ranging from a large CD to a small bottle top. Students discovered that no matter what size the circle was, the ratio of the circumference to the diameter was always the same. That ratio is Pi!

ESports

This year Plymouth North High School has started an ESports Team! ESports, or Electronic Sports, is an up and coming industry that involves multiplayer video games played competitively for spectators. As a billion dollar industry, ESports encourages high school level participants to use teamwork and problem solving skills to win games against other schools from all over the country! Really amazing players are even offered thousands of dollars in scholarship money to attend colleges with highly competitive teams. This year our team has been playing SMITE, a MOBA where players pilot mythological characters and try to control a three-lane map. Next fall we also hope to have League of Legends and Rocket League teams participate! See Ms. Carrozza or Ms. Harrison for more information.

VPA

On April 12th the PNHS A Cappella group Northern Lights traveled to Plymouth, UK. While there they performed, attended workshops, traveled with families to see the sites and met the US Ambassador to the UK. This was a great opportunity for the students to experience other communities and all they have to offer.

Plymouth North Treble Choir preparing for their upcoming concert on Thursday, May 2 at the PNHS SPRING CHORAL CONCERT the concert starts at 7:00 P.M.

South Alumni Honored

Plymouth Select Board members honored two Plymouth South High School alumni as National Champions in their respective sports. Ms. Jayci Andrews '15 (2019 NCAA Division 11160-meter hurdle Bridgewater State University) and Mr. Vincent Renault '07 (2010 NCAA Division 111 165 Wrestling Champion USMMA). Congratulations to Jayci & Vincent!!