Plymouth Public Schools

Attention seniors!!

If you are going to college after graduation, you should plan to attend MEFA's "After the Acceptance Seminar" on Monday, March 25th. An experienced MEFA representative will provide an overview of the college payment process, including the details of financial aid award letters, using payment plans, different financing options, and how to minimize debt. The seminar is scheduled to run from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., and will be held in the Performing Arts Center at Plymouth North High School. We hope to see you there.

Happy birthday Dr. Seuss!

Dr. Seuss’ birthday was on March 2nd and since then the students have enjoyed reading his imaginative stories in class. Using “The Cat in the Hat” as inspiration, students made red and white patterns and created their own unique hats. Some classrooms built truffula trees with blocks and pompoms and in Miss Cassie’s class they conducted a sink and float experiment with oobleck! Another great week at the preschool!

School Committee Tour

School Committee members joined our EDTV Kids on a tour of the school this week in preparation for the CSES annual school update. Students spoke very well; guiding school committee members throughout the building, visiting classrooms, and sharing what makes Cold Spring a fantastic place to learn!

Stay tuned for the full guided tour of Cold Spring Elementary and our annual school update at the April 22nd School Committee meeting.We are so proud of the student tour leaders and of all of our students and teachers who make our school such an incredible place. Thank you to the School Committee for joining us!

Boosterthon Glow Run

Students at FFES enjoyed our Boosterthon Glow Run this week. Kindergarten through grade 5 completed anywhere from 30-35 laps around a darkened gym, complete with glow sticks, motivating music, and a giant blow up tunnel. After a week of fundraising, we exceeded our goal thanks to the support of family and friends. The money raised will be used to update our playground among other exciting projects.

Breakfast Biographies

Second grade students at FFES this past week shared their “Breakfast Biographies” with their families, as well as first grade friends. Each student selected a famous person to research and then created a cereal box for that person. They came up with clever names for their “cereal,” added a timeline of the person’s life on one side panel, a list of “ingredients” describing them on the other side, and a report on the back.

Southwick's Zoomobile

Thanks to our PTA, Southwick's Zoo brought their Zoomobile to IBES! This program includes an animal handler and a presenter who will provide a general introduction to the subject of animal ecology. We will explore topics such as traits used to classify different animals into groups like birds, reptiles, and mammals; types of interactions between animal groups; how animals interact with their environment.

the trek of the Iditarod

Jill Duggan's Class is working on a special project where they pick a racer to follow on the trek of the Iditarod. One resource is a book by famous Iditarod champion Susan Butcher who is quoted as saying. "I do not know the word ‘quit.’ Either I never did, or I have somehow abolished it."

Destination Imagination Tournament

This past weekend, MES was well represented at the Regional Destination Imagination Tournament in Bellingham, Massachusetts. Destination Imagination is a creative, team-building, problem-solving program that our two teams participated in over the course of these past four months. They made us all very proud!

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race

Grade 3 students are experiencing the thrill of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Students follow a musher along the trail and update their progress on the school race map. The Iditarod race began in 1973 and has evolved into a highly competitive race where teams of 14 dogs and a musher travel from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska.

PCIS Babysitting Club

Congratulations to the PCIS Babysitting Club for completing the Massachusetts 4-H Babysitting course. This course was offered as an after school club at PCIS and taught by Mrs.Tammy Cruz. Isabella Marshall, Mackenzie Alves, Audrey Murphy, Aniyah Adames, Abigail Hall, Leila Coady & Kaylenn Delman earned their certification from the Massachusetts 4-H Babysitter's Course. This week, the Babysitting Club spent the afternoon with the students from PECC training for their future jobs. Mrs. Cruz and PCIS are extremely proud of these students and their dedication.

Engineering Design

Engineering Design has been the major topic in Tech Engineering this week. Seventh graders who built straw structures are in the process of testing and evaluating their designs. After predicting which class structure would be the strongest, magnets were added until the structure buckled. They discovered that an off-center load holder caused an early collapse. Other students built a cage to protect eggs when dropped three floors. They discovered that more padding and a larger parachute helped keep the egg in one piece.

Sixth-grade students built scribblers. Made from material found in the room, the self-propelled scribbler left a trail of colorful marks on the paper. Groups were testing their prototypes, working on packaging, or marketing their product through posters and videos.

DECA States Recap

PNHS fielded 76 competitors. There were over 3,000 students from high schools all over Massachusetts. Out of 76 students, 32 made the stage and were honored in top ten. The 19 winners placed first through fifth and will go on to represent PNHS in Orlando at the end of April. Congratulations to all of our students for their hard work.

First Place

Entrepreneurship Promotion Plan: Team of Brooke Petersen and Elisabeth Levis

International Business Plan: Team of Michael Mitchell, Kristina Lennon and Ryan Anderson

Learn and Earn - Team of Hanna Gleason and Megan Hobin

Personal Financial Literacy - Jonathan Liskov. Jon also win two first place medallions for test and role play.

Gold Level Certification - School Based Enterprise - Sadie Thompson, Grace Stanford, Corinne Fratus, and Maddie Langley.

Second Place

Community Service Project - Kaylin Feehan and Jerrianne Newton

Third Place

Retail Merchandising - Emma Healy. Emma also won a first place medallion in role play.

Fourth Place

Restaurant and Food Services - Kyle Marcotte

Fifth Place

Entrepreneurship Series - Josh Feingold. Josh also won a third place medallion in role play

Hospitality Team Decision Making - Madelyn Clancy and Hannah O’Brien. They also won second place medallions in role play.

Civics Cup

Students from Plymouth North won the League of Women Voters Civics Cup! Seven area schools participated in the 5th annual Civics Bee on Sunday, March 10 held at PCIS and hosted by the Plymouth League of Women Voters. This is the 4th time in the 5 years that North has won the cup! Congratulations to the following students: Nicholas Bodie, Aiden Campbell, Cole Gustin and Muhammad Aseef Imran

Pulsera Project

Plymouth North High School is participating in its second annual Pulsera Project. Student volunteers from Spanish classes have been selling hand-woven bracelets made by artisans in Nicaragua and Guatemala. All of the proceeds go towards providing housing, healthcare, clean water, scholarships, and other social empowerment programs for the artisans that made the bracelets. Last year, North raised over $1,000 for this amazing cause! Help us beat our record and show your support by purchasing a Pulsera at all lunches from March 11-March 22.

NHS Model UN

Students from North attended the annual National High School Model United Nations conference in New York from March 6-9. They represented the Dominican Republic and Russia in simulations of various UN committees. While in New York, students also visited the 9/11 Museum & Memorial, Wall Street, the Rockefeller Center, and Times Square.

PLYMOUTH SOUTH HONORS BREAKFAST

On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week all Honor students and their families were honored at an assembly. They were first entertained by South Avenue, our Acapella group. Each day was a different speaker, then light refreshments were enjoyed in the cafeteria.

FRESHMAN ACADEMY STUDENTS OF THE MONTH

Freshman students in the above photo were elected as Students of the Month for February. The students are nominated by their team teachers and each received a certificate, t-shirt and a coupon for free treats from Culinary. Congratulations!!

L-R: Kaleigh Lizotte, Joseph Macri, Teudis Steven Garces & Madelyn Cruza