Plymouth Public Schools


Help End Childhood Cancer Have fun, get moving, and support a WICKED GOOD CAUSE with Cardio Sport! Your participation goes directly to Wicked Good Cause to support local families currently affected by Childhood Cancer.	Intelligent Lives Screening INTELLIGENT LIVES stars three pioneering young American adults with intellectual disabilities who challenge perceptions of intelligence as they navigate high school, college, and the workforce.	Healthy Kids Running Series The Healthy Kids Running Series provides kids a positive, educational, and fun experience in the world of running.

Help End Childhood Cancer

Have fun, get moving, and support a WICKED GOOD CAUSE with Cardio Sport! Your participation goes directly to Wicked Good Cause to support local families currently affected by Childhood Cancer.

Intelligent Lives Screening

INTELLIGENT LIVES stars three pioneering young American adults with intellectual disabilities who challenge perceptions of intelligence as they navigate high school, college, and the workforce.

Healthy Kids Running Series

The Healthy Kids Running Series provides kids a positive, educational, and fun experience in the world of running.

Healthy Plymouth

Healthy Plymouth's second annual Amazing Race will be held on Saturday, September 22. Teams will solve clues to travel to different locations, performing mental and physical challenges.

Every team that takes part is guaranteed to win prizes, including ski tickets, ferry tickets, $250 worth of Macy’s gift cards, rounds of golf, dozens of restaurant gift cards. There is a $400 cash prize for first place!

This fun, team event is a fundraiser that supports all of the School Garden programming in the Plymouth schools and this year will also support the expansion of a Peer Helper program to an after-school model for grades 6-8.

We hope you will consider participating in this community event to benefit the families and youth of Plymouth.

open house

Hedge School will host its annual Open House Wednesday, September 26th from 6:30-7:45. Students are invited to join their families for the evening!

Science in Action!

Mrs. Pike's 1st Grade class discovered a butterfly chrysalis while outside. When they arrived to school the next day the butterfly had emerged from it's chrysalis! The students then wrote about and illustrated this experience.

Summer Reading Celebration

This week MES celebrated the hard work of students on their PPS Summer Reading Program assignments. Students were gathered by grade level for assemblies to talk about this work and distribute certificates to honor them.

NMES GOES GOLD

NMES along with all Plymouth Public Schools is raising money for the wickedgoodcause.org Go Wicked Gold campaign. We are challenging our students to bring in Coins and change to fill our Golden Boot and give childhood cancer the boot! We will be collecting $$ all next week!!!

A visit from the Plymouth Public Library

Madeline Bishop, head of the Children's Dept at Plymouth Public Library's Youth Services Dept. came to talk with our fifth graders about the Massachusetts Children's Book Award (MCBA). The MCBA program is open to all 4 - 6 graders in Massachusetts; students may read five books from the list to vote for their favorite in February. Both the SES library and the Plymouth Public Library have several copies of all the nominees. Students and teachers were excited to pick some great books!

6th grade family bbq

PCIS held its annual 6th Grade Family BBQ. This is a great way to kick off the year and the transition to PCIS. This event also creates an opportunity for families to meet their child’s new friends at PCIS.

Book Fair, Measuring, and Memories

The PSMS Fall Book Fair is taking place in the Media Center now through September 25. The fair will be open during the Parent Information Night. Stop by and check out the wide assortment of books, posters, and trinkets for sale. Proceeds benefit the Media Center student activities account, which supports events such as the Summer Reading Celebration. Scholastic Dollars are also earned, which can be spent at the fair or through the Scholastic catalog.

Mrs. LaFontaine’s Computer Art class has been busy making digital time capsules. Students include likes, dislikes, and other pertinent information about themselves. Then, when these students are seniors, Mrs. LaFontaine will send them their time capsule so they can have a look back at their middle school self.

Ms. Whitney’s 7th-grade science classes practiced measuring liquids as precisely as possible. Using graduated cylinders, beakers, and test tubes, students measured and mixed two different colored waters to get a third hue. They discovered that the meniscus needed to be viewed at eye level to be accurate.

Students in Art and the Community

Students in Art and the Community are working hard creating art for the school and around Plymouth. The group is painting the Eagle of the day Easel, trash barrels for art rooms, and the banner for Plymouth’s Amazing Race.

PNHS Marketing

Teamwork is one of the biggest employability skills and what hiring managers are looking for in the workplace. As part of a career readiness action plan, our Marketing Seniors participated in multiple team building competitions conducted by a team from the Massachusetts Army National Guard. Students had a lot of fun and gave it a big thumbs up.

PLYMOUTH SOUTH ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Congratulations Marykate Bochman & Keven Paul

Marykate Bochman, Cross Country - Marykate Bochman has shown that her hard work over the summer has paid off. She placed 2nd in our meet against Hingham and bettered her 5K time by almost 2 minutes at the Martha's Vineyard Invitational over the weekend. Marykate is a great leader with an incredible work ethic. Marykate is always looking ahead to see how she can improve not only herself but the team as well. Her positive attitude and desire to excel are why she is consistently improving.

Keven Paul, Football - Keven Paul had a stellar varsity debut on Friday versus Chicopee Comp HS. At quarterback, Kevin completed 78% of his passes and threw for a touchdown. On the ground, he rushed 6 times for 83 yards and another score. Keven was just getting started as he would add a 2point reception and an interception on defense to his performance on the night. His leadership on both sides of the ball helped the Panthers football team get out to a 1-0 start.

Pink dress project

Kevin Paul, Shane Richardson, and Haiden Tavekelian, Marketing students of Plymouth South High School will be spearheading a fundraiser for Breast Cancer awareness month that the entire town is invited to participate in. The corporate headquarters of David’s Bridal located in Pennsylvania donated almost 300 identical brand new gowns that have a price tag of $299.00 . For a $20.00 donation the dress is yours providing you agree to wear the dress on October 26thand post a picture of yourself on social media.

Dresses are available for pick up at BECCAS’s Closet located in the school store daily during school hours from 7-1 and from 5-7 pm on Monday, October 1st, October 15th and October 22nd