Pentwater Public Schools

The PTCO needs you! They will be meeting on Wednesday, 10/23, from 3-4pm in Room #110 in the elementary wing. We hope to see you there!

Congratulations to Senior Elijah Cook for being selected as the Pentwater Service Club Student of the Month for October 2024! Eli is the son of Elizabeth Panza and Nathan Cook. Eli and his parents are pictured with retired superintendent, Dr. Scott Karaptian. The Spanish/Art Club also shared a presentation on the many adventures enjoyed on their trip to Italy in April 2024!

It's Great Lakes Great Apple Crunch time at Pentwater Public Schools and we are joining early care centers, colleges, hospitals and other organizations across the Great Lakes Region states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa and Ohio in the 8th annual Great Lakes Great Apple Crunch. Participants celebrate National Farm to School Month and local farmers by crunching into RENNHACK ORCHARD APPLES at 2:00pm local time on Thursday, 10/17. This collective crunch encourages healthy eating and supports farm to school and local food initiatives throughout the Great Lakes Region. Thank you for doing your part to get us to 1.2 MILLION Crunches!

Order your pies for the holiday season today; deadline for ordering is 11/8 with distribution date of Saturday, 11/23!

The Falcons were on FIRE for the WMD Championship meet tonight at MCE. Out of 13 total runners we had 8 personal records and 4 season bests! In addition, we had 5 athletes earn all-conference honors!! Amazing work! For the middle school team…. -Chi Jeruzal-1st team all-conference, 5th place, personal record time of 12:44. -Ben Jorissen-11th place, personal record time of 13:26 -Jordy Miller-17th place, struggled with a side stitch but did a great job finishing. -Colton Jorissen-21st place, personal record time of 18:19. -Lauren Macher-1st team all-conference, 5th place, personal record time of 14:19. -Karoline Slotegraaf-10th place, personal record time of 17:31. For the varsity team… -Wyatt Roberts-2nd team all-conference, 9th place, season best time of 18:55. -Tyler Zimmer-2nd team all-conference, 13th place, personal record time of 20:06. -Ben Merten-20th place, season best time of 20:59. -Bode Powell-21st place, season best time of 21:05. -Michael Smith-30th place, personal record time of 23:32. -Bailey Case-1st team all-conference, 7th place, personal record time of 21:55. -Lauren Davis-16th place, season best time of 25:59. The varsity team travels to Shepherd on Saturday to compete in the Class D State Meet. GO FALCONS!!!

Have any extra Legos left in your basement? Pentwater High School Peer to Peer class wants to take them off your hands! Students will be creating Lego art to show a visual representation of a peer to peer class project. If you'd like to donate Legos, please email Andrea Gallie (agallie@pentwater.k12.mi.us) or Maddy Holstad (mholstad@pentwater.k12.mi.us) or drop them off to the front office.

You are invited to a fang-tastic time at the 2024 WSAHA Halloween Skate: Friday, 11/1/24, from 5-7pm!

Super proud of Tyler Zimmer, Ben Roberson, Bailey Case and Coach Carrie VanDuinen for supporting the Pentwater Oktoberfest 5K this morning. They took 4 of the top 7 spots! Freshman Tyler Zimmer was the overall winner! Impressive work Falcons!!

Our PPS family thanks Cosmic Candy/Pentwater Popcorn for the staff gift certificates for free popcorn! We are incredibly blessed by the support that we receive from community members as well as the many local businesses that continually provide support throughout the year, we love our Pentwater Village! Thank you, downtown Pentwater!

The Pentwater Falcon Cross Country Team competed at the Manistee Chris Grabowski Memorial Invite today. Chris was an exceptional Manistee High School cross country and track athlete. His 1996 time of 16:53 still stands as one of the top finishes ever for a Manistee runner at Michigan International Speedway, site of the MHSAA cross country State Finals. His family honors his memory by continuing to support a legacy of Manistee runners. Bode Powell was our only athlete to earn a season best tonight with a time of 22:55.48! Earning medals were Wyatt Roberts, Bailey Case and Ayla Kokx. Top Finishers and Medalist: Wyatt Roberts 20:23.56 (40) Bailey Case 24:27.27 (32) Ayla Kokx 16:02.04 (29) A special thanks to a very generous donor who bought dinner for the team tonight! We are very grateful! The team is dealing with some injuries and illness, so we are going to enjoy a weekend off and a rest day tomorrow! Next up is the WMD Conference Championship in Custer on Wednesday! Go Falcons!

Haunted Mansion Fall Ball Semi-Formal sponsored by the Student Council!

4th Grade Artists, along with Mrs. Jeruzal, Mrs. Lubera and some brave parent volunteers, painted beautiful and spooky Autumn and Halloween scenes on windows in Downtown Pentwater today. Special thanks to community organizers, Barb Siok and Karen Hickman!

MDHHS is having a Trunk or Treat event on Thursday, 10/24!

We are making plans for our Red Ribbon Week 2024!

October is National Principal's Month and we are so thankful for our dynamic team of Principal/Superintendent, Craig Barter, and K12 Assistant Principal, Jenna Oleneack! In a smaller district, our admin team wear many hats and we are appreciative of their tireless efforts in leading our district! If you see them this month, remember to thank them!

The Pentwater Cross Country Team traveled to Hesperia for the Baker Woods Invitational. It is a course that many call the toughest in the state! It is beautiful, but really challenging! For the varsity boys, Tyler Zimmer was our top finisher in 24th place with a time of 21:08.48. Wyatt Roberts was 33rd place in a time of 23:12.52. For the varsity girls, Bailey Case was again in the top 10, placing 8th, with a time of 24:10.39. For the middle school boys, Chi Jeruzal was the top finisher in 8th place. For the middle school girls, Lauren Macher placed 7th and 6th grader Ayla Kokx was the meet champion for the middle school girls. She earned an “All Baker Woods” shirt! In addition, normally it takes 5 to score a team, but with so few schools they decided to do ghost runners so all teams could score. How this works is that with 17 runners, they added in 18 points for each of the missing runners. Cross country scoring works with the winning team earning the lowest number of points as it is all based on your place. So, with only Ayla and Lauren running, they earned a team runner-up plaque!! Nice work ladies!! Congratulations to all of the athletes for finishing today! It is a really tough course both mentally and physically! Go Falcons!!

Congratulations to the following JH/HS students for being awarded September 2024 Student of the Month! Carson Stein (7th); Brennen Cory (8th); Bailey Case (10th); and, Conner Lathrop (9th)! Well done, we are proud of you!

Congratulations to the September 2024 elementary students of the month: Felica White (KG); Gracelynn Hughart (1st); Porter Rinehart (2nd); Alexandra Hughart (3rd); Hadley Clark (4th); Evelyn Bouye (5th); and, Skyler Compton (6th)! Well done!

Feeding America of West Michigan Mobile Food Truck information and schedule sponsored by United Way of the Lakeshore and GHSP!

Our elementary students wished Mr. Barter a happy birthday today!