Spanish/Art club spent the afternoon exploring Verona, Italy, visiting Juliet's balcony as well as exploring a Roman arena that is older than the Colosseum in Rome!
Our students safely enjoyed the viewing of the eclipse 2024! The district is sending a box with the used safety glasses to Eclipse Glasses USA, LLC, PO Box 50571, Provo, UT 84605, to be donated to Latin American children to enjoy the August 2024 eclipse! You can mail your used glasses by August 1 in order to get them to the kids before the August eclipse date!
Spanish and Art club students enjoyed the day exploring the city of Florence, Italy, as well as visiting Pisa!
Our Spanish/Art Club students made it to Florence, Italy, on Sunday, 4/7!
The Pentwater Varsity track team kicked off their first meet of the season at the Hart and Sole Music Invite! It was a competitive meet with 13 schools! We were not able to bring our whole team as nine of them are headed to Italy for a school trip! For those who were able to compete, we had a great meet! Seven of the sixteen athletes participated in their very first varsity track meet. Several of them are brand new to the sport of track! I am so proud of how they were all able to support one another. I could see their confidence build throughout the meet! Abe VanDuinen was our lone medalist earning 3rd place medals in both the 1600 and 800. This team has impressed me so much already in their hard work, dedication and positive attitudes. I cannot wait to see what is in store for the future! We were also able to use our brand new personalized tent! Thank you so much to the Pentwater Sports Boosters for their support! Go Falcons!! 💜💛
3rd Place Finishers
Abe VanDuinen - 800m 2:05.40
Abe VanDuinen - 1600m 4:28.62
4th Place Finishers
Trey Johnson - High Jump 5’ 6” (PR) (tie for 4th)
Kaleb Brown - Long Jump 18’ 11.5”
Personal Records
Trey Johnson - High Jump 16’ 11.5” and 200m 26.52
Ben Merten - 300mH 48.80
Michael Smith - High Jump 12’ 10” and 800m 3:16.90
Ireland Breitner - 800m 3:30.03
Laura Bortoluzzi Vieira - Shot Put 18’ and 400m 1:33.68
Aubrey Adams - 100m 15.63 and 200m 33.66
Alex Smith - High Jump 4’ and 400m 1:17.40
JoJo Mannor - Long Jump 8’ 11.75”, 100m 17.86 and 200m 38.66
Bailey Case - 1600m 7:09.76
Karina Olivarez - Shot Put 20’ 7” and Discus 52’ 6”
Congratulations to our 2nd-4th grade participants and winners of the 2024 Spelling Bee! Students are not required to participate in the spelling bee and it takes a lot of work at home preparing for this annual event. The participants for 2024 were: (2nd Grade) Lily Cross, Rorrick Case, Maci Ford, Harris Powers, Eveliina Kainulainen and Zoey Mozader; (3rd Grade) Kayla Oomen, Lukas Soltes-Frick, Kennedi Haight, Hadley Clark, Grace Powers, Alek Acevedo, Wyatt Grondsma, Amelia Skinner, Jane VerVelde, Annabelle Smith, Hadley Swanger, Troy Dickenson and Audrey Hughart; and, (4th Grade) Destiny Acosta, Charlotte Cook, Cyniah Haight, Niko Kainulainen, Maple Prescott, Porter Jaeb and Elsa Vanderstelt! Well done to all of our spellers! The top finisher was Porter Jaeb and the individual grade top three were: (2nd Grade) Zoey Mozader - 3rd, Harris Powers - 2nd and Eveliina Kainulainen - 1st; (3rd Grade) Jane VerVelde - 3rd, Kayla Oomen - 2nd and Hadley Clark - 1st; and, (4th Grade) Cyniah Haight - 3rd, Charlotte Cook - 2nd and Porter Jaeb - 1st! Great Job, spellers!
Ireland Breitner celebrated her signing day today to run cross country and track for Alma College. Ireland is such a great teammate and has worked hard at improving over the many years she has been running as a Pentwater Falcon. We are all so proud and wish her all the best as an Alma College Scot!
Don't forget to attend one of our bond informational meetings with dates/times, as follows: 4/8 - 7:30pm (Weare Township Hall); 4/10 - 6pm (Pentwater Township Office); and, 4/25 - 6pm (Pentwater Park Place). We look forward to answering and clarifying any questions that you may have.
West Shore Community College is pleased to offer Kid's Summer Camps for summer 2024! College for Kids offers free transportation, breakfast and lunch! Scholarships are also available online.
Online registration is now open. You may register for a summer camp as well as applying for scholarships by going to their website at:
https://www.westshore.edu/kids-summer-programming/
Our 3rd and 4th grade students enjoyed a field trip on Tuesday, 4/2, to The Wildlife Center at Legends Ranch. The students had a great time with two guided tours! The Ranch is set up to explore the outdoors as well as the over 3,000 exhibits of indoor wildlife exhibits! Our tour guides helped students using a passport book to understand what animals they were seeing and to hear first-hand on how conservation, wildlife, predator/prey relationships and population controls have benefits. Students had an engaging experience learning about animal characteristics and being able to touch animal furs, bones and antlers. What a great time; thank you to Legends Ranch and their awesome tour staff!
Want to help support Pentwater Varsity Softball and win Amazon Gift Cards? Join us in donating $10 per softball in the Softball Home Run Derby! Fundraiser ends Thursday 4/11 with Home Run Derby on Friday 4/12. See attached flyer for more details on how you can enter!
Our first bond community informational meeting will take place on Tuesday, 4/2/24, at 6:30pm in the school library. Please make plans to attend one of our informational meetings to become informed about the proposed 5/7/24 bond addressing the needs of the school district. Upcoming meeting dates/times are as follows: 4/2 - 6:30pm (School, 600 Park St., Pentwater); 4/8 - 7:30pm (Weare Township Hall, 6506 N. Oceana Dr., Hart); 4/10 - 6pm (Pentwater Township Office, 500 N. Hancock St.); and, 4/25 - 6pm (Pentwater Park Place, 310 N. Rush St.)
District Health Department #10 is partnering with United Way of the Lakeshore in the United Way's Baby Product Drive. A drop off box for donations is located at the health department, 3986 N. Oceana Drive, Hart, with products distributed to families in Oceana County. Stop by during normal business hours to donate!
We are so grateful for all of the community members who came into our elementary classrooms as guest readers. Thank you for sharing the joy of reading with our students for March is Reading Month.
Larry Brown
Katie Kokx
Samantha Hughart
Deb Flood
Patti Skinner
Dr. Vaughn Thurston-Cox
Tiffany Haight
Rick Magrath
Kate Jorissen
Jeff Wrisley
The Closing Ceremonies, for our Olympic themed March is Reading Month, were quite entertaining. Students participated in some fun games. Mr. Barter did a fantastic rhythmic gymnastics routine. Dr. Karaptian demonstrated his brute strength by performing some weightlifting. All the above were fun ways to wrap up a great month of reading and celebrate students who worked diligently to achieve reading goals. Thank you, it was a fantastic March Is Reading Month! Mrs. Gina Voss - Reading Interventionist K-3/Literacy Coach
March 2024 newsletter, have a wonderful spring break!
🌟 Exciting Announcement! 🌟 Introducing Ashley Lubera, the star of this week's Pentwater Staff Spotlight! 🌟 Get ready for a series of amazing features shining a light on the incredible talents within our team. 🦅 Stay tuned for more! 🚀 #PentwaterSpotlight #TeamHighlight 🌟👏💜💛💜💛
Congratulations to our March 2024 JH/HS Students of the Month: Meya Case (7th Grade); Kyle Oomen (8th Grade); Sophie Harker-Vangunst (10th Grade); and, Mandi Sayles (11th Grade) Well done, students!
🏀🎉 The Pentwater Varsity Boys Basketball Team 🏆 made a splash at the West Michigan D League All-Conference meeting last night! Finishing 2nd in the conference with a stellar 15-3 record, our Falcons secured 5 bids, voted upon by all the conference coaches. A round of applause for our outstanding players who took home honors! 👏🏼
🌟 Congratulations to:
Trey Johnson: 🥇 1st Team All-Conference (Junior Shooting Guard)
Mikey Carlson: 🥇 1st Team All-Conference (Junior Center and Forward)
Jonny Arnouts: 🥈 2nd Team All-Conference (Junior Point Guard)
Will Werkema Grondsma: 🏅 All-Conference Honorable Mention (Junior, Forward and Guard)
What an incredible season, Falcons! Keep soaring high! 🏀🔥 #PentwaterFalcons #WestMichiganDLeague #BasketballExcellence
The fitness room availability during spring break are as follows:
Thursday, 3/21: 6am - 5pm
Friday, 3/22: 6am - 12pm
Monday, 3/25, thru Friday, 3/29: 6am - 12pm
Thank you!
