It's School Social Worker Week! We appreciate our PSD social workers, Christina Kroes and Adam Prister, for all they do to support students and families. Thank you for all your work!
It's National School Breakfast Week! This week our students will have fun activities, new items to try, and a friendly competition that will encourage eating a healthy breakfast to start off the day. Check out schoolnutrition.org/nsbw for more info!
If you can break it, they can fix it! We appreciate all of our PSD maintenance staff for keeping us up and running throughout the school year. Thank you for all you do!
Don't forget to join us Thursday, February 29th for another Dialogue with Dr. Neumann at one of these three times: 7:30am in the Northwood Elementary library, 12pm in the high school conference room, and 6:30pm in the high school library.
Please join us on Wed, February 28th at 6pm for the Mid-Winter Choir Concert at Parchment Middle School. Our choirs have been working hard this trimester to learn new music and we'd love your support! A short reception will follow the performance.
The next board of education meeting will be February 26th at Parchment High School at 5:30pm.
Join us Thursday, February 29th for another Dialogue with Dr. Neumann. Discussion will cover facility needs within the district.
Dr. Neumann is providing three times to meet: 7:30am in the Northwood Elementary library, 12pm in the high school conference room, and 6:30pm in the high school library.
Important dates for the 2024-25 school year!
A more detailed calendar will come out at a later date, this is to help families and staff with planning for next school year.
Mid-Winter Break is Friday, February 23rd!
It's National School Resource Officer Day! We appreciate Officer Halley and all she does to help encourage, educate, and protect our Panthers!
Reminder that PSD students do not have school on Monday, February 12th due to scheduled Staff Professional Development.
It's World Read Aloud Day! Children who are read to at least three times a week by a family member are almost twice as likely to score in the top 25% in reading. Reading aloud also helps to improve language processing and vocabulary. For more stats on reading, visit https://literacyproj.org/2019/02/14/30-key-child-literacy-stats-parents-need-to-be-aware-of/
It's National School Counselor Week! Thank you to our amazing school counselors: Becky Edds and Beau Loncharte, PHS, Nick Stawowy, PMS, and Stephanie Hyer, North. The work you do with our Panthers makes PSD a better place!
February is Black History Month! This month we celebrate the contributions of African Americans to our nation in arts, sciences, business, and much more.
To learn more about the history of African American businesses, check out the Library of Congress's audio interviews on "The Green Book", a guide published from the late 1930s to the 1960s which listed businesses that welcomed African American customers. The interviews explore the histories of these establishments, how they stayed in business to today, and how they operate in their current communities. Visit the link to learn more: https://www.loc.gov/collections/occupational-folklife-project/articles-and-essays/green-book-documenting-african-american-entrepreneurs/
The Excellence in Special Education Award is sponsored by the Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) of Kalamazoo County to honor those who have gone above and beyond their role in educating and supporting students with an Individualized Education Program (IEP). If you are a parent, guardian, family member or student, please consider nominating the outstanding special educators who have impacted you!
Nominations are due March 8. https://bit.ly/3hWVf8b
Friday, February 2nd will be a half day for K-12 (PIC normal virtual Friday). Middle school will hold afternoon parent-teacher conferences while PHS and elementary staff will have a workday. Please visit our website for bell schedules https://5il.co/22ysz
Parchment High School families: Parent-Teacher conferences will be held at PHS on Thursday, February 1st from 3:30-7:00pm.
Parchment Middle School families: Parent-Teacher conferences will be held on Thursday and Friday, February 1st and 2nd. Please check your email for more information on conferences!
Next week is Snowcoming! Spirit days for PMS, PHS, and PIC are posted. Make sure to dress up and show that school spirit! Varsity basketball games will be Friday, February 2nd at 6pm and 7:30pm with coronation of the king and queen happening between games. Go Panthers!
Congratulations to the 2024 Parchment High School Snowcoming Court! Coronation will take place on Friday, February 2nd between the women's and men's varsity basketball games.
King Candidates: Darius Baker, Aydin Johnson, Tyler Laske, Alex Oldenberg, Kriss Patel, Jonah Vanderveen
Queen Candidates: Chloe Bautista, Katy Cobb, Tionnah Fry, Abigail Johnson, Kaylee McKinney, Ella Vandenberg
