There will be an assembly to induct deserving juniors into the National Honor Society on Thursday, March 18th. The high school will operate on an adjusted schedule on this day. Click here to view this schedule.
There will be an informational meeting Monday, March 15 at 2:30 in the high school music room for any 7th or 8th grader wishing to participate in the high school marching band color guard.
You must be in the 8th grade or above for the shcool year 2010-2011. You do not need to be a member of the music department.
The
Academic Boosters have contributed much to our students and staff.You should be proud of what you have
accomplished.Over the years, the
PAB have purchased the academic letters and pins for high school students,
awarded scholarships, purchased books and materials for the libraries and
classrooms across the district, financially supported
Science Fair winners, Destination Imagination, the 8th grade
Washington D.C. trip, individual students who were seeking enrichment
experiences, and provided incentives to students to encourage academic
excellence.
The
main sources of funding for the organization have been the membership drive at
the beginning of each school year, GFS Fun Fund Membership, and the Fall Pie
Sale.This booster club has run as
a committee for several years with few meetings by few members.Those members are currently ready to
pass this booster organization on to new people with new ideas, new energy and
new vision.
If
you are interested in pursuing this type of school involvement, please contact
one of us for more information.If there is no interest indicated in keeping this Booster Club active,
it will cease to exist at the end of this school year (2009-2010).
Four Pleasant
Teams to Compete at State DI Tournament
- by Marsha
Rizor, Gifted Coordinator, Pleasant
Destination Imagination Regional
Competition was held in Delaware on March 6.136 teams in four levels of competition presented solutions
to challenges they have been working on since last fall. Region 4 includes
Marion, Morrow, Union, Delaware, Knox, Licking, Franklin, Pickaway, and
Fairfield counties
Pleasant Local Schools sent 11
teams to compete. Two of those teams were "Rising Stars" teams, which are
non-competitive, beginning level teams.We also had four Elementary Level teams, four Middle
Level teams, and one High School Level team.Of this group, Pleasant has four teams advancing to
State competition on April 17 in Mt. Vernon.
Our High School team, coached by
Alice Piacentini, (assisted by Tami Dean,) competed in the theater arts
challenge and received first place.They were awarded one of only two Renaissance Awards given at the
tournament, which recognizes outstanding skills in Design, Engineering, and
Execution, for their design and artwork on their art gallery background set and
sarcophagus. Team members are Dominic Piacentini, Julia Burton, Jennifer
St.John, Maggie Dean, Emily Stephens, and Daniel Short.
The Middle School Team is sending
two teams to State competition, both having won first place in their
challenge.The 7th
grade improv team, with team manager Bryan Decker, (assisted by Amy Decker,) is
Allison Decker, Hannah Kantzer, Missy Dean, Brittany Davis, Kamryn Queen, and
Paige Sims.
Heidi Carroll coaches the 8th
grade Middle School team going to State on April 17.They competed in the theater arts challenge.The judges awarded this team a
DaVinci Award, which is given for having a unique approach to a solution, for
risk taking, and/or for outstanding creativity.Members are Olivia Niles, Morgan Benson, Lily Johnston, and
Brittany Peltier.
A 3rd grade Elementary
Level team, coached by Kim Atherton, is also advancing.This "robotic challenge" team includes
Graham Steed, Holden Atherton, Miles Steed, Wyatt Wells, Nick Kimmel, Bayleigh
Massey, and Faith Reid.
A team of 5th graders
placed second in their weight/structure challenge.Coached by Amanda Crease, members include Caleb Reed, Nick
Lehner, Rhett Kantzer, Tyler Crease, and Olivia Lehner.
All 11 teams have enjoyed
participating in DI this year and we are very grateful to team managers and
parents who have supported this extra curricular program at Pleasant.Good luck at State competition on
April 17!
As part of the third grade social studies curriculum, Sherry Hall from the Harding Home presents three outreach programs covering the history of Marion. In the "Kids Rule" program, students compare the differences between Marion then and now. They're introduced to games and activities that children used in the past. The "Get Out The Vote program" allows students to learn about Warren G. Harding's road to the White House. Campaign slogans are created by each student as a culminating activity. In "Time Travels", the students use newspapers to compare the lives of people from several decades.
In May, third grade students will be traveling to various historic sites in Marion.
Pleasant Local Schools held a workshop on January 29 to helptrain their 10 Destination Imagination teams in the skills needed for competingin the Instant Challenge component of DI.Destination Imagination is a worldwide creativeproblem solving competition for students in kindergarten through college.Creativity, teamwork, and problemsolving are real-life skills which the program develops and promotes.The first level of competitionfor our region will be March 6, in Delaware.
At our DI IC workshop, teams were able to rotate throughseven instant challenges to improve their skills.They also had an improv session which developed actingskills.Volunteer appraisersoffered feedback to the teams on their efforts.We are grateful to our 30 volunteer appraisers -administrators, teachers, National Honor Society, and community members - whograciously gave us their time.
Pleasant Local will have their annual DI Performance Night onMarch 1, at 7:00 in the Elementary cafeteria.Come and enjoy the creative skits and products whichour teams have developed for competition.
