This week, our fifth graders learned that fishing teaches so much more than how to catch a fish! 🎣
As part of our science learning about ecosystems, habitats, and food chains, students were able to connect classroom concepts to the real world while experiencing nature firsthand. They also practiced problem solving, patience, teamwork, responsibility, and perseverance while baiting hooks, rigging poles, and helping one another throughout the experience. A few even conquered their fears and baited hooks for the first time!!
Experiences like these help build confidence, independence, and real-world skills that students will carry with them far beyond fifth grade.
A huge thank you to everyone who helped provide these opportunities and support our students, especially Gary Earl and Adam Johnson for purchasing poles and some tackle for a few students. We truly appreciate our community!
Fourth grade has been busy having lots of fun recently!!
🌸Planted flowers
🪴Created flower pot art
🖼️Spent an afternoon doing chalk art
🎶 Sang at the Spring Concert
🏅Enjoyed Field Day
Congrats to the Italian Dough Quartet on being the first ever winners of the PHS Choir Olympics!! Members included Lili Pata, Jaxon Tipton, Desiree Schuldt and Jordan Douglas (pre graduation)
Field day fun starts at 1:30 today. Please have your PK-5 grade child wear tennis shoes to school today!
What a FUN day in second grade!! 💙
The excitement was unreal when the second graders realized some of Plankinton High School’s track STARS were there to sign the hats they painted for Track & Field Day! The smiles, squeals, and excitement filled the room from start to finish. 🏃♂️✨
A HUGE thank you to Mr. Bruinsma and all of the volunteers for making this day so special for our students — it’s a memory they will not forget! 🥰
Summer lesson sign up sheets are due by the end of this week! There are still several afternoon slots available. Please contact either Stoebner with questions.
Mrs. Olsen’s 5th Grade classroom has officially transformed into Camp Learned-A-Lot! 🏕️✨
Our classroom is now complete with a giant tent, glowing “stars,” and all the sounds of nature to create the ultimate camping experience!
Today, students worked together to establish cabin names, create cabin chants, practice Reader’s Theater performances, and even enjoyed S’Mores cereal for snack! 🍫🔥🥣
This afternoon, campers are hard at work reviewing metric conversions, wrapping up end-of-the-year reflections, and preparing to present their Reader’s Theater performances later today.
We’re looking forward to an exciting week ahead with a visit from local conservation officer Lynn Geuke, kickball at the ball fields, a golf course scavenger hunt, fishing at Jail Pond, and many more camp-themed adventures! 🎣⛳⚾
As our students prepare to leave the elementary side, we want to make these final memories meaningful, engaging, and unforgettable. ❤️
Last call for Athletic Banquet sign up - contact Sue in Mount Vernon or Tessa in Plankinton to RSVP. Deadline is 11 am today (5/18/2026)
Internet Safety is tomorrow night at 6:30pm. There will be babysitting available as well as door prizes from local businesses.
We hope to see many there as this is a rising concern for our students!
Congrats to the graduated class of 2026!
🎓🎓🎓PHS Graduation will be livestrwmed on PHS Multimedia on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/live/HRP_7PajHzI?si=hpim8dhG09dBXqb6 🎓🎓🎓
Graduation is here! The front doors of the school are open all day if anyone would like to stop and drop off gifts prior to graduation at 5:00.
Plankinton School District would like to recognize two additional retirements as of today: Anita Schmidt and Carrie Tobin.
They have both asked not to be part of the Open House Retirement Celebration, but if you see them, please be sure to congratulate them and thank them for all they’ve done for our district over the years. We’re grateful for their dedication and wish them nothing but the best in retirement!
They have both asked not to be part of the Open House Retirement Celebration, but if you see them, please be sure to congratulate them and thank them for all they’ve done for our district over the years. We’re grateful for their dedication and wish them nothing but the best in retirement!
Congrats to Tony Victor on being selected for the 2026 State Elementary Honor Choir! Over 500 students from across the state auditioned and only the top 20% are selected for participation.
Congrats to the Choirs and Bands on an amazing concert!!
