Kindergarteners completed a variety of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) challenges related to the Gingerbread Man.
• Boats (so he can float)
• Bridges (cross the river)
• Houses (2 stories)
Staff + 3rd-6th Grade Dodgeball Tournament
Exploratory Industial Arts (8th Grade):
No North Pole is needed; Mr. Krutsinger's "elves" are making wooden Christmas ornaments in the workshop.
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“Santa! I know him!”
- Buddy the Elf
& Mr. Krutsinger’s students
⭐️ NCPA Academic All-State
Awards (Fall 2025)
Full List: https://nsaa-static.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/awards/2025%20Fall%20NCPA%20Winners.pdf
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This 5th/6th Grade crew showed no mercy in their competitive dodgeball games against their classes and ended with a 3-1 record! Today’s tournament was a part of students’ PBIS celebration.
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Kindergarten "Grinch Day" - 2025
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Congrats to the JV GBB, JV BBB and V BBB teams on tonight's wins over Paxton!
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💡 PCS JH+HS Quiz Bowl Scrimmage
🗓️ Monday, Jan. 19, 2026
⏰ 6:30-8:00 PM
📍 Room #s: 304 & 302
PCS Jr/Sr HS
Mark your calendars. Spectators are welcome to attend this preseason competition.
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☕️ Hot Chocolate Stand
🗓️ Dec. 17-18, 2028
⏰ 7:30-7:55 AM
📍 PCS Jr/Sr HS
NOTE (per Principal Pettera): If students purchase hot chocolate from this stand, they can bring it to their 1st period classes.
Physics:
Structurally, what is stronger — a triangle or a square? Students are using this inquiry lab as a springboard for their civil engineering unit. Does their experiment support their hypothesis and if not, why?
#handsonlearning
#CivilEngineering
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🚨 Time Change
🏀 JH GBB vs. Ogallala
🗓️ Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025
⏰ 2:00 p.m. MT
📍 PCS Jr/Sr HS
The games are being moved up as both schools wanted to play them earlier before heading into Winter Break.
Sixth and First graders partnered with one another to build gingerbread houses.
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Art 2: Needle Felting
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“Frost is the greatest artist in our clime — he paints in nature and describes in rime.”
- Thomas Hood
📷 Photo Credit: Principal Reisig
Semester 1 Finals Schedule - 2025
PCS Jr/Sr HS
Mrs. Turner's 6th grade students wrote alternate versions of “The Gingerbread Man.” Some of these students shared their stories with PCS kindergartners.
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PCS Staff Door Decorating Contest
Voting Ends: Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025
@ 8:00 p.m. MT
Voting Link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScBOo1Op5sqGznDs3oejuCNweHQkA6qud_qVoAhhpc8L0hJWg/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=100868191406140291676
The JH GBB avenged Thursday's loss to DCS and defeated the Tigers 26-25 at this morning's tournament in Grant. PCS lost to Kimball's JH squad.
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