Pana CUSD 8

For the third year in a row, the PHS office is excited to share our Angel Tree! 🎄✨
Starting Monday, December 1st, you can stop by the High School Office between 7:30 AM and 3:30 PM to choose a name from the tree.

If you’d like to spread a little joy this season, please return all gifts to the office by Monday, December 15th.
Thank you for helping make the holidays brighter for our students and families! 💛

Our District is hiring!

POSITION:
Special Education Paraprofessional
LOCATION:
Pana High School

QUALIFICATIONS:
High school diploma or equivalent required
Must meet Illinois State Board of Education paraprofessional licensure requirements
Experience working with children or individuals with disabilities preferred
Strong communication, teamwork, and organizational skills

APPLICATION PROCESS:
Interested candidates should submit an application, résumé, and supporting documents via the Pana CUSD #8 district website. www.panaschools.com

🌎✨ PJHS 6th graders spent the last few weeks “traveling” the globe — exploring icy Antarctica, deep‑sea diving, and even standing face‑to‑face with the Mona Lisa at the Louvre in Paris! 🧊🐧🤿🖼️🕶️

PJHS School Picture Retake Day will be on Monday, December 2nd.

If your child missed the original picture day, or if you were not satisfied with their original photos, this is your chance!

Order forms are available in the office and must be returned for pictures.

Reminder for Tuesday November 25, 2025 students will be dismissed 45 minutes early for Thanksgiving break. We wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving from Pana Schools!

Join us next weekend, Nov 28 & 29th, for the second half of our Turkey Tournament at PHS with the Girls Basketball Semifinals and Finals! A huge shoutout to all that made this weekend a success, including our business sponsors and hospitality sponsors. See you next weekend!

🎈Third graders have been hard at work preparing for their very own Balloons Over Broadway parade!

Check out their final creations here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SFM8maBavfryTuyZ37nK4wmmV6abkISv/view?usp=sharing

Jr High Student Council is having a fundraiser! Tuesday, November 25, at dismissal we will be selling drinks and snacks for $1.00 in front of and in back of the Jr. High.

Outdoor Resource students passed the Hunter Safety test.

November 13th Pana FFA traveled to Champaign to take part in the Parkland College Agronomy contest. They then hit the road again November 19th to attend the Lake Land College contest. At each contest the members identified, weeds, seeds,crops, equipment, and insects. They also took an exam. Parkland team was made up of Lowell Witt, Conner Beyers, Bailey Morgan, Kinze Harris, Claire Schafer, Jadyn Kiser, and Wade Ade. Lake Land team was made up of Lowell Witt, Caden Perry (Section Officer), Amberly Snyder, Kinze Harris, Jadyn Kiser, Bailey Morgan, Claire Schafer, HailieJo O’Rourke, Wade Ade, and Truman Strawn (not pictured).

Congratulations to these third graders for having the best cursive handwriting in spelling.

Pana High School Student Council is honored to announce Staff of the Month for November: Mrs. Anna Patton! Huge thank you to Tres Compadres in Pana, IL for sponsoring this months winner with a $20 gift certificate!

Congratulations to PHS Artist of the Month: Lainey Clavin! Lainey represents the month of December. Her favorite art medium is watercolor but doesn't mind digital art. Advice she would give: "Just practice & focus on you. You impact the world." Congrats! #Art🎨 #Panthers🐾🐈‍⬛

📚 Yesterday for American Education Week, some of our upstairs teachers swapped classrooms with downstairs teachers to do a read aloud, and older students joined younger classes for engaging literacy activities. It was amazing to see new voices, fresh perspectives, and cross-grade connections spark curiosity and confidence in reading.

🍂 Mrs. Mathis's fourth grade class collected leaves outdoors, carefully traced their shapes, and transformed those tracings into 3D prints in the makerspace. To deepen learning, students paired the hands-on process with a writing project!

PHS will dismiss tomorrow at 12:20 due to the district wide Teacher's Workshop.

Mrs Chase's Music of our World classes took a trip to Hawaii this week, complete with learning to play ukuleles!

🎺 PES kicked off American Education Week with an energizing visit from the high school band! Thank you to our amazing teachers, staff, families, and community members who support student learning every day. We celebrate YOU this week!✨