🌟 Congratulations to our incredible Students of the Month at PJHS! We're so proud of your hard work and achievements! A special thank you to Scoop'd for sponsoring this month’s celebration. 🎉
Intro to Ag has been practicing their measuring skills in preparation for a lab.
This month's Ag in the Classroom lesson was a squeal!🐷✨ Third graders learned how germs spread between pigs and how farmers work hard to keep the whole heard healthy. From washing hands to smart vaccinations, these scientists are ready to stop the spread - one pig at a time!🦠🔬#agintheclassroom
Tis the season at PES! We're excited to celebrate the festive season in our new space. It's starting to feel a lot like Christmas. 🎄✨
PHS students attended a couple of excellent classes experiences at SLU's Adventures in Medicine program today. These kids are some great representatives of Pana High School!
STUCO will be featuring a member each day. Here is today's spotlight!
Dear Pana CUSD 8 Families:
Has your family had a change in your housing situation, or are you experiencing housing instability?
This may qualify your children for additional services through our McKinney-Vento program. Please let us know if you are:
- Sharing housing with others due to financial hardship.
- In a hotel or motel—No fixed/regular nighttime residence due to economic hardship
- At a shelter
- Staying in a trailer park, car, or campground, or abandoned building
- In transitional housing
If any of these describe your current situation, please email pdonahue@panaschools.com .
We can assist with food, transportation, shelter, and school supplies. You can learn more
information about families in transition by contacting: Paul Donahue at 217-562-1500 or pdonahue@panaschools.com.
That's a wrap on the 2024 Pana Turkey Tournament! Congratulations to Breese Mater Dei for taking home the championship with a 56-37 victory against Camp Point Central.
In the third place game, Brownstown/St. Elmo defeated Highland 38-28.
In the fifth place game, Gillespie defeated Pana 58-29.
Here is the all-tournament team:
Madi Miller - Brownstown/St. Elmo
Sophie Schroeder - Highland
Kaia Vickery - Gillespie
Mia Brawner - Gillespie
Dayana Haslett - Brownstown/St. Elmo
Jordan Bircher - Highland
Karly Peters - Camp Point Central
Alyssa Koerkenmeier - Breese Mater Dei
Lauren Miller - Camp Point Central
Maris Zurliene - Tournament MVP - Breese Mater Dei
We have some hardware to hand out tonight! Make your way out to the final night of the 14th Annual Pana Turkey Tournament! Your Lady Panthers will take the floor at 4:30 for the 5th place game against SCC foe Gillespie. The third place game will feature a battle between Brownstown/St. Elmo and Highland. Finally, the night will conclude with the championship bout between two impressive teams who have a shot to make deep runs in March - Breese Mater Dei and Camp Point Central.
Last night included some thrilling basketball in the 14th Annual Pana Turkey Tournament, and it set up a thrilling conclusion for tonight. Here are last night’s results:
Pana defeats Centralia CORL via forfeit
Gillespie - 46
Mattoon - 26
Camp Point Central - 34
Brownstown/St. Elmo - 21
Mater Dei - 45
Highland - 35
Today’s matchups:
5th place:
Pana vs. Gillespie
3rd Place:
Highland vs. Brownstown/St. Elmo
Championship:
Mater Dei vs. Camp Point Central
5th grade Art students at PES did a great job expressing their thanksgiving spirit by creating beautiful shaded cornucopias.
Mrs. Schmitz's class has been busy prepping for Thanksgiving. We made butter by shaking cream in a jar and made pumpkin pie in a bag.
Wow! Our last day before Thanksgiving break was fun filled. Ms. Ashley taught us how to make pie in a bag. We had an Art show and concert. The day ended with a fall craft and a fun filled feast! 🦃
Update: Our Pana Turkey Tournament will be slightly modified this weekend. Centralia CORL will not be returning and they will be forfeiting their remaining two games. Therefore, the first game on Friday, Nov. 29 will be the 2:30 game between Mattoon and Gillespie and the first game on Saturday, Nov. 30 will be the 5th place game between Pana and the winner of the Mattoon/Gillespie game. We hope to see everyone there!
It was a crazy busy day in Mrs. Smith's class with the music/art program and our feast today. We had a lot of fun making our placemats, turkey popcorn bags, and turkey hats. We also made pumpkin pie pudding in a bag today. Thank you to everyone who sent in items for our feast. We had pumpkin pie pudding, ham, turkey, cranberry sauce, cornbread, sweet potatoes, and popcorn. It was a great day!
STUCO will be featuring a member each day. Here is today's spotlight!
We're grateful for our amazing support staff! Last week, we celebrated our Extra Support Professionals with a special lunch. Your hard work and dedication make a difference. Thank you for all you do to make PES a great place to learn!
PJHS Parents-Just a reminder that we will be dismissing at 2:38pm tomorrow for Thanksgiving break.
Congratulations to Pana Senior Softball Player Shelby Ashcraft, who signed on to continue her academic and softball career at Kaskaskia College! Pana High School is proud of you and we can't wait to see what you do as a Blue Angel!
Reminder: Tomorrow, Tuesday, 11/26/24, is a 45 minute early dismissal. The high school will release students at 2:36. There will be no school the rest of the week for the Thanksgiving holiday.