PES families: I wanted to share the dismissal schedule for our Half Day TOMORROW (Wednesday, February 26th). Thank you! --------------------
PreK Students TBD (Buddy Days)- NO Bus Service
11:40am- GIRAFFE BUS DEPARTS
1145am-K Car Riders Depart
1150am-1st Car Riders Depart
12pm- CAMEL BUS DEPARTS
12pm-2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Car Riders Depart
1210pm- All other BUSES depart
Reminder- Pana High School will dismiss at 12:20 p.m. tomorrow Wednesday, February 26th!
Class of 2025- Important Upcoming Dates!!
A memorable experience for our PJHS 7th & 8th graders today at the UIS Performing Arts Center! They watched The Giver, a solo performance by Elise Thoron, that beautifully captured the bond between Jonas and The Giver. We are proud of our students for their exemplary representation of our community.
REMINDER! PHS will be giving the Pre-ACT and ACT on April 8th!
SENIORS!
Please use Tuesday, April 8th to go on a College Visit or as a Career Day!
PES celebrates our PE department! With 34 years combined experience, they ignite a love of fitness and keep our students active.
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🎉 Huge shoutout to our high school AG students for hosting an incredible AG Olympics for the junior high! 🏅Everyone had a blast playing games and watching their friends and teachers compete. It was a fantastic way to celebrate FFA week! 🌱
Last night was a special celebration for our 8th grade volleyball players! 🏐💖 It was a fantastic evening filled with pride and excitement. Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating these young athletes!
Our kindergarten and 1st grade students recently completed a hands-on engineering challenge, working in teams to construct 12-inch bridges given an assigned material. The project fostered creativity, problem-solving, and collaboration. We're proud of their efforts!
Big thumbs up for Juicemind from our 4th graders! Congratulations to our 4th graders who earned a spot on the Juicemind leaderboard today! Great job, everyone!
Comp 2 attended a research session at Lake Land College with Andy Cougill today. Students learned advanced researching techniques to help them with their research papers.
We're thrilled to announce that the PES Science Olympiad team had a fantastic showing at the ROE 3 competition today, placing in 5 of 8 events. Congratulations to the team and their coaches!
Senior Night! Come out tonight and celebrate our senior boys as they take the floor one final time at Pana High School. We're excited to honor Hayden, Carson, Isaiah, Matt, Brayden, Jaedyn, and Sam prior to tonight's varsity contest.
The freshmen will take the floor first, followed by JV. We will then honor our seniors before tipping off the varsity contest.
Go Panthers!
Last week some of PHS Capturing Kids Hearts students got to team up with PES 3rd grade students to make Valentines for residents at our local nursing homes, assisted living communities, and first responders! PHS CKH Officers and Seniors then delivered the cards with goodies on Valentine's Day and were able to support our local businesses, Scoop'd and Pizza Man for breakfast and lunch! #BetterTogether #CKH #GoPanthers
April Hunter from First National Bank came and spoke to the PJHS Money 101 class about the importance of a savings account.
Pana CUSD 8 is proud to announce that Mrs. Beth King and Mrs. Ellen Anselm have been recognized by the Illinois State Board of Education with "Those Who Excel" Awards for 2025. Congratulations to these exceptional educators! What an incredible honor and our students are so lucky to have you! #ProudToBeAPanther #TWETOY25
Our German visitors are coming to PHS again soon! And we still need host families for two of the girls. If you would be interested in welcoming one of them into your home for two weeks in April (April 1st - 14th), your student will be given first preference for next year's study abroad trip and will be guaranteed a seat on all of our GAPP field trips this year. It's also a great way to bring a corner of the world into your home. :) There's absolutely nothing special you need to do besides provide a place to sleep; just treat them like your own kids. Contact me at tdail@panaschools.com if you are able to host. (You don't have to have a current student at PHS to host!)
Boys basketball schedule update: Tuesday’s game against North Mac will now be a 4:30 JV tip followed by the varsity contest.