Greetings Pickerington Tiger Community – Letter #8
This past week started with an annual tradition at PHSC that began when we were still simply Pickerington High School, and that is nominated students and staff mentors traveled to an overnight camp for leadership training for the Sunny Side Up program. Students are nominated by teachers as potential student-leaders; then selected by advisors, teachers Matt Young and Heather Peirano, to attend the leadership camp and become a part of Sunny Side Up. It is an incredible experience for the students who come back from the camp ready to join current SSU members as student-leaders. A quote from a parent of an attending student adequately describes the experience:
“I want to take time to tell all of you (teacher mentors) that (student) absolutely loved this weekend at Sunny Side Up. He said it was the most spectacular thing he has ever been a part of. I have never seen him so positive about any other experience he’s had in his life. Thank you so much for donating your time to help Sunny Side up be so successful and for doing all you did for (student)!”
If you recall, it was the student-leaders from the Sunny Side Up program, in conjunction with other student groups, which sponsored the FOG (Freshman Opportunity to Grow) Day for our incoming freshmen on August 25.
Athletically, it is time for OCC, sectional and district competition. Our football Tigers beat Gahanna Lincoln and Groveport Madison by a combined score of 62-0! After a five-week absence, the team finally returns to Tiger Stadium this Friday to face the Newark Wildcats. In academic competition, we are proud of the victory of our In-The-Know team who defeated Dublin Jerome in a televised matched.
Congratulations to the PHSC Marching Tigers for taking the Grand Champion honor at this weekend’s competition and qualifying for the state competition! We would also like to congratulate two PHSC Orchestra students for making the South Central Region Orchestra! The Region Orchestra concert will be Sunday, November 22 at Westerville South High School. You may see our very fine orchestra perform this Tuesday, October 13 in the Performing Arts Center at 7:30 PM. You may also see the Marching Tigers perform this coming Thursday, October 15 at 11:30 AM at the Fairfield County Fairgrounds in Lancaster, Ohio.
Academics, Athletics, the Arts, and Activities are all a part of the All A’s of High School!
I also invite you to read our school’s newspaper, Insights, as it is now being produced online. You will find that our “journalists-in-training” are very talented, and under the direction of teacher Leslie Harris, produce an outstanding product. The website for Insights is http://www2.pickerington.k12.oh.us/insights/
I’d like to remind you that this is a shortened week as school will only be in session for students Monday – Wednesday. Thursday from 11:30 AM – 7:00 PM is Parent/Teacher Conferences. In addition to email and checking your student’s grades on the Parent Assist Module, it is vital that you also maintain a personal communication with your student’s teachers and I strongly invite you to make an appointment Thursday to discuss your student’s progress with his or her teachers. I look forward to seeing many of you then. This week is also Homecoming Week! As is tradition, students, teachers and parent volunteers have decorated the hallways of PHSC in celebration of Homecoming. If you’ve never seen them, the decorations are spectacular and should still be on display for conferences on Thursday. Also tradition is the annual Homecoming Dance this coming Saturday, October 17 from 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM. Please note that tickets will only be sold during school in advanced and will not be sold at the door under any circumstances.
Finally, in the pouring rain near the end of the football game at Groveport Madison last Friday, I traded pleasantries with a parent who was getting soaked. I offered her the use of my umbrella and she explained that her umbrella had dropped beneath the bleachers. I was able to squeeze through an opening in the fence and retrieve the umbrella under the bleachers, but I was never able to locate the parent, nor did I get her name. So “mom” if you are one of my subscribers, please get in touch with me because I have your umbrella!
Have a great week!
Sincerely,
M. Scott Reeves
Principal
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