Dear Pickerington Tiger Community – Letter #11
Greetings! We are heading full steam toward the Thanksgiving holiday, and certainly, despite the trials of life, we all have something to be thankful for. Congratulation goes out to the football Tigers for another successful season and a valiant run in the State Playoffs. I know the coaches, fans and the boys are disappointed they didn’t go a bit farther in the playoffs, but it was an outstanding season and everyone in the Tiger community is proud of their efforts. I would also like to again congratulate the coaches and football program of the Pickerington North Panthers who made the playoffs for the first time in school history. It was certainly a great year to be a Pickerington football fan.
This is also an exciting time for the PHSC Marching Tigers as they depart from PHSC early next Tuesday, November 24 to head to New York City for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade! Our instrumental music students aren’t the only ones getting impressive invitations. The PHSC Chorale was invited to sing the National Anthem to start the OHSAA State Cross Country Championships held at Scioto Downs in front of approximately 10,000 spectators. An excerpt from a “Thank You” letter from OHSAA reads “I believe it is important that you know your students and director honored your school and community by their performance.” Great job to Mr. Long and the rest of our Music Tigers!
Last week was also a big week for the Theatre Department. The fall production this year was “A Few Good Men.” The students, under the direction of teacher Shannon Cook, did an incredible job with their performances that hopefully many of you had the opportunity to enjoy. On Thursday, November 12, the students performed a matinee for students from Ridgeview Junior High, and on Friday performed a packed matinee for their peers at PHSC. As always, the set was appropriate and very well constructed. Great job Mr. Womack. Without question, the Performing Arts at PHSC are second to none!
To honor our veterans, the Music Department held our annual Veterans Day Program outside at our Gazebo, which is PHSC’s own veteran’s memorial. Emceed by teacher Jay Sharrett, the entire junior and senior classes gathered around the Gazebo on the chilly Veterans Day morning to hear patriotic selections from both the band and the choir. The students heard speeches from Pickerington Police Officer Dan Simcox, who is a Viet Nam veteran, and General David Hartley. This is the very first time in the history of this program that a General attended to address our students.
Finally, now that the 1st grading period has ended, we’ve had the opportunity to take a look at some of the performance data of our students. I am very proud to share that just fewer than 60% of the total students at PHSC achieved Honor Roll status. That is an incredible mark of achievement for our students. Last year, we were never able to break the 50% barrier as a school for Honor Roll achievement and we’ve gone way beyond that to start this school year. That translates to 965 out of the 1620 students making Honor Roll! All of their names are proudly displayed in our trophy showcase, and will be shown throughout the 2nd grading period.
Have a wonderful week and Happy Thanksgiving.
Sincerely,
M. Scott Reeves
Principal, PHS Central
If you BELIEVE you can ACHIEVE, you will SUCCEED
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