Thursday, December 17, 2015

Thursday December 17, 2015

Gold 2 Day - Reading for Life

Great job to all of our performers last night. Congratulations to the Chorus Jazz Band Concert Band Guitar ensemble, Piano ensemble and the drama club for an excellent evening of performing arts last night. You all did great and represented your school and yourselves well.

Good luck to our HS Boys JV and Varsity teams tonight vs. Dexter here at home tonight.

Good luck to our middle school A teams in their home game vs. Greenville tonight.

Lunch today is Pizza

Quote of the day

I am not perfect but I am me.  Sara Glover

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Wednesday December 16, 2015

Blue 2 Day - Advisory

Good luck to the High School wrestlers tonight in their meet at FA.

We wish the best for our performing arts programs tonight. Tonight at 7:00 pm is the big night for our band and chorus as well as our drama club. The winter production will feature melodies form our chorus and band and a radio show program for the drama club. It should be a great night and we hope to see many of our students and parents there.

As you know there is a dress rehearsal going on today in the gym. Please be understanding of students who need to leave class and attend these rehearsals.

Lunch today is A ham dinner and all the fixin's

Quote of the day

"I may be stupid, but I'm also dumb" - Patrick Star

Wednesday announcement

The middle school civil rights team will be selling candygrams this week until Thursday. For $1 you can compose a message and it and a candy cane will be delivered to whoever you like at lunch on Thursday. Please see a middle school civil rights team member or Mr Bennett to purchase one and let someone know you are thinking of them! 

Re: drama ( Play dress rehearsal)


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>> due to the weather yesterdayl.. could all students in the radio show play please be released from their 3rd period class on wednesday as we need to do a dress rehearsal the students being Alex Huff , Lena Downes, Jennifer Simon. Madison Richardson, Mackensie LaBlanc, Jacob Sears, Matthew Tinkham, Sara Richards. Ashlie Grant, Chloe Hamille and, Mya Young. thank you so much. Julie Harrington. Drama Director
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Announcements

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The middle school civil rights team is sponsoring a candygram activity. For $1, you can send a message to someone to let them know you are thinking about them. Each message will include a candy cane and will be delivered at Thursday's lunches! Please see a team member or Mr Bennett to purchase one. 

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Middle school meeting

There will be a middle school civil rights team meeting today at first lunch in room 182.

<This message is for Tuesday's announcements. The meeting is on Tuesday>

Please announce today...

Seniors a reminder, today during SPARK your senior superlative picture taking begins.  Please check the bulletin board outside of the cafeteria to see what day you are scheduled for. 

--
Beth Ann MacNeil
Ed Tech III/Yearbook Advisor
Piscataquis Community High School

Tuesday DECEMBER 15, 2015

Gold 1 day - Advisory

GOOD LUCK TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAMS TONIGHT VS. STEARNS THOSE GAMES ARE AT HOME AND THE GIRLS START AT 5:30 PM

Any Pirate Muster agenda items need to come to Mr. Keane ASAP

Lunch today is CHicken and Gravy

Quote of the day

Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store.

Monday, December 14, 2015

Pchs boys

Good luck to the boys varsity team to day @ Central. A reminder that
there is no JV game today. The buss will leave at 5:40 for a 7:00 tip.

Sent from my iPhone

PCHS Wrestling

The PCHS wrestling team had a good showing at their meet on Saturday in Howland.  Ethan Cooley, Cahrey Harris, and Zachary Wilson took second place, and Ethan Moulton took fourth place for the Pirates.  They wrestle again on Wednesday at FA. 

Girls Varsity

Girls JV and Girls Varsity lost to Dexter, JV's by 13 and Varsity by 4.

--
Brian Gaw
PCHS/PCMS Athletic Director

Meeting- high school

There will be a quick high school civil rights meeting today in room182 at first lunch. 

Monday December 14, 2015

Blue 1 Day - Advisory


There is a faculty meeting tonight in the cafeteria

Good luck to our High School JV and Varsity Boys teams as they take on Central tonight at Central

Our last Pirate Muster of the calendar year is this Friday. If anyone has an agenda item, Please send it to Mr. Keane via his email

Friday is an early release day. We will follow a straight schedule and be dismissed from Period three at 11:10 pm

Lunch today is corm chowder and grilled cheese

Quote of the day

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Friday, December 11, 2015

Friday December 11, 2015

Gold 2 day - RTI

RTI day today make sure you check you email for where you are supposed to be.

The Cinder Book Club will meet second lunch in the Library.

Good Luck to the Boys Varsity BBall Team tonight vs. Greenville they play here at home at 6 pm.

Lunch today is assorted sandwiches.

Quote of the day is

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Thursday December 10, 2015

Gold 2 Day- Reading for life


Great job to everyone at our two assemblies yesterday. The students and Director of Planet Pan made the effort to compliment the school on the warm feeling they received here by the band students and the audience as a whole.

Chess Club meets tonight.

Lunch Today is Pizza

Quote of the day is

t is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

Thursday announcements- Alex Huff

Today is Human Rights Day. It is a worldwide observance by people, for people, in celebration of human rights.

The Civil Rights Team challenges you to promote awareness about human rights and discuss the issues that vulnerable groups of people experience every day. 

"Please use your freedom to promote ours."

To recognize human rights, we will be initiating a fun activity which will take place next Tuesday. 

Post-it notes will be posted throughout the the school, each containing one fact or statistic concerning human rights. Each post-it will be numbered. 

Students throughout the day will take one fact and hold it until the conclusion of the day. Tuesday afternoon a drawing will be held of a specific single number. If you hold the drawn number you will receive $20 off a yearbook order. If you have already paid for a yearbook you will have $20 refunded. 

The winner will be announced on Wednesday morning announcements. 

Math Team Meet #3 results

Congrats to the Pi Rates Math team on another great math meet! We came in 5th place out of 10 teams in our division with 80 points.
Top 3 scorers were: First = Cali with 15 pts, Second= Bachi with 13 pts and Lena with 11 pts. Every team member scored points! Great Team effort. The next meet will be in Howland in January.
Yay Math!

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Student Council

There will be a Student Council meeting during second half of RTI time in Mr. Gaw's room.

--
Brian Gaw
PCHS/PCMS Athletic Director

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Wednesday December 9, 2015

Gold 1 Day - Advisory

Good luck to our high school wrestlers today in their meet at Dexter.

Also good luck to the middle school Basketball B Teams at home tonight taking on Dexter as well.

Today we will be having two assemblies. The first one is for grades 9-12 and will start at approximately 8:30 am. This assembly is an important awareness workshop for texting and driving, sponsored by the State of Maine.

The second assembly is at 1:00 and it is a performance of the Steel drum band Planet pan. This band is comprised of folks from the Blue Hill area in Maine and is a full concert using old barrels that have been tuned as drums. Some of the PCSS band members will be asked to play along with them for a song or two.

We will call students down when we are ready.


LUNCH TODAY IS SPAGHETTI AND GREEN BEANS

Quote of the day



Caitlinn Patterson, Cameron Lyon and Corey Barker to the office please

Tuesday December 8, 2015

Blue 1 day  - Advisory

Tomorrow we will be having two assemblies. The first one is for grades 9-12 and will start at approximately 8:30 am. This assembly is an important awareness workshop for texting and driving sponsored by the State of Maine.

The second assembly is at 1:00 and it is a performance of the Steel drum band Planet pan. This band is comprised of folks from the Blue Hill area in Maine and is a full concert using old barrels that have been tuned as drums. Some of the PCSS band members will be asked to play along with them for a song or two.

Great job to the girls varsity and JV basketball teams last night in their victories over GSA. Both games were scrappy and there was a lot of hustle from our girls.

Lunch today is Chicken ALfredo

Quote of the day

The spirit of Christmas (and this Holiday Season) is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world's busy life and become more interested in people than in things.

Monday, December 7, 2015

Please announce.......

Senior sweatshirt orders are due this friday. Please have orders to Mrs.MacNeil.

--
Beth Ann MacNeil
Ed Tech III/Yearbook Advisor
Piscataquis Community High School

Monday December 7, 2015

Gold 2 day - Advisory - Pearl Harbor Day

Great job to the High School Girls Varsity basketball  team as they defeated Schenck this week end.

Good luck to the High School Girls JV and varsity Basketball teams tonight as they take on George Stevens academy right here at home in their home opener.

Good Luck as well to the Middle School A and B teams as they take on Sedomocha tonight. A teams are home B teams are away.

There is a faculty meeting tonight.

Lunch Today is Baked Beans and Hot dogs

Quote of the day

"Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."


Thursday, December 3, 2015

Key Club

Key Club members please see Mrs. Wilson sometime today, either during break or between classes. 


announcement

Please announce the Christmas Caroling the band and chorus are participating in at the Guilford Historical Society this coming Saturday, December 5 starting at 5:00 p.m.

Thanks,

Paavo

Thursday December 3, 2015

Gold 1 Day - Reading for Life

Good luck to our middle school basketball teams today vs. Warsaw. A plays away and B plays home.


Just a reminder to get your Power School information in order if you want to get informational Phone Calls emails and texts from school regarding cancellations and school events.

Lunch Today is Pizza


Quote of the day

The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it. 

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Wednesday December 2, 2015

Blue 1 Day- Advisory

Great job to all the Basketball teams last night.

Their is a PG PE meeting this afternoon.

Please make sure that your correct information is in Power School. We will be using  the Messenger system for all school cancellations and we also will be using it for other communications this year as well. It is important to make sure you contact information Home phone cell phone and email address are accurate.

Lunch Today is French Toast and Sausage

Quote of the day with a math twist


The best angle  to approach any problem is the TRY angle

NJHS Meeting

There will be an NJHS meeting during lunch today in Mr. Bitetti's room.

--
Anthony Bitetti
English Language Arts
Room 203
Ext. 28

Civil rights

There will be a middle school civil rights team meeting today at first lunch in room 182. 

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

December 1, 2015

Gold 2 Day - Advisory

Happy December!!!  Only 24 more days to shop:)

Good Luck to all of our Basketball teams tonight. The middle school A teams play at home vs. central and the B Teams are at Central. The high School teams play an exhibition game vs. FA with the first game starting at 5:30 pm

Welcome back to all the students and teachers who traveled to Portland yesterday to see the BODY Worlds exhibit. We can't wait to hear all about it at the next Pirate Muster, schedule for December 18.

Lunch today is Hamburg Gravy Rice and Green Beans

Quote of the day is

"The greatest Oak Tree was once a little nut that held it's ground."  Wolfgang Riebe

Civil rights

There will be a high school civil rights team meeting in room 182 today at first lunch.

**(The following is to be read by a civil rights team member during morning announcements)**

On this day in 1955, Rosa Parks defied instructions to give up her seat to a white passenger.Her refusal to follow a then-city ordinance in Montgomery Alabama resulted in a widespread boycott of the public transportation system. It was a critical point in the civil rights movement.  

Middle School Dance

This Friday, December 4th, the Middle School Student Council and NJHS will be hosting a dance and dodgeball tournament at PCES.  Any 7th and 8th graders who would like to participate in the dodgeball tournament must see Mr. Bitetti to sign up their team.  Teams can be no bigger than 6 students.  Ninth graders will be invited to the dance as well. 

--
Anthony Bitetti
English Language Arts
Room 203
Ext. 28