Join us Tuesday, October 22, 2024 for the 50th Anniversary of the Region V Southeast Honors Music Festival performance. Show your support for our band and choir students of Southeast Alaska! The evening begins at 7pm in the High School gymnasium.
Baking Club had made their first treat, chocolate chip cookies, and they were DELICIOUS!
We officially had our first baking fail of the year too 😂 The bakers were resilient and thought of all sorts of creative ways to eat their flattened cookies. They had a blast and are looking forward to our next club meeting to make something pumpkiny. Tis the season 🎃 👻
Petersburg School District Request for Quotes. We have a small electrical project in the Elementary school that needs to be completed. Please see the attached image. Questions and quotes should be sent to Aaron Buller facility@pcsd.us
Fifteen Viking Volunteers met on Sunday afternoon to help the Humane Association with cleaning and repair projects. Volunteers cleaned the walkways and dog parks, set up fencing, cleaned the memorial bricks, touched up the sign, and petted the cats. Check out the brightened sign when you drive by!
Our middle school art students have been busy exploring different techniques and media! 🌳 We began by practicing drawing ovals, cylinders, and cones to create trees and branches, developing skills for drawing intricate trees with multiple limbs. Afterward, we transitioned to an oil pastel project, celebrating the start of the fall season. 🍂
In late September, students learned the proportions of portrait drawing through a set of guidelines. "Start by drawing one eye and use it as a measure for the rest of your portrait." 🖌️ Students applied these rules, using graphite H and B pencils to add value, and completed a half-printed portrait, building up depth and shading.
Now, we're diving into clay work! The MS art students are hand-building with clay, learning techniques like wedging, maintaining proper thickness, and the "cross-hatch and attach" method for joining pieces. We’re taking inspiration from Tim Burton characters for our clay projects—stay tuned for some spooky and creative pieces! 👻✨
Did you know that our middle school has a Lego Robotics team that travels and competes against other teams in the state? Every year, FIRST® LEGO® League releases a new Challenge based on a real-world, scientific theme. This year's theme is Submerged. Students will learn about how and why people explore the oceans. 🌊
We can't wait to see how they do this year!
🎶 Our talented 7th and 8th grade band students are back at it, practicing together and making beautiful music! 🎺🥁 Keep up the great work, musicians—we can't wait to hear your next performance! 🎵 The Winter Concert/Art Exhibition is already on the calendar for December 18th at 7:00pm.
Shoutout to our amazing middle schoolers who are stepping up and showing true bravery by taking over the morning announcements! 📢 It's not easy to speak in front of the whole school, but they're doing it with confidence and energy. We’re so proud of their courage and leadership! 🌟 Keep shining, leaders of tomorrow! 💫
Congratulations to our talented musicians!
🌎 Our 6th and 7th graders have been hard at work creating incredible posters on the 5 Themes of Geography! 📚 From Location to Human-Environment Interaction, their creativity and understanding shine through. There are too many amazing ones to share here, so swing by and check them out in person! 👀
Middle School Baking Club coming next week! See Mrs. Smith and sign up soon. One time fee of $40
Check out our 8th graders in action! As part of their exploratory rotation, they’re learning the basics of shop class, including safe and responsible metalworking and welding skills. 🔧🔥
Congratulations to the PHS Viking Boys & Girls Cross Country Team, your 2024 ASAA Division 3 State Champions.
Help us celebrate the amazing accomplishments of our student-athletes! Noise Parade is scheduled for tomorrow (Sunday, October 6, 2024) at 4:00 pm. See the attached flyer for detailed route information.
The seventh grade volleyball unit in P.E. is making skilled players and a whole lot of fun!
Today's lunch hit close to home. The menu included "Alaskan Caught Black Cod with Carrot Top Pesto and Cucumber Salad". The black cod was provided by OBI, the garlic was from Farragut Farms, the cucumber and onions were from Washington farms.
As part of being Community Eligible Provision schools - this lunch was free for all students, every lunch is! The food was locally sourced in support of the SCALES grant (supporting community agriculture and local education systems) the grant that Ms. Carlee secured to bring the farm to our school.
Eighth grade students are learning to use the programming language, JavaScript, to program variables, consisting of animated shapes and sprites (or characters) and learning to set up different functions in a draw loop. This skill is one of the essential building blocks as students learn to program their own video games (which will be completed at the end of this quarter).
Big shoutout to our Petersburg community for always being willing to share their expertise and knowledge with our learners. Thanks to Cody Litster, with the Alaska State Troopers, and Carin Christensen, with the Forest Service, for talking about what they do! We love Petersburg!
Enjoy the October update!
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Here are 6th and 7th graders sharing their models for why the Earth experiences seasons. Students collected data on sunlight angle, temperature, and day length to create a model to explain why we experience seasons. These photos show them explaining to their peers what they figured out in a mini "poster session" similar to one they might experience in college.
Our 8th graders are diving into Speech and Debate as part of their exploratory rotation! 🎤🗣️ Under Ms. Short’s guidance, they’re researching topics, building strong arguments, and prepping for counterarguments. These critical thinking and communication skills will serve them well beyond the classroom!
