Our LEGO robotics team has been hard at work preparing for the upcoming state competition in just a couple of weeks. This past week, they had an exciting opportunity to collaborate with researchers from Oregon State University, who had visited last summer to study LeConte Glacier using their own ROVs. The 8th graders engaged in a brainstorming session, incorporating valuable feedback from the researchers to enhance the design and functionality of their own ROV. We’re thrilled to see their creativity and determination in action and can’t wait to cheer them on when they head to state!
Happy Monday! Please see the High School/Middle School Bulletin and/or This Week’s Happenings for more details.
This week at a glance:
>Monday: MMS Awards Assembly @ 2:20 (parents welcome)
Teen Mental Health First Aid Training
>Tuesday: Poetry Out Loud @ 2:15
>Wednesday: Teen Mental Health First Aid Training
>Thursday: Basketball Invitational
>Friday: LAST DAY for schedule changes!
Teen Mental Health First Aid Training
Basketball Invitational
>Saturday: Basketball Invitational
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We are excited to announce our new Petersburg High School Facebook page! Please come check out our page (Petersburg High School) and click 'Follow' for posts on announcements, events and happenings pertaining to our high school student body!
🍰 Quarter 3 of Baking Club starts today! Please reach out to Mrs. Smith if you are interested in joining 🧁
🙌 Tomorrow is the Middle School Quarter 2 Assembly! Come and recognize all the hard work our learners did all last quarter! 🎉
Greetings Petersburg Staff and Families,
On Tuesday, January 7, our school district was informed by our student information system provider, PowerSchool, of a large data breach that impacted their company. This morning I learned that our district is one of dozens across the world whose information is part of that breach.
It is important to note that our district was not individually targeted and PowerSchool has provided assurance that the compromised data was deleted and that no additional copies of the data currently exist. They will be providing us with additional information on January 17 which I will pass on to you.
The privacy and security of student and staff data is a top priority of our district. We will continue to monitor this situation carefully and keep you informed as we learn more.
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
Kind Regards,
Robyn Taylor, Superintendent
Petersburg School District
Calling all former Pep Band members! Come join our current Pep Band on Saturday night at the Homecoming games.
Calling all former Pep Band members! Come join our current Pep Band on Saturday night at the Homecoming games.
PHS Homecoming 2025! Happy New Year Petersburg and see you at the gym this weekend.
Calling All Alumni Pep Band Members
🎉🏆 Big Congrats to Mr. Brock's 4th period 8th Grade Math Class! 🏆🎉
This year’s Holiday Door Decorating Contest winners showed off their creativity and teamwork with a festive design that wowed everyone! 🎨✨ Mr. Brock's door and surrounding area were a perfect blend of holiday cheer, artistic talent, and the silly-ness we love. 🧮🎄
Thank you to all the students and teachers who participated and made the hallways shine bright this season. 🌟 Special shoutout to Addy for her amazing drawing of Whoville.
Enjoy the holiday break.
We'll see our students back in school on
Wednesday, January 8th, 2025
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Good Luck to our Viking Wrestlers, Kaden Duke, and Angus Olsen, at the 2024 ASAA State Wrestling Championships! Wrestling begins at 9:00 a.m. today. All matches will be streamed on the NFHSNetwork.
#GoVikings
Look what our music department has been up to
Congratulations to today's Christmas Cash Raffle Winners!
This weekend, the Sitka C and Sitka JV Boys' Basketball Teams will visit Petersburg! See the attached schedule of events. See you at the PHS Gymnasium!
Congratulations to today's Christmas Cash Raffle winners!
🎄Baking Club was feeling festive this week and attempted to make Christmas Oreo bites. Melting white chocolate definitely got the best of some groups but fun was had by all and the treats were delicious. So that's a win in our books🎄
PHS Alumni give back:
Thank you to our alumni students who visited the Careers class to discuss post-secondary options and experiences with our seniors: Private Lillith Odegaard, a surgical technician in the U.S. Army, and University of Alaska students Elijah Whitacre (not pictured) and Anya Pawuk.
“To teach is to learn twice.” – Joseph Joubert
Our 6th and 7th grade students got to teach the 3rd graders all about plate tectonics, earthquakes, and emergency preparedness. They did a wonderful job of "being the teacher" and taught lessons that they themselves had experienced as learners in Earth and Space Science class.
Thank you to the 3rd grade teachers for their helping make this learning opportunity happen.
