PJHS celebrated a Pop-Party. Students today got to choose from: gaming, karaoke, stopping by the hot chocolate and concession stand stations, four square tournaments outside, and dodgeball playing inside the gymnasium. Fun was had by all. Proud to be a Panther. #PJHS #😊 #🐾 #Fun
Announcing from the PHS Art Department for the first time ever... we have artist of the week! Artist of the week is selected by the teacher. This week I looked for a student who continues to work hard, shows up everyday, and follows directions.
🎨Congratulations to Izaiah Lindsay!🎨
Lady Panther Fans! Come out tonight for senior night! Celebrate our four seniors - Chloe Bland, Gwen Jones, Jess Vaughn, and Claire Kuhn - as they take the home court for the last time. Seniors will be honored prior to the varsity contest against Carlinville.
PHS Choir students attended "Beetlejuice: The Musical" at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis last weekend and had a great time!
Mrs. Whalen has taught at PHS for 8 years now. She currently teaches Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 College Prep. Mrs. Whalen's room is very welcoming to all students! PHS is incredibly lucky to have her in our Math Department! Thanks Mrs. Whalen for all you do!
Mrs Ruppert's Ag Science classes wrapped up their soils unit last week. Students learned how to evaluate texture using the ribbon test, determine slope using transits & reading rods, evaluate soil color and factors of erosion.
4th graders brought the carnival to town on Friday during Math class! Students in Mrs. Sloan's and Mrs. Mathis' classes enjoyed reviewing multiplication facts with different carnival games. It was a day full of learning and fun for everyone!
Mrs. Simpson’s Preschool classes are studying a unit about trees. They have collected several different tree parts. For a small group activity, the students measured sticks, acorns, buckeyes, and pieces of bark. They used rulers, math links, and linking cubes as measuring tools to see how long each tree part was.
Mrs. Simpson’s Preschool classes are studying a unit about trees. They have collected several different tree parts. For a small group activity, the students measured sticks, acorns, buckeyes, and pieces of bark. They used rulers, math links, and linking cubes as measuring tools to see how long each tree part was.
PJHS is excited to share the first newscast of the 2023-2024 school year! Our students did a fabulous job learning how to record and edit stories this past quarter.
https://youtu.be/i2BlXJUDhgg?si=Zc9ifAv9jctA_dgq
Join PHS in our Socktober campaign! We are taking donations for new socks of all sizes! There will be a donation box in the main office at the high school and all home games throughout October! Our goal is to donate 500 pairs of socks to the mission!Let's get our sock on!
‼️Attention Junior & Senior parents‼️
If you are interested in helping or joining the 2024 Post Prom Committee, please join us for an informational meeting on Wednesday October 25th, at 7 pm at the Pana Christian Church.
The Pana School District is hiring for route bus drivers and substitute bus drivers.
A valid CDL is required or you must be able to obtain one.
You must be able to pass a background check and a drug test.
Hours vary but usually a morning and an afternoon route.
Applications can be printed off the District web page or picked up at the Unit Office.
Pana Schools Employment Page - https://www.panaschools.com/o/pana-cusd-8/page/employment
Please contact the District Office (217-562-1500) for any questions.
Please enjoy our Fall 2023 Guitar Techniques Class playing the song "Round About". Students have learned how to read rhythms and pitches on a music staff, and also how which strings and frets to play for each note. They have also honed their playing technique and ensemble -playing skills. Stay tuned for another video later in the semester! https://youtu.be/k35fxVheI9w
This week's Kahoot stars in Mrs. Crawford's class. These 3 rocked "making a ten to add" and that's a pretty tough concept! Great job friends!
Wednesday night the Pana FFA had 5 members attend Greenhand Conference at the University of Illinois. They learned about leadership and had a great time meeting new people.
Panther Fans! Come out tonight and support your Pana football team for Senior Night. We will be recognizing senior football players, cheerleaders, and band members for their last regular season home game prior to the game tonight. Here are tonight's order of events:
5:00 - Tailgate hosted by Music Boosters
6:15 - Senior parents line up
6:30 - Seniors are announced
7:00 - Kickoff
Halftime - Performance by the Pana Cheer Camp and our Pana Band
Congratulations to our Lincoln School students and staff members on being selected as our character trait winners for August/September. Our character trait for the first two months was EMPATHY!
Congratulations to 3rd graders: Flynn Miller, Leah Kaiser, Paisley Thompson, Brantley Daniels, Mackenzie Kiser, Paisley Koontz, Jimmy Zhu, June Dilley, Cruze Berner, Christina Scribner, Channing Taylor, Grace Baldyga, and Enzleigh Baker.
Congratulations to 4th graders: Lillian Schmitz, Bristol Wilhour, Chloe Heldebrandt, Rilee Matherly, Bailey Mathis, Silas Cushing, Addilyn Swafford, David Evrley, Aliana Kohute, Kohen Smith, and Raina Stone.
Congratulations to 5th graders: Dallas Haines, Colin Davis, Jacob Scoles, Kya Flatt, Raylan Ginger, Samantha Hudelson, Evelynn Cervi, Wyatt Bauman, Destiny Miller, and Harrison Law.
Congratulations to our selected staff members: Deb Beyers, Gina Reiss, Amy Holman, Twyla Goff, Patricia Wright & Jenny Hedderich
Attention cheer campers and parents! Due to the rain cheer camp tonight is cancelled. We are still planning on going through with the routine at tomorrow's football game. See you all there!
Panther Fans! Tonight the Pana volleyball team is hosting their annual Pink Night against Piasa Southwestern. The freshman match will start at 5:00, with JV and varsity matches to follow. We will be raising awareness for breast cancer and helping to support the Pana Community Hospital's efforts to prevent and diagnose breast cancer.
In lieu of admission prices, we will be accepting donations at the door with all proceeds going to the Pana Community Hospital. The volleyball players will be wearing pink jerseys for the evening and we will ask any survivors in attendance at the game to be recognized between the JV and varsity matches.
