Plainville High School

Students, families and faculty at the Middle School of Plainville came together in March for a night of fun and creativity at MSP’s “Paint Night.” Art teacher Laura Meehan created step-by-step painting demonstrations for the group of painters to follow along. The participants created beautiful spring paintings. This event was a fundraiser for the Parent Teacher Club ( PTC).

(Plainville, CT) Music filled the gymnasium at Plainville High School on March 9th as Plainville Community Schools held its annual “All-Town Concert.”

Students in the MSPN student news broadcast program at the Middle School of Plainville enjoyed a visit to the WTNH NEWS 8 news station in New Haven, hosted by morning news anchor Laura Hutchinson. The student group toured the station, met with the morning anchor team and had a chance to test the “Green Screen” and weather desk as part of their visit!

It was a fine day in Erica Kriscenski's Kindergarten classroom at Frank T. Wheeler Elementary School when Superintendent of Schools Steven LePage stopped by to share a book, "A Fine, Fine Schoo

Volunteer mentors and student mentees in the Plainville Community Schools Mentor Program came together on March 1st for “Mentor Fun Night” held at Linden Street School. The group participated in an artist lead paint project, creating individual paintings, and enjoyed refreshments and time together.

Plainville Community Schools is excited to offer another year of the district’s preschool program AT NO COST TO FAMILIES, according to Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment, Tawana Graham-Douglas. The Plainville Community Schools’ NAEYC accredited preschool program is designed to prepare students for the transition to kindergarten at age five (5). Children who will be four (4) years of age by 12/31/23 are eligible for preschool. Children who will be five (5) years of age by 12/31/23 are eligible for the kindergarten program.

Eight Middle School of Plainville Technology Student Association members, together with Advisor Camille Westfall, attended a leadership training event on February 15th. They participated in student led workshops and honed their teamwork, problem solving, communication, and creativity skills.

The Plainville High School's Social Change Association is holding a “Prom Wear Drive” from February 27 - March 7. The group is collecting new or gently worn formal dresses, skirts and tops, suits, jackets, slacks, shoes, jewelry, and handbags, as well as monetary donations to fund cleaning and repair of clothing. For each item someone donates, they will be entered into a raffle to win a gift card donated by Craft Kitchen. Prom attire and cash donations may be dropped off at the Plainville High School Main Office, 47 Robert Holcomb Way, between 7:30am and 3:15pm. Donations are also accepted via Venmo at: @phs-blue-devils (note "Prom Wear Drive"). Can't make it during those hours? Contact [email protected] to schedule a pick-up.

On February 1st, the Linden Street School community celebrated World Read Aloud Day! World Read Aloud Day (WRAD) was founded by LitWorld in 2010 because reading aloud is a powerful and transformative act. There are over 170 countries around the world that participate in WRAD. Throughout the day, Linden students had the opportunity to virtually meet with authors and illustrators and many guest readers visited Linden classrooms to share a book or two!

Second graders at Frank T. Wheeler Elementary School recently enjoyed a non-fiction reading celebration culminating their hard work in completing a research project and presentation. The students researched information about inspiring people such as Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Helen Keller, Abraham Lincoln, and many more. They then created biography projects to answer text dependent questions and to retell non-fiction books. At the conclusion of the project, families were invited to Wheeler to view the students’ projects via presentations.

A variety of school district programs and initiatives are underway this year thanks to grants received from the local Elizabeth Norton Trust Fund.

Louis Toffolon Elementary School's "No Bake Cooking" Afterschool Enrichment Program is in full swing. Students in the program recently made homemade lemonade and every student helped squeeze lemons (30 total!) to add to the recipe. The student group makes two no bake recipes weekly and is also working on creating a cookbook with recipes made in the program.