Pecatonica #321 Curriculum Corner

After 17 years serving the Pecatonica School District, Dale Tunak officially retired at the end of December. He served working in maintenance and making sure all the buildings were running smoothly and well-maintained.

Congratulations, Dale! We hope you enjoy your next adventure.

Mrs. Rawhoof has been selected as a 2022 Golden Apple Top 20 finalist. Chelsea teaches 2nd/3rd grade and goes above and beyond to make sure the students are always learning. We are all very proud of her and her accomplishments. Great job, Mrs. Rawhoof!

On the evening of December 6, Pecatonica Elementary hosted Family Reading Night for students and families of PES. Students received a free book, made crafts, participated in raffles, and got to see Santa. The night was a success and everyone had a ton of fun!

In remembrance of Mrs. Brauer, PES conducted their annual Christmas drive a little differently this year. We worked with the Pecatonica Community Food Pantry to help provide the dessert for the Christmas baskets. Our local food bank serves close to 150 families.

Mrs. Brauer was such a sweet and fun part of our staff. We wanted to find something “sweet and fun” to honor her memory!

We collected 142 cake mixes, 80 sprinkles, 126 frostings, 115 cans of sprite and 84 pans!

What a great job! Thank you to all who donated!

PCMS organized a drive to produce care packages for active military members. Twenty-seven boxes were made for local soldiers. Kindergarten and middle school students took time to write notes included in the boxes.

There were also a few community donations that made the boxes possible. Fire Department Coffee Co. out of Rockford donated coffee, a local parent donated gum, and General Mills donated cereal and granola bars. There was also community support to adopt a box to ship for $20 per box.

Thank you to all who helped make the care packages possible and a special thank you to Micki Hutting for all her work toward organizing the drive.

Congratulations to Inga Danko on obtaining National Board Certified Teacher. The National Board assessment process includes reflection and analysis of the evidence of actual classroom practice.

National Board Certification has four components: 1) Content Knowledge Assessment 2) Differentiation in Instruction task 3) Teaching Practice and Learning Environment task 4) Effective and Reflective Practitioner task.

Way to go, Mrs. Danko!

It is with great pride to announce the following have won the

December Student of the Month Award:

Senior – Jarrett Lapp

Junior – Auberie Gilson

Sophomore - Cooper Hoffman

Freshman – Arden Bielskis

This is an award which recognizes the following outstanding qualities: leadership, a positive attitude toward learning, a desire for improvement, enthusiasm about school, being helpful to others, and involvement in extracurricular activities. Students are nominated for Student of the Month by one or more of the staff at Pecatonica High School. They may win this honor only once per year. Students were honored through announcements and received a certificate at the beginning of the Board of Education meeting on Monday, December 19.

January 2-3: No School -- Winter Break

January 4: No School -- Teacher Institute

January 5: Students Return

January 16: No School -- MLK Jr. Day

January 18: Early Release -- 1:45 Dismissal

January 19 & 20: MAP Testing @ PCMS

January 23 - February 1: MAP Testing @PES

February 1: Early Release -- 1:45 Dismissal

February 15: Early Release -- 1:45 Dismissal

February 17: SIP Day -- 11:15 Dismissal

February 20: No School -- Presidents' Day