3/28

Good Afternoon Families:

As the long month of March winds down, we’re excited to welcome spring to campus! Our students and staff have been working hard, and there's so much to celebrate.

A big shoutout to our Sophomores who completed their first round of MCAS this week—your focus and effort were outstanding. Way to go, Class of 2027!

If you're looking for a laugh, don’t miss The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in our Black Box theater. The cast is hilarious, the energy is high, and it’s the perfect way to spend an evening—come support our talented performers!

At yesterday’s middle school math competition, Pentucket won its 5th meet in a row with a score of 126 points! Leading the way for the Panthers was Mae Kesner and Griffin Iarrobino, each with 16 points and the highest scores at the meet. Elliot Borne, Claire Champion, Viktorija Liguori, and Lily Truong came next with 14 points apiece. Cormac Hosman and Konnor Kent were recognized at the meet as 5th graders with scores of 6 points and 8 points, respectively. Several of the Pentucket students at the meet had perfect scores in the individual categories. Griffin had perfect scores in Geometry and Arithmetic. Mae had perfect scores in Number Theory and Algebra. Elliot, Viktorija, and Konnor had perfect scores in Number Theory. Claire and Lily had perfect scores in Geometry and Arithmetic, respectively.

Here’s to a strong finish to March and a fresh, energized start to April!

Brenda Erhardt

Pentucket MHS Principal

Please visit PRSD.org/HOF to nominate a Pentucket Employee, an Alumni or a Benefactor to help recongize those who have done tremendous work for students and our community!

Nominations are open between January 1 and April 1, 2025

Middle School Spirit Week was so much fun!! Reverse day was particularly fun where staff dressed students!

West Newbury: The WN Board of Health is working together with Animal Control and Riverside Veterinary Clinic to provide a rabies vaccination clinic for local dogs and cats. The event will take place on Saturday, April 19, 2025 from 10:00-12:00 at the West Newbury Public Safety Building (403 Main Street, West Newbury). Residents of West Newbury, Newburyport, Groveland, and Merrimac are encouraged to sign up! The cost will be $15 per animal. You can reserve your spot online here. If you have any questions, please contact the Board of Health at health.admin@wnewbury.org or call 978-363-1100 ext 118.

Merrimac: The Merrimac Police Department and Merrimac Town Clerk will be hosting a Rabies Vaccination Clinic, Saturday, April 26th from 12:00-2:00. Rabies vaccinations are $19.00 per animal; dogs and cats. No appointment is necessary. It will be located at the Merrimac Police Headquarters, 2 Jana Way.

The varsity baseball team woke up early on a Saturday to join Pentucket teacher Julie Freitas for a fun spin class at Inner Cycle Amesbury!

Zach Bishopp is our 2025 student representative to Student Government Day at the Massachusetts State House. Congratulations!

Pentucket Men's Indoor Sprint Medley Relay team ran at Adidas Indoor Nationals this past weekend. They placed 3rd in the event with a new school record of 3:38.17 and the title of Adidas All American! Awesome work!! In the photo: Steven Harper, Gabe Macleod, Jackson Beauparlant, Owen Corkery.

Thank you to

Gigi Parra

-Nina Gordon

-Sophie Marcus

-Sophia Nickerson

-Lily Kesner

-Grey Cummins

-Bella Huggins

-Annarose Bissitt

for their phenomenal work mentoring young students to become Speech and Debate students at the Donahue School in Merrimac! Their impact has been incredible!

Senior Celebration is Saturday evening, June 7th. Although we have met our numbers to be able to continue the event, there is still time to sign your student up! The ABSOLUTE DEADLINE is April 1st. If your student wants to attend this unbelievably awesome event, you need to sign them up today! Both Contract & Payment must be made at the same time. You can find the contract here: https://www.pentucketseniorcelebration.org/copy-of-contract-link Your student IS NOT fully registered until both Contract and Payment have been made! If you have been notified that you are missing one of these, you must get it in as soon as possible.

This registration has been open since the start of school, and unfortunately, there is no wiggle room after April 1st. We must get all of the venues hard numbers by that date! If anyone has a question, comment or concern, please feel free to contact us at pentucketparentalliance@gmail.com.

We look forward to another great Celebration Event!

Thank you

PPA Committee

The AAPPL test is scheduled for Wednesday, April 9th during periods 1-4. Registered students will report to the library when they arrive at school. A fully charged, school-issued Chromebook is required for the exam. However, there will be loaners available for any student who needs one.

Although students will have periods 1-4 available for the test, once they have completed their exam, they will return to their regularly scheduled classes.

Please contact Ms. Villani, Global Language Department Chair, if you should have any questions:

lvillani@prsd.org

Room #2039

SBIRT Screening - During the week of April 7, the Middle/High School counseling and health staff will begin a health screening for 7th and 9th graders called SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment). SBIRT is used to screen for alcohol, nicotine, tobacco, and other drug use. This health screening is required by Massachusetts law. Please see this link for more information or to opt your child out.

Please click here to view Pentucket's Summer Program. In addition, there is a video.

Pentucket's theatre program is proud to present our spring musical THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE.

Tickets are available on prsd.ludus.com. This show will sell out, so please buy tickets ahead of time online as tickets will not be available to purchase at the door.

*please note that this show has two separate casts. The students in each cast are listed on the main ticketing pag

Students are expected to be at school by 7:35 each morning. We know and understand the traffic can be an issue, but is is not feasible for the school to have a rolling start time. We REALLY appreciate your cooperation and support with this.

As a friendly reminder 5 tardies = 1 detention

Please click here for details on courses for the 2025-2026 school year.

Athletics: $50 fee increase, $1600 family cap

BASP: $25 fee increase

Facility fees: $25/hour increase

PreK: 2 1/2 days = $410, 3 1/2 days = $490, 4 1/2 days = $550, 2 full days = $500, 3 full days = $700, 5 full days = $1,000

Upcoming School Committee Meetings:

March 18th

April 15th

May 6th

June 3rd

*****All meetings begin at 6:00pm and are held in the middle/high school building

**A complete list of School Committee Meeting is available on the PRSD website**

Meeting Time 6:45am-7:15am

The School Council Meets the second Thursday of each month. Please see the PRMHS website for agendas