It's been a busy few weeks at Plymouth North! Our Winter Sports teams wrapped up a big season with several school and state records broken, several entries into the MIAA State Tournament, and lots to celebrate! Our DECA and Student Council traveled to state competitions and returned with some impressive student successes and amazing awards. Each of our grades have had upbeat, informative, inspiring class meetings encouraging them to get involved in school and re-invest in making a strong academic push in these final few months of the year.

Most importantly, all of our students are digging in academically for significant gains in learning growth across all our classes. From every corner of the building, teachers are unveiling some of their most impressive lessons that challenge student thinking and push them to take risks in their learning, and students are setting themselves up to make some impressive progress in lots of ways at PNHS.

Still on the horizon are all the events, pomp, circumstance and celebration of the next few months. Hadestown, our musical put on by the PN Players opens tonight and is also tomorrow... be there! Next Monday, Spring sports begin! Later this month and beyond, our students will engage in MCAS, AP tests and several major assessments that will serve as an important benchmark. Then, we will all gather as a community to celebrate and send off an amazing group of leaders in our Senior Class.

Things are looking up and getting great here at PNHS! Check out all the things to celebrate, know and be ready for below... and get excited!

Go Eagles!

Pete Parcellin
Principal,
Plymouth North High School

1. Key Dates and Upcoming Events
2. What are Teachers at North Working On?
3. Hadestown Show TONIGHT AND TOMORROW!
4. Senior Dates and Information
5. Junior Prom Ticket Purchase Info
6. ELA MCAS for Sophomores March 25th and March 26th
7. March Madness School Wide Food Drive!
8. Youth Art Show Open Now!
9. DECA Success
10. StuCo Success
11. Math Team Success
12. VPA Upcoming Events
13. StuCo Craft Fair
14. Interact Club Updates & Benefit Show Info
15. Club Information & School Announcements
16. Sports Information- Winter Sports Success & Spring Sports start Monday!

• Tonight, Friday, March 14th: HADESTOWN OPENS AT PNHS! 7pm
  
  
• Saturday, March 15th: HADESTOWN, 7pm, PAC
  
  
• Saturday, March 15th: Senior SEMSBA Music Festival
  
  
• Monday, March 17th: Spring Sports Begin
  
  
• Tuesday, March 25th & Wednesday, March 26th: ELA MCAS Testing for Grade 10
  
  
• Saturday, March 29th: Student Council Craft Fair, 10-2:30pm, Gym
  
  
• Monday, March 31st: Junior Prom Tickets go on sale online at Early Bird Prices
  
  
• Tuesday, April 1st: Senior Dinner Dance Tickets go on sale online at Early Bird Prices.
  
  
• Wednesday, April 2nd: Freshman Challenge Day
  
  
• Wednesday, April 2nd: HALF DAY PROFESSIONAL DAY, 11:05am DISMISSAL
  
  
• Friday, April 4th: Term 3 Grades Close
  
  
• Friday, April 11th: Term 3 Report Cards Distributed
  
  
• Friday, April 18th: NO SCHOOL
  
  
• Monday, April 21st - Friday, April 25th: NO SCHOOL, APRIL VACATION
  
  
• Wednesday, April 30th, 2pm: Senior Dinner Dance Ticket Purchases CLOSE
  
  
• Thursday, May 1st, 2pm: Junior Prom Ticket Purchases CLOSE

We are very lucky at North: Our educators don't just work hard during their precious minutes in the classroom, they are skilled educators who apply a career's worth of experience and training to deliver an ever improving product that is focused on feedback, research and assessment of results beyond the school day all the time.

Already this year, our staff has dedicated hours to several areas we hope will improve the experience school-wide for students, but also in their classrooms. Here's what we've been working on outside the typical classroom environment:

• ALICE Training: Drill and Debrief: We held a school wide ALICE lockdown drill this month, collaborated with Plymouth Police during and after the drill to identify strengths and needs, and reviewed and debriefed our lockdown and ways to improve at our most recent Faculty Meeting.
  
  
• CPR Training: Our Nurse Educators held a CPR training for our staff, including the faculty members of our crisis response team to refresh their training.
  
  
• English Language Learner Strategies: Teachers and the district have begun to partner with outside groups with expertise in best practices for EL students in order to identify successes and find additional strategies to support students for improved attendance and learning growth.
  
  
• College Board AP Test Readers: Several of our teachers were selected by the National College Board to be AP Readers and help grade assessments nationwide!
  
  

Faculty Meeting Workshops: After school, faculty and staff will engage in collaborative conversations on a wide variety of topics like attendance, cell phones, student engagement and more to help provide teacher voice and actionable feedback on how to improve the school and student performance building wide.

Just yesterday, we had a Senior Class meeting with all our seniors and sent out a bunch of information on ordering, save the dates and expectations for Seniors for all the events leading up to graduation. It's hard to believe but there are only 49 more days for Seniors!

Check out the information below:

Junior Prom is being held at Lake Pearl in Wrentham, MA on Friday, May 30th from 6pm-10pm.

Tickets are being sold online via Go Fan this year, and go on sale starting March 31st at 7am. ALL STUDENTS NEED A UNIQUE CODE PERSONALIZED TO THEM TO ORDER THEIR TICKETS ONLINE.

Tickets are $90 each during our "Early Bird" sale dates of Monday, March 31st, 7am until Friday, April 18th, 2pm. After April 18th, tickets are $100 until ticket sales close on May 1st at 2pm.

Tickets are not transferable, and ticket sales cannot be sold after the sales window closes on May 1st.

Guests from outside the Junior Class and PNHS are allowed, but must attend as the guest of a Junior. Guests from outside PNHS are required to complete and turn in a form to attend, and prior to getting a code for the Junior to buy their ticket. To order Early Bird tickets with guests, students should turn in the guest forms to Ms. Goldberg in Room 300 between March 24th - March 28th.

Please refer to the document attached for all the processes and guidelines for Junior Prom Ticket Ordering.

While MCAS has been eliminated as a requirement to graduate from high school, MCAS is still being administered to all students as usual.

All Grade 10 students are scheduled to take ELA MCAS on Tuesday, March 25th and Wednesday, March 26th at the start of the school day. Testing is important both for you and your child to understand their progress and learning growth as compared to others and to themselves in prior years, as well as for us to understand better how we are performing as a school for students and compared to other schools.

We encourage all our sophomores to be in school, on time on both March 25th and March 26th. We offer free breakfast for all students in the cafeteria every day, so feel free to send them in early on testing days to be ready and at their best!

The Plymouth Center for the Arts on North Street is celebrating Youth Art Month by showcasing some excellent art of Plymouth student artists. The show opened this week and is continuing through March 23rd, so make sure you get down there and check out the amazing work of our incredible North artists!

The Plymouth North High School DECA Chapter returned home triumphant on Saturday, March 1,

from the 66th annual Mass. DECA Conference in Boston with 26 students qualifying for

the International Conference (ICDC) in Orlando, FL.

53 Plymouth North students joined over 4,000 students, advisors, and business

professionals for the 3-day conference where students competed in over 50 categories of

marketing, hospitality, finance, and entrepreneurship. Plymouth North DECA earned twelve

medallions for a top score on the comprehensive exam or role play, twenty four Top-12 Finalist

medallions, and sixteen State Champion trophies.

Plymouth North also received the prestigious Silver Chapter of Excellence Award, the highest

honor presented at the conference. Additionally, the school earned six allocations for the

esteemed Leadership Development Academy at ICDC in Orlando through successful Chapter and

Membership Campaigns at both the state and national levels. These campaigns are managed and

executed by the DECA officer team. We had six officers earn leadership spots: Jake Turchinetz,

Sophia Griffin, Olivia Eufrazio, Joseph Ryan III, Emerson Snee & Lily O’Neill. Our DECA officers are

eligible for the leadership spots to gain skills that they will bring back to our school and prepare

them to be leaders of our program in the future.

Congratulations to the following students who had a great performance at DECA:

• Recognition for Top Performance on the Comprehensive Exam, Role Play 1 or 2:
• Amy Lee, Shea Donnelly, Nora O'Neill, Jordan Berry, Abigail Hewins, Lila Villano, Brianna Fein, Abigail Toledo, Olivia Cleland, Olivia Eufrazio, Christine Sten
• State Finalists (Top 12):
• Joseph Ryan, Olivia Eufrazio, Sophia Griffin, Katie Dyer & Averie Wickham, Lily O'Neil, Brianna Fein, Nora O'Neill, Keirson Herron, Alexis Gavin
• State Champions:
• Ava Johnson & Will Sears
• Amy Lee
• Jocelyn Melleby & Maya Maccow
• Caitlin Richer
• Skyler Zeitz
• Katherine Anderson
• Jordan Berry
• Abigail Hewins
• Miranda Ouellette
• Christine Sten
• Lila Villano
• Michael Rice
• Abigail Toledo
• Olivia Cleland
  
  

Congratulations to all the winners, as well as to Ms. Hollianne Sprowl, Jessica Burns & Sarah Mammone, their teachers who have inspired, coached and prepped them for success all year long!

It was an INCREDIBLE year for DECA! We can't wait to see what happens at ICDC in Orlando!

16 members of the Plymouth North Student Council traveled to Hyannis last week to participate and compete in the Massachusetts Association of Student Council's Annual Conference.

Student Council was named a GOLD Council of Excellence yet again, the highest honor the state can give to a student council, and our Unified Basketball Bonanza Fundraiser was awarded the honor of being one of the Top 10 Student Council Projects in Massachusetts last year.

Even more, PN Stuco was awarded the prize from Special Olympics of raising the highest amount of money for Unified Sports and Special Olympics of any school in Massachusetts at the conference, and our own Emma LaPierre was recognized statewide as an 2025 Unsung Hero.

It was an incredible year for our Student Council, and the recognition they earned is a testament to the work they do to make our building a better place for all kids. Congratulations to our members as well as our excellent advisors Ms. Ward, Mr. Tocci & Mr. Sheehan!

Our outstanding Math team has been competing all over Southeastern Massachusetts this year. They currently sit in FIRST PLACE in the Southeastern Massachusetts Mathematics League!

Congratulations to all the Math Team members as well as their coach, our Math Department Head Ms. Nielsen!

There is always something going on in our active, excellent, talented Visual and Performing Arts programs here at PNHS! Here's what coming up that you can participate in and help support our artists:

• Hadestown Opens: Tonight and Tomorrow night!
• Youth Art Show at Plymouth Center for the Arts: Now through March 23rd.
• Senior SEMSBA Music Festival: Tonight and Tomorrow @ Sharon High School
• Vocal Music Trip to Orlando, Florida: March 26th - March 31st
• Indoor Percussion and Winter Color Guard Show (Open to ALL!): April 1st, 6:30pm @ PSHS
• National Art Honor Society Art Show: April 10th @ PNHS
• PNHS Band and Orchestra Concert: May 15th, 7pm @ PNHS

Our Student Council puts on an incredible, amazing craft fair in our PNHS Gym! See over a hundred vendors with handmade goods, incredible gifts and amazing crafts!

This year, Interact Club received a grant with the help of Mrs. Patricia Haigh and the Sunrise Rotary Club, to help raise awareness of the need for fostering and adopting animals from shelters.

As part of the project, Interactors and members of the Sunrise Rotary Club filled 20 "welcome kit" bags full with all the essentials new dog owners or fosters will need in an effort to defray the upfront costs of taking in a new pet. Bags will be donated to Buddy and Friends in Pembroke.

The Interact Club also has a major Benefit Show coming up on April 16th!

Interact Club invites all to attend the 3rd Annual "Be the Light" Benefit Show, which will take place on Wednesday, April 16th at 6pm. This year all proceeds will go to Hope Floats, which is an incredible non-profit organization in Kingston that helps people of all ages cope with bereavement related issues such as loss of a family member or a terminal illness diagnosis. All services offered to our community are free. Please come out and support this essential by purchasing a ticket or donating. Ticket and donation links will go live on Monday, 3/17. Interact students are hard at work procuring donations from local businesses.

You can purchase tickets by clicking here.

If you can't make the show but still want to donate, you can! Click here.

Check out all of our clubs and activities, and stay current with all the PN happenings by checking out our announcements link by clicking here! The daily announcements and Powerpoint is posted online every day.

CLUB INFORMATION:

• Chess Club: Meets Tuesdays after school in Rm. 322. See Mr. Hales or Mr. Perlow for more information.
• Anime Club: Meets Tuesdays after school in Rm. 329. See Mr. Odell for more information.
• Ping Pong Club: Meets Tuesdays after school in Rm. 346. See Mr. Escobar for more information.
• GSA: Meets the first Thursday of each month in Rm. 241. See Mr. Cardoso or Ms. Favorito for more information.
• SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions): Meets Thursdays after school in Rm. 329. See Mr. Odell for more information.
• Finance Club: Meets Wednesdays after school in Rm. 242. See Mr. Anstatt for more information.
• Philosophy Club: Meets Thursdays after school in Rm. 242. See Mr. Anstatt for more information.
• Eagle Newspaper: Meets Friday during K Block and after school. See Ms. Terry for more information.
• Literary Magazine: Meets Friday during K Block in Rm. 224. See Ms. Hildebrand for more information.
• Friends without Borders: Meet new people and friends, discover interesting cultures and sample food around the world. Meets next on April 9th in Rm. 227. See Ms. Goggin for more information.

Additional Announcements:

• Unified Track: Registration is now open on Arbiter for Unified Track & Field. They are looking for both athletes and partners. See Ms. Allen for more information.
• Dentist at School: The Dentist is coming to Plymouth North High School on May 5th. Click here to set up your child with an appointment.

PN Athletics is working hard even now in between seasons!

SPRING SPORTS START THIS MONDAY!

Baseball, Softball, Outdoor Track, Boys Lacrosse, Girls Lacrosse, Boys Tennis & Girls Tennis all kick off practices starting this coming Monday, March 17th after school.

To register your child for Spring Sports, click here.

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Here are some of the major highlights of the Winter Season that ended a few weeks ago:

• Both Boys and Girls Hockey Qualified for the MIAA Tournament!
• Dance Placed 5th in the Pom Division Statewide and 2nd at the UDA Competition at Endicott
• Cheer Qualified for the MSAA Winter Cheer Championships
• Girls Hockey Senior Gabbie Sidman was selected to play in the MSHCA/HNIB Senior All-Star Game.
• Matt Fries qualified for the MIAA State Swim Championships, and set a new school record in the 100m Butterfly
• Molly St. Gelais qualified for the MIAA State Swim Championships, and set a new school record in the 500 Freestyle (breaking the record she previously set this season!)
• 2 Wrestlers qualified for the MIAA South State Championships: Cayden Houde placed 5th in the state in the 120lb South Sectionals, and Will Ayers placed 2nd in the 126lb South Sectionals.
• Track had big success at the MIAA D2 State Championships:
• Macey Shriner WON the 1000m race, setting a school record and D2 indoor state record, and the #1 time in Massachusetts
• Jacob Toledo placed 5th in the 300m race
• Girls 4x800m relay of Shriner, Foy, Nielsen & Bartholomew broke the school record
• Track also had a major victory at the State Meet of Champions when Macey Shriner won the 600m race, running the 3rd fastest time in Massachusetts Track History!

2025 Patriot League Winter All-Stars:

Boys Track: Josh Nielsen, Jacob Toledo

Girls Track: Macey Shriner, Karrigan Dorsey

Boys Swimming: Matthew Fries

Girls Swimming: Molly Lutz, Molly St. Gelais, Kasey Joyce

Boys Basketball: Troy Chase

Girls Basketball: Sophie Vagnini

Plymouth North High School

Email: pparcellin@plymouth.k12.ma.us
Website: https://www.plymouth.k12.ma.us/o/pnhs
Location: 41 Obery Street, Plymouth, MA, USA
Phone: 508-830-4400
Facebook: facebook.com/PNHSEagles/
Twitter: @PlymouthNorthHS

An award-winning high school built on a strong tradition of success that focuses on developing commitment to academics, community, professionalism and resilience within the future leaders of the town of Plymouth and beyond!