Calling All Alumni Pep Band Members
🎉🏆 Big Congrats to Mr. Brock's 4th period 8th Grade Math Class! 🏆🎉
This year’s Holiday Door Decorating Contest winners showed off their creativity and teamwork with a festive design that wowed everyone! 🎨✨ Mr. Brock's door and surrounding area were a perfect blend of holiday cheer, artistic talent, and the silly-ness we love. 🧮🎄
Thank you to all the students and teachers who participated and made the hallways shine bright this season. 🌟 Special shoutout to Addy for her amazing drawing of Whoville.
Enjoy the holiday break.
We'll see our students back in school on
Wednesday, January 8th, 2025
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Good Luck to our Viking Wrestlers, Kaden Duke, and Angus Olsen, at the 2024 ASAA State Wrestling Championships! Wrestling begins at 9:00 a.m. today. All matches will be streamed on the NFHSNetwork.
#GoVikings
Look what our music department has been up to
Congratulations to today's Christmas Cash Raffle Winners!
This weekend, the Sitka C and Sitka JV Boys' Basketball Teams will visit Petersburg! See the attached schedule of events. See you at the PHS Gymnasium!
Congratulations to today's Christmas Cash Raffle winners!
🎄Baking Club was feeling festive this week and attempted to make Christmas Oreo bites. Melting white chocolate definitely got the best of some groups but fun was had by all and the treats were delicious. So that's a win in our books🎄
PHS Alumni give back:
Thank you to our alumni students who visited the Careers class to discuss post-secondary options and experiences with our seniors: Private Lillith Odegaard, a surgical technician in the U.S. Army, and University of Alaska students Elijah Whitacre (not pictured) and Anya Pawuk.
“To teach is to learn twice.” – Joseph Joubert
Our 6th and 7th grade students got to teach the 3rd graders all about plate tectonics, earthquakes, and emergency preparedness. They did a wonderful job of "being the teacher" and taught lessons that they themselves had experienced as learners in Earth and Space Science class.
Thank you to the 3rd grade teachers for their helping make this learning opportunity happen.
Our elementary students have been learning about AMSEA survival skills.
We had a special visitor at lunchtime last Friday! Visitors are always welcome, we just ask that you let us know the morning of your visit. Thanks for stopping by Santa!
Congratulations to today's Christmas Cash Raffle Winners!
🌟 Finding Joy in the Little Things 🌟
On Friday, we shared a special treat with our students—hot cocoa at breakfast! ☕✨ It’s a simple but meaningful way to remind everyone to slow down, take a deep breath, and appreciate the small joys in life.
In the hustle of each day, these moments of warmth and connection make all the difference. 💛
What little joy brightens your day? 🌈
🤖Mitkof Middle School LEGO Robotics
This semester, the Petersburg LEGO Robotics team has diligently worked on building and then programming a robot to accomplish a variety of different tasks on this year’s LEGO Robotics map while also exploring different problems that STEM professionals who work in underwater environments regularly face and some different ways in which these problems can be solved.
This year’s LEGO Robotics theme was, “Submerged”. Therefore, the students' robot was challenged to navigate an underwater themed LEGO map, which presented a variety of underwater simulated challenges that engineers who work in submerged environments deal with regularly.
Further, students worked on 2 different submerged innovation projects. The students on the varsity team explored ways in which glacier researchers can better latch onto ice when using underwater ROVs to collect data from glaciers. Meanwhile, the JV team interviewed individuals in our community to see how an underwater ROV could help them perform their jobs better and how current ROVs could be improved.
The JV Team walked away scoring 115 points and placed 9th overall in the competition while the Varsity team scored 180, placed 3rd overall, and qualified for the LEGO Robotics State competition in Anchorage this February. Go Vikings!🤖
We've had some wonderful winter events this past week.
Most of our elementary students filled the halls of Petersburg's long term care with their voices, and even got a little special help from former superintendent, Erika!
The elementary holiday concerts were wonderful and filled the auditorium.
We're looking forward to this week's middle and high school concerts.
PHS Chemistry II students teach Stedman Elementary 2nd graders the wonders of chemistry.
PHS Chemistry II students connect with 2nd grade
The Chemistry II students prepared a series of interactive and engaging science experiments to present to the second-grade classes, creating three memorable days of learning and discovery. From demonstrating the fascinating science behind lava lamps, crafting bouncy balls, and producing invisible gases, to creating "hot ice," drawing with invisible ink, and more, the high schoolers brought the wonders of chemistry to life.
Each experiment showcased a unique chemical reaction, sparking curiosity and wonder in the young learners. The second graders were excited to join in, asking questions and trying the experiments alongside the high schoolers.
The three days of collaboration sparked a love for science in the younger students and gave the high schoolers a chance to showcase their teaching and leadership skills, creating a fun and inspiring experience for all.
Mrs. Ward’s food science class explored the science of dehydrating meat by designing their own deer jerky recipes. Students experimented with balancing ingredients and spices to perfect their creations. While working together, they learned about the importance of temperature control and drying time in producing high-quality jerky. To conclude the project, the class held a taste test to sample their creations and voted on the best recipe, making the experience both educational and delicious.
Many thanks to Tucker Gibson and Scotty Newman for donating the deer meat.
