Plymouth-Shiloh Local School District

Big Red Family! Mr. Brad Turson Nominated for Innovative Superintendent of the Year Mr. Brad Turson, Superintendent at Plymouth-Shiloh Local Schools, has been nominated for the prestigious Innovative Superintendent of the Year award for 2024 in the State of Ohio. This annual award, sponsored by Sibme, recognizes superintendents who exhibit creative and cutting-edge strategies to foster a culture of continuous improvement among their teams. Superintendent Turson was formally recognized for his achievement on November 19th. Please join us in congratulating Mr. Brad Turson on his achievements in our district.

PHS News! (This is ONLY for the Junior Class of 2026/Parents.) State-Funded ACT Letter - Class of 2026 Dear Parents/Guardians of the Class of 2026: Each year Ohio offers a state-funded ACT for Juniors. However, beginning this year for the Class of 2026, a parent or guardian can exercise the option for their student not to take the state-funded ACT as indicated in House Bill 82, which was introduced to provide more flexibility to parents and students in their academic choices. Families who decide NOT to have their student participate in the ACT testing in February 2025 please know: ● The ACT provides valuable information for post-secondary planning and is used by many colleges and universities for admissions. ● The ACT fees range from $63 to $88, depending on the test options. If a student opts out of the state-funded test in February 2025 and decides to take it later, the family will be responsible for covering the costs of any future ACT test. **Please return the form to Plymouth High School by Wednesday, December 4th or complete the Google Form emailed to you no later than December 4th. If you have any questions please call Mrs. Green, 419-687-8200 ext. 22125. https://forms.gle/wVvmTvmYyNGK67Lx7

Elementary News! Our second grade students had some fun with a parachute this past Friday. 🤩

Athletic News! This Friday's (11/22) girls basketball season opener at Hillsdale has now been rescheduled for this Saturday 11/23 starting with JV at 6:30pm. This will be a 2 quarter JV game followed by Varsity. Varsity will tip around 7:15pm. Again, this is due to Hillsdale's football team playing in the Regional finals on Friday.

Winter Sports Picture Day! Winter Sports Picture Day is today, Monday November 18th. The exact time schedule is attached to this post. Athletes please be dressed and ready to go at least 10 minutes prior to your scheduled time so we can stay on schedule. Seniors and returning letter winners please take note of the time of those pictures as well and make sure you are present at that time. Go Big Red!!

Athletic News! Please take note that the girls basketball season opener at Hillsdale scheduled for Friday 11/22 has been cancelled due to Hillsdale still playing in the football playoffs. We are working on a reschedule plan and will update everyone once it is finalized. Monday 11/18: Winter Sports Picture Day 3pm Tuesday 11/19: MS Girls Basketball Scrimmage at Mansfield Christian 5:30 pm MS Boys Basketball Scrimmage home vs Mansfield Christian 5:30 pm Friday 11/22: JV/Varsity Boys Basketball Scrimmage at Elgin 5:30pm

Big Red Family! REMINDER! Thanksgiving Break, NO SCHOOL - November 27-29 and December 2 School will resume on Tuesday, December 3. Enjoy your break!

Big Red Family! Here is the link for Big Red Basketball Gear. Help support the Plymouth Boys Basketball team. 🤩 https://plymouthbasketball24.itemorder.com/shop/home/

PHS News! Yesterday Mrs. Porter went with 17 high school students (4-5 from each grade) to a student leadership conference at mid-Ohio. The guest speaker was Roy Hall Jr (former OSU football player) he also played in the NFL. The students had 2 breakout sessions on being good leaders in their schools 🤩.

Big Red Family! Thank you to the American Legion Auxiliary EHRET PARSEL UNIT #447 for bringing our staff donuts to celebrate Education Week! They were so appreciated today. 😀

Big Red Family! "National School Psychology Week (NSPW) is celebrated annually in November to recognize the important work of school psychologists" We appreciate our school psychologists every day! Thank you for all you do!

Elementary News! Our 4th graders are doing a very good job on their recorders this year. They are actively learning songs to earn the recorder karate belts. Keep up the great work. 🎶

Elementary News! Miss Johnson’s 3rd grade was the top class to collect $223.31 for the PTO Change Drive. They earned the top prize of a pizza and snow cone party.  Mr Garrett’s 3rd graders were in second place and Mrs Stine’s PK was third place. They also earned a snow cone party. 🤩

Big Red Family! Thank you to everyone that commented or liked our Throwback Thursday from yesterday! Here is your answer: 2012-2013 school year, JV Girls Basketball We look forward to reminiscing next Thursday with all of you! 😀

Band News! Please join us for our Winter Band Concert! December 11, 2024 @ 6:00 pm. in the PHS/SMS Gym. (Band students are to arrive in the band room by 5:15 pm.) We would love to see you there!

FCCLA News! Last Wednesday 11/6/24 Plymouth FCCLA went to MidOhioESC for the District Leadership Conference. They got to meet other FCCLA members from other schools in their district, attend sessions about things like communication, mental health, self defense, cooking and participate in community service projects. Along with hearing from the Mayor of Ontario talk about Daring to Dream.

Big Red Family! Throwback Thursday Times have changed, but the Plymouth Shiloh community will always be home. Inspired by the yearbook pictures of past years, we will have Throwback Thursdays. See if you can guess the school year, student(s) and/or staff pictured. We will give the correct answer on Fridays. 😀

PHS News! Some juniors and seniors went to Ashland University’s college fair today with Mrs. Porter. There were 19 colleges and a few military recruiters available to speak with the students.

SMS News! 6th Grade News! Please see the attached November Newsletter from the 6th Grade.

Elementary News! Our First Graders went to see a live theater production of “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus” today. They had a wonderful time. 🚌