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A big "Thank you" to our students and teachers from student government for spending time today beautifying the high school campus in honor of Earth Day. #takecareofourplanet #piratescare

Great night honoring our top Senior Scholars and their special adult who played a significant part of their education journey. Although these students value high academic standards, they more so value the importance of relationships as evidenced by their heartfelt testimonies.

Here are some more photos from today's visit from Congresswoman Slotkin. #leadersoftoday #leadersoftomorrow

Thank you to Congresswoman, Elissa Slotkin, for coming out to PCHS today to see firsthand what our amazing students are doing in the area of cyber security and CTE. #leadersoftoday #leadersoftomorrow

A big "Thank You" goes out to the Tecumseh Middle School Wrestling Coach who presented Pathfinder 8th Grader, Levi Podhola with an honorary varsity letter at last nights school board meeting in recognition of Levi's selfless act when wrestling a Tecumseh athlete who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis. His act of compassion and sportsmanship truly embodies that of a PIRATE!

Appreciate being invited to talk to these amazing young ladies of Troop 395 about how PCS is addressing the hunger concerns in our community through programs like our Farley Hill food bank and the mobile food pantry. #leadersoftomorrow

Great morning to kick-off our inaugural season for the PIRATE SOCCER CLUB! Although we just launched in March, we have 90 kiddos participating and we are looking forward to expanding in the fall when we move to Merrill Field. #pirateslovesoccer #piratepride #jointhefun

Congratulations to our entire Music Program, Boosters & Teachers for all of the energy, time and passion they displayed in making our first annual mattress fundraiser a resounding success!! Also, a big "Thank You!" to our community for coming out on a beautiful Saturday to support our amazing Pirate family of musicians! Go Pirates!!

The mattress fundraiser is in full swing! It is a beautiful day to take a drive out to Pathfinder School and see if we have something that could improve your sleep.

Fantastic opening to ACT 2's rendition of "High School Musical". Great singing, dancing and a lot of laughs! Great seeing our talented students perform a production they all watched when they were kids. #talentedpirates #GoWilcats! #Troy&Gabby

Thanks to our high school theater group, ACT 2, for coming out and showcasing their upcoming performance of "High School Musical" for our elementary and middle school students today. Nothing better than our students watching their peers do something fun and positive. #PiratePride

We preach family and community in everything we do here at PCS and this morning was a great example of this as HS seniors, along with the Pinckney Pirate himself, Rick Beaudin, spent time with our Farley Hill 3rd graders, talking about hard work, passion, inspiration and always doing your best in preparation for the upcoming M-STEP assessments.

Came across these poems this morning regarding our community from students at Farley Hill Elementary and thought they were too cute not to share.

We are excited to announce that Pinckney Community Schools has been awarded $241,418 as part of the 2019 Competitive School Safety Grant Program, which was sponsored by the Michigan State Police. Overall, $25 million was distributed to schools across the state and I am happy to say that Pinckney was one of the biggest recipients. The plan that was submitted for the grant detailed a security plan that will help secure and monitor every door, in every school with security cameras that will not only focus on each entry/exit way, but will be equipped with door sensory equipment and software that will notify us immediately when a door is opened. Overall, the grant will help us purchase approximately 200 new cameras (both interior and exterior), door sensory equipment/software and two servers that will help monitor the activity on our network. This will be a great compliment to our existing buzz in systems that were installed this year and have been working great. However, we are going to continue to look at ways to make sure our schools are as safe as we can make them, while continuing to maintain the balance of being welcoming environments for our students, parents, staff and community. I would like to personally thank Navigator principal, Janet McDole, for her hard work and diligence in helping develop this plan, working alongside the Livingston County crisis response team and for all the time and energy it takes to complete a grant of this magnitude. I have included a link to an article that provides a list of all the schools that were awarded a portion of the $25 million. https://www.clickondetroit.com/education/full-list-25m-in-grants-awarded-to-230-michigan-schools-to-enhance-security

Wanting to wish our entire school community a happy spring break as we look forward to your return on April 1 (and that is no joke!)

Thank you to Mrs. Allen at Country El. for inviting me to their student book club to present their digital presentations on the book "The one and only Ivan". The passion these students have for reading is inspiring and they make me want to learn more about Ivan the Gorilla!

Happy 1st Day of Spring from Pinckney Community Schools! That mud looks all too familiar to many of us living here in the Pinckney-Hamburg area and yes Mr. Winter, we know you will be back, just make sure it isn't until next December!

Couldn't be more proud of our PCHS students as they are presenting this afternoon at the Capitol to Senator Lana Theis and her committee on the dangers of vaping and the need for Legislative regulations as part of "Students Leading Students". Love seeing our youth advocate for themselves and the well being of others.

Had a great time this afternoon joining our vibrant senior community for a St. Patrick's Day potluck luncheon. I so appreciate spending time with some of our most valuable community assets and resources. -Supt. Rick Todd

Congratulations to our Pinckney Pirate, Larry Prout, who was given the Livingston County United Way's award for being the 2018 Young Person of Distinction. So proud of you Larry as you are an inspiration to us all!