Outdoor Education Class

On January 14, 2016, Mr. Eric Thompson's new Outdoor Education classes took to the back portion of the middle school-high school property to learn how to snowshoe and discover one of the earliest established ways of traveling during winter. Mr. Thompson's classes have learned how to build survival structures to protect them from the elements, utilize various resources in the outdoors, use items like paracord, and how to build a fire for heat and cooking.

The class is a one semester elective course for all sixth and seventh grade students. One section will be added to the high school curriculum for second semester, which starts on January 25.

Other areas of study have included archery and fly-tying.

According to superintendent Matt Lukshaitis, "The class is doing just what we wanted it to do--excite students about living in Northern Michigan and giving our students skills they can use for a lifetime while studying the local environment and caring for the ecological systems which are a part of our natural world. Mr. Thompson is doing great things with our Pine River students."

Muffins with Mom!

Thank you to all the ladies who joined us this morning. What a great turn out!  

Pine River High School Hall of Fame

Pine River High School Hall of Fame

December 17, 2015

The Buck Pride Group and Pine River Area Schools proudly announces the 2016 Pine River High School Hall of Fame honorees. After examining the many fine candidates and applications, the Buck Pride Group chose six individuals, one couple, and two teams for the inaugural induction ceremony.

On Friday night, February 19, 2016, Pine River High School will host McBain Northern Michigan Christian for a home boy’s jv/varsity double-header basketball game.

6:00 p.m. The boys jv basketball game begins. Pine River vs. NMC, Room set aside for the inductees

7:30 p.m. Approximately. Boys varsity basketball. Pine River vs. NMC. There will be reserved seating in the gym for the inductees.

Half-Time Inductees announced and honored. Inductees for 2016:

• Ted Raven
• Cecil Burch
• David Dickinson
• Jeff Pullen
• Cobb and Iliene Nelson
• J.R. Holmes 
• Rob Feeley
• The 1943-44 LeRoy High School Basketball Team 
• The 1991 Pine River High School Varsity Wrestling Team

Following the induction ceremony, The Buck Pride Group and the Pine River Area Schools will host a reception for the inductees, their families, and close friends.

Chad Phillips, Buck Pride Group president stated, “We are honored to be able to partner with Pine River Area Schools on the Hall of Fame project. Building a physical Hall of Fame not only honors the efforts of these individuals and teams who have made our school and our community a better place, it also inspires our current students to reach higher in pursuit of their goals and dreams.”

“The Hall of Fame idea cultivated by the Buck Pride Group is exciting,” stated PRAS superintendent Matt Lukshaitis. “It’s a great way to pay homage to the many outstanding graduates of the Pine River high schools. We make good things happen at Pine River and we have a lot of pride in our work. This is a fantastic way to honor the folks who make us such a proud district.”

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For more details and/or to nominate an individual or team for the 2017 class, please see the Qualifications and FAQ sheet and Nomination form available on the Pine River Area Schools home webpage @ www.pineriver.org or the Buck Pride Group webpage @ www.buckpride.com

Physical copies of the Qualifications and FAQ sheet and Nomination form are also available at the business office and high school office located at 17445 Pine River Road, LeRoy, MI, 49655.

Pine River Parent-Teach Group and Friends of the Middle School present Santa's Secret Shop

Many thanks to all the volunteers working for Santa's Secret Shop today at the elementary and the middle school!  Thank you Elementary Parent Group and Friends of the Middle School!

OK2SAY program

Today (12-14-15) from 5:00-5:30 in the Pine River Middle-High School library there will be a community seminar about the OK2SAY program. OK2SAY is a State of Michigan program that allows students to report threatening situations via text, computer, phone, etc. A presenter from the State will be here to outline the program and answer questions. We hope you will consider attending.

Mrs. Stohl and Story Mountain

Ms. Stohl's fourth grade class is writing realistic fiction about a character overcoming obstacles.  Students are using their Chromebooks and working on publishing their stories!  

Friends of the Middle School donate Gaga pit to Pine River Area Schools

The 4-5th grade playground at Pine River Upper Elementary (part of the 4-7th grade middle school), have a new piece of playground equipment thanks to a donation from the Friends of the Middle School.  Mrs. Holly Lockhart, middle school math teacher and FMS chairperson, shares the following story:

As you may have heard from our students, the PR Middle School playground has an awesome new gaga pit! The FMS used their funds to have this built by a local contractor, Sikkema Construction. Steve Sikkema used composite decking instead of treated lumber for the walls to make this structure safe for our children as well as long lasting. The corner brackets and supports were designed and fabricated by another local business, Lockhart Fabrication and Mechanical, LLC., owned by Christopher Lockhart. The gaga pit sits on concrete, but has a thick rubber floor to protect hands from getting scraped up. We believe our students will respect and appreciate this equipment, helping it to sustain many years of fun play. Thanks to everyone involved in making this possible for our kids!