Congratulations to the PCHS December Student of the Month, Allissa Marschang!
Tonight's boys basketball games at West Carroll will start 1 hour early. 5:00 JV start time with varsity to follow (1/8/24)
The Girls basketball game on 1/9/24 will now be a varsity only. The game will start at 6:00 pm.
The optional senior ads for the 2024 yearbook are due this week! Email Mrs. Coy with any questions bcoy@poloschools.net
Polo Marco blankets are still available! They are $25 each and we accept cash or checks made payable to APO. Keep warm during the upcoming snow storm! Call 815-946-2519 or email kchesnut@poloschools.net to have one set aside. The Aplington office is open until 3:30 today.
Friday, January 5, 2024: The phone lines are currently down in the district. If you need to reach the school offices, please email: Mercedes Zuck at mzuck@poloschools.net for the high school, Katie Chesnut at kchesnut@poloschools.net for Aplington, and Kalah Mitchell at kmitchell@poloschools.net for Centennial.
Students at Centennial got to work on Cool Tools today. They learned all about the expectations for the cafeteria, library, playground, hallways, and even learned about manners.
Pre-K is on the hunt for the gingerbread man.
Congratulations to the November Student of the Month at PCHS, Karlea Frey!
See the attached from Dr. Huyett.
Thank you to everyone who attended our Christmas concert tonight. Hope you have a happy, healthy holiday season.
12/13/23: Reminder - The Centennial K-2 Christmas concert is tonight. Centennial doors open at 5:10, students can go to their classroom at 5:15, and the concert starts at 5:30.
The school-wide Aplington Middle School Spelling bee champion is Aubrey Herndon. and the runner up is Kamden Sheaffer! The winning word, spelled in the 9th round of competition today, was simultaneously. Aubrey will represent AMS at the regional bee in February. Kudos to all nine participants for giving their best effort and for exhibiting positive conduct throughout the bee.
The South bus route is running late due to a student illness on the bus.
Congratulations to Alex, Josh, Sydnei, and Karlea for being named 2024-2025 State Scholars. The State Scholar Program recognizes high school seniors in Illinois for outstanding academic achievement as noted by SAT scores and high school academic performance.
Centennial and CPO have partnered together to purchase new playground equipment for Centennial Elementary School! This would not be possible without the wonderful support from our community at our CPO Dinner Night's Outs and with the Mrs. Field's Fundraiser! All Centennial students participated in voting for their favorite playground out of 3 choices. We are excited to reveal the new playground equipment that will be installed this summer alongside our existing structures. The new equipment will be blue and yellow, as well!
Just a reminder - The Aplington student council pizza fundraiser pick up is tonight from 5:30-6:30pm in the Aplington gym. Please go to the back of the building to enter the school.
12/7/23: Tonight's high school girls basketball game in Milledgeville is varsity only. Game time has been moved to 5:30PM. Bus time is 4:40.
Polo High School 24-25 State Scholars
12/4/23: The student council pizza fundraiser pick up will be this Thursday, December 7th from 5:30-6:30PM in the Aplington gym. Please use the back door of Aplington (door 7). Orders must be picked up that night because we do not have anywhere to store them.