The Pella Cross Country teams finished the season with some impressive performances. JV boys finished 4th at Conference, Varsity boys finished 5th at Conference and at District, JV girls finished 2nd at Conference, and Varsity girls finished the season as Conference and District Champions. Amazing job by all of the runners! Senior Thomas Gauley and […]
The Pella HS Girls Cross Country team finished second place overall in class 3A at the High School State Cross Country Meet. The team scored a total of 104 points and were runners-up for the third straight season. Top Lady Dutch finishers were Caroline McMartin 9th place, Ashley Blommers 15th place, and Chelsea Jorgensen 16th […]
Sheila Graham has been named the Howard Adkins Instructor of the Year by the American Welding Society. Sheila began her career in welding at Vermeer Manufacturing, joining the Pella Community School District in 2013 as a welding instructor. The award was presented to her by members of the American Welding Society during class on Tuesday, […]
The Pella HS Marching Dutch finished another successful competitive season performing “Pinball Wizard”, featuring music from the rock opera “Tommy” by The Who. Starting out the season at the Urbandale Invitational, the band placed 1st in Class 3A and received the highest score over all bands, and received top color guard and drumline awards. The […]
Greg Ebeling has been named Iowa Superintendent of the Year by the School Administrators of Iowa. Greg started his position here at PCSD in 2011, and has shown extraordinary dedication to our schools. After being nominated by his peers, Greg was selected for the award by a committee of superintendents from Iowa schools. Please join […]
Lisa Jansen joins 5th-term member Joan Corbin and 3rd-term member Gregg Gustafson in filling three open board positions for the Pella Community School District. Congratulations to our newly elected and re-elected board members! There was a significant increase in voter turnout for this year’s election. In addition to selecting three board members, a majority of […]
Scott Tjeerdsma has been named Middle School Athletic Director of the Year for the Southeast Iowa District by the Iowa High School Athletic Directors Association. Scott does a tremendous job working in multiple roles as Middle School Math Teacher, Middle School Dean, and Middle School Athletic Director. We are grateful for his time and talents […]
Rebecca Helland 5th Grade Teacher Jefferson Intermediate Pella Community School District is proud to share with you that Rebecca Helland has been named Iowa’s History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Congratulations Rebecca! What an amazing honor, and thank you for sharing your gift of teaching with the Pella […]
