October was a fun month of visitors for Madison Elementary. Mrs. Roozeboom’s kindergarten class had a special visitor come to help them learn more about Community Helpers. Brett the Vet, from Pella Pets, came to teach the class about what he does as a veterinarian and how to take care of their pets. […]
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 […]
Pella’s yearbook, The Duchess, won 3rd place for 2017 Yearbook of the Year in their class and 10 individual category awards. Claire Corbin, Selena Quangvan, Lindsey Blommers, Paige Meyer, Samantha Boetger, Sadie Beal, Kelly Murphy, Ryan Gustafson, and Bronwyn Metcalf won individual awards.
All Madison students and staff participated in a Walk Iowa Initiative supported by Central College education students. Each grade level walked from Madison Elementary to the football stadium and back and learned action steps to a healthier body and life.
Peer Art is an adaptive art class that is going into its 3rd year at Pella High. Originally, it was started by former art teacher, Jim Emmert, but now is taught by Julie Stratton. To start off the year, students talked about working with someone who has special needs and learning more about each of […]
Jefferson Intermediate staff members know “No one fights alone.” Staff members recently wore t-shirts to show support for fellow members’ (and family members’) fights against thyroid, cervical, kidney, breast, ovarian cancers and chronic pain disorders. A few years ago Jefferson staff members wore orange shirts alongside the pink during the “Paint the Stands Pink” […]
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 […]