All JV and Varsity athletic events for PRHS will be played as scheduled this evening. This includes Girls Basketball at home vs Beal City and Wrestling away at Roscommon.
January is Mental Health & Wellness Month. Pine River Area Schools, along with the Wexford Missaukee ISD and Family Health Care organization, support our students mental health in a variety of ways. We offer three social workers, two counselors, three student success coordinators, two deans of students, one assistant principal and three principals. In addition, our paraprofessionals, teachers and secretaries play vital roles in supporting our students every day. We also provide social, emotional learning (SEL) instruction, a high school leadership program focused on student support, grief support groups, National Honor Society and we have a presenter coming to the high school on March 12th. Another new partnership we have is with ParentGuidance.org which offers many free resources for our families. During January's Mental Health & Wellness Month, I want to thank ALL of our employees and partners for supporting our students and staff!
With PRide,
Superintendent Michelle Gill
Good Evening Pine River Schools Community, This is Superintendent Michelle Gill.
This was a tough call but we are going to close school tomorrow, January 22nd, due to the continued below zero weather. Stay warm and I’ll see you Thursday for sure!
The HS basketball games scheduled for tonight have been CANCELED. HS coaches will reach out to players regarding practice times and locations. All non HS practices are canceled.
Good Evening, This is Superintendent Michelle Gill. Due to the extreme cold, Pine River Area Schools will be closed Tuesday, January 21st. Stay warm and enjoy the extra long weekend.
Despite 65% of the population being eligible, only 3% of Americans currently donate blood. Share the love and be a hero by donating blood to help save lives!
The blood supply is dangerously low this winter. We need to try and do our part to help. The PR National Honor Society is holding a blood drive in the high school gymnasium on Thursday, February 6th. Appointments are available from 8:30 AM until 2:15 PM for both whole blood and double red donations. Please use the following link to sign up! 16 year olds will need to have a signed parental consent form, which is attached. Extra copies are available in the office for students as well. Please bring your photo ID. Please consider helping out by donating if you can!
https://donateblood.versiti.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/11407087
Click the link to see this week's Elementary newsletter!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SprEMsWfzMLq7nGWpnIJzee6qLHxVTN_8vxaoenCvg4/edit?usp=sharing
Nick and Joan at Welch Buildings sponsors our Buck of the Week, Jericho Holmes.
Each year Michigan Technological University’s chapter of The Society of Women Engineers asks High School’s across both Michigan and Wisconsin to nominate one Senior and one Junior who has shown excellence in their science and math classes. This year Madelynne and Nyah Sterly were awarded the SWE Certificate of Merit! They both have excelled in their science and math classes, including their college level math and science courses! Congratulations! Way to represent Pine River!
Click on the following link for this week's MS Newsletter! https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ZIaNQQisr-cQVWNwAiRQwhVBDt8BFzBDL7HSiaYG5Ww/edit?usp=sharing
Athletics schedule for the week of 1/20
Pine River Area Schools and the Pine River Hall of Fame Group proudly announce the 2025 Pine River High School Hall of Fame honorees. We had a terrific response with so many great candidates and applications, but in the end The Hall of Fame Group chose five individuals and one team for our tenth induction class: Marie Crandall, MD, MPH, FACS; Allen (Al) Peterson; Brent Ruppert; Emilee Syrewicze; Andrew T. Wing; and the 1988 Varsity Football team. On Friday night, February 14, 2025, Pine River High School will host Manton for a home JV and Varsity double-header featuring the Boys and Girls JV and Varsity teams. PRAS thanks Manton for helping with this special night.
All community members, former HOF inductees, friends, and family are encouraged to be a part of our February 14, 2025 induction ceremony.
Schedule for February 14, 2025, Pine River vs Manton
3:00 p.m. Boys JV basketball game begins.
4:15 p.m. Approximate time Girls JV basketball game begins.
5:00 p.m Room set aside for the inductee reception/reserved seating in gym.
5:30 p.m. Approximate time Boys Varsity basketball game begins.
Between Games, Inductees are announced and honored.
7:45 p.m. Approximate time Girls Varsity basketball game begins.
Following the induction ceremony, the Hall of Fame Group and the Pine River Area Schools will host a reception for the inductees, their families and close friends, and former HOF inductees.
“What a great way to show our Buck PRide by honoring our distinguished alumni and former faculty! I love that we have this Hall of Fame program and I feel it is so important to show our current students that the people being honored started out here as Pine River students just like them,” said Superintendent Michelle Gill.
For more details and/or to nominate an individual or team for the 2026 class, please see the Qualifications and FAQ sheet and Nomination form available on the Pine River Area Schools webpage www.pineriver.org
Physical copies of the Qualifications and FAQ sheet and Nomination form are also available at the Central office and High School office located at 17445 Pine River Road, LeRoy, MI, 49655.
First semester exams for 8th-12th grade students are this week!
Pine River Elementary, Middle School, and High School... this Friday, January 17th, we'll all be supporting our Detroit Lions! Wear your lions gear or anything blue to cheer them on as they play the divisional round of the playoffs next weekend. Go Lions!
Click the link to see this week's Elementary newsletter!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SprEMsWfzMLq7nGWpnIJzee6qLHxVTN_8vxaoenCvg4/edit?usp=sharing
January is School Board Appreciation Month!
Being a school board member is not an easy job, it's completely volunteer and membership includes a 6 year term. I've attached a flyer with more info about what board members do and don't do. This January, I'd like to introduce, thank and recognize our board members for their support of our students and staff. I'm going to try this one board member at a time since it didn't portray properly last time I tried it.
Our newest Pine River Area Schools Board member to introduce, thank and recognize is Wayne Tessman Jr. Wayne is self-employed as a Snap-On franchisee owner. He has been married to his wife Leanne for 12 years and they have three children who attend Pine River Area Schools. He states that “What I love about Pine River is the small-town, caring atmosphere! I look forward to the opportunity of serving on the school board.”
Thank you Mr. Tessman for volunteering your time and energy to be a Pine River Area Schools Board Member!
Our Buck of the Week is brought to you by Transformational Choices. Congratulations Lilly Felsk
Many thanks to our amazing Pine River Area Schools Bus Drivers! Today Officer Helmer provided them with "Stop the Bleed" training and provided each driver with a bleeding control kit for their bus. Thank you bus drivers! We appreciate you keeping our students safe every day!
With PRide,
Superintendent Michelle Gill
January is School Board Appreciation Month! Being a school board member is not an easy job, it's completely volunteer and membership includes a 6 year term.
Another Pine River Area Schools Board member to introduce, thank and recognize is Kim Dean. Kim is employed at Corewell Health Big Rapids and Reed City. She has been married to her husband for 44 years! Her husband, two sons, and 2 grandchildren have graduated from Pine River Area Schools while a 3rd grandchild will graduate this spring. Her 4th grandchild attends Grand Rapids schools and she and her husband have 1 great grandchild with another on the way. Kim says that she “answered an ad for a vacant school board seat because I wanted to be more involved in our community, and wanted to see public education flourish.”
Thank you Kim for volunteering your time and energy as a Pine River Area Schools Board Member!
Our final Pine River Area Schools Board member to introduce, thank and recognize is our President of the Board, Kevin Delancey. Kevin is coming up on celebrating 11 years working at Northern Analytical Services. He has been married to his beautiful wife Sarah for 17+ years and together they have two wonderful children, Paisley (8th grade) and Dierks (7th grade).
When Paisley was born in September of 2010, he began attending school board meetings on a regular basis. When there was a board vacancy in 2015, he jumped at the opportunity to become more involved and felt it was one way that he could serve his community. He states that “I enjoy people and I enjoy serving with others who want what is best for our community. Over the years I have seen first-hand the commitment and dedication that our staff has for the students, and the love and support that this community has for its school district is second to none. I feel truly blessed to live in this community and am thankful for all of the people I have met along the way.”
Thank you Kevin for volunteering your time and energy as a Pine River Area Schools Board Member!
