12/12

December 12th

Principal’s Weekly Update,

As we move deeper into December, the frigid weather has certainly settled in. Please take a moment to remind your students to dress appropriately for the cold—warm coats, hats, and gloves make a meaningful difference, especially during arrival, dismissal, and any time spent outdoors. We want all students to stay safe and comfortable throughout the winter months.

I also ask that families take time to engage in conversations at home about social media use. These discussions are increasingly important as we continue to partner together to support healthy habits, responsible choices, and student well-being. In that same spirit, I want to begin sharing information about an important shift coming next school year: phones will not be allowed for student use during the school day. Students will be expected to put their phones away for the entire school day—just as our middle school students already do. We will share full guidance later in the year, but now is a good time to start discussing expectations with your child.

As the holidays quickly approach, I hope everyone can pause to reflect on kindness, goodness, and looking out for one another.

Stay warm, and thank you for your continued support.

Brenda Erhardt
Principal, PRMHS

Robotics Kickoff Event

The Robotics Team has their Kickoff event coming up after winter break.

During this event, FIRST will reveal the new game for the season, giving our robotics team the guideline for the robot we must design. Join us on: the weekend of Saturday January 10th and Sunday January 11th

Pentucket Boys Hockey - Volunteers needed!

Pentucket Boys Hockey is looking for volunteers to sign up to staff our concession stand during our upcoming season home games. We are only looking for help during the 1st and 2nd period. This is a great way to earn volunteer hours! Any questions, please reach out to Julie King at jak4667@gmail.com,

Sign up below.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094BA9A723A3F85-60812516-concession#/

PENTUCKET ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

PLEASE SHARE!!!

It is our pleasure to connect with you on behalf of the newly founded Pentucket Alumni Association. It is our goal to create an organization to connect alumni and students, along with developing potential networking, events, reunions, and support for our school. Our current mission is to continue to grow our contact list in order to give all alumni the chance to participate. As the holiday season approaches, we would highly appreciate your help in expanding our contact list. If you see family members, friends, or other alumni, please encourage them to sign up using the Google Form below. Please feel free to share the Google Form on your social media accounts as well. This should include their first and last name along with their graduation year and personal email address.

Pentucket Alumni Association Sign-up Form

https://www.pentucketeducationfoundation.org/alumni

Thank you for your support.

Happy holidays!

Sincerely,

The Pentucket Alumni Association

Our Neighbors' Table

Our Neighbors' Table Holiday Grocery Shopping Information:

Here at Our Neighbors' Table, we are looking forward to a festive holiday season. Please see the attached ONT's market flyers, featuring our Christmas Distribution; December 15 - December 23. Guests can choose whichever day works best for them during this time period to shop for their holiday groceries. There is not an income eligibility requirement to shop at Our Neighbors' Table. The only requirement is that our guests live in one of the towns that we serve: Amesbury, Boxford, Byfield, Georgetown, Groveland, Merrimac, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, South Hampton or West Newbury. If you have a family who is not currently a guest with us and would like to be, here is a link to our online registration form: https://www.ourneighborstable.org/new-guest-registration.html

Our Neighbors' Table Holiday Closure Information:

To give our staff and volunteers a much needed break, Our Neighbors' Table typically closes for the week between Christmas and New Years Day. Please make a note that we will be closed from December 24th through January 2nd, reopening on Monday January 5th. To prepare for our market closure, please encourage our guests who have children in your school district, to come and shop with us now up to our closing, to stock up with extra groceries, if needed. Additionally, to help ease the burden of our closure we will also be offering our guests some extra milk, eggs and bread during our Christmas distribution week.

Portuguese flyer

Spanish flyer

Proud Pentucket Music alum, Jon Hayes ('14), is enjoying tremendous success on the heels of his debut album, Between You and Me. In addition to a special PRMHS performance periods 6 & 7 on December 17th, Jon will be performing at the West Congregational Church in Haverhill on Saturday, December 13th at 6:30pm as part of his upcoming east coast tour. Keep tabs on all of our Pentucket Music alumni HERE as they continue to create incredible music!

Ski Club Volunteers Needed

The first snowfall gets us all excited: 1 month away before Ski Club starts.

So, before you get lost in the holiday celebrations, please look at your calendars and see when you can volunteer for either the registration table or as a ski monitor.

Sign up here: PRMS PTO: PRMS Ski Club - 2026