Powell Daily Announcements

Friday, January 17th

Jan 17, 2025

Unified Basketball: Are you committed to ensuring inclusion within our school? Do you recognize differences and celebrate all kids? Are you adaptable, encouraging, and a strong role model? Do you enjoy basketball? Consider signing up to be a Unified Basketball partner for the 2025 season. Applications and additional information can be found on Massie’s door (1031). If you have completed the paperwork, turn it in to the front office by Ms. Cook. Today is the last day to submit your application!

Student Council will meet next Wednesday in room 3040 at 8:30. See you then. And now an announcement from Student Council.

Thursday, January 16th

Jan 16, 2025

eSports tryouts will be taking place today and tomorrow. You must have a signed permission slip to try out. Meet in Ms. Boehmler’s room, 1044 after school if you are trying out today.

There is no TSA Meeting today after school.

D and D get what items you need from the library and then go to Mrs. Budden’s room. Photography club, meet in Mrs. Budden’s room. Both of these today after school!

Congratulations to our 7th grade boys’ basketball teams on some awesome basketball last night against Newton! After falling in a big hole early on, the A team made an impressive comeback, but ultimately fell short. Owen Wise led all scores with 14. Our B team went down to the wire and, after a floater in the last minute of game time by Silas Folk, won a thriller by one point. Silas also led all scores with 6 points. Our C team fought hard, but ultimately couldn’t reclaim the lead in the 4th quarter, falling 25 to 17. Juelz Powell led Powell with 6 points, Jett Schull had 5, and Cason Zwickl had 4 points. Go Pumas!

Tuesday, January 14th

Jan 14, 2025

eSports tryouts will be taking place after school tomorrow and Thursday. You must have a signed permission slip to tryout. Please see Mr. Altena or Ms. Boehmler to get your permission slip and sign up for a time on Google Classroom.

For 8th grade only:
Make sure you are in your CORE+ class right now.
Once attendance has been taken, head to the cafeteria. You NEED to stay with your CORE+ class.
You will be dismissed from the cafeteria for your short ride on the bus to EPIC.

Monday, January 13th

Jan 13, 2025

eSports tryouts will be taking place after school on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. You must have a signed permission slip to tryout. Please see Mr. Altena or Ms. Boehmler to get your permission slip and sign up for a time on Google Classroom.

No Place for Hate will meet in Ms. Boehmler’s room after school today.

Magic: The Gathering will meet in Mrs. Blake’s room today after school.

8th grade boys basketball players, we will NOT be having practice today after school. Please be ready to practice hard tomorrow. 7th grade boys will still have practice today.

Friday, January 10th

Jan 10, 2025

eSports tryouts will be taking place after school on Wednesday, January 15 and Thursday, January 16. You must have a signed permission slip to tryout. Please see Mr. Altena or Ms. Boehmler to get your permission slip and sign up for a time on Google Classroom.

No Place for Hate will meet in Ms. Boehmler’s room after school on Monday.

Do you like solving mysteries? How about being IN one? This year’s Spring Play is called How to get Away with a Murder Mystery. AUDITIONS ARE FULL. There are no more available time slots. If you are interested in auditioning, you must email Mrs. Enley to schedule a time during lunch or before school. No auditions will be done after Thursday, so make sure you email Mrs. Enley now to get an audition time since they are full after school. There is a Google classroom to join posted on the Call Board, that’s the door at the back of our stage. You must have an audition time slot for a chance to be an actor in this murder mystery. Auditions are next Wednesday and Thursday. If you would rather be involved OFF the stage, our tech interviews are a few weeks away, so hang in there!

Magic: The Gathering will meet after school on Monday in Mrs. Blake’s room. Set your deck, refine your strategy, and join us for competitive fun!

Our 8th grade basketball team travelled to Goddard last night and challenged them to a few close games. A-team cut their deficit from last game in half. Landon Syers fought through an injury to lead them to a close loss. B-team came down to the final seconds, and Joe Sotelo showed great playmaking. Henry Huggins hustled on defense and rebounded in a loss that came down to the final shot. C-team won in a really close game. Braden Longoria made some really big shots in the second half and Santiago Grado Caraveo did a great job on defense to lock down their shooter at the end. Come support us in our next home game against Newton!

Thursday, January 9th

Jan 9, 2025

Good luck to our 8th grade boys basketball team today as they hit the road for a rematch with Goddard.

TSA meeting is today after school in room 1210. We will be focusing in Early Submission work for all state TSA events.

No Place for Hate will meet in Ms. Boehmler’s room after school on Monday.

Congratulations to the 2 Powell students whose poems were recently selected to be published in “A Celebration of Poets” from the Creative Communication Fall 2024 Writing Contest! Only a select number of entries submitted from across the nation are invited to be published in their poetry anthology.

Congratulations to the following Pumas:

6th grader Maddi Jensen for her poem “I Remember”

8th grader Thistle Landgren for the poem “Hearing Fall Whispers”

If YOU are a writer who would like to enter your writing in contests or submit it for possible publication, please see Mrs. Jordan for more information.

We are so proud of all of our Puma authors!

Wednesday, January 8th

Jan 8, 2025

Homework Club Announcement! New to 2nd semester: Homework club will NO longer be offered on Monday’s after school. Homework club will ONLY be Wednesdays after school. Please only come to Homework Club if you have something productive to work on. The first Homework Club of 2nd semester will be TODAY!

This is a reminder for 6th graders who would like to play basketball at Powell this year. Meet your coaches after school in the gym ready to play!

TSA members, this is a friendly reminder of our TSA meeting on Thursday. All participants must attend this meeting. Please make sure portfolios are completed for your events.

Can you spell EXCITED? I am so excited to see all of the spellers today after school trying to earn a spot in the district-wide Scripps spelling bee. See you after school in room 3057. We wish you the best of luck in the competition today!

Attention Thespians! There is no Thespian Troupe today after school. Again, there is no Thespian Troupe meeting today after school.

Do you like solving mysteries? How about being IN one? This year’s Spring Play is called How to get Away with a Murder Mystery. If you are interested in auditioning, there is a sign-up and a Google classroom to join posted on the Call Board, that’s the door at the back of our stage. You must have an audition time slot for a chance to be an actor in this murder mystery. Auditions are next Wednesday and Thursday. If you would rather be involved OFF the stage, our tech interviews are a few weeks away, so hang in there!