Wednesday, October 9th

Wednesday, October 9th

This is a reminder to our 8th grade girls. Your basketball season begins today. Please meet in the main gym after school today if you'd like to play for Powell this year. And listen up 7th grade girls. Your basketball season begins tomorrow. Please meet your coaches in the main gym after school tomorrow if you're interested in playing basketball at Powell this year.

If you have any immunization records that your parents have given you to turn into the health office, please do that sometime today.

This month’s Sources of Strength campaign is Healthy Activities and we need pictures of you participating in healthy activities. Bring your pictures of you snuggling with your pets, reading books, meditating, sweating your face off, singing, or doing whatever else brings a smile to your face into the Counseling Office and be entered in a drawing for prizes!

7th grade girls volleyball players, please return your clean jerseys to Miss Goerke in room 1067 or Ms. Becker in the gym.

This is a reminder to all 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Pumas. If you are interested in wrestling for Powell this year, your season begins today. Please meet your coaches in the small gym after school today.

Do you like Jeopardy? Do you school your siblings and parents at trivia? Well, Brain Bowl is looking for any and all students who enjoy showing off their knowledge of Math, Science, History, Music, Literature, and more! Come join Brain Bowl every Monday starting October 14 through January. We will meet in Mrs. Erickson's room. See Mrs. Carstensen or Mrs. Erickson for details!

8th grade volleyball girls it is time to celebrate our fantastic season. This Friday bring your jersey to Mr. Genson's room for our celebration. Food will be provided, just bring your jersey and something to drink.

Hey, do you like delectable chili with crackers, cheese, and sour cream? Then come to Powell on Nov. 7th for our annual chili cook-off! It's a fun time to show gratitude by tasting and voting on the most delicious recipe. Additionally, if you have a chili recipe that was passed down from generation to generation you can show gratitude to your ancestors by making that recipe and entering it into the chili cook-off contest! It's free and fun so come on Nov. 7th!

Attention MathCounts members. The meeting for this afternoon has been CANCELLED. We will have our next meeting on Oct 24th after our October break. Please be sure you have a plan to get picked up after school today.

8th graders heading to Washington DC do you remember what tomorrow is? That's right only 1 week from our trip. Along with that it is our mandatory meeting to go over all of the details of the trip. Be here at Powell at 6:00 PM with a parent or guardian. Don't forget to remind your parents about the $43 luggage fee. See you then.

Yesterday was a phenomenal day and turnout for the 22nd annual Puma Prowl.
Coming in strong for the 8th grade girls was Allie Haytak with a time of 9:10, followed by Natlee Swan at second and Simone Taylor with and impressive 3rd place! For the boys, it was an impressive show by Ruben Escamilla taking 1st at 7:11 followed by Tate Mitchell and Doug Lockard. Way to represent the 8th grade class for your last Puma Prowl!
For the 7th grade girls, Bethany Bradley ran a great race at 8:45 taking 1st place for 2 years in a row and improving her time from last year! Addison Becker pushed in for 2nd and Lindsay Rutz in 3rd. Hogan David ran a tough race taking 1st, second year in a row, at 7:16  with Austin Shepherd staying close behind in second & Carson David pushing in with 3rd place. Fantastic job 7th grade!
Last but not least, for the 6th graders first Puma Prowl, Ava Budler took 1st with a time of 8:48 followed by Grace Pepe taking 2nd and McKinley Cain with the 3rd. Landon Griess took 1st with his time of 8:00 while Gabe Nix trailed close behind at 2nd and Rocco Lercara winning 3rd. So great to see all our 6th graders join this Powell Community event!
Thanks so much to all our runners and to all those who volunteered to help make this tradition a successful, safe and fun event! Way to go Pumas!!