Five bids were received for the paving project at Plymouth High School and one was approved this week to complete the job.
Four sections of the parking lot were specified for bids in the advertisement for contractors. Five bids were received for those four areas. The lowest bid was submitted by Niblock at $310,700. All of the required base quotes and alternate bids, bid bonds and supplementary forms were included in the bid packet. The highest bid received was over $400,000.
Plymouth High School’s Freshmen Orientation takes place tomorrow evening. Continue reading
Following the suicide deaths of two Plymouth High School students within a year of each other, the Plymouth Community School Corporation is taking a series of steps to address the issue. Last Wednesday, students at Plymouth High School, Lincoln Junior High School, and Riverside Intermediate School had the chance to hear from a man who survived a suicide attempt. Continue reading
Students interested in attending college will have a few chances this week to learn more about Ancilla College. As part of Indiana College GO! Week, Ancilla enrollment counselors will be visiting several schools around the local area. Continue reading
Homecoming activities at Plymouth High School have been rescheduled due to the recent death of a student-athlete. Funeral services are this evening for sophomore Rylan Clark. His body was found Friday in a wooded area east of Plymouth by school resource officer Ted Brown. Continue reading
The 50th Marshall County Blueberry Festival meant quite a bit of cash for some Plymouth High School groups. Continue reading
Three months after being seriously injured in a car crash, a Plymouth High School student is on the road to recovery, and his family is turning to the local community for help. Continue reading
Fellow teachers, former students and friends paid their respects to longtime Plymouth Schools music teacher Bob Pickell during a remembrance service last night in the high school auditorium. The recent retiree died last Friday at a South Bend hospital after falling through onto a cement floor at his Plymouth home. Continue reading
Community members can pay their respects to a longtime Plymouth Community School Corporation music teacher this evening. Bob Pickell was killed last Friday when he fell through the attic at his Plymouth home onto the cement garage floor. News of his death shocked the community where he taught music for nearly four decades before retiring this spring. Continue reading
A few local students are getting help paying for college, thanks to Burger King restaurants. Quality Dining, which owns several Burger Kings, has released the names of Burger King scholarship recipients in the local area. Continue reading
A Plymouth High School robotics team is in Louisville, Kentucky this week, competing at the VEX Robotics World Competition. Team 586A has qualified for its third trip to the World Competition, where they will be one of about 500 teams competing. Continue reading
Three Plymouth High School robotics teams competed on the national level earlier this month. Teams 586A, 586B, and 586G all took part in the U.S. Open Robotics Championship held in Council Bluffs, Iowa from April 7 through April 9. Continue reading
Construction is set to start this spring on the new tennis courts at Centennial Park in Plymouth. On Tuesday, the Plymouth School Board approved the funding arrangements for the school corporation’s share in the cost of the project. Continue reading
Plymouth school principals reviewed their schools’ test results during Tuesday’s school board meeting. Last month, the elementary school principals discussed their schools’ scores on last year’s ISTEP test. This week, Riverside Intermediate School Principal Jeni Hirschy and Lincoln Junior High School Principal Reid Gault had the chance to talk about their schools’ results. Continue reading
Plymouth High School students are teaming up with the Marshall County Historical Society to document the history and evolution of the county’s agriculture industry. Continue reading
More details have been revealed about the planned upgrades to the Plymouth High School football field. Plymouth Schools Superintendent Dan Tyree gave the school board an update on the project during its meeting Tuesday. Continue reading
Tomorrow is College Goal Sunday. Around the state, workshops will be held to help prospective college students fill out their financial aid forms. Continue reading
Students planning to attend college this fall will get a bit of extra encouragement this weekend. Financial aid professionals around the state will be working together to make sure all interested students have the information they need to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). It’s all part of an annual event called College Goal Sunday. Continue reading
Plymouth High School is hosting its first VEX Robotics Tournament tomorrow. Thirty teams from high schools around the state are scheduled to compete, including a team from Culver Academies, as well as the six teams from Plymouth High School. Continue reading
Another Plymouth High School robotics team has qualified for state and national competitions. The 586G team will join the 586A and 586B teams in the State Championship tournament held in March and the U.S. Open Robotics Championship in Council Bluffs, Iowa in April. Continue reading
