Pinckneyville District 50

08/25/2026

🏈 JR. PANTHERS GET IN FREE! 🐾

🎟️ A TICKET IS REQUIRED FOR EACH HOME GAME!
Jr. Panthers will need to stop by their school’s front office before each home football game to pick up a free admission ticket.

🩵🏈 GO BLUE! 🏈🩵

08/25/2026

08/24/2026

🌼 IT’S MUM TIME! 🌼

Our annual District #50 PTO Fall Mum Sale is here, and this year we REALLY need your help making it a success! 🍂❤️

Every mum sold means more money going right back to our students for awesome activities, special events, classroom extras, and all the fun things our PTO helps provide throughout the year! Without successful fundraisers, there’s simply less available to do for our kids—so LET’S SELL SOME MUMS! 🙌🌼

💲 $12 each
🌸 Red, orange, yellow, purple/pink & white
📅 Orders due Wednesday, September 9th
📍 Pickup: Saturday, September 12th | 8–11 AM | Jr. High Gym

Ask your friends, family, neighbors, coworkers… anyone who loves a beautiful fall mum! 🍁

Every mum sold = more for our kids! ❤️ LET’S MAKE THIS OUR BEST SALE YET!

08/22/2026

Congrats to Jr. Panther pitcher Kaden Smith on throwing a No Hitter against Wesclin! Jr. Panthers win 10-0.

08/21/2026

🧁🌎 Geology you can eat!

Our 8th graders got hands-on with relative age dating today by creating their own “Geologic Cupcakes”! They modeled the principles of relative age dating by removing and rearranging layers, pushing a skewer through the layers to represent a cross-cutting relationship, and adding “inclusions” to their cupcake creations.

A fun (and delicious!) way to visualize how geologists use clues in rock layers to determine which events happened first! 🔬🧁

08/21/2026

A HUGE thank you to Pinckneyville McDonald’s for treating our teachers, administrators, and staff with their Back-to-School Special! ❤️🥤

The Friday pick-me-up was exactly what we needed after a busy back-to-school week! We are so thankful for local businesses that support and appreciate our schools and the people who work in them. 🫶

Thank you, Pinckneyville McDonald’s, for making our Friday a little brighter (and more caffeinated ☕😂)! We appreciate you! ❤️💛

08/18/2026

📢 REMINDER, PARENTS!📢

⏰Today is 2:00 Tuesday! ⏰

08/18/2026

📸 Picture Re-Take Day is September 4th!

Students who did not have their picture taken at registration will need to have it taken that day.

⚾🥎🏃 Sports pictures will also be taken for Baseball, Softball & Cross Country!

08/17/2026

Meet Haley Stanton! 🍎

Ms. Stanton is a Special Education teacher at Pinckneyville Elementary School and one of 10 recipients of EECA’s inaugural Student Support Grants!

Haley received a $500 grant to help establish and maintain a clothing and essentials closet for students in need, providing things like clothing, seasonally appropriate coats, shoes, and hygiene supplies. Because the school relies on donations to keep these items in stock, community support is still needed!

If you’d like to help students at Pinckneyville Elementary, donations are especially needed for:

👟 Shoes and socks in little kid sizes 1–5
🩲 Underwear for ages 5T–10

Donations can be dropped off Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–3 p.m., at Pinckneyville Elementary School, 301 W. Mulberry Street. Spread the word and let’s stock this closet! ❤️ Pinckneyville District 50

EECA’s Student Support Grants were created to help local schools meet students’ basic needs and give them the support they need to focus and learn. We’re proud to support educators like Haley who are making a difference for their students! 💙