🎶❄️ Pocahontas Area Winter Concerts ❄️🎶
Join us on Monday, December 8th in the PAC High School Gym for an evening of music featuring our Band and Choir students!

🕔 5th & 6th Grades – 5:30 PM
🕕 7th & 8th Grades – 6:15 PM
🕢 High School – 7:30 PM

🎨 PAC Art Display
Be sure to check out the artwork featured in the front lobby, showcasing projects from the first semester!

Come support our talented students as they share their hard work and holiday spirit! 💙❤️ #PACPride

Pocahontas Area Community Schools Reminder for Families

Just a quick heads-up: there will be NO SCHOOL Wednesday, November 26 through Friday, November 28 for Thanksgiving Break.

We hope everyone has a restful and joyful holiday! 🦃🍁
Students will return to their normal schedules on Monday, December 1.

Enjoy the break, and see you in December!
#PACPride

🎅📬 Our 5th graders teamed up with our kindergarten students today for a sweet holiday tradition — writing letters to Santa! The older students were wonderful mentors, helping their kindergarten buddies sound out words, share ideas, and add lots of Christmas magic to their letters. ❤️🎄 We love seeing our students work together across grade levels and create memories that make the season bright! ✨

🦃 PAC Elementary had a gobble-tastic assembly today! 🦃 We gathered together to celebrate our month of learning about gratitude, and it was truly something to be thankful for! Students were recognized for showing gratitude in their classrooms, and others were chosen for exhibiting positive traits in specials! Talk about a flock full of fantastic kids! 🧡 Each group of award winners got to challenge the staff in some hilarious games, and let’s just say… the competition was no turkey. Our students really showed they weren’t just “winging it”! We enjoyed an interactive read-aloud from Mrs. Carlson, prep, kindergarten and first grade (who absolutely feathered their nests with that performance!), watched a heartwarming gratitude video, and talked about our December goals for positive recess behavior... because kindness never goes out of season. And of course, we wrapped up with everyone’s favorite… THE GOBBLE SONG! 🦃💃 The whole room was shaking their tail feathers! It was fun, entertaining, and plenty to gobble about afterward! We are so proud of our students and staff for making today such a “thank-full” celebration! 🧡✨❤️🖤

💙 Yesterday at PAC Elementary, our students and staff wore blue in honor of National Grief Awareness Day. Grief is something that touches every life, big and small. Taking time to recognize it helps remind our students that their feelings matter, they’re not alone, and it’s okay to talk about what’s on their hearts. One simple but powerful truth we shared: “Grief is love with nowhere to go. When we support each other, we give that love a place to land.” We are proud of our students for showing compassion, kindness, and understanding, values that make our school community strong. 💙✨❤️🖤

Thank you, PAC Girls Basketball team🏀 for joining us on High Five Friday 🖐

🎶 Congratulations to our Karl King Honor Band Selections! 🎶

We are proud to recognize the following students who have been selected to participate in the Karl King Honor Band at St. Edmond Catholic School on January 17th, 2026!

✨ Selected Musicians:
Delani Peyton
Jennifer Miller
Alexa Oberg
Amille Gilbert
Laura Van Holland
Costly Ordonez
Elise Jordan
Cambri Meyer
Ruby Walker
Aunna Miller
Kendall Weig
Kaedence Wiggins
Carson Cairy
Godrick Peaslee
Ever Nystrom
Hattie Arnold
Addilyn Halligan
Vivian Poppen
Zoey Schoon
Josephine Mumford

👏 Congratulations to these talented musicians for their hard work, dedication, and musical excellence!

Thank you, Pocahontas County Public Health, for joining us on High Five Friday! 🖐

🇺🇸❤️ Veterans Day at PAC ❤️🇺🇸 Today our elementary students came together with many others to honor the brave men and women who have served our country. We waved our flags proudly, sang patriotic songs, recited the Pledge of Allegiance, and listened to the anthems of each military branch with gratitude and respect. 🎶🙌 Our guest speaker shared heartfelt stories that reminded us what courage and sacrifice truly mean. The smiles, salutes, and songs from our students made it a beautiful morning of reflection and thankfulness. To all of our veterans, thank you for your service, your bravery, and the freedom you protect for us all. ❤️🤍💙 #VeteransDay #ThankYouVeterans #ProudToBeAnAmerican #ElementaryStrong

🇺🇸 Reminder! Tomorrow is Veterans Day and we’ll be attending the Veterans Day program at 10:00 AM. Please have your child wear red, white, or blue to show their support and appreciation for our veterans! ❤️🤍💙

🚗💻 Our 6th grade students put their creativity and coding skills to the test in Computer Science class by designing and building their own cars! The best part? Our 2nd grade students got to join in on the fun by testing out the cars. What an awesome example of collaboration, innovation, and hands-on learning across grade levels! 👏✨ #STEMLearning #Collaboration #FutureEngineers #PACStrong

School Delay: Due to road conditions, The Pocahontas Area Community School District will have a 2 hour late start on Monday November 10th.

Today, our students had the opportunity to hear from Amanda Allen, who led a heartfelt and meaningful session on understanding grief and loss. 💬✨ Through open conversation and shared stories, students learned that grief looks different for everyone — and that it’s okay to express emotions, ask for help, and take time to heal. We’re so grateful to Amanda Allen for creating a safe and supportive space for our students to explore these important topics. 💗 Thank you for reminding us that compassion, connection, and understanding can help us all through difficult times. 🌈 #StudentWellbeing #GriefSupport #MentalHealthAwareness #CommunityCare #PACStrong

Thank you to the Pocahontas Trendsetters for joining us on High Five Friday 🖐

🌉 4th Grade TAG Bridge Builders! Our 4th grade TAG students took on an exciting engineering challenge! to design and build bridges that could withstand as much weight as possible! 🧠🔧 After lots of planning, creativity, and problem-solving, all of 4th grade gathered to watch the big test as sand was added little by little to see which bridges held strong. 🏗️💪 The students worked hard, had fun, and got to see the results of their designs in action! 🎉 Did you know? 🤔 The strongest bridges are often triangular in design 🔺 because triangles evenly distribute weight and prevent structures from bending. Arch bridges 🌈 are also super strong since their curved shape helps push weight out and down into the supports. Engineers use these ideas every day to build the bridges we drive and walk across! 🚗🚶‍♀️

🎉🏀 Our 5th and 6th grade students had an amazing day cheering on the Iowa State Women’s Basketball team! The energy in the arena was incredible, and our students showed their Cyclone spirit loud and proud! 🌪️❤️💛 #CyclonePride #FutureCyclones #SchoolSpirit #ISUWBB

1st grade was thrilled to have Mrs. Carlson as their guest reader last week! 📚 She brought some of her favorite Spooky 👻 Stories to share!

Life's a Puzzle🧩 Solve it Drug Free Students enjoyed the dress up days and activities for Red Ribbon Week

🎃👻 Halloween at the Elementary was a spooktacular success! 👻🎃 Our littles kicked things off with an adorable costume parade 🧙‍♀️🦸‍♂️🧛‍♀️ so many creative and cute costumes! The big kids celebrated with classroom parties full of tasty treats, fun games, music, and plenty of dancing and silliness! 🍬🕺💃 It was a frightfully fun day filled with laughter, smiles, and school spirit. 🧡🖤 Happy Halloween from all of us at PAC elementary! 🎃✨

🎃👻 Halloween at the Elementary was a spooktacular success! 👻🎃 Our littles kicked things off with an adorable costume parade 🧙‍♀️🦸‍♂️🧛‍♀️ so many creative and cute costumes! The big kids celebrated with classroom parties full of tasty treats, fun games, music, and plenty of dancing and silliness! 🍬🕺💃 It was a frightfully fun day filled with laughter, smiles, and school spirit. 🧡🖤 Happy Halloween from all of us at PAC elementary! 🎃✨