Posted September 12, 2022
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the graduation of the Plymouth High School Class of 2012. Here is a look back at their senior year!
Homecoming
Homecoming Week 2011 had a jungle theme and featured:
- Hall decorating on Sunday
- Boys’ volleyball tournament and girls’ powder puff football games on Sunday
- Dress-up days including camouflage and animal prints throughout the week
- Tug-of-war competition throughout the week
- Alumni Hall of Fame induction, Homecoming Court presentation, and pep rally on Friday
- Parade through downtown on Friday
- Football victory over Kiel on Friday evening
- Homecoming Dance on Saturday
The arts
Performing opportunities included:
- Fall play “The Frankensteins Are Back in Town”
- One act “Arabian Nights”
- Cabaret concert in February
- Spring musical “Oklahoma”
- Sole & Ensemble music festivals
- Talent Show in May
- Amph-Rats drama class
- Jolly Pranksters comedy team
- Jazz Band 1, Jazz Band 2, German Band, Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble
- Choristers I, Choristers Choir II, Swing Choir, Mixed Choir, Concert Choir
Sports
Conference champions were:
- Boys Basketball (also regional champion)
- Girls Cross Country (also sectional champion an 9th at State)
- Boys Soccer
- Girls Swim & Dive (also sectional champion and 4th at State)
- Boys Track & Field (also 2nd at State)
- Girls Track & Field
- Volleyball (also regional champion)
Other WIAA sports were:
- Baseball
- Girls Basketball
- Boys Cross Country
- Danceline
- Football
- Boys Golf
- Boys Hockey
- Girls Soccer
- Softball
- Boys Swim & Dive
- Boys Tennis
- Girls Tennis
- Wrestling
Extracurriculars
Other student activities and extracurriculars included:
- Bowling
- Class Officers
- Cross Walk
- Equestrian Club
- Eliminating Racism and Sexism Etcetera (E.R.A.S.E.)
- FFA
- FIFA
- First Robotics
- Forensics
- German National Honor Society
- High-Mileage Club
- Hi-Lights newspaper
- Key Club
- Math Tutors
- Mathletes
- National Honor Society
- Peers 4 Peers
- Photo Club
- Poets and Writers (PAW)
- Quit Qui Oc yearbook
- Science Tutors
- Sign Language Club
- Student Council
- Trap
- World Language Club
Travel
- Band performed at Walt Disney World in Florida.
- Students traveled to Costa Rica during the summer.
- PHS hosted nine foreign-exchange students during the school year.
- Teachers and students from Kurt Schumacher Schule in Germany came for a week in October.
- A contingent from Colombia stayed for a week in January.
PHS staff
The PHS faculty and staff included:
- Principal Dan Mella
- Counselors Megan Rickmeier and Maggie Stielow
- English teachers Brad Feick, Sarah Maki, and Megan Hummitzsch
- Family and consumer education teacher Connie Lund
- Language teachers Rommy Herrera, Laura Koebel, and Court Ramaeker
- Library media specialist Dena Budrecki
- Math teachers Dave Coley, Jack Daniels, Dawn Krebsbach, Darren Munson, Jeremy Ross, and Kay Tharp
- Physical education teachers Kamie Gritt, Dan Knaus, and Christine Vetter
- Science teachers Jason Jaeckels, Paul Krzyzaniak, Jenny Loehr, and Carrie Pieper
- Special education teachers Jennifer Biller, Amy Bogenschuetz, Tracy Holdridge, and Stacey Ross
- Tech ed teachers Greg Gritt and Jake Sherman
- Custodians Stuart Hellmer, Heidi Meyer, and Bob Mueller
- Aides Cathy Cadman, Tammy Kulow, Gwen Loehr, Patricia Meyer, Mary Rank, Tammy Risler, Kathy Schram, and Shelly Zimmermann
- Food Service staff Sue Laack and Susan Ziegler
Other highlights
- Construction of the LTC-Plymouth Science & Technology Center was completed.
- PHS began evaluating student soft skills.
- Two Student Council blood drives collected 156 pints of blood, a penny war raised $884 for Project Angel Hugs, a winter formal raised $2,661 for the MS Foundation, and a Pi Day celebration raised $2,000 for E.R.A.S.E. and the Plymouth Food Pantry.
Thanks to Quit Qui Oc yearbook and Hi-Lights newspaper for sharing their archives!
Learn more:
• Visit the PHS Alumni Information webpage.
• Explore the District History webpage.
