Pleasant Plains High School

Pleasant Plains High School
Location
500 N. Cartwright Street Pleasant Plains, Illinois United States
Coordinates	39°52′37″N 89°55′08″W / 39.87694°N 89.91889°WCoordinates: 39°52′37″N 89°55′08″W / 39.87694°N 89.91889°W
Information
Type	Public
School district	Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District No. 8
Grades	9 to 12
Website	www.ppcusd8.org/hs

Pleasant Plains High School is a public high school located in Pleasant Plains, Illinois, USA. It is part of Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District No. 8. The school was built in 1927.

When the new buses were bought in 1941 they added Salisbury to the Pleasant Plains (Township High School at the time) district. This caused Salisbury High School was closed and the students transferred to Pleasant Plains.

Pleasant Plains High School used to be called Pleasant Plains Township High School.

The school’s gym that is being used still today was opened in November 1963. The first basketball ever played was against the rival at the time Ashland.

Demographics

• Student Population: 451
• Percent ethnicity:

96.0% Caucasian

0.8% African American

<0.1% Hispanic

<0.1% Asian

<0.1% Multi-Racial

• Student to teacher ratio: 12 students - 1 teachers
• Male to female percentages: 54% male 46% female
• Percent of students who drive to school: 42%

Community involvement

Wall Of Fame

Booster club

Athletic Boosters

Officers

• President- Luke brooks
• Vice President- D'wayne Peterson
• Treasurer- Rita Cronister
• Secretary- Brenda Hughes

The mission of the Booster Club is to organize activities to raise funds for the athletic programs of the Pleasant Plains Athletic Association.

Community Club

Community Club

The Pleasant Plains Community Club is a group of community members working together for the betterment of the community. They have given the school two scholarships for graduating National Honor Society Members, and medallions for the graduating National Honor Society members. Sports Complex The last of the four phases at the Sports Complex was completed in the spring of 2010.

Lights

Lights For Ron is a project to fund baseball field lights, on the new baseball field called Reiser Field.

Academics

Classes include:

Mathematics

• Algebra 131 & 141,
• Geometry,
• Algebra 2,
• Advanced Algebra 2,
• Pre-Calculus
• Calculus,
• Probability and Statistics,
• Basic Programing,
• C++ Programing

English

• English 131 & 132,
• English 231 & 232,
• English 321 & 332,
• English 431(Dual Credit)& 432(AP),
• Media Literacy,
• Film & Fiction,
• Speech,
• Journalism 1 & 2,
• Yearbook

Science

• Biology,
• Environmental Science,
• Zoology,
• Plant and Greenhouse,
• Physical Science,
• Anatomy,
• Chemistry,
• AP Chemistry,
• Physics,
• AP Physics,
• AP Biology

Social Sciences

• World History,
• American History,
• Historical Case Studies,
• 20th Century History,
• AP U.S. History,
• Psychology,
• Sociology,
• AP Psychology,
• Economics,
• Senior Research,
• Social Issues in History 1 & 2

Languages

• Spanish 1,
• Spanish 2,
• Spanish ¾,
• German 1,
• German 2,
• German ¾

Art

• Art 1,
• Art 2,
• Art 3,
• Art 4,
• Photography

Music

• Concert Choir,
• Madrigals-Jazz Choir,
• Band,
• Music Theory,
• Beginning Guitar,
• Advanced Guitar 2

Business

• Personal law,
• Consumer Ed.,
• Accounting 1 & 2,
• Keyboarding,
• Basic Documenting,
• Microsoft Word,
• Microsoft Excel,
• Microsoft PowerPoint,
• Desktop Publishing,
• Internet 1 & 2,
• Computer 1 & 2

Industrial Education

• Shop,
• Cabinet Making,
• Metal Working,
• Energy,
• Woodworking,
• CAD 1,
• Advanced CAD,
• Manufacturing,
• PC Hardware,
• Computer Animation,
• Building Trades,
• Industrial Lab Manufacturing

Project Lead The Way:

• Introduction to Engineering design,
• Principles of Engineering,
• Digital Electronics,
• Bio-technical Engineering

Health, Drivers Ed., PE

• Health,
• Drivers Education,
• General PE,
• Strength Training,
• Fitness

Extra Classes and non-credit Classes

• Senior Transitions,
• CACC,
• AC-Central Agriculture classes,
• Class Helper

Fall

• Boys golf http://www.ppcusd8.org/hs/Sports/Boys%20Golf/bgolf.html
• Girls golf http://www.ppcusd8.org/hs/Sports/GirlsGolf/Girlsgolf.html
• Boys cross country http://www.ppcusd8.org/hs/Sports/xCountry/XCountry.htm
• Girls cross country http://www.ppcusd8.org/hs/Sports/xCountry/XCountry.htm
• Football http://www.lockerroom2.com/teams/plainsfootball/index.php
• Boys soccer http://www.ppcusd8.org/hs/Sports/BoysSoccer/boyssoccer.htm
• Volleyball http://www.ppcusd8.org/hs/Sports/VBall/Vball.htm

Winter

• Boys basketball http://www.ppcusd8.org/hs/Sports/BoysBBall/Bball.html
• Girls basketball http://www.ppcusd8.org/hs/Sports/GirlsBBall/Bball.html

Spring

• Baseball http://www.ppcusd8.org/hs/Sports/Baseball/Baseball.html
• Girls soccer http://www.ppcusd8.org/hs/Sports/GirlsSoccer/gsoccer.html
• Softball http://www.ppcusd8.org/hs/Sports/Softball/softball.htm
• Boys track http://www.plainstrack.com/
• Girls track http://www.plainstrack.com/

References

• Plainsman 1956. Campbell, CA: American Yearbook, 1956. Print.
• Plainsman 1977. Campbell, CA: American Yearbook, 1977. Print.
• Plainsman, 46. Campbell, CA: American Yearbook, 1970. Print.
• Plainsman 69. Campbell, CA: American Yearbook, 1969. Print.
• Plainsman '70. Campbell,CA: American Yearbook, 1970. Print.

External links

• Pleasant Plains High School website