Pacific High School

Congratulations to Alexis Clark for making the All Tournament team at the Herculaneum tournament!

Lady Indians take down Grandview 27-25.

Pacific girls go in at the half up 12-8 over Grandview.

PHS Students & Parents: the Four Rivers Career Center is hosting an open house November 29, 5-7pm. 1978 Image Dr. Washington, MO 63090. For more information go to: https://sites.google.com/mvr3.k12.mo.us/counseling/four-rivers-career-center

On Saturday, November 5, the PHS MCJROTC honored all our Veterans in the annual St. Louis Veteran’s Day Parade. Thank you to all our service men and women. Photos by Brian Cain

Check out PHS students at work on their still life projects (and see some finished products as well). Great work from entry-level ART I class! https://youtu.be/l3M2rksHFcc #MVNation

Mrs. Pfeiffer's DECA Leadership class partnered with Mrs. Miller's FCCLA to make ditty bags for shoebox for soldier's project. The Operation Shoebox website has template to make the drawstring bags for soldiers to use to carry their personal care items to and from the shower.

Last Friday night the PHS Football team, Cheerleading, and Band honored their seniors. The football team toped off the evening with a victory against St. James. Football and Band photos courtesy of Mark Vogt Cheer photos courtesy of Casey Cowsert

The fall musical, Lucky Stiff, opens this week! To purchase tickets go to https://phsmo.booktix.com/ . Dates: Oct 27, 28, 29 @ 7pm; Oct 30 @ 3pm.

Oct 13: PHS & Union HS Volleyball team up for Cancer Awareness Pink Out. Thanks to the following for their help: FCA, Art Dept., basketball team, Ms. Garlick's class, and STUCO. Over $750 was raised for Rally for Rhonda Lee, Coleman teacher. It was a great night.

Varsity Volleyball pulls out the win in 5 sets tonight in front of a great crowd!

JV and Freshmen Volleyball defeat Whitfield in straight sets! Awesome job.

Had a great time Welcoming our Freshman this week at PHS. Looking forward to Tuesday!

Please come out and join us for the Red Cross Blood Drive at PHS this Friday, June 17, 2022. Times are from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. To sign up: Please call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter: PacificHS to schedule an appointment.

SENIOR SCHOLARSHIPS— Don’t miss out on an opportunity to earn a scholarship. Many local businesses and organizations offer scholarships to PHS graduating students. Use the link to access the scholarships. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CGAj2YrfP7FArDNHwVHM9Eoe1kwtVea4n8lsUZ5678Y/edit

Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) students from PHS attended the Career Development Conference at the MO capitol building with their sponsor, Dean Penberthy. Students were busy renewing, reviewing, and reconnecting with their JAG goals. @JAGMissouri #MVNation #JAGMO2022

Hard at work, senior Colton Adkins perfects his skills at Four Rivers Career Center. Photo by Mia Roemer

Juniors Carly Vaughn and Makayla Winebaugh perform a lab practical by making a salt solution in Chemistry II class. Photo by M. Paxton

Mr. Anderson, formerly Coach Anderson, in addition to being a history nerd and my father, is also the biggest Kansas City Chiefs fan I’ve ever met. The amount of times I’ve heard a scream from the basement either in despair or celebration is innumerable. So you can imagine how proud he is that he has left a mark on the team and their fan culture. Whenever the Chiefs get a first down, someone screams “That’s a Kansas City Chiefs-”, and then someone else finishes with “FIRST DOWN”. Yup, Mr. Anderson and his buddy started that tradition. “Sometime around 1999, me and a friend would always get together and watch Chiefs games. In our living rooms, any time the Chiefs would get a first down, which was a lot, I would stand up in the room and yell, ‘That’s a Kansas City Chiefs….’ and my friend would stand up, give the first down signal and yell, ‘FIRST DOWN.’ Eventually, we were lucky enough to buy season tickets and we continued with our ‘First Down’ chant at every home game. At that time, it was just me and my buddy that would do it. I’m sure we looked and sounded like idiots. However, as the season continued, more and more people in our section (corner of the upper deck), would join in. At first it was just a few people in our immediate area. By midway through the season, our whole section was participating in the chant. By the end of the season, our section and the sections next to us were joining in. We were blown away that at the beginning of the next season, the Chiefs announcer was leading the whole stadium in the chant after every Chiefs first down. It is a tradition that the Chiefs still do today. After every first down, the Chiefs announcer will review the play with something like… “Patrick Mahomes completes a pass for 15 yards to Travis Kelce and that’s good enough for a KANSAS CITY CHIEFS…….” and the stadium finishes with, ‘FIRST DOWN!’”. Twenty years later Anderson still feels pride whenever the announcer and fans replicate the chant. It is now an ingrained part of Chiefs culture and lore. All of the players most definitely are aware of the chant. It’s all because my father and his friend decided to be themselves. Article by: Nate Anderson

Good evening PHS Families, Please use the link to access our February newsletter. https://www.smore.com/5vtwh