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Pickerington Schools’ first virtual celebration honoring the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was live streamed last night from Violet Baptist Church in Pickerington. PLSD students that exemplified MLK’s dream were selected to speak and sing during the event. Long-time PLSD employee (now retired) Debra Porter-Sawyer was also honored for her service to the district and […]

Pickerington Schools is screening 3 & 4 year old children to be typical models for special needs classrooms for the 22-23 school year. Who should be screened? Three & four year old children who not attending kindergarten. Children that have excellent communication skills. Children who are outgoing. Children that show empathy for others. Children who […]

Pickerington Schools is again partnering with Nationwide Children’s Hospital for a  COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Tussing Elementary on Feb. 1 from 5-8pm. The second dose will be provided on Feb. 22, 5-8pm. This clinic will administer the Pfizer vaccine to ages 5 +, and the booster will also be available. Click this link to register! […]

Dear PLSD families, Please join us for a virtual celebration to honor the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The virtual event will be held on January 26th, beginning at 6:30 p.m.. This is the new date for the event which was canceled on Jan. 17th due to the snow storm that hit Central Ohio. […]

Based on the latest projections from the consulting firm Cooperative Strategies, the Pickerington Schools are growing. And, the space needed to educate our students is rapidly dwindling. The Pickerington School Board of Education discussed the latest enrollment projections for the Pickerington Schools at its January 10, 2022 meeting. Ryan Jenkins, Treasurer/CFO for the District, led […]

At it Jan. 10, 2022 meeting, the Board of Education considered the first draft of the 2022-23 SY Calendar. The calendar is available for review on our Calendars and School Schedules webpage. The Board would love to hear your feedback on the calendar. You are invited to fill out a short Google form to provide […]

Due to staff and substitute staff shortages, all students in grades 7- 12 will learn virtually tomorrow, January 14, 2022. All students in K-6 grade will attend classes in person and on their regular schedule. Grades 7 -12 staff will report to their building, unless instructed to go to another building. For more information about […]

Last night, during a Virtual Town Hall event, PLSD’s leadership team presented our new “Flexible 3.0 — Pickerington’s Proactive and Prepared Plan.”  The full recording of the Virtual Town Hall is available on our PLSD Communications YouTube channel. PLSD’s Flexible Learning 3.0 Plan is an upgrade to the Flexible Learning 2.0 Plan, which the district […]

Dear PLSD parents and students, In preparation for the potential of a full virtual learning event in the future (either districtwide or in a specific building(s)), we’re sharing two sets of instructions for logging attendance on virtual learning days in Infinite Campus. The instructions are divided into grade levels so that parents are responsible for […]

PLSD is excited about a new program that helps address language barriers for our New American and immigrant families. With this program, PLSD has contracted with Ethiopian Tewahedo Social Services (ETSS) to hire our own parents as Family Bilingual Liaisons who speak the following languages: Akan, Arabic, French, Ga, Nepali, Tigrinya, and Wolof. PLSD now […]