Plainfield East Athletic Boosters Club Meeting
When: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Time: 7:00 PM
Where: PEHS Media Center
Please come out and continue your support of the PEHS Athletic program!
Monday, May 11, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Plainfield School District 202 - Gifted Student Speaker Event - April 23, 2009
Plainfield School District 202 - Gifted Student Speaker Event - April 23, 2009
From: Director of Community Relations Tom Hernandez
Re: Clinical psychologist Dr. Mark McKee will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 23, 2009 about gifted students and issues related to gifted students. McKee will speak in the auditorium at Plainfield East High School, 12001 S. Naperville Road, Plainfield. He is a licensed clinical psychologist and an allied medical staff member of Linden Oaks at Edward Hospital in Naperville.
This free event is open to the District 202 community. The District 202 Gifted/Honors Parent/Teacher Advisory Council is hosting this event. McKee has had significant experience in pediatric and adolescent psychiatry.
For more information please call Cathie Pezanoski, District 202 Director of Elementary Curriculum and Instruction, at (815) 577-4068.
From: Director of Community Relations Tom Hernandez
Re: Clinical psychologist Dr. Mark McKee will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 23, 2009 about gifted students and issues related to gifted students. McKee will speak in the auditorium at Plainfield East High School, 12001 S. Naperville Road, Plainfield. He is a licensed clinical psychologist and an allied medical staff member of Linden Oaks at Edward Hospital in Naperville.
This free event is open to the District 202 community. The District 202 Gifted/Honors Parent/Teacher Advisory Council is hosting this event. McKee has had significant experience in pediatric and adolescent psychiatry.
For more information please call Cathie Pezanoski, District 202 Director of Elementary Curriculum and Instruction, at (815) 577-4068.
Monday, April 13, 2009
PEHS Baseball Cancellation - 4/13/09
Due to the large amount of rain we have received we have canceled the home sophomore and freshman baseball games for today vs. Plainfield South.
No make-up date has been determined.
Branden Adkins
Plainfield East High School
Assistant Athletic Director
Head Boys Basketball Coach
badkins@learningcommunity202.org
Office: 815-577-1025 ext. 5846
Fax: 815-436-4514
No make-up date has been determined.
Branden Adkins
Plainfield East High School
Assistant Athletic Director
Head Boys Basketball Coach
badkins@learningcommunity202.org
Office: 815-577-1025 ext. 5846
Fax: 815-436-4514
PEHS Soccer Cancellation - 4/13/09
Due to the large amount of rain we have received we have canceled the home JV soccer game for today vs. Plainfield Central.
We will make it up on Monday, April 27th at 4:30.
Branden AdkinsPlainfield East High School
Assistant Athletic Director
Head Boys Basketball Coach
badkins@learningcommunity202.org
Office: 815-577-1025 ext. 5846
Fax: 815-436-4514
We will make it up on Monday, April 27th at 4:30.
Branden AdkinsPlainfield East High School
Assistant Athletic Director
Head Boys Basketball Coach
badkins@learningcommunity202.org
Office: 815-577-1025 ext. 5846
Fax: 815-436-4514
What Happened to the Star Spangled Banner?
Over the years, I've attended a fair number of sporting events. Some were for professional sports, but most were for youth sporting events. As most people are aware, the Star Spangled Banner is played before the beginning of a professional sporting event. Though the performance can sometimes be controversial, the intent is the same.
For some reason, it seems the Star Spangled Banner is rarely played before youth sports games. Maybe, it is a logistics issue where many outdoor fields have no public address system and many times there are multiple games being played simultaneously making it difficult to play the song before each game.
My issue isn't so much that the Star Spangled Banner is played or not played, but what happens during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner when it is played. No matter where or what venue, it seems fewer and fewer people are paying attention to the anthem and worse yet, are either chit-chatting or outright mocking the song itself. This obnoxious behavior reaches across generations, but seems more and more prevalent among our young people.
While attending youth sporting events, most of the adults face the flag, put their hand over their heart and either stand silently or sing along. Many of our young people talk amongst themselves, text or talk on their cell phones, make fun of the song, sing obnoxious versions of the song or disrespect the moment in other ways. They seem to have little if any knowledge of the purpose or origin of the song, nor do they seem to care. Did we teach them about the sacrifices of their forefathers? Isn't that part of US History and taught in school? Are we not teaching it or are they not getting it?
It is quite disturbing that we expect freedom in America, yet we have little respect for how it came about or how it is maintained. It was interesting to read the heroic efforts of our US Navy SEALS during the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips of the ship Maersk Alabama. In a CNN article by Bob Greene, he asks where these kinds of men come from. They are our brothers, fathers and sons with an extraordinary dedication to our country and its citizens. They selflessly put themselves in harm's way to protect the United States and its people. This is the Navy SEALs' creed:
"My loyalty to country and team is beyond reproach. I humbly serve as a guardian to my fellow Americans, always ready to defend those who are unable to defend themselves. I do not advertise the nature of my work, nor seek recognition for my actions. I voluntarily accept the inherent hazards of my profession, placing the welfare and security of others before my own. I serve with honor on and off the battlefield. The ability to control my emotions and my actions, regardless of circumstance, sets me apart from other men. ... In the absence of orders I will take charge, lead my teammates and accomplish the mission. ... I will never quit. I persevere and thrive on adversity. My nation expects me to be physically harder and mentally stronger than my enemies. If knocked down, I will get back up, every time. I will draw on every remaining ounce of strength to protect my teammates and to accomplish our mission. I am never out of the fight."
How many of us could live by that code of conduct? Not many. That is why there is such rigorous training to establish the few who have the stamina to achieve such lofty goals. It is an honor to have men of this caliber representing our United States.
The Star Spangled Banner is not only played for the heroic Navy SEALS, but for all the men and women who served and are serving in our armed forces. The pursuit and maintenance of freedom is a daily job. Freedom isn't a quick news snippet. Freedom comes from the hard working soldiers at our borders, the soldiers battling in Afghanistan and Iraq, the personnel on ships throughout the world and all the military men and women involved in the day to day operations that keep us safe.
When you see a member of our armed forces on the street, thank him or her. When you hear the playing of the Star Spangled Banner, please show respect for all those who have died serving our country and the living who put themselves in harm's way to protect your freedoms.
Here is a copy of the original Star Spangled Banner with all the verses, as written by Francis Scott Key.
O! say can you see, by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming.
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming.
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
O! thus be it ever, when free men shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust.'
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
For some reason, it seems the Star Spangled Banner is rarely played before youth sports games. Maybe, it is a logistics issue where many outdoor fields have no public address system and many times there are multiple games being played simultaneously making it difficult to play the song before each game.
My issue isn't so much that the Star Spangled Banner is played or not played, but what happens during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner when it is played. No matter where or what venue, it seems fewer and fewer people are paying attention to the anthem and worse yet, are either chit-chatting or outright mocking the song itself. This obnoxious behavior reaches across generations, but seems more and more prevalent among our young people.
While attending youth sporting events, most of the adults face the flag, put their hand over their heart and either stand silently or sing along. Many of our young people talk amongst themselves, text or talk on their cell phones, make fun of the song, sing obnoxious versions of the song or disrespect the moment in other ways. They seem to have little if any knowledge of the purpose or origin of the song, nor do they seem to care. Did we teach them about the sacrifices of their forefathers? Isn't that part of US History and taught in school? Are we not teaching it or are they not getting it?
It is quite disturbing that we expect freedom in America, yet we have little respect for how it came about or how it is maintained. It was interesting to read the heroic efforts of our US Navy SEALS during the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips of the ship Maersk Alabama. In a CNN article by Bob Greene, he asks where these kinds of men come from. They are our brothers, fathers and sons with an extraordinary dedication to our country and its citizens. They selflessly put themselves in harm's way to protect the United States and its people. This is the Navy SEALs' creed:
"My loyalty to country and team is beyond reproach. I humbly serve as a guardian to my fellow Americans, always ready to defend those who are unable to defend themselves. I do not advertise the nature of my work, nor seek recognition for my actions. I voluntarily accept the inherent hazards of my profession, placing the welfare and security of others before my own. I serve with honor on and off the battlefield. The ability to control my emotions and my actions, regardless of circumstance, sets me apart from other men. ... In the absence of orders I will take charge, lead my teammates and accomplish the mission. ... I will never quit. I persevere and thrive on adversity. My nation expects me to be physically harder and mentally stronger than my enemies. If knocked down, I will get back up, every time. I will draw on every remaining ounce of strength to protect my teammates and to accomplish our mission. I am never out of the fight."
How many of us could live by that code of conduct? Not many. That is why there is such rigorous training to establish the few who have the stamina to achieve such lofty goals. It is an honor to have men of this caliber representing our United States.
The Star Spangled Banner is not only played for the heroic Navy SEALS, but for all the men and women who served and are serving in our armed forces. The pursuit and maintenance of freedom is a daily job. Freedom isn't a quick news snippet. Freedom comes from the hard working soldiers at our borders, the soldiers battling in Afghanistan and Iraq, the personnel on ships throughout the world and all the military men and women involved in the day to day operations that keep us safe.
When you see a member of our armed forces on the street, thank him or her. When you hear the playing of the Star Spangled Banner, please show respect for all those who have died serving our country and the living who put themselves in harm's way to protect your freedoms.
Here is a copy of the original Star Spangled Banner with all the verses, as written by Francis Scott Key.
O! say can you see, by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming.
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming.
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
O! thus be it ever, when free men shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust.'
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Friday, April 10, 2009
Plainfield East Athletic Boosters Club Meeting
Plainfield East Athletic Boosters Club Meeting
When: Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Time: 7:00 PM
Where: PEHS Media Center
Please come out and continue your support of the PEHS Athletic program!
When: Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Time: 7:00 PM
Where: PEHS Media Center
Please come out and continue your support of the PEHS Athletic program!
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Plainfield East High School - Baseball Cancellation
For April 2, 2009
Due to poor field conditions we have to cancel the home freshman baseball game vs. Glenbard South. At this point, we are still planning on playing the sophomore baseball game, the two softball games, the two soccer matches, and the tennis match.
Branden Adkins
Plainfield East High School
Assistant Athletic Director
Head Boys Basketball Coach
badkins@learningcommunity202.org
Office: 815-577-1025 ext. 5846
Fax: 815-436-4514
"Characteristic of a Champion: Positive Attitude-Discipline-Focus-Commitment- Sacrifice"
Due to poor field conditions we have to cancel the home freshman baseball game vs. Glenbard South. At this point, we are still planning on playing the sophomore baseball game, the two softball games, the two soccer matches, and the tennis match.
Branden Adkins
Plainfield East High School
Assistant Athletic Director
Head Boys Basketball Coach
badkins@learningcommunity202.org
Office: 815-577-1025 ext. 5846
Fax: 815-436-4514
"Characteristic of a Champion: Positive Attitude-Discipline-Focus-Commitment- Sacrifice"
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