Pentwater students clean up during 16th Annual Community Pride Day.

Pentwater students clean up during 16th Annual Community Pride Day.

PENTWATER — Pentwater Public Schools requires that graduating seniors must put in 40 hours of community service in order to graduate. 

“One of the ways we help them earn some of these hours is through our Annual Community Pride Day,” said Superintendent/Principal Scott Karaptian. 

Every year in May, Pentwater students in eighth through 12th grade scatter throughout the village helping many organizations, businesses and private home owners with various spring cleaning projects such as, such as raking, weeding, shoveling sand, and picking up litter.

“This year marks the 16th year that Pentwater Public Schools has been giving back to the community,” said Karaptian. Unfortunately, last year due to COVID-19 the school was not able to participate in this community event.

“The Pentwater community has always been so supportive of our school, students, staff and administration, we cannot think of a better way to show our appreciation than to give back to the community, by helping to clean it up after our long winters.”

Over 90 students spread throughout the village at over 20 different locations throughout the area.  

“We had several community members from the local garden club and churches and village employees not only help supervise the students, but work right alongside them. We truly love the partnership our community has with our schools giving the continuous support that each one needs throughout the year.”

• Contributed photos

Please consider helping to fund local news. Mason County Press and Oceana County Press are available for free thanks to the generous support of our advertisers and individuals who support our service. Click on the PayPal donation button located on the top right of our website. 

This story is copyrighted © 2021, all rights reserved by Media Group 31, LLC, PO Box 21, Scottville, MI 49454. No portion of this story or images may be reproduced in any way, including print or broadcast, without expressed written consent.

As the services of Media Group 31, LLC are news services, the information posted within the sites are archivable for public record and historical posterity. For this reason it is the policy and practice of this company to not delete postings. It is the editor’s discretion to update or edit a story when/if new information becomes available. This may be done by editing the posted story or posting a new “follow-up” story. Media Group 31, LLC or any of its agents have the right to make any changes to this policy. Refer to Use Policy for more information.