Pekin Community High School District #303 - The Fire is Within

It's that time again for the Annual Student Council Canned Food Drive! Donations will be accepted in advisory classes through Monday, November 25th!

Best Buddies enjoying breakfast sponsored by Pekin Firefighters Local 524

Congratulations to this month's staff Flying the P winners! These staff members have gone above and beyond to support PCHS students!

Last week the animal science students had their beef cattle management lab. The students had the opportunity to sort the cattle, vaccinate, band, and tag them! #TeachAg

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Mr. Everett's Accelerated Math classes are using vertical spaces to check their understanding of adding and subtracting rational expressions. #BTC

Bruning's 1st hour enjoyed their Thanksgiving feast today. They practiced serving and etiquette procedures.

Winter Sports are here! #FireUp

Zoology and Earth and Environmental Science classes took a fun trip to Chicago. We visited The Field Museum and the Shedd Aquarium.

This is the last week to order your Thanksgiving rolls, pies and cranberry sauce from PCHS culinary! The last day to order is 11/21. Pick up will be 11/26 from 8 - 2 PM with cash, check and card accepted. Fill out this form to order: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16YgPvwE60kLkjD7rlzIlmKM0JWfAFmOtYmaE4D8TGPQ/viewform?edit_requested=true

This week's Dragon Cafe menu!

JUNIORS: The Counseling Department will host a Junior Family Night: Planning Life After High School this Thursday, November 21 at 6PM in the PCHS theater. We hope to see junior students & parents/guardians at this event for support on planning for life after PCHS!

The PCHS Counseling Office will be hosting FAFSA completion nights on December 12 and February 19th at 6pm in the Dragon Commons. All students, regardless of attending a 4-yr, 2-yr, or vocational school will need to complete the FAFSA. Both you and your student will need to create an FSA ID prior to the event. Please do so by going to https://studentaid.gov/fsa-id/create-account/launch. These workshops will be a great opportunity to work on your student's FAFSA while having experts around to answer any questions that may come up. We hope to see you there!

Only a couple more days to order your Thanksgiving rolls, pies and cranberry sauce from PCHS culinary! The last day to order is 11/21. Pick up will be 11/26 from 8 - 2 PM with cash, check and card accepted. Fill out this form to order: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16YgPvwE60kLkjD7rlzIlmKM0JWfAFmOtYmaE4D8TGPQ/viewform?edit_requested=true

Bruning's sixth hour Foods 1 class made pie!

Third hour we made taco bake in the microwave in Bruning's Foods 1 class to finish up the cooking and baking equipment and appliances unit.

Apple pie in the lab for Bruning's Foods 1 first hour.

PCHS activities can be found on two live streaming channels. You will find Dragon Media events, some sports and music concerts on Youtube. Most other events can be found on Hudl. Save these links on your devices! https://www.pekinhigh.net/o/district/page/live-streaming

Congratulations to our recent grads - Gabi Salazar, Cassie Keller, and Morgan Haynes who competed in the Social Impact Challenge at Bradley University’s Turner School of Entrepreneurship. The group finished in 3rd place for Braves Closet, an on campus thrift store. Our graduates do great things! #dragonpride

Last stop - the Dana Thomas House in Springfield. What a great Interior Design field trip!