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

The S'Pekin Dragons competed at Eureka and Bradley-Bourbonnais this past weekend and placed 3rd in Team Sweeps at BOTH! Here are the results: Eureka Speech Tournament Results Dramatic Duet Acting 3rd place varsity = Caroline Manning (soph) & Abby Hartzler (soph) Dramatic Interp 4th place varsity = Caroline Manning (soph) Extemporaneous Speaking 4th place varsity = Mark Czesak (fresh) 5th place varsity = Rylee Caldwell (soph) Humorous Duet Acting 1st place JV = Jacob Holloway (fresh) & Katie Murfin (fresh) Humorous Interp 5th place varsity = Emma Zimmerman (soph) 6th lace varsity = Christian Redding (fresh) Impromptu 4th place JV = Mark Czesak (fresh) Informative Speaking 4th palace varsity = Anna Soupos (soph) Declamation 5th palace varsity = Norah Springborn (fresh) 1st palace JV = Madison Hieser (soph) 5th palace JV = Korey Young (fresh) Original Comedy 1st place JV = Piper Nelms (soph) Original Oratory 3rd palace JV = Carley Kizer (soph) Prose 5th palace varsity = Piper Nelms (soph) 1st place JV = Norah Springborn (fresh) Radio Speaking 4th place JV = Gabby Crabtree (fresh) 5th place JV = Trinity Goode (soph) Special Occasion Speaking 5th place varsity = Charity Brown Bradley-Bourbonnais Tournament Results Dramatic DuetActing 6th place varsity = Andrew Lambe (junior) & Kaeli Harkleroad (junior) Humorous Duet Acting 4th place varsity = Nevaeh Mankle (senior) & Kaitlyn Heaton (junior) Humorous Interp 1st place varsity = Madison Rudloff (senior) Informative Speaking 2nd place varsity = Elisabeth Sandoval (junior) Original Comedy 3rd place varsity = Kaitlyn Heaton (junior) Original Oratory 2nd place varsity = Elisabeth Sandoval (junior) Poetry Reading 1st place varsity = Taylor Cady (junior) Radio Speaking 7th place varsity = Andrew Lambe (junior) Special Occasion Speaking 3rd place varsity = Madison Rudloff (senior)

Events of the Week - 1/21

Your #Dragon Cheerleaders are on the floor at Niles West. Good luck!! #DragonPride

BBB Final Score: #Dragons 58 Richwoods 43. #DragonPride #ScoresByJW

Congrats to the #Dragon Cheerleaders on a job well done today at the Grayslake North Competition. #DragonPride #NextUp at Niles West tomorrow.

Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes, announcements, impromptu songs, and the clearing my car of snow and ice tonight at/after the game. The frosting on the cake was the win. This is the definition of #DragonPride #1692>53

BBB Final Score: #Dragons 41 East Peoria 28. #DragonPride #NextUp at Richwoods tomorrow.

BBB Score Update: #Dragons 31 East Peoria 15 end of the 3rd quarter. #DragonPride

BBB Score Update: #Dragons 20 East Peoria 8 at half. #DragonPride

BBB Score Update: #Dragons 12 East Peoria 5 end of the 1st quarter. #DragonPride

Bruning’s Foods 2 combined knife skills, food safety and proper cooking procedures to make a yummy Stirfry today!

Tonight's home boys basketball games against East Peoria are on as scheduled. Sophomores at 5:30pm, varsity at 7pm. #DragonPride

Join us for lunch at PCHS! Lunches available most Tues and Thurs in the Culinary Program located in the Holman Center at Pekin Community High School. Our high school students are excited to showcase our program by preparing and serving lunch. Reservations not needed but will be accepted by leaving a message or emailing. Additional info available on the menu. https://5il.co/ccuu

The Boys Swim meet at Burlington (IA) has been rescheduled for Monday at 4pm. The bus will leave from the Pillars at 11:45am. #DragonPride

The Wresting Tournament at Quincy scheduled for today and tomorrow has been cancelled. It will not be rescheduled. #DragonPride

I am excited to announce this week's winners of the "Flying the P" award! This week we will be honoring the students on the yearbook staff who helped create the 2018-2019 Pekinian. The 2018-2019 Pekinian has been honored with numerous awards that include: Columbia Scholastic Press Association Silver Medalist KEMPA (Kettle Moraine Press Association) 1st place 2019 Illinois Journalism Education Association Division 5 2nd place: Overall General Excellence 3rd place: Best Sports Coverage 1st place: Best Use of Photography Honorable Mention: Best Graphics Honorable Mention: Best Divider Pages 3rd place: Best Layout and Design 2nd place: Best Theme Development Please help me in congratulating these students! Alexis Billingsley Kegi Carter (not pictured) Sami Curtis Haley Dockery Hailey Fahnestock (not pictured) Alexis Falco-Creech (not pictured) Giana Goudie Madison Heyder Hannah Holmberg Kylei Kampas (not pictured) Lauren Langloss Logan Lewis Devin Lusk Gabrielle McClary Julia Oltmann Natalie Owens Micayla Porter Alex Tarter Lacee Wrhel Brailyn Zimmerman

Tomorrow's Boys Swim meet at Burlington (IA) has been postponed. It may be rescheduled to Monday afternoon. More details to follow once they're announced. #DragonPride

Thanks to PCHS District 303 & Pekin District 108 Orchestra students and their Instructors who spent the day collaborating in preparation for Strings Festival concert tonight. So much talent among grades 5 - 12 within our community. #dragonpride

Wrestling Final Score: #Dragons 68 Limestone 12. #DragonPride ScorecastViaTB

Wrestling Final: #Dragons 42 Canton 31. #DragonPride #ScoresViaTB