Thank you to former mayor, Laurie Barra, and current mayor, Mary Burress, for speaking to students today about your experiences in public service. Thank you to the YWCA's Coalition for Equality for always including Girl Up in initiatives for Women's History Month.
Shark week came early in Zoology! 🦈Students got up close and personal with dogfish sharks during our dissection—some even found baby sharks inside!
The Dragon Cafe will only be serving tomorrow due to testing on Thursday.
Students are taking the 5 Essentials Survey this month and we are interested in hearing from you parents! This Friday is the last day to complete the survey. Click on the link to take the survey: https://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/login/
Pekin Boys Tennis Team has been working hard at practice to get ready for their first match on April 1st! Support them by buying some awesome gear! Store closes by March 28th.
https://dragonstennis25.bigcartel.com/product/dragons-tennis-25-t-shirt
Zoe Liedtke placed 3rd in long jump and 5th in the 200m dash at a very tough Clinton Last Chance Invite! Congratulations to Zoe, and go Dragons!
PCHS would like to congratulate these two gentlemen on the well-deserved Flyin' the P for this week > they were both name on the Mid-Illini Conference Team.
Mark your calendars! Come attend Celebrate PCHS. A great night showcasing student learning and school programs!
Bruning's Foods 2 students explored grains by making different recipes using barley, rice, quinoa and couscous. What a great lab experience! #Ilcte #Efe320 #facsfun
Tonight's Softball game against Midwest Central has been canceled.
It's the first day of Spring and Martin the Groundhog (Martin das Murmeltier) is out of hibernation. He can be seen between the B200 and C200 pods on most days.
🎓🚀 What an incredible day at the Career Summit! Our students had the opportunity to explore a wide range of career paths through hands-on demonstrations across multiple career clusters: Emergency Services, Medical, Trades, Cosmetology, Service, Art/Entrepreneurship, and more! 🙌
They also honed essential job skills during engaging workshops, participated in a college/career fair, and practiced their interview skills with professionals. 💼
A huge thank you to all the organizers, presenters, and industry experts for providing such valuable experiences to help our students prepare for their futures. The energy and excitement were contagious! 🌟
Seniors transformed math class into a pasta party 🍝 📈 Using spaghetti, they crafted sine and cosine graphs, making trigonometry both tangible and tasty. Who knew noodles could illustrate wave patterns so well? Keep up the creativity! #SeniorSpaghettiSine
Today is Student Council Election Day for the 2025-2026 School Year! Best of luck to all of the officer candidates running today!
Did you think we were done? Congratulations to Tanner Wooten on being named a National Qualifier for the Illinois State Educators Rising JV Rising Moment competition! #EFE320 #ILCTE #FutureTeachers
Varsity Score Updates:
Soccer vs Central Catholic-- 1-1 Tie
Softball vs NCHS- 6-3
Baseball vs Prairie Central-- 12-2
Congratulations to Paige Rudd and Abbey Holly for being named National Qualifiers in the Illinois Educators Rising Children's Literature event with their original story and illustrations! #EFE320 #ILCTE #FutureTeachers
Attention Seniors! PCHS Local Scholarships are due TODAY March 18th. Don't forget to drop them off at the Counseling Office! All scholarships can be found on the PCHS Scholarship Database at: bit.ly/PCHS-Scholarships-24-25
Congratulations to Coach Eric Meyers and his Pekin Dragons on their season opening victory and his first coaching win over Bloomington Central Catholic! Dragons roar to a 10-2 victory!
Students are taking the 5 Essentials Survey this month and we are interested in hearing from you parents! Click on the link to take the survey: https://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/login/
