In keeping with Future Focus yesterday, Kaboom! and friends from Bradley stopped by PCHS to celebrate with some of our Bradley-bound seniors. The future is bright for these Dragons who will be Braves in the fall. #FutureFocus
Despite it being a cloudy day, the smiles were bright for one lucky class who had a student who won the #AttendanceMatters incentive for her class! A big shout out to SnoBros for partnering with PCHS and the Attendance Program to provide a free shaved ice to a group of students! Congratulations Lillian Thornquist for your excellent school attendance! Everyone loved it!
Future Focus Day #3 was a huge success with 32 staff-led sessions and over 80 business and training partners. Dragons were able to get hired in the Job Fair, plan their pathway in the Pathways Fair, or choose from numerous community service or skill-building sessions. #FutureFocus
Art students put in a full day of painting today and did an amazing job sharing their talent with the community!
GAME ALERT!
The new PEKIN mural is on its way to being completed today! Art students are spending the day downtown to learn about painting large scale art.
Psych students presented their Me Boxes on Monday!
Future Focus - History and Painting
This group researched the historic landmarks of Pekin and created a website. Visitors to the mural downtown will be able to access the website to learn about the landmarks depicted.
Last night our school board recognized the staff of our Little Dragon's Daycare, heard from a few members of the Student Council Exec. Board, listened to a presentation from our Special Ed. Administrators, AND welcomed new Board Member, Mr. Corry Harris as he was sworn in.
Our SkillsUSA team brought home some gold this past weekend! Please say congratulations to our top ten winners from the Illinois State Leadership Competition!
State:
4 🥇First Place
6 🥈Second Place
5 🥉Third Place
Advertising Design
1st Jennah Vickers
3rd Michael Cate
Carpentry
7th Riley Wisely
9th Lakin Flynn
Culinary
9th Raegan Brackett
Job Interview
1st Kendall Garman
Creative Photography Display
1st Maximus Helmig
2nd Sophia Haynes
3rd Bryson Rumler
4th Bradyn Haynes
Cyber Security
2nd Kyler Ostlund and Isaiah Graham
3rd Jacob Brown Steven Burgess
4th Lowgan Hohimer and Anthony Hornbuckle
Early Childhood Education
5th Tayauh Dutton
9th Audrey Rivord
10th Abbey Holly
Information Technology Services
5th Joel Mingus
6th Andrew Kempf
Internetworking
5th Cannon Mackle
Photography
1st Maximus Helmig
2nd Sophia Haynes
3rd Logan McCann
6th Bradyn Haynes
9th Bryson Rumler
Pin Design
2nd Jennah Vickers
8th Garrit Sea
Preschool Interactive Bulletin Board
6th Audrey Rivord and Cadence Covert
Teaching and Learning Professional Portfolio
2nd Abigail Holly
5th Cadence Covert
6th Tayauh Dutton
7th Madison Sego
Welding
9th Tyler Thomas
State:
4 🥇First Place
6 🥈Second Place
5 🥉Third Place
Advertising Design
1st Jennah Vickers
3rd Michael Cate
Carpentry
7th Riley Wisely
9th Lakin Flynn
Culinary
9th Raegan Brackett
Job Interview
1st Kendall Garman
Creative Photography Display
1st Maximus Helmig
2nd Sophia Haynes
3rd Bryson Rumler
4th Bradyn Haynes
Cyber Security
2nd Kyler Ostlund and Isaiah Graham
3rd Jacob Brown Steven Burgess
4th Lowgan Hohimer and Anthony Hornbuckle
Early Childhood Education
5th Tayauh Dutton
9th Audrey Rivord
10th Abbey Holly
Information Technology Services
5th Joel Mingus
6th Andrew Kempf
Internetworking
5th Cannon Mackle
Photography
1st Maximus Helmig
2nd Sophia Haynes
3rd Logan McCann
6th Bradyn Haynes
9th Bryson Rumler
Pin Design
2nd Jennah Vickers
8th Garrit Sea
Preschool Interactive Bulletin Board
6th Audrey Rivord and Cadence Covert
Teaching and Learning Professional Portfolio
2nd Abigail Holly
5th Cadence Covert
6th Tayauh Dutton
7th Madison Sego
Welding
9th Tyler Thomas
Happening this week! Check out this great event for those wanting local resources for individuals with disabilities!
Game changes are in! Here are the reschedule dates/times for today's events!
Heads up, Dragons!
A Blackhawk helicopter will be landing on campus this Thursday, April 30th at 9 AM— and yes, it’s as cool as it sounds.
Our JROTC students (with PCHS staff chaperones) have the exciting opportunity to take to the skies. If you hear the roar overhead, don’t worry — it’s not a movie scene, just another unforgettable day at PCHS.
Keep your eyes up and your phones ready… this is one landing you won’t want to miss! 👀
GAME ALERTS!
Bruning's students used their plating techniques to create parfaits.
Today PCHS celebrated close to 80 students who received almost $300,000 worth of local scholarship moneys!!! Congrats to our Class of 2026 recipients; oh the places you'll go!
Hard-fought matches at the Galesburg Invitational! Big congrats to Cooper for taking home 2nd place in 1 singles, Benji and Braden for a 4th place finish in 2 Doubles, and Cayden for placing 5th in 2 singles! Proud of this group!
Wishing the Pekin Tennis Team the best of luck as they head to the Galesburg Streaks Invitational! Go Dragons! 🎾🔥
On April 14th, PCHS held a Unified Track meet! Students worked hard the past several months in practice and participated in the 100 M, 200 M, 4 x 100 M Relay Event, and Shot Put. A special shout out to Coach Green and Mr. Tabor (Mr. T!!) for their guidance in preparing these athletes for this event!
