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

Pekin FFA members and agriculture students recently gave the center sign display at the Kiwanis Garden a "facelift". Students replaced the old structure with a new wooden display. Perennials will also be planted this spring to add the finishing touches! 🌻🌷#PekinFFA #TeachAg

Winter Sports are almost here! Be sure to REGISTER and turn in an UPDATED PHYSICAL!

Tryout/practice start dates will be posted soon!

All athletes must be registered on SNAP and have an updated/current physical on file with the athletic office prior to day one of practice/tryouts. Don't wait until its too late, get your physical and register today. No exceptions! Make sure you upload ALL pages of your physical on SNAP.

Link to register: https://manage.snap.app/register/pekinhs/dashboard/home

Girls' Wrestling is almost here! Day one is Monday, October 26 at 3:00 pm in the Wrestling Room.

Before you can attend you must:
1) Register on Snap (parents must register their athlete - register from a computer)
2) Have a current physical, which does not expire until March!

Contact Coach Dowell with any questions

This Principal Appreciation Week, we’re celebrating our PCHS principals for seeing the potential in every student, empowering our staff, and helping our Dragons soar.

Thank you for your leadership, dedication, and the heart you bring to our school each day. You fuel the fire that makes our Dragon community strong!

What’s Taxed and What’s Not Under the County Schools Facility Sales Tax Proposal
Did you know? The proposed County Schools Facility Sales Tax only applies to items that are currently subject to Illinois sales tax. Here’s what won’t be taxed:
•Groceries
•Prescription medications
•Vehicles (cars, trucks, boats, RVs, mobile homes)
•Farm equipment, parts, and inputs
•Personal/professional services (haircuts, accounting, legal services, etc.)
•Wholesale purchases

What will be taxed? Only items that are currently taxed under Illinois law. For example:
•Prepared foods (restaurants)
•Retail purchases (clothing, electronics, etc.)
•Online sales

If approved, this tax would help fund facility upgrades and improvements as well as mental health supports for students. Learn more about this referendum by visiting tazewellonecent.info, or contacting us.

🔥MATCH DAY🔥

We're headed to Bloomington High School today, who is hosting our 2A Regional Semifinal match against the Normal West Wildcats.

⚽Kickoff @ 5:00p - (Gates open at 4:00p)

📍Bloomington High School, 1202 E Locust St, Bloomington, IL 61701

Admission Fees:
🎟️Cash Ticket (pay at gate): $8.00
🎫Digital Ticket (GoFans): $6.00 + $1.30 fee

Link to purchase tickets: https://gofan.co/event/6947199?schoolId=IHSA

🟣District 87 Game Day Policies will be in place for this event (see attached)

#DragonPride

Vote for our own Morgan Coker as PJ Star Athlete of the Week!

https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/high-school/athlete-of-the-week/2026/10/19/ihsa-sports-vote-for-journal-star-girls-athlete-of-the-week-for-oct-12-17/92282503007/

It's not too early to be thinking about Christmas! Order your custom made ornaments today!

Just a reminder. Parent Teachers Conferences will be held Thursday night in the gym from 5-8 PM. Phone call only conferences are available on Friday - https://www.signupgenius.com/org/26fallconferences#/
Signups for a phone conference will end at 3 PM Wednesday. There is no school for students on Friday.

Ms. Cosentine's government class just wrapped up their sovereign state presentations! From defining borders to establishing governance, we took a deep dive into what it truly means to hold supreme power. Pictured: Briella Hoover and Journey Woll.

The Dragon Cafe is serving up lunch two days this week!

Last week, Pekin FFA had a great time hosting our annual Petting Zoo! We welcomed preschool through 2nd grade students from surrounding area schools for a fun-filled day of learning about agriculture and interacting with a variety of animals! Thank you to all the schools, FFA members, and supporters who helped make this event a success! #PekinFFA

Lily, Diesel, Ms. Cosentine, and Miss Kahl had a great time at the Best Buddies gala!

Tonight didn't end like we hoped, but it's been a great season and there's more to come!

It's halftime in Dunlap. Let's go Dragons!

7-7 after the 1st Quarter. Let's go Dragons!

Congratulations to senior Morgan Coker, our Mid-Illini Conference cross country champion! 🏆

The girls' varsity cross country team won the Mid-Illini Conference championship tonight! Morgan Coker (1st), McKinlee Williams (2nd), and Lauren Ladendorf (4th) all earned medals and 1st team all-conference honors. Alli and Avery Cox earned 2nd team all-conference honors. Congratulations, Dragons!

Congratulations to all of our talented musicians!