Mrs Holeton’s 3D ART students learn to cut and fuse glass. If you want to make your own glass necklace, magnet, or keychain, take art next year!
Painting students are learning the basics of watercolor while making thank you notes for staff members in our school
Congratulations to our two outstanding art students, Elizabeth and Olivia, who made it in to the Peoria Art Guild Mentorship apprentice program!
Spanish 2 students get to know a little about each other en espanol!
We received a pleasant Friday surprise from Pekin First Nazarene! Thank you for the unexpected snack delivery for our PCHS staff! It's never expected, but always appreciated. #Dragonpride #Pekinpride
3rd year Spanish students use gimkit’s capture the flag to master future and conditional tenses!
Jaelyn Toms is the Zoology student of the day.She made a spectacular Bald Eagle out of water bottles that she individually cut and sculpted together. Eagles get plastic in their nests and ingest them while hunting.They also can get tangled up in fishing line.
Happy “Half” Birthday to Robert Hooke on Jan. 18!
Learning about the scientist who discovered microorganisms with the microscope he built in the 1660s…
Please save the date for an exciting event hosted by the PCHS community. We would love for you to join us for a night of great food, entertainment, and student-led sessions detailing the many programs, pathways, and plans of Pekin Community High School! Be on the lookout for your invitation coming soon!
Check out today’s Course Spotlight: VET TECH
https://youtu.be/nqSFl7PTaGA
To learn about all PCHS courses visit: bit.ly/PCHS-Course-Descriptions
Attention Seniors! Check out today's Scholarship Spotlight!
All scholarships can be found on the PCHS Scholarship Database at: bit.ly/PCHS-scholarships
Local Scholarships are due March 20th.
Our PCHS Student Ambassadors spent the day at ICC to participate in the Tazwell County Teen Conference. They enjoyed their time with teens from other schools and keynote speaker Brittany Richmond. Be on the lookout for their great ideas about bringing positive change to PCHS. #Dragonpride
Just a reminder - tomorrow is a late start day!
Latin 1 students mastering the ablative case!
Ms. Lessen's consumer economics students created their own market today! These "buyers" and "consumers" negotiated their deals with a handshake!
3rd and 4th year German students are busy reading and discussing “The White Rose”, the story of the Nazi Resistance during WWII
Don’t forget to check out the amazing artwork of the drawing students at Leaves N Beans before they go away at the end of the month
Olivia Torrey is the Zoology student of the day.She creates a Reef Manta Ray out of laundry soap containers,plastic rotisserie chicken containers, and water bottles. Manta Rays are filter feeders and ingest many microplastics that cause them to eventually die.
Using the Spanish language to discuss what we would do given various hypothetical situations
Photography students working hard at creating their photos.
