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

Students with an interest in agriculture had a great opportunity today to tour Joliet Junior College. Hands on labs and practicums were an emphasis throughout the day including: Drone Demos, Soil Mapping, Bio-Diesel Creation, Greenhouse Usage, Animal Evaluation, and Parasite ID via Microscope

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Winter Sports Awards Night for: Boys and Girls Basketball Boys Swimming & Diving Wrestling Cheerleading Poms / Dance Team Hope to see you there!

If you're planning on coming to the #IHSA Sectional Boys Basketball game between Moline and Normal Community tonight at Pekin, please go online to purchase your ticket(s). https://gofan.co/app/events/542004?schoolId=IL21468 No passes will be accepted. #DragonPride

PCHS would like to extend a huge thanks to Donald Brocksmith Photography featuring In Your Eyes Sports Photography. Thanks to our partnership, we are able to feature his amazing photos on our social media, website (www.pekinhigh.net) and interactive history panel - https://pekinhigh.touchpros.com/Home2.aspx Mr. Brocksmith is a class act and we appreciate the amazing photos he shares with us!

Ag Club was very busy this evening! The Food Science and Veterinary Science teams competed this evening at Midland. The Food Science team placed 3rd as a team and our top 10 individuals: Austin Piro 4th, Gabby Thomas 7th, Blayne Thomas 9th, Mason Glasford 10th. The Veterinary Science team placed 2nd as a team and our top 10 individuals: Austin Bernath 4th, Bre Parsons 6th, Trey Garmon 7th, Levi Magee 10th. Great job! #dragonpride #teachag

Shout out to our CTE classes for CTE month!

Attention Seniors! Check out the NEW SCHOLARSHIP POSTED due March 25th! All scholarships can be found on the PCHS Scholarship Database at: bit.ly/PCHS-scholarships

If you're planning on coming to the #IHSA Sectional Boys Basketball game between Moline and Normal Community tomorrow evening at Pekin, please go online to purchase your ticket(s). https://gofan.co/app/events/542004?schoolId=IL21468 #DragonPride

Here are the practice times for the first week of spring sports (Feb 28 - March 5). Contact the head coach for more information. Baseball: Larry Davis ldavis@pekinhigh.net ***Tryouts are Mon-Tues-Wed*** Frosh and Soph 3-4:30pm Hawkins (Mon-Fri); 12:30-2pm Hawkins (Sat) Varsity 4:30-6pm Hawkins (Mon-Fri); 11am-12:30pm Hawkins (Sat). Softball: Skip Penning cleaning@epd86.org All Levels 3pm-6pm Hawkins (Mon-Fri); 8am-11am Hawkins Gym (Sat). Girls Soccer: Edgar Sandoval edgar_j_sandoval@hotmail.com All Levels 3-5:30pm Custer-Stoudt (Mon-Fri); Time TBA (Sat). Boys Tennis: Zoe Klaaren zklarren@pekinhigh.net All Levels 3:30-5:30pm at Parkside; Time TBA (Sat). Boys Track: Eric McCann emccann@pekinhigh.net 3:15-5:15pm hallways by Hawkins (Mon-Fri); Time TBA (Sat). Girls Track: Christina MacEwan cmacewan@pekinhigh.net 3:15-4:30pm hallways by Hawkins (Mon-Fri); Time TBA (Sat).

Today the Ag Club students attended the Illinois Beef Expo in Springfield. They were able to speak with industry professionals and evaluate livestock! #dragonpride #teachag

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 17th.

It's never too early to start thinking about Spring. Athletic registration for Spring sports (baseball, softball, boys tennis, girls soccer, and track) is now open. Go to: https://il.8to18.com/pekinhs/home and click on "registration" to get started. #DragonPride

Do you love your Pekin High Athletes as much as we do? Do you ever wonder what you could do to be more active in showing your support? You are in LUCK! Your PCHS Athletic Booster Club, an organization which benefits EVERY athlete is looking to fill a couple key roles starting in May. Treasurer Membership Committee Chair One or two team players to support the Concession Committee Chair Interested? Come to our next meeting on March 24 at 5:30p and see what we are about and what the roles entail. Can’t make it? Feel free to reach out to the current members who fill these roles with any questions.

Just a reminder- Dress drop off is today!

Music Theory students completed a delicious review lesson today using oreos! #musiciseverywhere #dragonpride

What do you do when you have 50lbs. of carrots?....you make yummy carrot fries.

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Jaylah lost her first match. She will now wrestle again later today in the wrestleback round. #DragonPride