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

When Chemistry meets Culinary! Mr. Liebrum's Chem students work with Mrs. Cassidy's Culinary students to make "Im-prez-ive Pretzels" to study yeast!

Thanks again to everyone who participated in the Pekin Insurance "Virtual" Holiday Tournament. We can't wait for 12/27/21. https://www.pekintimes.com/story/sports/2021/01/19/pekin-holiday-basketball-tournament-success-east-moline/4213577001/ @uths_athletics #DragonPride

The Illinois Journalism Education Associations awarded the Pekinian, of Pekin Community High School 1st Place in the Best Overall Yearbook category 1st Place in the Coverage of the Year category 2nd Place in the Copy Writing category 2nd Place in the Layout and Design category 2nd Place in the Photography category 2nd Place in the Sports Coverage category 3rd Place in the Divider Pages category 3rd Place in the Graphics category 3rd Place in the Theme Development category Order Pekin Community High School's next award winning yearbook at yearbookordercenter.com with our code of 17114 for $35!

The S'Pekin Dragons just finished competing at the Mid Illini Conference Virtual Speech Tournament and placed SECOND overall in Team Sweeps! We also had several students place individually in their events, with SIX conference champions! Here are the results Dramatic Duet 3rd place - Emma Zimmerman (junior) & Abby Hartzler (junior) CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS!!! - Taylor Cady (senior) & Caroline Manning (junior) Dramatic Interpretation 2nd place - Kaeli Harkleroad (senior) Extemporaneous Speaking 5th place - Bailey Newhouse (junior) Humorous Duet Acting CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS!!! - Christian Redding (soph) & Korey Young (soph) Humorous Interpretation 6th place - Sage Smith (soph) Informative Speaking 4th place - Anna Soupos (junior) CONFERENCE CHAMPION!!! - Norah Springborn (soph) Oratorical Declamation 2nd place - Madison Hieser (junior) Original Comedy 4th place - Christian Redding (soph) Original Oratory CONFERENCE CHAMPION!!! - Elisabeth Sandoval (senior) Poetry Reading 6th place - Jaxon Turner (senior) CONFERENCE CHAMPION!!! - Taylor Cady (senior) Prose Reading 3rd place - Elisabeth Sandoval (senior) CONFERENCE CHAMPION!!! - Jaxon Turner (senior) Radio Speaking 5th place - Andrew Lambe (senior) Special Occasion Speaking 2nd place - Norah Springborn (soph) Give these students a big congratulations if you see them

DRAGON DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS https://5il.co/ocvp

And we are playing! IHSA (virtual) JV Scholastic Bowl meet against Limestone. Pekin won both matches! Michael Weydert was top scorer with 10 toss ups!

Junior students are registering for 2021-22 courses this week! Registration forms for juniors are due Monday, January 25th at 3:00pm. “The Opportunity Is Here, The Fire is Within”. #Dragonpride

The S'Pekin Dragons competed at two different virtual tournaments this past weekend. Here are the results! Mahomet-Seymour 4th JV Impromptu - Katie Murfin 4th JV Poetry - Sage Smith 7th Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking - Bailey Newhouse Bradley-Bourbonnais 5th Varsity Dramatic Duet - Emma Zimmerman & Abby Hartzler 3rd Varsity Dramatic Interp - Kaeli Harkleroad 3rd Varsity Humorous Duet - Christian Redding & Korey Young 5th Varsity Informative Speaking - Norah Springborn 6th Varsity Declamation - Madison Hieser 3rd Varsity Declamation - Elisabeth Sandoval 6th Varsity Original Comedy - Christian Redding 6th Varsity Original Oratory - Elisabeth Sandoval 3rd Varsity Prose Reading - Elisabeth Sandoval 4th Varsity Special Occasion Speaking - Norah Springborn Team Sweeps - 4th S'Pekin Dragons! Congratulate these students on a job well done and wish them luck this week too. The Mid Illini Conference is today and Downers Grove South (the hardest tournament of the year) is this coming Saturday!

With our region (2) being moved all the way to Tier 1 over the past 3 days, winter practices are resuming. Also, contact days for other sports will begin next week. Weight Room is open after school. Coaches will be sharing out schedules very soon. #DragonPride #PutDownTheDoritos

Job Opportunity - Principal https://5il.co/onkz

We are excited to announce this week's winners of the "Flying the P" award! This week we will be honoring three students who help us start off each and every day on a positive note at PCHS with the morning announcements! They make sure the pledge of allegiance, moment of silence, and any special announcements are taken care of on a daily basis. Please help me congratulate and thank these three students! Charity Brown Elisabeth Sandoval Norah Springborn

Don't forget to order your yearbooks!

Senior Parents - Don't forget to place your baby ads

Job Opportunity - Custodian (2nd Shift) https://5il.co/og1l

A quick "thank you" to everyone who "liked" and "shared" our picture on Facebook as part of the Pekin Insurance "Virtual" Holiday Tournament. Although we came up short in the championship matchup, the "virtual" tournament far exceeded our expectations. #DragonPride #SeeYouDec27

Great Opportunity! IACAC is offering 6×6 Virtual College Fairs for all Illinois students this spring! The first event is February 15th/16th. Registration for the February fair will close on Monday, January 25th. Visit www.iacac.org/6x6/ to register now and get more information!

Sign up NOW for College Board's free Virtual College Fairs. BigFuture Days gives you the change to learn about multiple colleges! Explore the options in each region. BigFuture Day West + South is on SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 6th! Visit: cb.org/bigfuturedays to register and learn more!

Last call for votes as we are trailing UT by about 200. Please "like" and "share" our picture at: https://www.facebook.com/HolidayTournament Voting ends at 9pm. #DragonPride #VoteNow #RallyCaps #ComeBackDragons #LastPostIPromise #MaybeNot

**New - Remote Day Study Hall Signups** Sign-ups for January 12-14 at PCHS - https://forms.gle/EPjHHMSQtL8FkPrC8 Sign-ups starting January 19th at the Nazarene Church-https://forms.gle/9wiAk7M8yU2Aybix8

We are in the final hours of the Pekin Insurance "Virtual" Holiday Tournament. Although we took the lead earlier today, we have fallen behind as of this hour. Please go to: https://www.facebook.com/HolidayTournament to "like" AND "share" our picture so we can prevail over UT.