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

Planning on going to the Boys Swimming Sectional on Saturday?? You can buy your tickets here: https://gofan.co/app/events/533317?schoolId=IL21465 #DragonPride

Valentine's Spirit Week! Thursday - Show Your Love for the Arts!

Tomorrow, February 17th is an E-Learning Day. All students should check their email for attendance and classroom procedures. Stay warm and safe!

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BBB Final Score: Washington 55 #Dragons 22. #DragonPride

BBB Score Update: Washington 45 #Dragons 17 at the end of the 3rd quarter. #DragonPride

GBB Regional Score Final: Edwardsville 73 #LadyDragons 41. #DragonPride

BBB Score Update: Washington 31 #Dragons 12 at halftime. #DragonPride

BBB Score Update: Washington 15 #Dragons 7 at the end of the 1st quarter. #DragonPride

Need some good news to read? Click here: https://siuecougars.com/news/2022/2/15/siue-womens-cross-country-adds-two-more-commits.aspx to read about one of our Dragon athletes continuing her athletic and academic career at SIUE. #DragonPride

“Can you find Thing 1 and Thing 2? We are walking around Pekin High School looking for each other. It must be during passing period so you can say hello and say happy twin day. No searching during class time. No cheating if you know!.”

Apply here! https://www.pekinhigh.net/page/job-opportunities

Valentine's Spirit Week

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)

Showing spirit and solving crimes in  Ms Chicks Biology class.

Valentine's Spirit Week!

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

The S'Pekin Dragons competed yesterday at the IHSA Sectional Tournament at Morris Community High School. We placed 5th as a team, but more importantly, had FIVE STUDENTS qualify to the IHSA State Tournament!!! The final round results were: Dramatic Interpretation 5th place - Caroline Manning (sen) Extemporaneous Speaking 3rd place - Mark Czesak (jun) STATE QUALIFIER!!! Informative Speaking 3rd place - Norah Springborn (jun) STATE QUALIFIER!!! Oratorical Declamation 3rd place - Anna Soupos (jun) STATE QUALIFIER!!! Original Comedy 3rd place - Norah Springborn (jun) STATE QUALIFIER!!! Poetry Reading 3rd place - Sophia Vansaghi (soph) STATE QUALIFIER!!! Prose Reading 3rd place - Caroline Manning (sen) STATE QUALIFIER!!! This is the most state qualifiers Pekin has had since 2017! These students will compete next weekend at the Peoria Civic Center for a chance at a state title. If you see them, please congratulate them on all their hardwork and success!

Tomorrow starts Spirit Week! Wear Red, White or Pink!