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PECI students collect e-waste, tires
PECI Environmental Club students hosted an electronics waste and tire collection day event Saturday at the back parking lot of the high school. Patrons were able to properly disposed of computers, televisions, printers, telephones, cell phones, cameras, audio and video equipment – and old tires.
Panthers play it out in Pittsburgh
PECI Baseball Select players, coached by Matt Ronan, Adam Allison, John and Jane Allison participated in a series of cross-border exhibition games against Pittsburgh, PA area school teams last weekend. The boys also attended two Pittsburgh Pirates games and toured the city of Pittsburgh. “The team-building trip was made possible by the wonderful sponsorship support […]
Prom project provides formal wear free of charge
PECI helped students get to their proms and graduations in style this year with a Prom Project event Friday. Prom Project makes gently-used formal wear available to elementary and secondary school students who plan to go to prom, formals or graduation ceremonies. Clothing and accessories are provided free of charge through donations from the community. […]
PECI’s Sara Evans wins trip to Canada-wide Science Fair
The County’s Sara Evans will join this year’s Canada-wide science fair team in New Brunswick next month, with her project ‘Dominant and Recessive Inheritance of Hair Texture’. The Grade 11 Prince Edward Collegiate student was one of five students from the region who will be headed to Fredericton as winners of the grand prize at […]
PECI classmates from the 60s missing – can you help?
2015 marks the 50th year since the Class of 65 walked the halls of Prince Edward Collegiate Institute and organizers of a reunion are looking for classmates to gather this spring “to see how little everybody has changed”. There are 100 registered classmates planning to attend the 50th anniversary reunion celebrations May 29 and 30. […]
County Clippers ends season with gold medal tourney win
The County Clippers U14 boys team were golden this past weekend in Hamilton at the Blessed Sacrament Tournament. “We won all five games en route to the championship and defeated Milton 48-37 in the final,” said coach Rob Garden. “Overall, our defence kept all opponents under 40 points which speaks very highly about our focus […]
Pink Shirt Day ‘is all about inclUSion’
The wearing of pink T-shirts Wednesday April 8 marks the 7th Annual Pink Shirt Day at schools in the County and nation-wide. Students, employees and families from 30 Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board schools purchased more than 3,300 HPEDSB-designed pink T-shirts featuring the ‘It’s all about inclUSion’ slogan. On ‘Pink Shirt Day’, people […]
PECI girls hockey OFSAA Consolation Champions
Story by Mike Pothier, Photos by Michelle Pothier PECI’s Panther Girls Hockey players are OFSAA Consolation Champions, defeating the Jean Vanier Storm (Collingwood) 4-2 in the championship game today. The Panther trio of Cailey Jones, Sam Ward and Brooke Jackson were on fire again and dominated the Storm in the offensive end. Cailey scored two […]
PECI Iron Chefs serve up gold medal meal
The PECI Iron Chef team cooked up the gold medal winning meal at the 14th annual competition Saturday. “Chef Lily Sullivan, who was our chef coach throughout the process celebrated with the team,” said Heather Munroe, teacher in charge, along with Suzanne White. The four-person team includes two Grade 12 students – Jared Hartley and […]
PECI Panther hockey heading for all-Ontario
Story and photos by Mike Pothier PECI Panther Girls Hockey will pack for OFSAA, all-Ontario competition this weekend – a first-time for this level of competition for the high school’s hockey teams. The team is flying out Saturday to Winnipeg, and will bus to Kenora, Ontario to compete in this year’s OFSAA (Ontario Federation of […]
