All Entries in the "PECI – It’s a Panther Thing" Category
Drama students focus on stopping and preventing bullying
Dramatic presentations in a collective creation compiled by Matthew Sheahan’s Grade 11 drama class focused on stopping and preventing bullying. The presentations were held on stage at Prince Edward Collegiate Institute. Four elementary schools brought students to the performance, and more than 120 PECI students attended a second show. “There was a really touching and […]
PECI celebrates raising $40,855.84 for community causes
Prince Edward Collegiate Institute students and staff celebrated the raising of $40,855.84 over the 2012-2013 school year. Money was raised through the annual fashion show, head shaving, T-shirt sales, bottle drive, bracelet sales, The BET student play, personal donations and the Grade 10 Business Class “Apprentice” (Sarah Reddick) Kicks Against Cancer, staff-student baseball game, Cake […]
Students witness ripple effect of drinking and driving
Kristen Piper knew she was going to be arrested. In front of her Prince Edward Collegiate senior student peers, Piper was handcuffed and charged with impaired driving causing death. Turns out she was happy to be cuffed by PEC OPP Detective Constable Matt Caissie as the incident was part of a mock accident through the […]
PECI ball team made quarter finals at OFSAA
Prince Edward Collegiate Institute’s baseball team celebrated action in the quarter finals at the OFSAA championship in Oshawa today. The team beat the #9 seed AAA Sir Robert Borden from Ottawa, then lost to the #1 seed AAAA East Sinclair S. S. from Whiby. They next won against the #5 seed AAA Orchard Park from […]
Picton’s Cole Norton breaks two COSSA running records
Picton’s Cole Norton blazed through two record-breaking runs at the Central Ontario Secondary School Association (COSSA) track meet yesterday in Belleville. Norton, a Prince Edward Collegiate Institute student, broke Bay of Quinte track meet records last week, and yesterday toppled records for the junior boys’ 100 and 200 metre dashes. He broke the 100 metre […]
PECI Fashion Show a fundraiser for a friend
Prince Edward Collegiate Institute Entrepreneurship Class students featured local fashions on the runway during the school’s 19th annual Fashion Show extravaganza – this year fundraising in support of student and friend Sarah Reddick, in her second battle with cancer. Show emcees Chloe Dick and Taylor Reddick (Sarah’s cousin), delighted their rehearsal audience presenting the lineup […]
289 register to help Sarah Reddick and others who need stem cell transplants
Prince Edward Collegiate Institute staff, students and community members showed their support in great numbers at the “OneMatch” Stem Cell and Marrow Drive in support of student Sarah Reddick. “The OneMatch goal was 50 and we registered 289 – with 100 of those being our own Panther students,” said teacher Greer Koutroulides. “They were lined […]
Free of charge formal wear helps everybody get to the prom in style
The Prom Project returned to Prince Edward Collegiate Institute Friday – just in time for that evening’s semi-formal and June’s prom and graduation ceremonies for senior County elementary and secondary students. The Hastings and Prince Edward Learning Foundation, the charitable arm of the Hastings Prince Edward District School Board, launched the project last year to […]
PECI EnviroQuest students take learning out of doors
By Claire Stenhouse PECI student Ask any student, and they’ll tell you that the majority of their course time is spent in a classroom, taking notes. But the innovative EnviroQuest program at Prince Edward Collegiate Institute proves that experiential learning combined with the theoretical creates a unique learning experience students will never forget. EnviroQuest is […]
MADD about PECI students’ Don’t Drink and Drive videos
Creating awareness campaigns for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, “is probably one of the most real-life assignments PECI students may do in high school,” said Doug Norman, of MADD Quinte. Students of Rob Garden’s marketing course were challenged with developing a public service campaign directed at young people and focusing on the effects of drinking and […]
