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Fun-filled Friday for Grade 9 orientation
PECI held its annual Back-to-School Spirit Assembly Wednesday morning and it was packed with loads of information concerning school events and important dates. If you were not there that day, or can’t remember everything that was said, here are some important things that are coming up that you might want to know about: September 18th: […]
Back to school Tuesday: How to survive your first week at PECI
High school can be daunting at first with the extreme change of setting and pace, the risk of getting lost and the very large and intimidating Grade 12s with facial hair and tattoos. What not many people realize going into Grade 9 is that there really isn’t anything to be afraid of. High school […]
PECI Orientation Day and tips to survive the first week
Here it is, folks: the end of the summer and the start of what is going to be another great year at PECI! School starts Tuesday, Sept. 4 at 8:15 a.m.! Are you excited? All relaxed and ready to start learning? Whether your answers are yes or no, we are happy to welcome you to […]
PECI Panthers named to provincial rugby team
Two Prince Edward Collegiate Institute students are on the ‘Highway to High Performance’ as new members of the Eastern Ontario Rugby 7s team. Their ultimate goal, the 2012 Ontario Summer Games, the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto and the sport’s debut at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. PECI’s Kierstyn Bennett and […]
Parachute assists resistance training
PECI’s Cole Norton training in a 100 metre dash with a resistance parachute at the CML Snider track. He says it makes it harder to run and that’s what he wants. Norton has two provincial track meets this summer in Oshawa with the Quinte Legion track team and is hoping to advance to the Nationals […]
PECI honours outstanding athletes of the year
Prince Edward Collegiate Institute honoured its most dedicated, most valuable, most improved and top athletes on Tuesday at the annual Athletic Awards Presentations Banquet 2011-2012. PECI recently earned a Physical and Health Education Canada 2011-2012 School Recognition Award for its quality physical education program. PECI achieved the Canadian standard of quality school physical education, as […]
PECI in the spotlight with two Great Place Awards
This year’s Education Week celebrations ended in a trifecta for Prince Edward Collegiate Institute. On the heels of business and math teacher Rob Garden winning the Educator of the Year Award, the secondary school is home to two prestigious Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board Great Place Award winners. “It’s almost overwhelming,” says PECI […]
Tyson motivates students to find the hero inside
Story and photos by Cassidy Allison Grade 8 students who have enrolled in the Venture Enrichment program at Prince Edward Collegiate Institute learned about the “Hero Inside” last week. Participants in a presentation, workshop and activities day May 3 learned from motivational speaker Ian Tyson of the need for student involvement in schools and discussed […]
Runway Rockstars ramp up Relay fundraising
Picton’s hottest fashions and PECI’s eclectic rockstars will light up the runway tonight in support of Relay for Life. The high school’s entrepreneurship students rehearsed the show this afternoon to polish their performances. Emcees Sarah Stanton and Taylor Reddick outlined fashions from Seeleys, Kellys, City Revival, Beach Bum and The Galloping Goat and introduced the […]
Educator of the Year gets top marks from students and community
The only person who was surprised to hear Rob Garden won the Educator of the Year Award was Rob Garden, who is known by his business and math students at Prince Edward Collegiate Institute as “the best teacher ever”. Garden, 30, is the youngest recipient ever of the prestigious 45-year-old Sir Mackenzie Bowell Award. The […]
