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PECI Panthers seek another win in rollercoaster week
Photos and story by Rebecca Juby Hungry for their first win of the season, the PECI girls hockey team posted on the positive side in a game against the St Paul’s Falcons 13-0 last Thursday. The week had started on a low point with a 5-1 loss to the Moira Trojans at PECI’s first home […]
PECI students to mark National Day of Remembrance
PECI senior drama students will mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action of Violence Against Women in two performances this week. Twenty four students, under the direction of drama teacher Matthew Sheahan, are travelling to the CORE Art Centre in Belleville Monday, Dec. 6 to perform an original dramatic production, ‘Holding Back’. The event is […]
PECI students become the teachers of indigenous studies
High school students became the teachers Wednesday as they took turns reading indigenous children’s books to students at Queen Elizabeth Public School. The PECI students are studying Indigenous issues and literature in Matthew Sheahan’s Contemporary Aboriginal Voices class and traveled to Queen Elizabeth to work with Victoria Carroll’s Grade 4/5 class. The students took turns […]
Devils down Panther girls in hockey season opener
Photos and story by Rebecca Juby The PECI Panthers girls hockey team had a tough battle Monday losing to the Bayside Devils 2-1 in the first game of the season. “The team played very well for the first game of the season,” said head coach Laurie Spencer. The game started out with the Panthers falling […]
PECI girls basketball team proud of first OFSSA win in history and the worlds is yet to come!
Prince Edward Collegiate Institute’s Senior girls basketball team made school history in Windsor this weekend competing at the AA Ontario Federation Secondary School Athletics Association (OFSAA) championships. The team is the first (girls or boys) to qualify for the prestigious tournament in the school’s history. They raised the bar going 1 – 2 picking up […]
Senior Girls basketball team first in school history to earn seat at provincial championships
The PECI Senior Girls basketball team made history for the second time in a week – this time winning the AA COSSA Championship and qualifying for OFSAA for the first time in school history. Last week they won the Bay of Quinte Championship for the first time. Coach Rob Garden said the girls won a […]
Six of County’s eight schools affected in proposals for closure and change
Six of the County’s eight schools are affected in proposals for closures and changes to be discussed at Monday’s student enrolment and capacity committee meeting of the Hastings Prince Edward District School board. The committee proposes to begin an accommodation review for the County’s schools with a final report to the board on June 19, […]
Senior girls Bay of Quinte championship makes basketball history at PECI
Prince Edward Collegiate Institute’s Senior Girls made history winning the first Bay of Quinte Girls’ Basketball Championship in nearly 50 years. They defeated the Saint Theresa Titans 55 – 53 in front of a packed gymnasium at Moira Secondary School. “The got off to a great start and looked very comfortable in front of the […]
Panther seniors girls make PECI basketball history
PECI’s basketball program celebrated its 2016 Senior Night and in the process, made school basketball history. Following a pre-game ceremony to honour the contributions of nine graduating players, the Panthers trounced the Bayside Red Devils team 45 – 24 in front of a packed gymnasium. “With the win, the girls ended the regular season with […]
Panther girls jumping into busier than usual season
Prince Edward Collegiate Institute Senior Girls Basketball team players are twice as busy as what is usual for high school basketball teams. Coach Rob Garden notes they competed in 15 games in September. “To put that into perspective, most high school teams play six – 10 games in their entire season,” he said. “They are […]
