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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 […]
Students seek food, not candy, to help ‘scare hunger’ away
PECI students hope to scare hunger away on Halloween night in the County. Members of the high school’s ‘Make Poverty History’ team are planning to collect non-perishable food items – instead of candy – when they go door knocking on Halloween night. “We Scare Hunger is a national campaign organized by the international charity, Free […]
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 […]
Butterflies are free at Q.E.
About 80 students in three Queen Elizabeth Public School classes set free dozens of butterflies they had raised from caterpillars. Over the past three weeks, students in junior and senior kindergarden and Grades 1 and 2 studied the metamorphosis, talked about what was happening and what was next and produced related crafts. They had received […]
Board approves security for schools; names new superintendent
Update July 15, 2013: A special meeting of Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board was held July 15 to rescind a motion from May 2013 and approve another one, both related to the installation of safe entry systems at 28 elementary schools. In May, Board members awarded a contract to Stanley Canada Corporation for […]
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 […]
Johan Cooke named Educator of the Year
Johan Cooke, Principal at Quinte Christian High School, has been named Educator of the Year and is to be presented with the Sir Mackenzie Bowell Award at a public event during Education Week. Cooke was born in South Africa and came to Canada in his teens. He graduated from Queen’s University in 1973 then headed […]
