All Entries in the "Hastings & Prince Edward District School Board" Category
Fred Fox encourages students to follow brother Terry’s example
Terry Fox’s brother Fred visited Prince Edward County schools Monday morning to honour students and the community for supporting the Terry Fox Run over the years and to remind students to follow their dreams. At Athol-South Marysburgh School, Fox used a slideshow presentation of childhood family photos to explain the impact his brother had on […]
Queen E Fun Fair helps fund student opportunities
Queen Elizabeth Public School was busy with fun Wednesday night. Fun Fair festivities included a climbing wall, barbecue, bouncy castle and slide, dunk tank, silent auction, carnival games, book sale and a visit from Sparky the Fire Dog, the Prince Edward County Fire Department display and aerial truck. Participants raised $1,728 to go toward out-of-school […]
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 […]
Students get jiggy with Celebration of Dance
Hundreds of students filled the fairgrounds Wednesday morning for the 22nd Annual Celebration of Dance. Among the 12 dances in the line-up, students performed Cha Cha, Hamster Dance, All Star, Dynamite, Shake Senora and Footloose. Teachers had students focus on the elements of dance, body, space, time, energy and relationships. The first Celebration of Dance […]
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 […]
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 […]
PECI notices and information
NOTICES Monday, April 23, 2012 – Baseball meeting today at lunch. Pitchers and catchers practice tonight. – Penny Drive starts today. All proceeds to Relay for Life. – E-Waste Collected over $400 worth of donations. – Panthers had a great trip to Fleming college. Well done PECI. – The library will be hosting a used […]
‘Most wanted’ criminal hopes tales of drugs, violence and prison will keep students off the path of destruction
Rick Osborne, once one of Canada’s most wanted criminals, was happy to hear yesterday’s announcement about the closing of the maximum-security Kingston Penitentiary, a limestone waterfront landmark now 175 years old. “I’m glad,” he said. “There’s too much negative history there and I don’t like the idea of protective custody in institutions anyway. It’s a […]
Prom Project at PECI provides formal wear free of charge
PECI will help students get to their proms and graduations in style this year with a Prom Project event Friday, April 20 until 6 p.m. in the school auditorium. The Hastings and Prince Edward Learning Foundation, the charitable arm of the Hastings Prince Edward District School Board, has launched a new project this year that […]
PECI version of Paper Bag Princess creates performance for all ages
Robert Munsch’s classic ‘The Paper Bag Princess’ will be told in a whole new light as Prince Edward Collegiate Institute drama students present their own version of the story for public and student audiences this week. Two elementary matinees are set for Wednesday and a PECI student matinee will feature Thursday in preparation for three […]
