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Find out which colleges are coming to visit
PCHS and other important dates here:
http://www.pekinhigh.net/guidance/events/
PCHS Mission: In partnership with the community,
we engage, prepare and empower our students for a
lifetime of success through diverse opportunities.
Dragon News October 2017
“Pekin Community High School is a Title One school and, as such, receives federal funds. These funds are spent in accordance with Title One guidelines and are used with the overarching goal for every child to meet state academic achievement standards. Title I provides the programs and resources for students to meet this goal.”
Important Dates
10/4 Late Start
10/9 No School—Columbus Day
10/12 Mid-term Testing
10/13 Mid-term Testing
10/18 Late Start
10/19 Parent/Teacher Conference 5:00—8:00 pm
10/20 No School—Parent/Teacher Conference 8:00—11:30
Baby Ads
Attention parents and seniors! Baby Ads
are now for sale! Baby Ads are a unique
way to honor your student in the 2017-
2018 yearbook and are only available to
senior students. Typically, parents send
in a baby photo and a senior photo, along
with a sentimental message for their
senior. Photos and messages may be
emailed to [email protected],
dropped off at classroom A115, the Prin-
cipal’s Office or mailed to the school with
Mrs. A Smith's attention. Please
remember that space is limited in the
yearbook! While we try to accommodate
every senior that would like to participate,
there is a deadline of February 1st. Any
questions, please email or call Mrs. A
Smith at [email protected] or ext.
6322. See ad form on the last page.
PEKIN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
New Intern in the Counseling Office Chase Bushman is a Social Studies teacher at PCHS who will be joining the PCHS Counseling Department this year as a part-time intern. He will be working alongside the other PCHS Counselors to complete his required internship hours for a Master’s Degree in School Counseling from Bradley University. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Chase at: [email protected], or his supervisor, Mr. Schmieg, at: [email protected].
Have a great season
athletes!
Junior Family Night The Pekin Community High School Counseling Department will host a Junior Family Night: Life After High School planning meeting for juniors and their parents/guardians on Tuesday, November 14, from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. in the theater. The purpose of the meeting is to present information on post secondary options, including the military, two-year and four-year colleges, and trade and technical training. Among the topics to be discussed will be the research process, the use of Career Cruising in helping to identify post-high school options, the importance of visits, admission requirements and the application process, and scholarship/financial aid information, and skills needed to be successful in the workplace. Infor-mation will also be presented for students who wish to participate in college athletics. In addition to hearing from the counselors, representatives from various institutions will also pre-sent information and answer questions. The PCHS counselors urge all juniors and their parents/guardians to attend this meeting. The information presented will be very helpful in the planning process after high school.
Online Registration for Winter Sports begins October 1, 2017
Winter sports include: Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball, Wrestling, and Boys Swimming.
Parents must register their student for sports online. To create a parent account, go to our athletic web-
site: www.pekinathletics.com.
Basic information such as name, address, phone number, email, and a password is needed to set up a
parent account. Once the parent account has been set up, parents can add their student(s), select the
sports in which they wish to participate, and complete the online forms.
Please note: The registration is not complete until the information under the “forms” tab is completed. If
you have more than one student, you must add them one at a time. Also, the sports registration must be
completed on a computer or laptop; this is not a mobile-friendly process.
Also, please be aware that all athletes must obtain a “Ready Card” from the Athletic Department. This
card lets coaches know that registration is complete, a sports physical is on file, and eligibility require-
ments have been met. Sports physicals must be submitted to Jamie Patton in the Athletic Office.
Student athletes need to get their Ready Card from the Athletic Office prior to the first day of Winter
Sports: October 30 (girls basketball), November 6 (boys basketball and wrestling), or November 20 (boys
swimming).
IHSA by-laws state that student-athletes will not be admitted to practice or allowed to tryout until they have
a Ready Card.
TRANSCRIPT REQUEST A transcript request form is now available on the Pekin High website. Please note that it may take up to three days to get the official transcript completed.
Breakfast Breakfast is available every morning beginning at 7:00 am for $1.25. If you qualify for free lunch your breakfast is free, or reduced lunch your breakfast is $.30.
Dragon Hill will be closed before school from
7:00-7:30 am and after school from 2:45-3:15
pm.
Late Start -
● The school Day is from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm with the
doors opening at 9:30am.
● Buses run two hours later than a regular day
● Early bird PE starts at 9:27 am and early bird students
can enter at the canopy entrance starting at 9:10 am.
Board Minutes Videos of regular Board meetings, when recorded, are posted to the PCHS website. On the homepage, click “BoardBook – Board Agendas/Minutes.” Then click the regular meeting for the date of your choice. Finally, click the video option which will open in YouTube.
Check us out on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram:
October College Visits
ISU—10/3 @ 10:35
North Central College—10/5 @ 10:35
ICC—10/5 @ 8:45
Knox College—10/10 @ 1:20
Cedarville University— 10/17 @10:35
Olivet Nazarene University—10/17 @ 9:40
Dominican University—10/19 @ 9:40
Paul Mitchell—10/9 @ 10:35 Cornell @
1:20
MacMurray College—10/25 @ 9:40
Northern Illinois—10/25 @1:20 IL Wesleyan
@ 2:15
Western Illinois University—10/26 @ 8:45
Lincoln College—10/31 @ 1:20
Oct. 10th, 2017
Hawkins Gym
4:00 to 8:00pm
Please come out and support the volleyball teams in
raising money for the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
All proceeds stay here in the local community to help
with research and support for both men and women
struggling with breast cancer.
If you would like to make a donation, please contact
Priscilla DeLaere at:
[email protected] or call 309-347-4101 Ext.
6409.
Scholastic Bowl tryouts will be Monday, October 16th or Wednesday,
October 18th from 3:15 -4:00 pm in rooms C209 and C211. You do not
need to attend both sessions. Tryouts will consist of an oral test and
time on buzzers. Practices will be on Mondays and Thursdays starting
October 23rd – February. Please see Ms. Chick in A241 or Mrs. Farley
in C-209 for more information or if you are unable to attend on those
dates.
GO DRAGONS!!
Child Care Two Year Old Program starts October 5th and runs through October 25th. The cost is $15.00 per session and sessions are 8:10-9:20 am and 10:00-11:10 am. Children in this program will participate in activities that help develop gross motor, art, and language development. Someone must remain in the building while the child is in this program. Child Care Three Year Old Program starts November 6th and runs through December 14th. The cost is $40.00 and there is only one session. This session is from 8:05 – 11:15 am. Children in this program spend time working on activities that foster social and emotional development, gross motor, language, and art through centers and free choice play. No one is required to stay in building while this program is in session.
Please contact Ms. Meyer at: [email protected] for further information.
School Pictures
To order school pictures go to:
shop.hrimaging.com if you have any
questions, please contact Mrs. A. Smith at
[email protected] or in room A115.
Seniors
Yearbook photos can be viewed online at shop.hrimaging.com. You will need to click "Need Help Signing In?" in order to get your subject ID number. If you need help finding this number, please contact Mrs. A. Smith in A115 or [email protected] Seniors, you must check out your photo and select which one you would like out of the four poses before retake day. Otherwise, the first photo will be selected for the yearbook. Please email or stop by with any questions!
Greetings and Happy Fall. We wanted to let you know, a few items of interest for our JROTC Cadets as the cool weather comes to central Illinois. First, thanks for all those who helped with the Marigold Festival. Over a beautiful fall weekend for the 2017 Marigold Festival, your student/cadet helped the community park cars and participated in making Lemonade Shakeups with a local vendor. As October begins, we will begin tryouts for both our Drill and Rifle teams. The schedules for both teams are on our JROTC homepage. At this time, tryouts for Rifle team will take place in the classroom over a 2 week period starting on October 2nd. Drill team try outs will be announced. Also, during the month of October, your cadet will be selling butter braids to raise money for the Drill and Rifle Team. Lastly, our annual Military Ball will take place on November 18th. Cadets will receive more information on this event. I would like to extend an invitation to all of you for the first part of the Ball. This is our formal portion of the event and parents are invited to watch. After that, we ask parents to depart and the kids will participate in the informal events. Don't forget our website. Click on the link below for more information: http://www.pekinhigh.net/jrotc-home Thanks for all of your support. LTC Larry Hallstrom, Sr. Army Instructor
The PCHS Counseling Office and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) are excited to
announce that our school is hosting their 5th annual College Application Month event. The goal of the
program is to join the nationwide effort to increase the number of students pursuing a college or
technical school degree. All students will apply to at least one university/college/technical school during
the school day on Tuesday, October 24th
.
During the event, all of our seniors will be given the opportunity to apply to college in a group setting
with school staff and professional volunteers. In preparation for the event, students will be asked to
complete college research to ensure they have at least one college in mind that will be a good match for
them. It is also important that students gather information that will be needed to complete the application
prior to the event.
