Sixth grade students had an opportunity to display their hard work at their science fair. Projects tested things like eggs, toothpaste, ice cream, plant growth, plastic, toilet paper and electricity. Visiting 5th grade students were able to participate in many hands on activities of the projects. Check out some of their projects here. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-7PQ1c9WJm66MCJttpNU1Z_RSqmGogYU?usp=share_link
The UE is doing a student library card drive!
Connecting to our study of World War II and the Holocaust in ELA and Social Studies, eighth graders visited the Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie on Tuesday. Visitors enter through the dark doors and exit through the light doors to signify this dark time in world history and how we learn to make choices to not let history repeat itself. We also listened to a Holocaust survivor tell her story as she fled Nazi Germany in 1939 when she was only four years old. We learned that we can all be upstanders and treat everyone with kindness!
Reminder from Coach Ziller that tonight's Lil Hawks wrestling clinic will be at the high school, 5:30-6:30 in the wrestling room / small gym.
Thursday's clinic will be back at the UE and include our end-of-clinic tournament. Wear your Lil Hawks shirts. We will start at 5:30 and end when everyone is done wrestling. If we're done before 6:30, we will play some games to finish out the night.
The PCHS baseball and softball games at Braidwood Reed Custer scheduled for today, Friday, May 12 have been canceled due to field conditions from an afternoon storm.
PCE hosted STEAM Night and the Art Show last night. We had a great turnout!
Mrs. Bedeker's Honors English I finished the challenging novel Great Expectations. In connection to the quirky character from the novel, Miss Havisham, the class had a Miss Havisham's Wedding Cake Decorating Day!
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Anyone interested in Softball or Baseball in Junior High for next school year (2023-2024), the dates of the parent informational meetings have changed. Both will still be held in the Junior High cafeteria.
Baseball: Monday, May 22 at 6:00pm
Softball: Thursday, May 25 at 6:00pm
Interested in coaching? Check out the attached list of opening at PCHS!
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Due to the Art Show and Band Concert being held at PCUE on Tuesday, May 16, Li'l Hawks wrestling will be held in the PCHS small gym that night from 5:30-6:30 PM.
Just a reminder from Coach Ziller, sziller@prairiecentral.org, for the kids who have been participating in the Li'l Hawks Wrestling Clinic, we will finish up with a little tournament amongst the kids on the last day of camp at our normal time, May 18 @5:30pm. Wear your camp shirt. Let's get as many of our Li'l Hawks as we can in there for the fun!
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Top Readers at PCE attended Rotary today! Three students per grade level were chosen based on the most growth on Star reading assessments, the most points on Accelerated Reader, or teacher's choice. Pictured from left to right are Kyson Daniels, Kellen Willis, Whitney Bachman, Ismael Lopez, Elaine Schmidgall, Mrs. Wenger, Corbin Higgins, Kenna Rassi, Pierce Dotterer, and Adam Carrion.
**Reminder** The PCHS Senior Athletic Banquet will be tonight, Tuesday, May 9, at 6 PM in the PCHS cafeteria.
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There are still a couple of openings for teams in today's PC Athletic Booster Golf Outing if you are interested. Registration is from 8-8:30am, tee off at 9am!
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As we wrap up Teacher Appreciation Week, the Upper Elementary is grateful for the outpouring of support from the community. Special thanks to the PTO, Welborn family and Slagel family for the generous and delicious gifts!
Interested eighth graders attended the Livingston County Career Fair in Saunemin this morning. Students talked to representatives from over 20 area businesses to learn more about careers and what employers look for in prospective employees. A great time was had by all!
The PCHS softball game at Fieldcrest for today, Friday, May 5, will be Varsity Only due to Fieldcrest not having enough players available for JV innings today.
Attention Juniors: SAT scores have been released. You can access those scores through your College Board account. Here is the link to create a College Board account if you do not have one already.
https://account.collegeboard.org/login/signUp?appId=8&DURL=https%3A%2F%2Fpages.collegeboard.org%2Faccount-help%2Fhow-create-account
If you signed up for Kindergarten Screenings, we are excited to see you at the First Baptist Church in Fairbury tomorrow! Please go to the back of the parking lot by the playground and enter through that door.
PCJH kicked off Teacher Appreciation Week with a selfie station! If you see any of your teachers--past or present--tell them "Thank you!"
