Prince Edward County High School

PECHS CTE welcomed Mr. Fobes, owner of Draggin F Ranch in Buckingham, who visited the Veterinary Science class to give students demonstrations on basic horse care, roping, equipment, and riding. #CTE

HoCo ’25 Week has started! Today was Animal Print Day at the elementary and middle schools, while the high school had Pajama Day. Tomorrow is Twin Tuesday for the high school and Color Wars Day for the elementary and middle schools.

🍫 Help support FCCLA by buying a bar of delicious chocolate!
Check with any FCCLA member or Mr. McClelland for details.
#FCCLA #SupportOurStudents

Several staff members used the last Teacher Workday to clean and organize the lab space for our new Cosmetology program. 💇‍♀️✨ Big things are coming, and we can’t wait to see this space come to life for our students! 🦅 #CareerReady #EaglePride

Attention PECHS 9th-11th-grade students! Get your smiles ready! 📷 Picture Day is Wednesday, October 1st!
Order online early: https://www.hjvirginiaphoto.com
Code: pechs

New PECPS teachers + mentors = a winning team! 🍎✨
They met at the SEED Innovation Hub for an interactive classroom management session with Dr. Blackwood. 🙌 #EagleExcellence #AlwaysLearning

The PECHS Marching Eagles are soaring! 🦅🎶
At their first competition of the season, they brought home:
💜 2nd Percussion
💜 2nd GE
💜 1st Visual Effect
💜 1st Music
🦅 Overall: 1st in Class 1A

Mashed. Fried. Baked. 🥔✨ No matter how you like them, don’t miss the Great Potato Giveaway! 🥔🎉 Free potatoes while supplies last on Monday, September 29, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at 2086 Cumberland Rd. 📍 This community event is not sponsored by PECPS. 🏫

🌦️👗 Dans la classe de français de Mme Simon, les élèves ont reçu un type de météo et ont dû « habiller » l’enfant avec les bons vêtements pour ce scénario ! 🎩🧥👟

🌦️👗 In Mrs. Simon’s French class, students were given a type of weather and had to “dress” the child in the right clothes for that scenario! 🎩🧥👟

PECHS Veterinary Science students recently toured 5 Pillars Meats! They got a behind-the-scenes look at meat processing, learned about food safety and animal care, and gained real-world experience that connects classroom learning to future careers.

🔍🥔 What are our high school students learning about? They’re analyzing enzymes in potatoes using microscopes 🔬 and experimenting with 3D objects on our zSpace computers 💻✨. From group work to learning stations, our Eagles are diving into hands-on learning — discovering by doing, creating, and collaborating! 🦅🤝📚 #STEM

The PECMS football game, originally scheduled as a home game on Wednesday, September 17, has been rescheduled for Thursday, September 18, as an away game.

🔬🍇 Our Eagles had fun bringing science to life with their edible cell projects! 🦅✨ Hands-on learning never tasted so sweet. 🧬 #STEM #CreativeLearning

📖 Did you see The Reading Eagle? 🦅 The bus was stocked with over 500 books this weekend at the Heart of Virginia Festival! 🎉 We were so happy to share information, books 📚, stickers 🖊️, and popsicles 🍧 with the families who stopped by to tour the bus. 🚌💛 #EverybodyReadsVA #HOVF25

💛 September is Suicide Prevention Month. The theme at PECHS is SAFE TEA. 🫖 Students will receive flyers with coping strategies and awareness items during lunch—pens, bracelets, & more. Remember, you are not alone. #SuicidePrevention #SafeTea #Dial988

🎉 Each month, we’re celebrating students who are showing us what it means to S.O.A.R.:
✅ Show Up!
⏰ On Time!
🕒 All Day!
📚 Ready to Learn!

👏 Congrats to our very first SOAR Students of the Month:
🏫 Elementary: Thad B.
🏫 Middle: Viviana D.
🏫 High: La’Shawn B.

Thank you, Thad, Viviana, and La’Shawn, for leading the way and proving that attendance matters! Let’s keep SOARING into a successful school year! 🚀🦅
#AttendanceMatters #SOARStudents

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🎉 The high school celebrated the first month of school with a fun PJ Day last week! Can you believe it’s already been a full month of lea

📢 Prince Edward County Public Schools will dismiss early at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 11. Interims go home that day, and parent-teacher conferences will be held from 3–7 p.m.

📌 Reminder: No school for students on Friday, September 12 (teacher professional development).