Pecatonica CUSD 321

Tickets are now on sale for Pecatonica High School's Spring Musical: "The Addams Family!" Show dates are April 19th and 20th at 7 PM and April 21st at 2 PM. Tickets can be purchased by going to https://gofan.co/app/school/IL22501. Online sales will go until April 19th at noon (tickets will be sold at the door depending on availability). Come support our talented students!

Small community, large impact! Pecatonica HS is currently in the lead for small schools, thanks to 92 donations made in our name, for the Schools Unite to Save Lives campaign hosted by the Rock River Valley Blood Center. You can help us keep that lead and save up to three lives by donating blood at any of the RRVBC facilities between now and May 24. If you donated at the Key Club blood drive on March 18, thank you! You're eligible to donate again on May 13!

Just like the Energizer Bunny, they keep going and going and going.... Tune in this weekend to watch PHS compete on Stateline Quizbowl! We're down to the final 4!

Baseball and Softball at Dakota are canceled today. The home track meet has also been canceled. Girls Soccer at Rockford Lutheran will be played as scheduled at 6:15.

Congratulations to Pecatonica High School junior Anna Munson who received recognition for the third year in a row as a Top Ten Finalist in the Rockford Woman's Club Creative Writing Contest! On Tuesday, April 16, Anna was honored at the 99th Annual Rockford Woman’s Club Creative Writing Contest luncheon for her work of prose, "In Which the Wizard Noor Does Some Magic." Anna, her parents, and her former Language Arts teacher Mrs. Johnson were invited to attend the luncheon with nine other finalists, their families and teachers, and members of the Rockford Woman’s Club. Each student read their poem or work of prose and received a $50 scholarship. All finalists also received a bag of children's books from the Rockford Woman's Club to be donated to the finalists' former elementary schools.

One more week until Opening Night! Grab your tickets now for PHS's spring musical "The Addams Family!" Hurry as online ticket sales end April 19th at noon! *Tickets will be available at the door depending on availability.* https://gofan.co/app/school/IL22501

We are thrilled to announce the following have won the Pec HS April Student of the Month Award: Senior – Alden VanNatta, Junior – Brylee Knutti, Sophomore - Olivia VanNatta, and Freshman – Zowie Hodgdon! Congratulations!

Tune in to Channel 17 WTVO tonight to see the Pecatonica Indians take on the Byron Tigers on Bergstrom Stateline Quiz bowl! Will they advance to the final 4?!?!?

DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS, PECATONICA SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED TODAY, FRIDAY MARCH 22, 2024.

Key Club's spring blood drive is this Monday in the small gym at the high school! Please consider rolling up your sleeve to save up to three lives on March 18 from Noon - 6:00. Schedule an appointment here - https://donor.rrvbc.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/55416 - or walk-ins are welcome, too!

It is with great pride to announce the following have won the PHS March Student of the Month Award: Senior – Allison Mc Levige, Junior – Alexia Beck, Sophomore - Deasia Anderson, and Freshman – Nathan Munson Congratulations!

Let Culver's do the cooking for you tomorrow, Tuesday, March 12, from 5-7:00. 10% of all sales will go back to Mr. PHS for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital!

PHS Key Club invites you to join us on Friday, March 15, as our twelve contestants vie for the title of 2024 Mr. Pecatonica High School and raise money for a great cause!

It was another great day to be a Pecatonica Indian! The PHS ACES team won 2nd place at the NIU Sectional, securing their spot at the State Championship on April 8th! Congrats to individual medalists: Anna-2nd in chemistry, Brooklyn-3rd in chemistry, Trevor-2nd in computer science, 2nd in engineering graphics, Lee- 3rd in English.

Bus 7 is running late. Students are safe and will be delivered home as soon as possible.

PEC #321: The district will dismiss as scheduled since the weather sirens have stopped and we have an open window of time according to radar to run bus routes and get everyone one home. Basketball bus and fan bus will depart as scheduled. Stay safe!

Good Luck to the Pecatonica Varsity Academic Bowl team tonight. They will be competing in the IHSA Regional Tournament at Morrison. First round match will be at 5:20 against the winner of Eastland and Pearl City. They are the top seed in the tournament and also won the conference this year with an undefeated record. Best of luck tonight!!

This is just a follow up on my original post on student section tickets. YES. Middle school students can purchase student section tickets. You still have to buy them at the high school or at NIU. Plenty of seats will be available. GO INDIANS!!! Kevin Kunkel High School Activities Director

Good Afternoon Everyone, Ticket info for the boys basketball super sectional at NIU. STUDENT TICKETS FOR THE STUDENT SECTION WILL BE OLD FASHIONED PAPER TICKETS ONLY and will go on sale on Monday morning at 7:30 in the high school office. We have 200 available and there will be more available at the door. Cost of a student ticket is $10. THIS IS FOR STUDENTS ONLY AND WILL BE LOCATED BEHIND THE BASKET NEXT TO OUR BENCH. SECTION 116 AND 117. General Pecatonica Fan tickets can use the link below. This will seat you in the Pecatonica General Fans Section. Tickets will also be available at the door by asking for Pecatonica General Fan Section. Cost of a general ticket is $15. https://niuhuskies.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=PR%3AMULTI%3ASE24%3AIHSA%3A1AAWAY&linkID=niu-multi&shopperContext=&caller=PR&appCode=&prc=1AAWAY&ppc=1AAWAY&dataAccId=713&locale=en_US&siteId=ev_niu-multi

Congratulations to the boys basketball team on the sectional championship tonight!! Thank you to everyone for making the trip to River Ridge. and thank you to the Pecatonica Fire Department for the escort into town. The boys will play Aurora Christian on Monday at 6:00 pm at Northern Illinois University Convocation Center. I will receive ticket information tomorrow morning and will get that out to everyone as soon as I have it available. Great job boys!! Let's keep it going. GO INDIANS!!!