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What is the best way to start off the new school year in Mr. Harper’s Engineering Technology program? With a cool project of course! This project is for the Stanley Museum in Kingfield, Maine and consists of reverse engineering and fabricating a valve assembly for the gas headlight system used on Stanley steam-powered automobiles until…
Cool things are happening in Mr. Harper’s Drafting & Engineering program. Ian McKinnon, Noah Roy, Connor Rideout, and Conner Michaud completed their first successful drone mission. Purchased last year, they have been impatient waiting for warmer weather to test out this amazing technology. Once the aerial photographs are collected, they are uploaded to AutoDesk Recap…
It’s Mother’s Day Weekend! Even though the Covid virus has put a damper on activities that students have been able to do this year, after months of planning the staff at PIRCTC and the School Farm have created kits for teachers to complete in their classrooms. The Early Childhood program chose two grade-level appropriate books…
Our Drafting & Engineering Technology program has burst forth onto the global stage with a project from Havelte, Netherlands. The project includes the reverse engineering of a set of brake drums for a very rare 1903 Cleveland Motor Company roadster, as well as shop drawings and development of 3D printed foundry patterns. Founded in 1903,…
OUTDOOR CLASS: Natural Resources and Plant Sciences students spent a recent afternoon exploring a White Pine plantation adjacent to the school with a possible connection to the Presque Isle FFA Chapter.
Take a peek at some of our AgriScience students working with Dr. Randy Martin and John Hoffses at the school farm. The students have learned about making chemical solutions to be used in the agar of the test tubes. This week they pulled buds off of Beech tree branches, chemically treated them, and learned how…
The Building Trades program was awarded a Lowe’s grant used to supply the program with up to date tools along with providing additional tools to help limit the use of sharing during these times. The students of the Building Trades program have been very thankful of this donation from Lowe’s.
Recently, students in Agricultural Chemistry were able to participate in a hands-on, two-day experience at the school farm. They spent one morning in the cider mill sorting apples and sending them through the washer and into the grinder and then pumping the mash into cloths to be pressed. The next day was spent bottling the…
PIRCTC held is annual CTE End of Year Celebration on May 24th with a cookout and social time. Students brought in non-perishable food items for two weeks while having a contest between programs morning and afternoon classes to see which class could bring the most items. Early Childhood Education afternoon class were the winners with…
Building Trades – Wyatt Fullen Farm Mechanics – Thomas Patenaude Early Childhood Education – McKenna LaFave Drafting/Engineering – Gabrielle Beaulieu Cosmetology – Meaghan Dubie AgriScience & Natural Resources – Emma Burby Business – Molly Kingsbury