News & Events
Farm Mechanics student, Cody Tucker, recently finished a welding project of a deer head. Congratulations Cody on a job well done! Recently, our afternoon Drafting & Engineering Technology students were learning the value of math in engineering and how it can be used to solve complex problems. In engineering guessing the answer is a major…
Agricultural Chemistry students recently spent a week at the school farm cider mill participating in all aspects of the apple cider production process. Students pressed and bottled cider. Their production total for the week was 23,760 ounces; 1720 of which were 8 oz. bottles with the rest being a combination of pints, quarts, half-gallons and…
Earlier this month our Farm Mechanics and Building Trades students put the finishing touches on the circa 1926 logging sled for the Maine Forest & Logging Museum in Bradley, Maine. Coupled into long sled trains and pulled by either steam or gasoline powered Lombard log haulers, sleds such as these were a common sight here…
The Presque Isle FFA Chapter conducted a food drive to benefit the GIFT food pantry during the first two weeks in November. GIFT feeds approximately 36 needy families in our community each week. Our FFA chapter was able to collect 405 individual food items from the homerooms of Presque Isle High School to donate to…
On Thursday Sept 13th Mr. Harper’s Drafting & Engineering Technology students toured the University of Maine at Orono Engineering Technology programs. The students visited and learned about a variety of programs including Electrical Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Construction Engineering Technology, and Survey Engineering Technology. In addition, they also toured the Advanced Manufacturing facility and…
On October 18th, the Early Childhood class took the Head Start children to the Presque Isle Fire Department for a field trip. It was a cold and windy day but fun was had by all. The children got to tour the fire department and got to walk through the trucks. They also got to try…
Students in the Aquaculture/Natural Resources program traveled to the Mactaquac Hydroelectric Generating Station in New Brunswick on Tuesday, October 23. The Mactaquac Dam is an embankment dam used to generate hydroelectricity in New Brunswick. It dams the waters of the Saint John River and is operated by NB Power with a capacity to generate 670 megawatts of electricity from 6 turbines; this represents 20 percent of New Brunswick’s power…
November 1st brought a lot of excitement to PIRCTC at their annual Advisory Board Dinner/Meeting. The PIHS Cafeteria was decorated in gold and white to celebrate our “Golden Anniversary”. Close to 100 people attended the dinner, and attended the program meetings. One student from each of the programs offered at PIRCTC currently or in…