Archives: Student Success
Alexa Perkins has been selected as the cosmetology program’s student of the quarter for the third quarter. A junior at Presque Isle High School, Alexa is a first-year student in our program and has already demonstrated tremendous talent and love of her craft. COVID has presented all students with challenges to learning, but to be…
What’s been happening in Mr. Harper’s Drafting & Engineering Technology program? Lots of cool stuff! One project is the 1901, 3 hp. Robert’s Marine engine. Back a few years ago, the project was started as a cooperative project with MIT mechanical engineering students. Our students created the drawings and parametric models while the MIT students…
Never a dull moment in our Drafting & Engineering Technology program! In addition to applied learning projects we always welcome and encourage student initiated projects. Today Ian MacKinnon tested out his prototype 3D printer filament recycler. Ian has put a ton of work into this project over a very short period of time. With three…
The winners of this year’s FFA Proficiency and Star Awards have been announced and Presque Isle was well represented. Mrs. Gross and Mrs. McCurry could not be prouder of these four! Our chapter winners are as follows: Brandon Dubie won his second Proficiency Award this year. His category was Forest Management & Products. Brandon worked alongside…
Natural Resources students Alberto Vazquez and Rheanna Ortman recently earned certificates in Watershed Management from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Watershed Academy Web. They completed 15 core modules, scoring at least 70 on each Self-Test. Congratulations!
A lot of neat projects are happening in Mr. Harper’s Drafting & Engineering class! One project is the design of a proposed road for the Maine Forest & Logging Museum. Over the past few weeks Connor Rideout has been working hard developing numerous proposals and alternatives, integrating changes per the museum’s direction and developing the…
The Presque Isle FFA Chapter participated in a statewide Homelessness/Food Insecurity Project. Students delivered an order of paper goods and cleaning products to the Sister Mary O’Donnell Homeless shelter in Presque Isle and made a $150.00 donation to the Grace Interfaith Food Cupboard. Students shopped for the items on Friday, February 5 and delivered them…
Chance Bragan is Building Trades student of the quarter. Chance is a second year student in the Building Trades program and is a student aide in the afternoon. Chance works well with all of his classmates and is a hard worker. He has been a big help to the substitute teachers in the program with…
Good things are happening in the PIRCTC Drafting & Engineering Technology program! We are pleased to announce that three of our Drafting & Engineering Technology students are recipients of Pulp & Paper Foundation scholarships to the University of Maine. Connor Rideout, Ian MacKinnon and Conner Michaud were each awarded a four year, $3,000.00 per semester…
The AgriScience student of the quarter is Rheanna Ortman. Rheanna is a student in both Animal Science and Natural Resources and she serves as our FFA Chapter President. This is Rheanna’s third year in our program and she has grown and matured tremendously. She is an enthusiastic participant in all of our activities. She does…