Archives: Student Success
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…
Though our PIRCTC Drafting & Engineering Technology students have been hard at work on their dual enrollment courses with the University of Maine College of Engineering. They have worked on a few neat projects. One project is a collaborative project with the University of Maine Advanced Manufacturing to reverse engineer and fabricate a new radiator…
Business students, Taylor Hedrich and Aaleyiah Poisson presented speeches recently at the Junior Achievement Hall of Fame Awards Dinner. Congratulations to Sam Collins and Kris Doody for being honored! We are very excited for opportunities such as these where our students can showcase the skills they are learning at PIRCTC! Way to go Taylor and…
Jessica Cameron, PIRCTC Alumni and University of Maine at Presque Isle (UMPI) Admissions Counselor along with Carolyn Dorsey, UMPI Associate Professor of Business visited the business program to speak with students and share a fun business activity.
The Plant Sciences class learned the basics of micro propagation at the school farm with the help of Randy Martin. The students have started some Beech trees and some clippings off of our raspberry plants that are on the MSAD #1 School Farm site. The students learned how to use sterile techniques when working under…
Agricultural Chemistry students recently completed a unit on the apple cider process by pressing and bottling apple cider at the MSAD #1 school farm. Many thanks to Kristi Kingsbury for all her help in making this project possible.
Mrs. White is pleased to announce Miss Kyla Cunningham as the Student of the Quarter for Business Education for the second quarter. Kyla attends our center from Washburn District High School. She is a first year, junior in our program enrolled in Personal Finance, Entrepreneurship, and Introduction to Business. Kyla has a ton of spunk…
Exciting things happening in Drafting and Engineering Technology: What better way to kick-off the new school year than with a challenging project! The second year Drafting & Engineering Technology students started reverse engineering a unique magneto impulse coupling for an antique automobile collector in Rhode Island. With only patent documents and drawings to go by…
The Presque Isle FFA Chapter braved some cold and rainy weather on Saturday, September 14, to hold their annual Fall Fun Day at the School Farm. While we didn’t raise a tremendous amount of money, we had a wonderful time with the younger children and were able to provide a total of about 75 volunteer…