Archives: Student Success
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…
Aquaculture and Natural Resources classes went to the Grand Lake Stream Fish Hatchery for their fall visit. Students learned how to tell the gender of the salmon to aid in the process of milking the fish for eggs and semen. The fish were the largest we have ever had the opportunity to view, and students…
Mrs. White believes that recognizing a Student of the Quarter means choosing a student that always gives their very best in class, is constantly respectful to both the faculty and students, and maintains excellent grades and attendance. Jordan Plummer is the perfect example of all of these things! Jordan is a Presque Isle High School…
Our FFA students recently competed at the National Convention in Indianapolis. Emma Burby, Izzy Higgins, Rheanna Ortman and Amanda Winslow competed in Horse Evaluation on October 30 – 31. The team earned a bronze emblem. Izzy earned a silver emblem as an individual and Emma, Rheanna and Amanda all earned individual bronze emblems. The trip…
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…
Excellent news from our FFA chapter! Congratulations to all students and their advisors: Mrs. Gross, Mrs. McCurry, and Mr. Espling!! Thirteen members from Presque Isle FFA competed in events in the 2019 Maine State Convention on Thursday and Friday, May 16 and 17. They had a wonderful time and many successes in the Career Development…