On Wednesday April 23rd, Pike Central High School hosted a vehicle extrication demonstration. The demonstration was organized by Emily Carrico with the Patoka Township Fire Department and Mr. Vaal. Agencies who assisted with the event were Petersburg Fire Department, Pike County EMS, Pike County Sheriff's Department, Indiana State Police, Air Evac Life Team helicopter and Shell Towing.
Students witnessed a scenario of a three-vehicle accident with multiple injuries and entrapment. All of the agencies assisting responded with lights and sirens to the scene. The Pike Central Fire Science students played the victims as the Petersburg Fire Department extricated them from the car and Pike County EMS accessed their injuries and took them to the ambulance. Shortly after the extrications started Air Evac landed their helicopter and loaded a fake victim to be flown to the hospital.
This scenario was done in conjunction with the upcoming Pike Central High School prom to remind students to be careful and responsible while driving. Thank you for all of the students and teachers who attended and thank you for all of the agencies who made this demonstration happen.
PCHS Bulletin 4/25/25
A big thank you to Mr. Howald for setting up this opportunity for our students!
Marc Garriott, the Regional Sales Manager for Huber Engineered Woods came to speak with the construction, architecture, and engineering students at Pike Central. His company has been family owned and run for 6 generations and is one of the largest engineered wood product companies in the United States. He demonstrated his company's products to the students. He showed how they were made, and how superior they are to other products on the market. He also showed them how they were installed. He did an amazing job as it was his first program for high school students. We look forward to working with him again in the future and possibly get some donations from his company to where the students can learn, first hand, how to use their products.
PCHS Bulletin 4/24/25
PCHS Bulletin 4/23/25
Congratulations to Mrs. Bohnert's TV&Radio Broadcasting class on the acceptance of their short film, I.S.I.T.G.H.O.S.T.S, for being accepted the screening at the Va Bene film challenge. The students had two weeks to create a five-minute movie with certain requirements. They filmed at the History Center in Petersburg. Their movie, along with others, will be shown at the Astra theater in Jasper on May 2, 2025. If you are interested in an evening of entertainment, feel free to come out and see our students in action. The event is free but does require a ticket. Here is the link to reserve a seat.
Please congratulate all of those who were part of the movie crew; Jakob Newkirk, Owen Longest, Blaine Barnett, Landon Harvey, and Nolan Bailey.
Congratulations to Raeleigh McCraken for earning the honors of being named the Charger of the Month for April! Well deserved honor. #WeAreChargers #ChargerPride
Check out the PCHS April Newsletter! https://secure.smore.com/n/y8nej
On April 4th, the JAG class went and visited the University of Southern Indiana to learn more about what USI has to offer. Students went on a tour of campus, including the residence hall, dining center, Rec center, and Liberty Arena. They even got to tour the Applied Engineering Center and try their hand at using the virtual welding simulator. Students enjoyed learning more about what USI has to offer and realized it is a bigger campus than they expected. All in all, it was a great experience.
PCHS Bulletin 4/17/25
PCHS took a couple of teams to the Southwest Indiana STEM Challenge at OCU last week. Teams competed against schools from southern IN in various challenges put on by industry leaders. The team of Tyler Collins, Kaden VanMeter, Ethan Nelson and Carson Wiscaver took home two 3rd places finishes. Congratulations!
PCHS Bulletin 5/16/25
Check out the latest episode created by PC Broadcasting. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UNrce1_YpI8
PE classes have been playing some table tennis lately and the other week Mr. Gaffney decided to join in on the fun. Wonder who won?
Congratulations to all of our Precision Machining and Welding students who competed at the Indiana Skills USA State contest. Students were not only tested on their skills, but also two written tests. Below are those who placed top three in the state.
Welding - Gavin Wagner - 1st and Owen Eichmiller - 3rd
CNC 3-Axis Milling - Adon LeMond - 1st
Precision Machining - Keenen Bieker - 1st and Andrew Bieker - 3rd
Gavin and Adon qualify for Nationals in Atlanta, GA(unfortunately, they do not have facilites available for Precision Machining nationals)
PCHS Bulletin 4/15/25
PCHS Bulletin 4/14/25
PCHS Bulletin 4/11/25
PCHS Bulletin 4/10/25
PCHS Bulletin 4/9/25
