PREP class and a few CTI students at the fair yesterday. GVRA provided career exploration opportunities for students to learn about poultry farming, dairy farming, black smithing, and more. After the career exploration activities, they were able to enjoy the fair rides.
Purchase your Homecoming Dance Tickets!!
Congratulations to each of these students!
Pickens County School District is hiring for a Pickens High School Nurse.
For more information, check out our job opportunities at: https://www.applitrack.com/pickens/onlineapp/default.aspx?all=1?embed=1
Please come support our students and enjoy a fantastic show!
Farah Jones, a Pickens High School senior, was one of 74 students selected by State School Superintendent Richard Woods to serve on his 2024-2025 Student Advisory Council. Congratulations!
Thanks to the generosity of Amicalola EMC, we are happy to congratulate the following students who raised the bar and had perfect attendance for the month of September!
Olivia Schrank, Abby Thompson and Kenji Burnley. Each student received a $25 gift card.
GEORGIA MATCH is the most comprehensive direct admission program in the country. This program is run by the GSFC and can be accessed through students GA Futures accounts. It identifies up to 45 Georgia public colleges and universities that are an academic match based on a high school senior’s calculated HOPE GPA through 11th grade. The colleges and universities are holding a spot for matched students. The students just need to claim their spot through their GA Futures accounts. GEORGIA MATCH letters will be mailed home to each senior in Georgia after October 1st from the GSFC. Find more information by visiting the GA MATCH homepage.
PHS Homecoming Parade on October 17, 2024, at 6:00 PM. The parade route is below.
Please email hollyrylee@pickenscountyschools.org with any questions.
Dragon Drive Digest-Volume 3
Congratulations to PHS Teacher of the Month -Rachel Evans and Staff Member of the Month-Kevin Mize! Thank you for all you do here at PHS!
The September PCSD Extracurricular Spotlight is on Journalism.
Journalism is an elective course offered at PHS. Students enrolled in the class engage in a variety of multimedia activities from conducting interviews and covering events for our local newspaper, to designing and producing the school’s yearbook.
The goal of this course is to create engaged and informed citizens on our campus and in our community while fostering creativity and independence. PHS Journalism is grateful for our collaboration with the Pickens Progress, and for the generous donation of a subscription to the paper provided by Chattahoochee Technical College.
Homecoming 2024~Paint the Town Green
Congratulations Ladies!!
Rescheduled for October 15,2024
Important weather updates from Pickens County School District...
Seniors....Check your student email regarding the Senior Shirt Order! Orders are must be placed by Friday, Sept. 27.
Jeremy Westbrook has been named a Commended Student in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation , which conducts the program, will be presented by the principal to this scholastically talented senior. About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise.
Those being named Commended Student have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success, commented a spokesperson for NMSC. These students represent a valuable national resource; recognizing their accomplishments, as well as the key role their schools play in their academic development, is vital to the advancement of educational excellence in our nation. We hope that this recognition will help broaden their educational opportunities and encourage them as they continue their pursuit of academic success.
Congratulations Jeremy!!
REMINDER....PICTURE DAY...tomorrow!
Go by Century 21 this week and vote for the PHS Constitution Week display. There is some wonderful artwork displayed from art students, and amazing posters about the amendments from one of our Civics classes.
