Pierce County High School

Pierce County High School
Address
4850 County Farm Road Blackshear, Georgia 31516 United States
Coordinates	31°20′38″N 82°13′01″W / 31.34394°N 82.21696°W / 31.34394; -82.21696Coordinates: 31°20′38″N 82°13′01″W / 31.34394°N 82.21696°W / 31.34394; -82.21696
Information
School type	Public high school
Motto	"Excellence is the Standard"
School district	Pierce County School District
Superintendent	Terri DeLoach
Principal	Dara Bennett
Grades	9 – 12
Gender	Co-ed
Hours in school day	8:10 AM - 3:30 PM
Color(s)	Blue and silver
Athletics conference	1-AAA
Sports	Baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross-country, football, golf, soccer
Mascot	Bear
Team name	Bears
Rival	Appling Brantley Ware
Accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Yearbook	Polaris
Website	Website

Pierce County High School is the only public high school located in Blackshear, Georgia, United States. The school is part of the Pierce County School District, which serves Pierce County.

History

Pierce County High School opened in 1981 following the merger of Blackshear High School and Patterson High School.

State championships (team athletics)

Competition cheerleading (2012, 2013, 2015)
Boys' golf (1988, 1989, 2009)
Girls' golf (2000, 2005)
One-Act Play (2009)
Debate (1982)

State Championships (individual)

Beta English - Shanna Floyd (2000)
Literary - Girls' Spelling - Shanna Floyd (2000)
Literary - Boys' Essay (2009)
Track & field, boys' - Quayvon Hicks, discus (2012)
Wrestling - Dustin Bryant, 285 lbs (2014)
Track & field, girls' - Alexus Shaw, 300 meter hurdles (2015, 2016)

Sound of Silver Marching Band

The Pierce County Sound of Silver Marching Band won grand champion at the Royal City classic in 2007, the Blue and Gray Festival in 2009, and a nationally scored competition in Orange Park Florida in 2010. They won 32 Superior rankings for all 2014 marching band competitions. They hosted the state's largest marching competition, with 24 bands total.

Future Farmers of America

PCHS won State Forestry Field Day titles in 1982, 1983, and 1988. In 1986, Tony Waller was a member of Georgia's National Champion Forestry Team.

Notable alumni

Elizabeth Cook - singer, songwriter
Nikki DeLoach - actress, singer
Chad Nimmer - Georgia State Representative
KaDee Strickland - actress
Mack Williams - animation director, producer (Archer)^[1]

References

↑ http://www.mackwilliams.com/about.html

External links

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