Presbyterian Christian School

Coordinates: 31°17′07″N 89°18′48″W / 31.2853°N 89.3133°W / 31.2853; -89.3133
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Presbyterian Christian High School
Address
Map
103 WSF Tatum Drive

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United States
Coordinates31°17′07″N 89°18′48″W / 31.2853°N 89.3133°W / 31.2853; -89.3133
Information
School typeIndependent Christian School
MottoTruth, Honor, Loyalty
Religious affiliation(s)Christian
DenominationPresbyterian
Established1975 (1975)
AdministratorHeather Tisdale (Preschool), Scott Griffith (Elementary), Gareth Bonner/Keith Rice (Secondary)
Head of schoolJimmy Messer
ChaplainDaniel Bennett
School rollc. 1,000
MascotBobcat
Websitewww.pcsk12.org

Presbyterian Christian School (PCS), is a private Christian school in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It was originally founded as Bay Street Christian Day School in 1976.[1] It serves preschool through grade 12. Grades K5-6 attend one campus, while 7-12 attend an adjacent campus.[2]

The historian Joseph Crespino has noted that, unlike many other private schools in Mississippi, PCS was established after school desegregation began and enrolled minority students within a few years of its founding.[3] Crespino's theory has been questioned, in light of the school's enrollment patterns compared to the general (at the time) enrollment patterns of white Southern families in private schools following desegregation.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Brief history of PCS". Hattiesburg American. March 19, 2000. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Home." Presbyterian Christian School. Retrieved on May 7, 2015. "PCS Secondary School houses grades 7-12 on a campus located on 221 Bonhomie Road." and "PCS Elementary School houses K5-6th grades and is located at 103 WSF Tatum Drive, adjacent to the secondary campus."
  3. ^ Crespino, Joseph (2007). In Search of Another Country: Mississippi and the Conservative Counterrevolution. Princeton University Press. p. 264. ISBN 0691122091.
  4. ^ Winstead, Rachel. "Basements Below the Sanctuary: A Story of the Church School". University of Mississippi. Retrieved 13 April 2022.

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