Pike County Central High School
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Pikeville, Kentucky United States | |
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Pike County Central High School (PCCHS) is a public high school located in Pikeville, Kentucky, United States. The school mascot is a hawk. The school motto is "Soaring To Greatness". PCCHS serves around 700 students in 9th to 12th grade. It is located just minutes from the downtown Pikeville area. It features vocational schools and GED programs in addition to its regular courses.
History
Pike County Central High School is the result of a consolidation, which brought together the former Johns Creek High School and Mullins High School in 1993.
The current principal, MDavid Rowe, is the third in school history. In the 2007–2008 academic school year, Rowe took over for Eddie McCoy after he took over for Roger Johnson, who vacated the job to take a position within the Pike County Board of Education. Johnson was the PCCHS principal since the inaugural school year of 1993.
Also in recent staff changes, the whole men's basketball coaching staff was renovated as Mark Thompson became the new head coach.
The school has an academic team which has performed exceptionally well with the help of their new coach Melissa Morely. Morely coaches both the Junior Varsity and Varsity teams with the aid of her husband, Dudley Morely.
Also new to his position, Gary Fields Jr. was announced as the head girls' basketball coach. He replaced Stephen Butcher who had coached at PCCHS for three years, taking the girls to three 15th Regional Championships and to the state final four in the 2006-2007 season.
In 2007 Pike County central's high school soccer team won the 32nd district.
Also, in 2007, the school's Wingspan journalism staff were the Kentucky High School Journalism Association's state champions. The Wingspan is sponsored by teacher Angela Lockhart.
The school's CATS test scores were impressive as well, as they placed first in their district, first in their region, and 28th in the state of Kentucky.