Presbyterian Christian School Explained

Presbyterian Christian High School
Motto:Truth, Honor, Loyalty
Address:103 WSF Tatum Drive
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Country:U.S.
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Schooltype:Independent Christian School
Religious Affiliation:Christian
Denomination:Presbyterian
Administrator:Heather Tisdale (Preschool), Scott Griffith (Elementary), Gareth Bonner/Keith Rice (Secondary)
Head Of School:Jimmy Messer
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Chaplain:Daniel Bennett
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Mascot:Bobcat

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]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Brief history of PCS . 13 April 2022 . Hattiesburg American . March 19, 2000.
  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. Book: Crespino, Joseph. In Search of Another Country: Mississippi and the Conservative Counterrevolution. 264. 2007 . Princeton University Press. 0691122091. en.
  4. Web site: Winstead . Rachel . Basements Below the Sanctuary: A Story of the Church School . University of Mississippi . 13 April 2022.