Presbyterian Christian School

Presbyterian Christian School (PCS), is a private Christian school in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It was originally founded in 1976 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]

Presbyterian Christian High School
Address
103 WSF Tatum Drive

Hattiesburg
,
Forrest County
,
Mississippi

United States
Coordinates31.2853°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/Ryan Reid/Norman Rowe (Secondary)
Head of schoolSeth Parrish
ChaplainJackson Lin
School rollc. 1,000
MascotBobcat
Websitewww.pcsk12.org

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]

However Crespino's theory is still debated. At the time the school was founded large numbers of African-American students had begun to fill Hattiesburg public schools and many white parents, outraged at this, began to enroll their students at the newly founded PCS.[4] This reasoning for placing children at PCS still stands today. Many parents also enroll their children at PCS so they do not have to attend the local public schools, which are known to be of lesser quality due to low funding along with gang and drug activity. The schools current minority attendance remains low, with a C rating in diversity. PCS is strongly Conservative and Christian on its teaching and disciplinary levels.

References
  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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