Presbyterian Christian School

School in Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi, United States

31°17′07″N 89°18′48″W / 31.2853°N 89.3133°W / 31.2853; -89.3133InformationSchool typeIndependent Christian SchoolMottoTruth, Honor, LoyaltyReligious affiliation(s)ChristianDenominationPresbyterianEstablished1975 (1975)AdministratorHeather Tisdale (Preschool), Scott Griffith (Elementary), Gareth Bonner/Keith Rice (Secondary)Head of schoolJimmy MesserChaplainDaniel BennettSchool rollc. 1,000MascotBobcatWebsitewww.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

^ "Brief history of PCS". Hattiesburg American. March 19, 2000. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
^ "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."
^ Crespino, Joseph (2007). In Search of Another Country: Mississippi and the Conservative Counterrevolution. Princeton University Press. p. 264. ISBN 0691122091.
^ Winstead, Rachel. "Basements Below the Sanctuary: A Story of the Church School". University of Mississippi. Retrieved 13 April 2022.