News & Announcements

8/29/25: We are excited that the Big Ideas Mobile Learning Lab will be visiting the PHS Campus and working with Sophomores on October 2nd and 3rd. The Mobile Learning Lab is loaded with high-end skilled trades simulators designed to help learners uncover new opportunities and natural abilities they’ve never tapped into before. The technology in the Lab helps make the experience fun and engaging, while their staff goes the extra mile to provide individualized mentorship and advice.
Please check out the Big Ideas website to learn more about this unique student opportunity, which will be provided for our students through the Toyota Wellspring Education Fund!

8/29/25: The PHS Library challenged the student body as well as faculty and staff to a reading initiative to read more books this semester. So far we are off to a phenomenal start with over 540 books checked out this month!
The importance of reading cannot be overstated. Reading develops a multitude of skills--academically, socially, and emotionally. Let's read more together!

"Together we read. Together we climb, Warriors!"

8/21/25: Mrs. Bramlett's class mind mapped with chalk connotations of "The Hearth and The Salamander" from Fahrenheit 451.

8/12/25: Senior portraits will be taken at PHS on Monday, August 25. Please see the flyer for complete details.

Mrs. Kelly’s English 2 classes gathered evidence and worked to make inferences and build an argument in a “Solving a Mystery” Activity last week! They were given a folder with “evidence” including instagram posts, bank statements, text messages, and more, and had to build a solid case to solve the crime!

In Mrs. Kelly’s English 4 class, students have been learning about The Hero’s Journey, and last week they put their knowledge to the text in the form of a partner activity!

Students watched an episode of “Bluey” titled “Curry Quest,” and then were given strips of paper with the events of the episode. They had to put the events in the correct category for The Hero’s Journey!

8/8/25: During the summer, several PHS students immersed themselves in career camp activities on the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University campuses. Students had the opportunity to stay on the campuses, take part in college lectures, and be involved in hands-on activities in the fields of pharmacy, culinary science, engineering, veterinary medicine and architecture.
Thank you to the Toyota Wellspring Education Fund for providing these amazing opportunities for our students!

8/7/25: Visual Arts 1 students painted records, CDs, and cassette tapes this week, along with rocks that they hid around campus for other students to find.

The Pontotoc High School graduation ceremony will be Friday, May 16, 2025, at 6:00pm, at the Tommy Morton Football Field.
Please see the attached info sheet and map for more information.

5/2/25: The Pontotoc High School Yearbook staff won the Wallsworth Gallery of Excellence Award for this year's Little Warrior Yearbook. It was chosen because of its high quality, creativity, theme, and structure. The staff received a letter from Don Walsworth and a plaque. Yearbooks that receive this honor are used as examples in conventions state and nationwide. Less than 5% of books published by Walsworth receive the honor.