News & Announcements

2/13/23: FEA sponsored a dress drive this past weekend. They gave away 64 prom dresses to students from PHS, North and South Pontotoc, West Union, East Union, Hickory Flat, Saltillo, and Tupelo. They helped five times the amount of girls than last year.

2/9/23: Pontotoc High School graduates, Virginia Crawford and Ryne Franklin, visited and shared financial information with College and Career Readiness students. Mrs. Crawford serves as a Financial Services Representative and Head Teller Supervisor and Mr. Franklin serves as a Lender and Financial Services Representative for Bank of Pontotoc.

2/8/23: We welcomed Anna Crudup, North Mississippi Health Services recruiter, as this week's Workforce Wednesday Speaker. Ms. Crudup, who is a proud PHS graduate, spoke about opportunities available through North Mississippi Medical Center locations. She talked about professional healthcare and administrative careers which require a degree as well as careers students can go into right after high school like environmental services, food and nutrition, facility operations, nursing assistant, supply process distribution, and security.

2/8/23: PHS students had the opportunity to listen to a presentation concerning the Mississippi Highway Patrol's DRIVE Campaign. DRIVE is an acronym for Driving Requires Initiative, Values, and Education.  The program focuses on educating students in order to combat driving fatalities.  Special guests presenting this program were Miss Mississippi Volunteer, Hannah Perrigin, and Staff Sergeant Bryan McGee of the Mississippi Highway Patrol.

2/7/23: Mrs. Pittman's AP US History students spent some time in the library researching different social reforms (abolition, temperance, women's rights, the second great awakening, etc.) using a variety of the library's resources, including the online database MAGNOLIA. Students worked together to create a presentation on their topic. Some students used their time to practice their presentation before the went back to class.

2/2/23: A limited amount of career camp scholarship funding is available for Pontotoc School District students, through CREATE's Toyota Wellspring Education Fund.  Please visit the camp's scholarship page or make direct contact with the camp if you are interested in applying for camp scholarship funding for your student.  This funding is first come, first served and must be requested by the parent/guardian.

2/2/23: One of our Senior Warriors has completed the interview process and has been accepted into the Spring 2023 Toyota Creating Your Future Internship Program. Conner Armstrong is taking part in a 15 week paid internship program at Toyota Mississippi and Itawamba Community College and will be working toward his Manufacturing Skills Basic Certification for five weeks, doing a two week Toyota Orientation, and then doing two week rotations in the stamping, body weld, paint, and assembly production departments of Toyota. Congratulations Conner!

1/23/23: Tek2Go Advanced Manufacturing Summer Camp at ICC Belden is open for registration for current 8th -12th graders. There is no cost to attend this camp. Registration is the responsibility of the parent and student. A teacher recommendation is required. A flyer and registration form is included with this article. Any questions may be directed to Gina Black at 662-842-4521 or [email protected]