Presbyterian Christian School

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]

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/Rob Shilito (Secondary)
Head of schoolJimmy Messer
ChaplainDaniel Bennett
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] 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
  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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