Pickens High School
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| Motto | Raising Student To Their Potential |
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| Type | Public High school |
| Principal | Chris Williams |
| Students | 2110 students |
| Location | Jasper, Georgia, USA |
| District | Pickens County School District |
| Colors | Green and White |
| Athletics | Georgia High School League Division 4A Region 3 |
| Mascot | Dragons  |
| Newspaper | The Vision |
Nestled in the mountains of north Georgia, Pickens High School was established in 1957 with a graduating class of 75 students. We now have an enrollment of approximately 2144 students with interests varying from AP English to golf, FFA to football, health occupations to video production, drama to horseshoes, and agriculture to zoology. Relocated to a beautiful mountain campus in 1998, PHS has the capability of providing the best that modern education has to offer.
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[edit] Alma Mater
The Pickens High School Alma Mater goes as follows:
Hail to thee our Alma Mater,
Pickens High of well known fame,
Whose history's rich with proud achievement,
Whose past has won a great name.
Hail to thee our loving mother
Who lives in past and future too,
Thy name shall shine in glorious splendor,
Shaped by faith and ideals true.
Now thy faithful sons and daughters,
Loyal still as years go by,
Pledge to thee our firm devotion,
Alma Mater, Pickens High.
[edit] What We believe
We believe . . . Student learning is the primary goal of the school.
Students' learning needs should be the primary focus of all decisions affecting the school.
Parents, students, educators, school board and councils, and the entire community are responsible for implementing and achieving the school's goals.
Each student is a valued individual with unique physical, social, emotional and intellectual needs and may require special services or resources.
A safe and physically comfortable environment promotes student learning.
A student's self-esteem is enhanced through developing and sharing mutual respect among students and staff.
Challenging expectations and a supportive environment increase individual student performance.
Students learn best when they are actively engaged in the learning process.
All students can learn, achieve and succeed when provided developmentally appropriate learning activities.
Cultural diversity increases student understanding of different people and cultures.
[edit] Outcomes 2006-2009
2006: 19 - 13 Easley
2007: 37 - 26 Easley
2008: TBA
2009: TBA
[edit] Bruce Field
Home of the Pickens Blue Flame football team since 1950 when the stadium opened, Bruce Field is the place in Pickens everybody is familiar with. Although the rated stadium capacity is six thousand, attendance varies from unimportant games where attendance is around five thousand to a Pickens-Easley game where attendance can get around eight thousand to even ten thousand. The features of the stadium include a working PA system, two sets of restrooms, scoreboard, souvineir shop (called the House of Blue), two field houses, two concession stands, and outside the Blue Flame's field house is the good luck charm, a sculpture of the Blue Flame sports logo. The 50 yardline logo is the Blue Flame sports logo, the endzone has the word "PICKENS" in white block letters rimmed with blue with the logo of PHS's primary sponsor, the Peoples National Bank, on either side of the endzone, and the "G" that marks the goaline is blue rimmed with white. Also, on top of the scoreboard is a metal cone-shaped gas burner with the words "BLUE FLAME" inscripted on it. The burner is set off from the pressbox when the team enters the stadium, the Blue Flame gets a score, or when the 4th quarter is over and the Blue Flame has won. Due to the chemical composition of the gas used, the flame burns a bright blue.
[edit] 2008 Home games and outcomes
Easley Green Wave Outcome TBA
Berea Bulldogs Outcome TBA
Seneca Bobcats Outcome TBA
West Oak Warriors Outcome TBA
Woodmont Wildcats Outcome TBA
[edit] Football music
"Pickens the Brave", a variation of the famous "Scotland the Brave", is used as the pregame entrance fanfare of the Blue Flame. Due to the location of Bruce Field in relation to the high school, the Blue Flame must walk across Jewell Street to get to the stadium. When the team enters the stadium at 6:30 PM (kickoff is always at 7:30), they first walk down a hill behind the scoreboard near the east endzone, then walk along the north sideline until they reach their own field house. They walk in single file and when they start walking down the hill, the commentator plays the bagpipe version of "Pickens the Brave" through the public address system to encourage the Blue Flame.
The Pickens fight song is titled "When the Flame Goes Burning In". In the early 1980s, three trombone players on the Blue Flame Marching Band decided to play "When the Saints Go Marching In" at a pep rally. The fans loved it so much that the band director took the song, speeded up the tempo, added a second part and a drumline, and named it the new fight song.
[edit] External links
[edit] Sources
- Pickens High School website
- The Big Blue published by the Pickens Sentinel
- [maxpreps.com]
