| Pike Central High School | |
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| Address | |
| 810 East State Road 56 Petersburg, IN, 47567 United States |
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| School district | Pike County School Corporation |
| Principal | LeAnne Kelley |
| Vice principal | Kyle Runyan |
| Faculty | 47 |
| Number of students | 596 |
| School Color(s) | Burgundy and Gold and white |
| Nickname | Chargers |
| Website | http://www.pcsc.k12.in.us/pchs/ |
Pike Central is the only high school in Pike County, Indiana.
This past October (2010), Pike Central High School was selected as one of 14 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams and one of only 4 teams to present on stage at the convention. -- a program that grants selected high schools up to $10,000 to invent technological solutions to real-world problems. More than 1,200 schools applied for the grant, and a judging panel composed of educators, researchers, alumni and staff from MIT; industry experts; and past Lemelson-MIT Award winners selected Pike Central High School as one of the grantees. It is the first Indiana school to be picked for the program.
The Pike Central High School InvenTeam has built a lightweight disaster relief shelter that is both inexpensive and easy to assemble and disassemble. Made from corrugated polypropylene sheets, the shelter also has a water filtration system, and the team is currently working to add an alternative energy source to supply light to the structure. On the team were Jessica D'Esposito, Carl Brown, Colton Newton, Blane Gress, BreAnne Lane, Brooke Riddle, Christian Wilson, Anna Woolery, Willfred Kleug, Ricky Sizemore.
Its "athletic" teams are nicknamed the "Chargers", and it participates in the Pocket Athletic Conference. The school is located at the intersection of Indiana 56 & Indiana 61 near Campbelltown.
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