Congratulations to the following business students that passed the
Microsoft Word Specialist test.  These students earned an
industry based certification and an additional
high school diploma endorsement.

Drew Britt
Autumn Wingate
Aimee Calmes
Heidi Brister
Kelsey Thomas
Elizabeth Henson
Brittany Amerson
Kristen Roshong

Literary Rally Winners:

Michael Lucht- 2nd Agriculture  Science I
Kayla Reed- 3rd Agriculture Science II
Cory Thompson- 1st Agriculture Science III
Josh Miller- 10th Algebra I
Justin McNurlen- 4th Algebra II
Kelsey Thomas- 7th Biology I
Collin Nolen- 5th Biology II
Elizabeth Henson- 1st Business Computer Applications
Alison Merchant- 5th Chemistry
Brittany Amerson- 9th Civics
Gabi Chappell- 2nd English I
Aimee Calmes- 5th English II
Leah Smith- 3rd English III
Raine Wingate- 1st English IV
Kayleigh Dauzat- 4th Environmental Science
Julie Weatherford- 4th Family and Consumer Science
Lane Nash- 2nd Free Enterprise
Brenda Mahaffey- 5th Geometry
Maria Nichols- 1st Health
Katy Womanck- 7th Introduction to Business Computer Applications
Jesse Johnson- 3rd Food & Nutrition
Tristan Millsaps- 6th Physical Science
Heidi Brister- 1st Spanish I
Kali Mancil- 3rd Spanish II
Morgan Morrison- 4th U.S. History
Drew Britt- 1st World Geography

Speech Rally Winners

The PHS Speech Team
won 1st place in the Team Sweepstakes
over all schools of any size!!!

Extemperaneous Speaking
1st- Collin Nolen
2nd Brenda Mahaffey
State Eligible- Brittany Graham

Original Oratory
1st- Tristan Millsaps
2nd- Maria Nichols

Interpretive Reading
State Eligible- Drew Britt
State Eligible- Kali Mancil
State Eligible- Carry Onellion
State Eligible- Collin Nolen

Radio Speaking
1st Kali Mancil
2nd- Tyler Doyle

Congratulations to all our Rally competitors!

CONGRATULATIONS!

Mr. Jerome Henson has been chosen as
Middle School Teacher of the year for 2011-2012
for Pitkin High School and Vernon Parish.

THREE LOUISIANA K-12 SCHOOLS RECEIVE "HIGH PERFORMING" HONOR

Louisiana's Department of Education says 56 schools have earned the state's "High Performing, High Poverty" distinction.  These schools have been identified and honored for overcoming the challenges associated with educating large populations of poor and minority children.  Schools that have at least 65 percent of their students enrolled in the free- or reduced-price meal program can earn the honor if they have earned a baseline School Performance of 100 or higher for two consecutive years, based on the state's accountability system.  School Performance Scores are based on factors that include assessment tests and dropout rates.
This is the first time that a high school or K-12 school has earned the distinction. Those schools were our own Pitkin High School in Vernon Parish, Sicily Island High School in Catahoula Parish, and Calvin High School in Winn Parish.