Pisgah High School
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- Principal / Admin: Miller Danny
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- Status: Operational
- Type: Regular
- Grades: 9th - 12th
- School Location: A Rural Area
- Brief Description
- Pisgah High School serves 9th through 12th Grade Students From The City Of Canton, Which Is Part Of Haywood County. Some Or All Students From This School Participate In Free Or Reduced Lunch Programs.
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1 Rating(s) Submitted- Reviewed by a Former Student on October 23, 2007 (Rating: 3 / 5) Report As Inapropriate
- Overall, Pisgah has several major weaknesses.
First is the lack of emphasis on academics. The system is willing to settle to accommodate mediocrity. The upper percentile of the class is not nearly challenged as much as they ought to be due to the fact that the emphasis is placed on the mediocre students (I'm not trying to say this in a bad way). The system is willing to let them remain mediocre and not challenge them either. The lower percentile struggles because they can't fully get the help they need and are not challenged to work up to their full potential, even if it is just mediocre. The common theme the whole class shares is that are just not challenged very much. The academic standards at Pisgah are lower than the already shockingly low national standard.
The reason for the lower academic standards is two-fold; the system is not challenging the students and helping them reach their highest potential, and secondly, Pisgah's main emphasis is on athletic programs. There is a overwhelming emphasis on athletic programs, but not enough emphasis on academic programs. The school's athletics are given more praise and recognition than the scholars, but since Pisgah is supposedly an academic institution, shouldn't the emphasis be shifted toward the scholars? It isn't. Yes, Pisgah has seen some very talented athletes through the course of it's history, and yes they should be celebrated. However, Pisgah needs to put more emphasis back on academics in attempts to help train the upcoming generation of world leaders, than on athletic programs.
despite all of it's flaws, Pisgah is a very quaint, charming school. The student body is closely-knit and gets along with each other. My years at Pisgah were a very intimate experience- I liked that I could walk around campus and know every person I saw. The student body hardly ever fights, and, knock-on-wood, there is little school violence. The students are well-behaved when they enter Pisgah and those values are strengthened while at Pisgah.
Overall, I am not dissatisfied with my experience at Pisgah, of course, each experience is what you make it. My only frustrations about Pisgah is its lack of emphasis on academic standards, and the over-emphasis of athletic programs.
Pisgah High School Calendar of Events
School Events Calendar
- January 1
- New Year's Day (2009)
- January 19
- Martin Luther King Day
- February 14
- Valentine's Day
- February 16
- President's Day Observed
- March 17
- St. Patrick's Day
- April 12
- Easter
- May 25
- Memorial Day
- June 10
- (7:00 P.M.) Graduation (Flag )
- July 4
- Independence Day
- September 7
- Labor Day
- October 12
- Columbus Day
- October 31
- Halloween
- November 11
- Veteran's Day
- November 26
- Thanksgiving Day
- December 25
- Christmas Day
2009 School Year Events
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- Elizabeth City, NC 27909
- (252) 335-3400
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- (910) 362-7000
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- 231 Highway 58 South
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Libraries Near This School
- CANTON BRANCH LIBRARY
- 11 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
- CANTON, NC 28716
- (704) 648-2924
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Private - Number of Students: 987
- Number of Full-Time Teachers: 65
- Student:Teacher Ratio: 15.2:1
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