Today, State Superintendent Woods came to Pickens High School to award Harmony Elementary with the Literacy Leaders award and Pickens High School with the Masters of Mathematics award. Congratulations on your achievements!
From young families stopping in for play and storytime, to students sketching out their next creative project in a makerspace, to seniors seeking tech help and everyone in between, libraries of all kinds help us connect the dots from one part of our journey to the next. Chart your next literary adventure by browsing the stacks or joining a book club. Let an author color your imagination at an author talk, outline your big business idea at an entrepreneur workshop, or trace your history with your library’s genealogy resources. Make your mark and get involved with your library by volunteering or spreading the word.
Whatever draws you in, the library has something for everyone. Celebrate National Library Week, April 6 - 12, 2025.
Join us for an evening of networking and job opportunities here at Pickens County School District! We are hosting a job fair on April 22nd, from 6-8 p.m. at Pickens High School. See you there!
PCSD would like to thank Dead Level Dumpsters and Jonathan Holcombe for the donation to our Angel Fund. You can help support our Angel Fund by renting "The Dragon Box" for your debris and spring cleaning needs.
PJHS held an annual scoliosis screening and health fair last week. The theme was Wellness World Tour. Education was provided to students on topics such as vaping, CPR, telehealth, vision, health, nutrition, outdoor play, immunizations, proper hand washing and more. The Department of Public Health, Good Samaritan, Piedmont Mountainside Hospital, Help A Child Smile, Reinhardt University, Mrs. Honea’s PHS students, Prevent Blindness Of Georgia and many more came out to promote child health.
Did you know that our schools' media specialists work with both students and teachers to facilitate access to information in a wide variety of formats, instruct students and teachers how to acquire, evaluate and use information and technology? That's why our media specialists are so important. We would like to thank our PCSD media specialists for demonstrating a love of reading and providing our students the necessary skills to think critically about information and to communicate in a variety of formats ensuring independent, lifelong learning.
An informational meeting regarding Equitable Services under the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA) for the 2025-2026 school year will be held on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 2:00 pm at the PCSD Central Office located at 100 D B Carroll Street. If you are a private school which is located in the Pickens County School District or you serve students who reside in the Pickens County School District and you did not receive an invitation via email, please contact Anita Walker, Director of Federal Programs at anitawalker@pickenscountyschools.org or 706-253-1700 ext 2946
Paraprofessionals support teachers and students in the classroom. They can work at any grade level, from elementary to high school, and help with any subject, from English to math to special education. Their responsibilities can include anything from grading to one-on-one tutoring. We have some great parapros here at PCSD and we want to give them a shout out for Paraprofessional Appreciation Day. Thank you for all that you do to support our teachers and students.
Pickens County Schools and the District Office will be closed for Spring Break, March 31st - April 4th. Please have a safe and restful break. We look forward to our students returning on April 7th.
Pickens County School District is pleased to report that Hill City Elementary, Harmony Elementary, Jasper Middle, Pickens Junior High and Pickens High all received four-star ratings and Tate Elementary received a three-star rating from the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) Climate Star Rating. See the full article here: https://www.pickens.k12.ga.us/news
PCSD's Clean School Spotlight shines on Tate Elementary this month! Ava Mcbee, Mattie Benson, and Alex Kitchens love helping the custodial staff clean up in the cafeteria after lunch. Way to go team!
There's a lot of amazing things happening with our PHS Chorus members!
PCSD is offering public review of our proposed English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum for grades 6-12. The curriculum will be available on March 27 and 28 and April 7 from 8:00 am until 4:00 pm at the Pickens County BOE Central Office located at 100 D.B. Carroll Street.
Contact Anita Walker with questions at anitawalker@pickenscountyschools.org.
Spring Break is March 31st - April 4th, 2025.
Kindergarten registration is open for the 2025-26 school year! Visit www.pickenscountyschools.org to register.
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has requested the Pickens High School sign be removed from the easement for the purposes of constructing a roundabout at the intersection of Dragon Drive and Highway 53. The Pickens County School District does not own the land where the sign is located and has been in discussion with GDOT over multiple years regarding both the PHS sign and the roundabout. Our sign will be removed on March 28, 2025 and will be reconstructed after the completion of roadwork.
Congratulations to Harmony Elementary for having the best student attendance for the month of February!
PCSD would like to thank J.M. Huber for their generous donation to Tate Elementary School for new playground equipment.
Pickens County School District thanks the voters of our community for choosing to continue to invest in our future.
Congratulations to Martha Segers for being the 'Board of Education's Pick' for a special Dragon Award. Thank you Martha for always being willing to help others, having a consistent positive attitude, and being a servant leader to the Superintendent, Board of Education, and entire school district.
