Pike County Schools

Education focused primarily on content acquisition and standardized performance measures do not adequately prepare students to successfully engage an increasingly complex world.  High Quality Content, coupled with the competencies contained within the Portrait of a Graduate, will yield Creative Problem-Solvers prepared to tackle the challenges of College, Career, and Citizenship.

Parents, community members, local employers, pastors, teachers, and students were asked in 2013 what the school system should do to prepare students for a dramatically-changing world.  This year-long dialogue set us on a new course, one in which we believe will allow our students the opportunity to fulfill their dreams, and as parents, our dreams for them.

District Information

Pike County is a Georgia Public School System located 60 miles south of Atlanta, serving 3,400 students in Pre-kindergarten through Grade 12.  Developing Creative Problem Solvers ready for college and career through a focus on critical thinking, creativity, communication and collaboration, is our mission.  We believe success in the 21st century depends less on what you know, and more on what you can do.

Mission Statement

Developing Creative Problem-solvers Ready for College and Careers.

Vision

Creating Schools that Students Love.

Operating Principles

*Given appropriate instruction, time, and resources, all children can demonstrate high levels of critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration.

*The instructional climate must intentionally promote the development of students' personal responsibility (soft skills, executive functioning, and metacognition) in a caring and supportive environment.

*Standardized test scores are but one measure of a student's educational progress; more important is what students can do with the knowledge and skills they acquire.

*Today's students are digital natives, so technology must be ubiquitous in our schools.

*All students deserve a rigorous learning environment