Powhatan High School

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Powhatan High School
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Powhatan High School
1800 Judes Ferry Road

Powhatan
,
Virginia
23139
Coordinates 37°31′20.1″N77°48′2.6″W / 37.522250°N 77.800722°W / 37.522250; -77.800722
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School typePublic High School
Founded2003
School districtPowhatan County Public Schools
SuperintendentDr. Beth Teigen
PrincipalDr. Christopher Sumner
Teaching staff93.50 [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1404 (2022–23) [1]
 •  Grade 9 383
 •  Grade 10 336
 •  Grade 11 341
 •  Grade 12 344
Student to teacher ratio15.02 [1]
Color(s)Black, Orange   
Athletics conference Dominion District
MascotIndians
Communities served Powhatan County, Virginia
Feeder schoolsPowhatan Middle School
Website Official website

Powhatan High School is a public high school in Powhatan County, Virginia. It serves 1,404 students and is the only high school in the Powhatan County Public Schools school system.

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History

Powhatan High School was housed in a number of different buildings in the 1900s. The building used from 1971 to 2003 was later used as Pocahontas Middle School from 2003 to 2016, and is now called Pocahontas Landmark Center and used as the school board office. [2] [3] The school was racially integrated in 1969. [4] The current facility opened in 2003. [4]

Academics

PHS ranks among the top 6,600 high schools in America, top 145 in Virginia, and 18th in the Richmond Metro Area. [5] The graduation rate is 95%. [5]

Advanced Placement (AP) classes are offered at Powhatan High School, with 41% of students taking AP classes. [6] PHS also offers dual enrollment classes in collaboration with J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College. Together, the two schools host an Advanced College Academy program, which allows students who participate to earn an associate's degree in social sciences and an advanced studies high school diploma upon graduation. [7]

AP Classes offered include AP English 11 (Language & Composition), AP English 12 (Literature & Composition), AP English 10 (Seminar), AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Computer Science A, AP Environmental Science, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics 1, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Human Geography, AP Modern World History, AP US History, AP US Government & Politics, AP Psychology, AP Spanish Language and Culture, AP 2-D Art and Design, AP 3-D Art and Design, and AP Drawing.

Dual Enrollment classes for students who are not enrolled in the ACA program include DE Math Analysis (MTH 167), DE English 12 (ENG 111, 112), and DE US Government (PLS 135, 136).

PHS offers career and technical education classes that provide students with experience in various job fields, including Veterinary Science, Business Marketing, Information Technology, Carpentry, Electricity, Culinary Arts, Cosmetology, Engineering, JROTC, Firefighting, Education, and Medical Sciences. Along with these CTE classes, Powhatan High School offers Cooperative Education Programs, allowing students to work at an approved job and earn high school credit for their work. [8]

Demographics and Enrollment

Racial and Ethnic Groups (Fall 2022) [9]

Extracurriculars

Performing Arts

Powhatan High School operates multiple curricular ensembles, including show choir, symphonic band, wind symphony, jazz band, and chamber orchestra. Extracurricular ensembles include indoor drumline, marching band and winter guard.

Powhatan has 2 indoor drumline ensembles, Powhatan JV Percussion (performing in Scholastic A Class) and Powhatan Varsity Percussion (performing in Scholastic Open Class). Powhatan Varsity Percussion competes nationally at the WGI World Championships.

In 2022, the school district was awarded with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from the NAMM foundation. [10]

In 2023, the school's show choir performance "Radiance" received grand champion in the single-gender division at the New England Show Choir Showdown at Andover High School in Massachusetts. [11]

Athletics

Powhatan High School's athletic teams are named the Indians and have competed in the Virginia High School League's Dominion District since 2019. Previously, the teams competed in the Jefferson District. [12]

The football team won state championships in 1996 and 2003. [13]

The softball team has six state championships, and the baseball team won its first state championship in 2007. [4]

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  11. ↑ "SCC: Andover New England Show Choir Showdown 2023". www.showchoir.com. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
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  13. ↑ Schoeffel, Mike (August 29, 2014). "From the archives: state championship glory". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved September 18, 2020.


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