Preston High School (West Virginia)

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Preston High School
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Preston High School (West Virginia)
400 Knight Drive

Kingwood
,
West Virginia
26537

United States
Coordinates 39°27′37.56″N79°40′39.99″W / 39.4604333°N 79.6777750°W / 39.4604333; -79.6777750 Coordinates: 39°27′37.56″N79°40′39.99″W / 39.4604333°N 79.6777750°W / 39.4604333; -79.6777750
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Type Public, Coeducational high school
Established1992
School district Preston County Schools
SuperintendentBradley Martin
CEEB code 490675
PrincipalTodd Seymour
Teaching staff80 [1]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment1,196 [1]  (2021)
Student to teacher ratio15:1 [1]
Campus typeFringe Rural [1]
Color(s) Silver and Black   
MascotKnight
Team nameKnights
Website www.prestoncountyschools.com/o/phs

Preston High School is a four-year public high school in Kingwood, West Virginia, United States. It houses nearly 1,200 students from the entirety of Preston County, West Virginia. The school colors are black and silver and the mascot is the Knight. Preston High School was recognized by the Blue Ribbon Schools Program, the highest award an American school can receive. [2] [3]

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School history

Preston High School came into being with the consolidation of Bruceton High, Central Preston High, East Preston High and West Preston High. The school was built in Kingwood on the same campus as the existing vocational and academic center. This consolidation and the building of the new campus opened in 1992. Originally, Preston High only enrolled students from grades 10–12, but in the fall of 1998, the middle school concept was established in Preston County, and ninth graders joined the student body. The school enrollment has been approximately 1,400 since then. [4] The high school was also the home of Central Preston Middle School from 2005 to 2015, due to building issues in the old middle school facility.

Blue Ribbon school

For the 1994–96 school years, Preston High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education. [5]

Extra-curricular activities

The school is home to a wide variety of extra-curricular, activities including the fine arts as well as sports and athletics. The school's athletics compete in baseball, basketball, football, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, track, volleyball, and wrestling. Lacrosse is a club sport.

Football

The Preston Knights football team ended a 21-game losing streak dating back to the playoffs of 2008 by defeating the Hampshire Trojans 20–19 on August 26, 2011. Preston's records for the last four years is 7–3 in 2007, 6–5 in 2008 with playoff, 0–10 in 2009, 0–10 in 2010, all under Ralph Wilson. The current head coach is Johnathan Tennant. Since Tennant's arrival the Knights have had 3–7 and 5–5 seasons.

Marching band

The "Marching Knights" participate in the Tournament of Bands. They are in Category 4 in Chapter 13, which means they have over 100 members marching and they compete in the Chapter 13 region according to the maps of the TOB Commissioners. In the 2004 marching season, the percussion section was awarded with the Grand Champion drum, and the band placed second overall in the Chapter 8 Championships at Baldwin High School, Baldwin, Pennsylvania.

Track and field

Student Kaylyn Christopher won 2006 state championships in three events: the 800m, 1600m (5:00.18) and 3200m, with state records set in the two longer distance events. [6] Christopher became the first female in West Virginia to the 1600m in under five minutes (4:58.18). [7] With Christopher's record-breaking performance leading the way, the Preston High School track team won the 2007 West Virginia Class AAA State Track Championship. Christopher won the 1,600 state championship for her third straight year and won the 800 in a state record time of 2:13.67. [8] Preston's cross country team, coached by Paul Martin, placedthird at States in 2011 overall, with Peter Schwarzenberg taking third and Kaitlyn Workman taking fifth.

JROTC

The school's JROTC Rifle Team won the West Virginia high school rifle championship in 2007, the sixth consecutive year that the team earned the title. The team competed in the 2007 JROTC Eastern Championships held in Fort Benning, Georgia. [9]

Automotive

Justin Lewis won the 2008 Ford/AAA Auto Skills competition.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. News & World Report. "Preston High School" . Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  2. ↑ CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department Archived 2007-08-19 at the Wayback Machine , Journal Inquirer , November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
  3. ↑ Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post . September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."
  4. ↑ A Brief History of Education in Preston County Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine , Preston County Schools. Accessed June 15, 2007.
  5. ↑ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF) Archived 2009-03-26 at the Wayback Machine , United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.
  6. ↑ WV State Meet Results, Elite Performances and Write-ups Added [ permanent dead link ], WV . May 21, 2006. Accessed June 15, 2007. "Christopher placed first in the 800m in 2:16.38 and set state records in the 1600m (5:00.18) and the 3200m (10:55.52)."
  7. ↑ Chandler, Greg. "Track Runner Among Nations Best: Preston High runner holds state records in 1600, 3200." Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine WBOY, May 18, 2006. Accessed June 15, 2007. "In fact, her 1600 time of 4:58.18 made her the first female in West Virginia to run that distance in less than five minutes."
  8. ↑ Raby, John. "Carrier, Christopher end record careers" Archived 2013-02-04 at archive.today , Times West Virginian , May 20, 2007. Accessed June 15, 2007. "Carrier added to her thick resume and became the highest-scoring female athlete ever, while Christopher became the first West Virginia girl to break the five-minute barrier in the metric mile and helped Preston win the Class AAA team title at the state track championships Saturday."
  9. ↑ Senate Resolution No. 44, West Virginia Senate. Accessed June 15, 2007. "Congratulating the Preston High School JROTC Rifle Team on winning its sixth consecutive West Virginia state high school rifle championship."
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