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Purvis High School
Purvis High School is a school within the Lamar County School District. It is located at 220 School St., Purvis, Mississippi.http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/communities/schools/purvishigh.html The principal is Brad Skeen. The school colors are purple and gold. The school mascot is a tornado, named after the deadly tornado that struck on April 24, 1908. Statistics For the 20202021 school year, the school had 605 students enrolled and about 42 teachers employed. Athletics Purvis High School is home to the Purvis Tornadoes. The school has football, basketball, baseball, soccer, golf, tennis, softball, track & field, and swimming teams. Baseball : Purvis Tornado Baseball Players at the next level (*) The records, opponents, and season results have been verified using microfilm of past issues of the Hattiesburg American located in Cook Library on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi The University of Southern Mississippi (Southern Miss or USM) is a pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamar County School District
The Lamar County School District (LCSD) is a public school district based in Purvis, Mississippi (USA). In addition to Purvis, the district also serves the town of Sumrall; the communities of Arnold Line, Baxterville, Lumberton, Oak Grove, and West Hattiesburg; and portions of Hattiesburg, as well as most rural areas in Lamar County. The district extends into Pearl River County, where it serves the rest of Lumberton. History The Lumberton Public School District was disestablished, as per Governor of Mississippi Phil Bryant signing Senate Bill 2500, which required consolidation, in 2016. Initially the Lumberton district, as per the senate bill, was to be dissolved effective July 1, 2019, with portions in Lamar County going to the Lamar County School District and Pearl River County portions to the Poplarville Separate School District. By 2018 the Lumberton and Lamar county districts chose to do a voluntary consolidation, effective July 1, 2018, where the entirety of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purvis, Mississippi
Purvis is a U.S. city in and the county seat of Lamar County, Mississippi, Lamar County, Mississippi. It is part of the Hattiesburg metropolitan area, Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,175 at the 2010 census. The Town of Purvis was incorporated on February 25, 1888 and was founded by and named after Thomas Melville Purves, originally of Marion County, Alabama. Purves, born March 8, 1820, was a second generation Scottish-American; his grandfather emigrated to Charleston, South Carolina in 1765. History Purves acquired a land grant in 1870 for a parcel of real estate which was located, at that time, in Marion County, Mississippi. In 1871, Purves moved from his home in Greene County, Mississippi, Greene County and homesteaded the , along with his wife, Dorothy Abney, born May 14, 1826, in Hinds County, Mississippi, Hinds County, and their five surviving children, to the rural property. Dorothy, also known as Dollie or Dolly, was a doctor w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
