Pineville High School (PHS) is a coeducational public high school located in Pineville, in Rapides Parish in central Louisiana, United States. The school opened in 1952.

Profile

Pineville High School is the largest high school in Rapides Parish. The school's enrollment is approximately 1,500 students as of the 2018–2019 school year. The school has approximately one hundred faculty, staff, and administrators.

Arts

The school is designated as a magnet center for the creative and performing arts, which hosts award-winning programs in theatre, visual arts, and

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. The PHS Theatre has performed musicals such as Legally Blonde, Rock of Ages, Chicago, '' Les Misérables'', '' Footloose'', '' Grease'', '' Beauty and the Beast'', ''

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'', '' Crazy for You'', '' Oklahoma!'', '' Pippin'', ''and The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', among others. The theatre department also won the 2020 Best of Cenla Readers Choice Award for their performance of Into the Woods (2019), and plans to perform '' Grease, Young Frankenstein, The Taming of the Shrew, Arsenic and Old Lace, West Side Story, and Matilda'' in its 2022–23 season. The members of the Pineville High School

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program consistently qualify for the Louisiana Music Educator's Association (LMEA) All-State Choir. The Pineville High School Band competes in marching band competitions across the state of Louisiana, and regularly scores superior ratings at each. The orchestra performs annual Christmas and spring concerts, and the theatre program performs various

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and plays year-round.

Academics

The curriculum includes gifted, honors, and regular level courses. Many students leave Pineville with multiple academic honors, scholarships, and credentials to prepare them to succeed in the next chapter of their journey. Special education programs cater to students who are multi-handicapped or learning disabled. Academically, the school has the highest school performance score of any school in Rapides Parish. Students are also given the chance to earn college credits through Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, LA.

Athletics

Pineville High athletics competes in the LHSAA. Athletic teams include

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, baseball, basketball,

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, golf, tennis, track and field, powerlifting, swimming, cross country, and softball. The school was re-designated 5-A during the 2006–2007 school year.

Championships

Football Championships *(1) State Championship: 1960

Mascot

The mascot for Pineville High School is the Rebels. The Confederate Rebel General, a copy of the former Ole Miss Colonel Reb, was removed in September 2020 after a decision in regard to a petition aimed to change the mascot following protests over the murder of George Floyd. The current logos include the Pineville "P" and "Rebels" in Brush ATF script.

Clubs

Pineville High has several student clubs, including the National Honors Society,

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, Educators Rising, Quiz Bowl, Bass Club, Club Kid,

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, and Ukulele Club.

Notable alumni

Cody Ford Cody Ford (born December 28, 1996) is an American football offensive guard for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oklahoma. He has played in the NFL for the Buffalo Bills, Arizona Cardinal ...

, football player for the

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Faith Ford Faith Alexis Ford (born September 14, 1964) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Corky Sherwood on the CBS sitcom ''Murphy Brown'', for which she received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and as Hope Shanowski on the AB ...

, actress * Justin Gaston, commercial actor, musician, model *

Jay F. Honeycutt Jay F. Honeycutt (born 7 May 1937) is an American engineer. He served as the director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center from 1995 to 1997. Early life and education Honeycutt was born in Jena in La Salle Parish in North Louisiana. He gradu ...

, former director of the Kennedy Space Center * Jay Luneau, Alexandria lawyer and state senator *

Kenny Mixon Kenneth Jermaine Mixon (born May 31, 1975) is a former National Football League (NFL) defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings and the Miami Dolphins. High school career Mixon attended Pineville High School in Pineville, Louisiana. While th ...

, former former player for the Miami Dolphins and the Minnesota Vikings

References

{{authority control Educational institutions in the United States with year of establishment missing Public high schools in Louisiana Pineville, Louisiana Schools in Rapides Parish, Louisiana Magnet schools in Louisiana Educational institutions established in 1952 1952 establishments in Louisiana