Pike Central High School

Congratulations to junior Baylie Rainey for being named the December PCHS Charger of the Month! Baylie is described as a vibrant and engaged student with an array of interests. Sh...

Congratulations to the November Student of the Month, Tyler DeCoursey. Tyler, a junior at PCHS, epitomizes the essence of a well-rounded individual. Engaging in several activities...

Congratulations to the October Student of the Month, Sam Horn! Sam is a Junior at PCHS and is described as being impressively pragmatic and a strong student. He is resilient, gene...

Ms. Jodie Elkins and Dr. Suzanne Blake recently attended the National Rural Education Convention in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Ms. Elkins was the Indiana Small and Rural Schools As...

On November 8th, Mr. Scott and Mr. Vaal took three teams to Vincennes University Jasper Campus to compete in CTIM challenges. There were 32 teams represented by 13 different Schoo...

Congratulations to Xavery Weisman, VFW Voice of Democracy winner. Her essay will be forwarded to compete at the district level.

Congratulations to Beth Bohnert, Adam Vaal, Andrew Bunker and Krista Sparrow. Each of these teachers received a Pike County Community Foundation grant. Each of them applied for ...

PCHS Receives National Recognition for Commitment to Empowering Students Named a distinguished school for STEM curriculum and career readiness ...

Ms. Jodie Elkins was officially awarded being named Indiana Farm Bureau Rural Teacher of the Year 2023 before the Senior Awards ceremony. Representatives from Indiana Farm Bureau...

Pike Central welding students participating in the Patoka Valley Vocational Cooperative Welding Technology Program brought home a Fifth Place Team trophy and 1 individual trophy o...

The PCHS GreenPower racing team competed at Talladega May 5-6. Car ran great , averaging 23-25 mph on a 90 minute run, and they finished 4th out of 10 cars in their division. The...

On Thursday May 11 the Pike Central Fire Science students completed their live burn skills at the Petersburg fire station. The training consisted of controlled burns with certifie...

It was a perfect day to cut up some vehicles in the fire class yesterday. Jefferson Township Fire Chief Chris Young and Captain Doug Mounts conducted vehicle extrication training ...

On Thursday, April 27th, students from Mr. Adam Vaal's fire class attended the Fire Department Instructors Conference at Indianapolis. They were there early enough for the opening...

The PCHS Precision Machining students faired well at the SkillsUSA State Competition on April 15th, taking the top two spots! Austin Henson, PCHS junior, and Erik King, JHS senior...

On April 11th, 2023, Pike Central students in grades 9-12 were given the opportunity to engage with 42 local companies during Pike Central’s Annual Career Fair. The fair is hoste...

Mr. Vaal's Fire/Science Classes had a surprise visitor during EVOC training, Pike County EMA director Ryan Benner stopped in to show the students the EMA's new drone. The drone ha...

On Friday, February 17th, 13 of the JAG students competed at the Regional Career Development Conference. They went up against 8 other schools in our region and presented in front ...

The PCHS National Honor Society has been busy making 20 fleece blankets recently. The NHS made and donated the 20 fleece blankets to veterans. This project was made possible, th...

2023 Precision Machining Regional Results Pike Central Precision Machining students took three of the top five places at the Region 4 Skills USA Contest held at Vince...