Type Public secondary Principal Rick Dormer Campus Open Phone +1 907-772-3861 Number of students 210 Highest grade Twelfth grade | Established 1920s Grades 9–12 Website pcsd.us Mascot Vikings Lowest grade Ninth grade | |
Address Tongass National Forest, 109 Charles W St, Petersburg, AK 99833, USA District Petersburg City School District | ||
Petersburg High School (PHS) is the public high school for the Southeast Alaskan community of Petersburg and the Petersburg City School District. The current principal is Rick Dormer.
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Extracurriculars
Petersburg is a class 2A school according to the Alaska School Activities Association. It offers:
History
The following information was gathered for a school project and is missing parts. Please add to the article if you have any additional information. Thanks. This is a timeline- some dates are unknown.
School classes were first held for Petersburg children in the mess hall of Icicle Seafoods from 1904-'05. It is unknown where school was held from 1906 to 1913. In 1913 a schoolhouse was built at an unknown location. In the 1920s high schools in the US started to include grades 9-12, before the 1920s public school only was held for grades 1-8. 1927 was the year that held the first graduating class of Petersburg. The class consisted of Ruby Rayner, Alma Cornstad (Valedictorian), Julia Wasvick, and Fred Nelson. The first known superintendent was C. H. Bowman, who held the position from 1927 to at least 1936. In 1931 a gym was built with a shop on the second floor. The current middle school was built in the 1940s- was high school until 1985 The Stedman Elementary school was built in 1968. In 1985 the current high school was built.