School type Public School district Pitt County Schools Principal Janarde Cannon Phone +1 252-321-3232 Mascot Falcon | Established June 30, 2002 Superintendent Dr. Ethan Lenker Average class size 25 District Pitt County Schools Founded 30 June 2002 | |
Address 570 Forlines Rd, Winterville, NC 28590, USA | ||
South Central High School is located in Winterville, North Carolina, and is the sixth high school in Pitt County's school system.
The school was built on June 30, 2002 to ease the student load of J.H. Rose and D.H. Conley.. The entire project cost approximately $28 million. The school first Principal was Mr. Art Rouse and Assistant Principal was Mrs. Singleton. The rival high schools D.H. Conley and J.H. Rose and the feeder middle schools A.G. Cox and CM Eppes helped with the naming of the school.
South Central has a strong 4A athletic department, and are rivals with D.H. Conley. The sports department includes: Junior Varsity and Varsity teams of men's and women's basketball, soccer, tennis, swimming, cross country, track and field in addition to volleyball, wrestling, baseball, softball and cheerleading.
South Central offers many classes that other schools do not, such as Japanese and a Health Sciences Program. South Central acquired a mascot during the 2011-2012 school year known as "Flash the Falcon."
The Music department consists of classes such as band, orchestra, dance, and theatre. The band program is a Superior ranked band at the Musical Performance Assessment at Havelock High School. The dance studio puts on performances every fall and spring. The theatre studio also performs skits and larger scale dramas throughout the course of the school year.
Many subdivisions in Greenville and Winterville fall in the districts for South Central High School, including: Westhaven, Cedar Ridge, Irish Creek, Starhill Farms, Signature Place, Ashley Meadows, Augusta Trails, Barefoot Landing, Barrington Fields, Baywood, Brook Hollow, Brighton Place and Cantebury.