Pleasant View Christian School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Pleasant View Christian School

type = Private K-12
city = Pleasant View
state = Tennessee
country = USA
established = 1978
principal = Dr. Ken Riggs
students = 490
grades = K-12
mascot = Warriors
newspaper = "The Warrior"
website = http://www.pvchristian.org | PVChristian.org

Pleasant View Christian School is a school in Pleasant View, Tennessee. It is of Free Will Baptist affiliation. In 2007, it had 481 students from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade, and had 22 teachers.

Early history

Pleasant View Christian School was founded in 1978, and held its first classes at Good Springs Free Will Baptist Church in Pleasant View, Tennessee. In 1982, Pleasant View Christian moved to its current location at 160 Hicks Edgen Road. In 1985, the high school wing of the building was added. The original mascot was the Patriots, but it was changed to the Warriors in the mid-1980s.

Pleasant View Christian Today

In 2003, former administrator Wayne Patton left the school. Wayne Patton was replaced by Stephen Parks, M.Ed., until the end of the school year. In 2004, Dr. Ken Riggs, Ph.D., became Pleasant View Christian School's administrator.

During the 2006-2007 school year, the enrollment grew to about 500 students making the addition of three portable buildings and new teachers necessary.

Athletics

Pleasant View Christian's Warrior athletic teams compete in the Middle Tennessee Christian Athletic Association.

*2008 Varsity Boys Basketball - Second Place in State Competition.
*2007 J.V. Girls Basketball- First Place in District Tournament; undefeated all season.
*2007 J.V. Girls Basketball- First Place in Conference (clinched with win at Lighthouse Christian School 32-30).
*2006 J.V. Boys Basketball - Second in MTCAA Tournaments (3rd for the season)
*2006 J.V. Girls Basketball - Tied with Metro Christian Academy (or Franklin Road Christian School) for second place.
*2006 J.V. Girls Volleyball - conference and district champions for Middle Tennessee Christian Athletic Association (2006).
*2006 Varsity Football - First year of eight man football. The Warriors ended their first season with two wins.
*2005 Varsity Soccer - First in districts, conference champions, and made it to second round in state.

Newspaper

Pleasant View Christian School maintains a school newspaper, the "Voice of the Warrior". The newspaper began as a division of the InDesign and Writing Class in early November 2005 when the yearbook staff were separated. With 2006, a switch from the classic "Voice of the Warrior" design to a new design based on the London "Guardian" newspaper came about. The newspaper's new name is "thewarrior", the "Warrior". Recently, further changes have occurred with the switch from a traditional newspaper into a bi-weekly news magazine. The December 2006 issue was the longest ever at 24 pages. The first full-color issue was circulated in January 2007. Color and grayscale issues circulate alternately.

Notable Alumni

John Rich attended Pleasant View Christian in the early 1990s.

External links

* [http://www.pvchristian.org Official website]
* [http://www.voiceofthewarrior.com unOfficial Newspaper Website]