- Prairiland High School
Infobox_School
name=Prairiland High School
established=
type=Public
principal=Jeff Ballard
enrollment=around 400
free_label=Mascot
Colors
free_text=Patriots
Red, White, and Blue
free_label2=Fed by
free_text2=Prairiland Junior High School
location=466 FM 196 South
Pattonville, TX
website= [http://www.prairiland.net/phs/ Prairiland High School]
information=Prairiland High School (PHS) is a public high school located in
Pattonville, Texas .PHS is the only high school in the
Prairiland Independent School District , and serves all students in the district in grades 9-12.Achievements
*The Prairiland Lady Patriots were the 2001 Class AA volleyball champions, and were state runners-up in 1994 and 2002. [http://www.uil.utexas.edu/athletics/archives/volleyball/tournament_records.html]
*The Prairiland Patriots were the 1985-1986 Class AAA baseball champions. [ [Texas Almanac, 2000-2001, p. 544.] ]
*Prairiland High produced the 2001-02 individual overall champion in the UIL Science academic competition. [ [http://www.uil.utexas.edu/academics/archives/ UIL: Academics - Archives ] ]
*PHS won the KDFW Fox 4 News 2007 "My School is Cool" video competition. Schools were invited to send in a video stating why their school was "cool", from which Fox 4 staff chose ten finalists. Fox 4 viewers were then invited to vote on the winning school; PHS defeated such larger schools as Dallas Bryan Adams, Coppell, and Richardson Lake Highlands in the final tally. (PHS took second to Mesquite Poteet in the 2008 contest.)
**Link to video onYouTube : [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Prairiland] , then select the "Prairiland High School Video on Fox 4" download; one can also view the trailer for the video by selecting "Trailer for My School is Cool (Prairiland)"
**Link to to video on KDFW Fox 4 (this link also features the number of votes for each of the 10 finalists as well as the videos for all 10 finalists): [http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=D28CAFCC03DA432E22EDAE01C1513291?contentId=3205158&version=9&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1] .References
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