Perry High
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School History
Property Purchased: 1953
Facility Constructed: 1956
School Mascot: Panthers
School Colors: Maroon and Gold
School Motto: Striving for Excellence

School Mission Statement
Mission: All students will earn a high school diploma.
Vision: Perry High School will be the standard of excellence, producing high achieving students.
Interesting Facts/Trivia/Awards
- 1989 and 1996 Georgia School of Excellence
- 2009 Title I Distinguished School and has made adequate yearly progress for three consecutive years.
- Senator Sam Nunn, Representative Larry Walker, Deborah Roberts, Earl Cheek, and Casey Hayward are graduates of Perry High.
- Aurelia Evans wrote the School Alma Mater.
- Media Center was named for Cohen Walker, former PHS Ag Teacher and HCBOE Board Chairman.
- The gym was named for Eric P. Staples, former PHS Principal. Eric Staples was also the basketball coach with a lifetime record of 924 wins and only 198 loses. Staples' saying: "If you want to succeed, you gotta pay the price!"
- Coach Fessor Staples was America's all-time winnings high school coach until 1990 (25 years after he retired).
Basketball State Championships
1947, 1949, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966
Boys Basketball Team, 1949-1950
- Coach Fessor Staples
- Assistant Coach Bob Schuler
- Buddy Batchelor
- Mac Peyton
- Bobby Satterfield
- Billy Gray
- Seabie Hickson
- Jack Hardy
- David Gray
- Hershel Lawhorn
- Hershal Thompson
- Bobby Brooks
- Mgr. Pete Carlisle
Boys Basketball Team, 1955-1956
- Coach Eric Staples
- Assistant Coach Frank Holland
- Jimmy Beatty
- Bennett Mauldin
- Virgil Peavy
- Sam Nunn
- Percy Hardy
- Ed Beckham
- Marvin Griffin
- Terry Griffin
- Ralph Dorsett
- Mgr. Horace Evans
One Act (included in Literary prior to 2000)
State AAAA: 2009, 2013, 2015
Literary
State Literary Champions: 1961 (B); 1962 (B); 1966 (A)
FFA
- State: Meat Evaluation 2007-2008
- State: Senior Meat Evaluation, 2010-2011 and 2014-2015
- State: Junior Meat Evaluation, 2014-2015
- State: Senior Nursery Landscaping, 2010-2011 and 2014-2015
- State: Floriculture, 2011-2012 and 2014-2015
- State: Grand Champion Heifer and Steer, 2014-2015
- National: 1st in Nursery Landscaping, 2007-2008 and 2014-2015
- National: Floriculture, 2010-2011
School Principal History
Eric P. Staples: 1933 - 1969
Hubert Hutcherson: 1969 - 1972
Malcolm Marchman: 1972 - 1985
Phil Smith: 1985 - 1999 (Dec)
Bobby Griffin: 2000 - 2004
Darryl Albritton: 2004 - 2016
Wesley "Del" Martin: 2016 - present
Completed School Improvements/ Renovations
1956: Gym Addition
1958: Ag Building Addition
1960: 9 Classroom Addition
1968: 7 Classroom Addition and Woodshop Addition
1970: Fieldhouse Addition
1975: Cafeteria & Library Addition
1984: Vocational Building Added
1988: New Roof for Fieldhouse
1989: HVAC & Electrical Upgrades
1990: New Auditorium, Renovations
1994: Weight Room Addition
1998: Baseball Field Lights Installed
1999: New Roof
2004: New Multipurpose Facility Added
2006: Admin, Media and Science Classroom Additions
2007: Bleacher Expansion + Soccer Field Lighting & Sitework
2008: Stadium Track and Drainage