Perry Primary School

Perry Primary - 0400
1530 Sunshine Avenue
Perry, GA 31069

School History:

Property Purchased:                        1954, 1966

Facility Constructed:                        1955

Previous School Name:                    Houston Training School, Houston High, Houston Junior High, Perry Middle

School Mascot:                                  Teddy Bears

School Colors:                                   Red and White

Other Interesting Facts / Trivia / Awards:

    Perry Middle School was 1st school in Houston County to use the middle school concept (early 1980’s)
    Perry Primary was the first primary school in Houston County serving PreK, Kindergarten, and 1st grades.

 

School Principal History:

Name                                              Time Period

A. D. Redmond                               1955-1962

James Hightower                           1962-1971

Jimmy Phillips                                1972-1974 (Perry Annex-6th & 7th grades) 

Bobby Pennington                         1975-1997
  
Thomas Gupton                             1997-1999

Van Rodgers/Dave Crockett        1999-2000

Harold Sapp                                  2000-2007

Elgin Mayfield, Jr                          2007-2014

 

Original Use of School:

Use                                                    Time Period

Houston Training School                 1955-1956 (African American School)

Houston High School                       1956-1969 (African American School)

Houston Junior High School           1969-1971 (Integration 02/01/1970)

School Closed for a few years.       1972-1974 (Classes held at Perry Annex)

Perry Middle School                        1975-1999

Perry Primary School-PK-1             1999-2014

 

CLOSED – Students rezoned to neighborhood schools. New Langston Road Elementary opened August 2014

 

Space was rented to Houston County Public Library during their renovation – 2014-2015