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Piedmont High School Seniors Get Graduation Surprise

Union County, NC – Piedmont High School graduating seniors got a real treat Wednesday, (May 19, 2010), when they found out that their graduation speaker is none other than country music star Trace Adkins. Adkins, whose song “You’re Gonna Miss This,” has hit number one on the charts, has agreed to speak for [...]

Walk For Autism Awareness Held At Piedmont High School

Union County, NC

Piedmont High School students walk for autism awareness.

About 400 Piedmont High School students held a walk at their school Friday (Oct. 2, 2009) to raise awareness and funds for the Autism Foundation. Autism is a mental condition, present from early childhood that is characterized by great difficulty in communicating, forming relationships [...]

Amanda Elzey Is Union County Public Schools Top Scholarship Recipient

Union County, NC

Top UCPS scholarship recipient starts college.
2009 Piedmont High School graduate Amanda Elzey, who ranked number one in her class, is presented an academic excellence award during Piedmont Cluster’s Awards Ceremony held recently. Elzey was the top scholarship recipient among the 2009 Union County Public Schools graduates, bringing in $2.5 million in [...]

Piedmont High School Panther Comes Home After 36 Years

Union County, NC

Thirty-six years ago, Debbie Drake, a Piedmont High School student, painted the school’s mascot, a Columbia blue panther, to hang in the school’s office. That panther has now found its way home to once again hang on the walls of the school.

When former principal Jim Simeon left Piedmont High School in [...]