Wonderful evening in Jasper as we recognized our Teachers of the Year. Congratulations to all school winners - special congrats to Amanda Abbott our district winner from HCES! Thank you Jadan Dean and Drew Tutton for sharing your powerful stories! #Calling #TOTY #DragonNation

Wonderful event in Jasper with our 2nd Diamond Awards celebrating our athletic successes! We are proud of how our athletes and our coaches represent our Pickens community! Kudos to Coach Thomas for making this vision a reality - well done! #DiamondAwards #DragonNation

Elementary Agriculture teachers from across our state visited Hill City this morning! Sonia Chapman - Ag teacher at HCES - facilitated the visit and shared her knowledge! We are grateful Pickens is recognized as an Ag education leader across our state! #AgEducation #DragonNation

Excellent day in Pickens with school and district leaders at our Leadership Kickoff! Deep conversations on our data and time well spent working at our craft! Looking forward to the 2025-2026 school year for Dragon Nation! #Leadership #StartFast

Really enjoyed the last two days with our new teachers! Looking forward to having them as a part of Dragon Nation as we get closer to kicking off the school year! #StartFast #NewTeacherOrientation #DragonNation

Great atmosphere this morning in Pickens with our Back to School Kickoff to start pre-planning! Appreciate the keynote by Justin Old and the closing by PHS alum Tucker Green! Best way to finish strong is starting strong - this was done today! #DragonNation #StartingStrong

Wonderful Friday morning in Pickens with our first Professional Learning Day led by our people! Appreciate our presenters and having the opportunity to learn from each other! #DragonNation #StartFast #Collaboration

Open houses all wrapped up here in Pickens! School begins on Friday with our staggered start! Looking forward to seeing our kids and having a great year in Dragon Nation! #DragonNation #StartFast

Dragons vs Dragons in Lindale! Pickens prevails 28-20 to get the season off to a strong start! Next up - home opener vs. Sonoraville on Friday. #DragonNation #PickensFootball #FridayNightFootball

Our Nettes shutout GAC 8-0 tonight at Dunn Field for a big Region 6AAA win! Next up - on the road against region foe North Hall this Thursday. #NettesSoftball #GoDragons

Convincing win tonight in Jasper! Our Dragons get down 7-0 early then score 34 unanswered points in route to a 34-14 victory over Sonoraville! Next up - next Friday’s trip up north against our big rival! #PickensFootball #DragonNation

Really nice win tonight at Dunn Field! Our Nettes blank White County 6-0 in a big Region 6AAA showdown! Great job at the plate and in the field, Nettes! #NettesSoftball #DragonNation

Fantastic atmosphere and an even better result last night in Ellijay! Dragons defeat Bobcats 38-24 in a huge rivalry game! Offense, defense and special teams all on point! Dragons are now 3-0 to start the 2025 season! #PickensFootball #DragonNation #NorthGeorgiaRivalry

Big region win tonight at Dunn Field! Our Nettes hit well, pitch well, and field well leading to a 6-0 shutout of rival Dawson! Next up - a home non-region game tomorrow vs. North Atlanta followed by a region away game at GAC on Thursday! #NettesSoftball #DragonNation

Nice start to Region 6AAA play as our Dragons travel to White County and come away with a 34-7 victory moving us to 4-0 on the season! Next up - home matchup with region rival Dawson next Friday night! #PickensFootball #DragonNation #FridayNightLights

Enormous Region 6AAA win tonight at Dunn Field! Our Nettes earn a hard fought 2-1 victory over region rival North Hall! Makayla Moody delivers a clutch RBI double in the bottom of the 7th for the walk-off win! Nettes improve to 10-4 on the season. #NettesSoftball #DragonNation

Hard fought region 6AAA win tonight in Jasper! Our Dragons prevail 34-23 over Dawson at Homecoming to improve to 5-0! Next up next Friday - MASSIVE home region matchup with undefeated North Hall! #PickensFootball #DragonNation #FridayNightLights

Tremendous win by our Nettes tonight at Dunn Field! Kendra fires a 2 hit shutout, our Nettes run the bases well and have some timely hits, leading to an 8-0 victory over Lumpkin! The Region 6AAA race has tightened up - our Nettes now tied for first!#NettesSoftball #DragonNation

Our Nettes break open a tight game late and celebrate Senior Night by defeating GAC 15-7 at Dunn Field! 8th win in a row for our Nettes who remain tied for first in Region 6AAA! #NettesSoftball #DragonNation #SeniorNight

Our Dragons get a big region win tonight at home against Chestatee! We break open a tight game in the second half and prevail 45-28 to improve to 6-1 on the season! Next up next Friday - road game at Johnson-Gainesville. #PickensFootball #DragonNation #FridayNightLights