Piner High School opened its doors Thursday to about 100 Piner-Olivet Charter School students in a bid to get the eighth graders excited about what Piner has to offer, said Piner activities director Andrea Correia.

“We are just trying to highlight all the stuff at Piner,” she said. “We want them to come to our school.”

Students toured Piner’s geospatial tech classrooms, culinary facilities, heard about the early college magnet program and other things specific to the Fulton Road campus, Correia said. They then ate a lunch prepared by students in Piner’s culinary program and attended the school’s twice-yearly academic rally where students with top grades are honored by the student body.

Students also got to talk to members of Prospector athletic teams.

 “We want to get these kids here,” Correia said. “We really want to pull them here because they are local.”

 The photos posted here were taken by leadership students Andrew Jones, Brandon Larson and Asa Rimal.

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