The Pierceton Alumni Association was organized prior to 1893 by alumni of the 1870 school. Since those early years, the Association has held annual banquets to honor new graduates and promote fellowship among alumni. The last class to have been graduated from Pierceton High School was the Class of 1971, prompting us to change our focus from what we were as high school graduates to what we can be today as members of the larger Pierceton community.

We have now become the Pierceton Heritage Association, and we are seeking new ways to honor our heritage and legacy as an active participant in the Pierceton community and in Kosciusko County. We are working to join Town of Pierceton officials and local businesses on projects that can improve the lives of Association members and community members. In addition, we intend to establish a digital repository of school and town historical documents, photos, videos, and stories that capture the interwoven histories of the schools and the community. Ultimately, with adequate funds and capable leadership, we envision a Pierceton Visitor’s Center housing artifacts from the town and the schools that can preserve our mutual histories for future generations.

Check out the new additions to our digital archive!

Joan Hostetler of Heritage Photo & Research Services in Indianapolis has digitized two more of our historical documents. In the Secretary’s Record 1944-2014, you can re-live the memories of the alumni banquet that honored your class! If you are really in to numbers, check out the annual Treasurer’s Report 1967 – 1923 where you’ll see the financial progress we’ve made in the past 56 years. View these and other historical documents on our WHAT’S HAPPENING page.

The 132^nd Annual Pierceton Alumni Banquet

This year’s celebration saw PHS alumni and guests gather in the gymnasium of the Pierceton Elementary School for a time of fun, fellowships and food. Most importantly, we enjoyed the company and camaraderie of dear friends and reminisced about fond memories of our days at Pierceton High School.

Sarah Sands Photography captured the essence of the evening in photographs you can access HERE.

PHA will be selling cheese balls again this year at the Pierceton Primitive Show on December 6 held at the Pierceton Elementary School 9:00am to 4:00pm. Drop by and grab a couple of delicious cheeseballs to celebrate the holiday season, or just stop in and say “Hi!”

Want to see how cool you looked in your halcyon days at Pierceton High School? You can see all of the old PHS yearbooks HERE, including the 1948 edition entitled Our Trails and the 1952 edition entitled Memory Lane. You can also find copies of the Pierceton Elementary School yearbooks from 1989 through 2007.

In 2016, we dedicated the Pierceton School Memorial Tribute in front of the new Pierceton Elementary School. In 2020, we established a permanent display of PHS memorabilia at the Whitko Career Academy. See some of the other things we’ve done HERE!

Our Mission

The Mission of the Pierceton Heritage Association is to connect Pierceton Schools alumni and citizens of the Town of Pierceton to preserve the combined legacy and history of the Schools and the community. We are organized as a not-for profit corporation in Indiana, raising funds with the help of  the Kosciusko County Community Foundation, an Indiana 501(c)(3) corporation.

Our Next Meeting

The next meeting of the Pierceton Heritage Association officers will be held Thursday, February 12, 2026, at 1:00pm at the Pierceton Library.

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Honoring Our Legacy

PHA is committed to honoring the shared legacy and history of the Pierceton Schools and the Town of Pierceton. For nearly 150 years, multiple generations of families attended classes in at two Pierceton High School buildings and brought honor to the school and the community. We are committed to working with the Town to find ways to discover and promote our histories and keep them relevant and alive for students who attend the Pierceton Elementary School.

Embracing Our Heritage

PHA began our modern era of service in 2014 by constructing the Pierceton School Memorial Tribute, located at the entrance to the Pierceton Elementary School. In the next year we restored and displayed Senior Class photos (1913 – 1971), digitized school yearbooks (1948 – 1971), and restored old sports trophies and other artifacts from the school. We maintain a display of memorabilia at the Whitko Career Academy. We are joining the Town of Pierceton in similar endeavors in the future.