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2001, Dec 30th - Another mascot bites the dust!

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The Star Democrat  12/30/2001 




* From the school's inception until 2002, the school's mascot was an Indian, and its logo was the profile of an Indian warrior in full head-dress. In 2001, amidst some controversy, the school's students and Poolesville Community voted on whether to keep the Indian mascot or to change the school's mascot to a Falcon. Although the students and community elected to keep the Indian as the school mascot, at the beginning of the 2001-2002 school year the Maryland Bureau of Indian Affairs overruled the vote. Beginning the 2002-2003 school year, the students voted to change the school's mascot a Falcon. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poolesville_High_School
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