Valedictorian Belle Elizabeth Sinclair and Salutatorian Jasmine Elise Sergent earned top academic honors in the Pierce County High School Class of 2026.
Valedictorian Sinclair is the daughter of Chris and Amanda Sinclair and she has one sister, Bayleigh.
She has served on and participated in numerous boards and clubs. She is a four-year participant and officer of Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA), served as vice president of both public relations and finances, is a four-year participant in BETA, served on the superintendent advisory council as a sophomore and the Hospice Satilla Junior Board as a junior. She currently serves on the First Southern Bank Junior Board where she serves as treasurer. She is a three-year participant of the school’s math team and has placed both individually and with a team in multiple competitions. She is a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). She served as a junior usher and assisted with organizing and planning graduation including grad practices, honors night and the graduation ceremony (junior). She is a fouryear player on the high school’s varsity golf team and won three area championships and three state championships. She is an active member of her church, First Baptist Church of Blackshear, specifically the youth program, through which she has served in numerous events benefiting the community. She has volunteered as a buddy at baseball games through the Miracle League of the Okefenokee for many years now, connecting through the golf team, BETA and church groups. She has been active in the local St. Illa Chapter of Junior Cotillion for many years as well. She was a student in the program (5th-7th grade) until she was able to become an assistant in the program (8th grade-senior), a position in which she helped lead events, such as balls and dinners and instructed classes of students in lessons surrounding ballroom dance, table manners, etiquette, and respect. Through her community involvement, she has volunteered time towards local fundraisers (Cowboys for Kids, Southeast Cancer Unit, etc.) and given materially towards local drives (Southeast Georgia Women’s Center, nursing homes, relief centers for hurting families, dog shelters, churches, etc.).
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Academically, her honors include being a Georgia Certificate of Merit recipient (top 5% of junior class), STAR student for the Pierce County school district and highest average in Honors Literature, Geometry, Chemistry, World History, Adv Pre-Calc & Algebra, and Biology, as well as French I, and DE College Algebra (Math 1111). In the community, she has been honored as Exchange Club Student of the Month (October 2025). Her peers voted her on the school’s Homecoming Court (2025) and for the Most Intellectual Senior Superlative. She has received Coach’s Award (2023) and Academic Award (20242025). She made All Area Team in 2024.
Working towards her goal of a career in the education field, Sinclair plans to attend Georgia Southern University. After acquiring her bachelor’s degree in secondary education from GSU, she hopes to find an upper secondary teaching position as a math teacher. While working, she plans to complete a master’s degree in math as well. This degree will qualify her to teach college level math courses through local high schools.
Sergent is the daughter of David and Celesta Sergent. She has one brother, Walker, last year’s salutatorian, and two sisters, Emma and Kayla.
Sergent has been a starter in tennis and swim for four years. She received the most improved and coaches award for both. She is a part of the first-ever PCHS girls relay team to swim in the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) State championship in Atlanta. In her tennis career, she has been to the Elite 8 one year, the final four two years, and is heading to the state championship match this week. Over the four years, she has received awards for Most Improved, Coach’s Award, and Highest GPA. She has also played trumpet for marching band and concert band for four years, as well as bass guitar for jazz band for one year. In band she has received the Merit Award all four years, and has served as band chaplain all four years.
She scored a perfect score on the algebra EOC, and she received the highest average in at least one subject for the past several years.
She is an active member of Central Baptist Church and the Solid Rock Student Ministry.
She has been in Beta for four years and participated in the Math team for one year. She has also regularly attended FCA every year.
Sergent plans to attend Georgia College and State University to study Education in the fall. After college she plans to move back to Pierce County, be a teacher and start a family.
