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The student voice of Perry High School

The Precedent

The student voice of Perry High School

The Precedent

The student voice of Perry High School

The Precedent

Sources for the infographic are provided by : "School-Based Sexuality Education: The Issues and Challenges" from guttmacher.org, "'No Promo Homo' Laws" from glsen.org, Arizona SB1020 sexual education reform bill, and "Arizona's Youth: Focus on Sexual and Reproductive Health" from advocatesforyouth.or, respectively.

Finding a solution to sexual education

Bree Wade and Sarah Lankford April 22, 2016

Time to face the facts: teenagers have sex. Not just at Perry High School, or even just within the Chandler Unified School District; but throughout Arizona and even the country. Many states including Arizona...

In Arizona, sexual education is required to stress abstinence. CUSD brings in an outside group, North Star Youth Partnership to teach sex ed. More comprehensive sex education is not mandatory by Arizona law, making the students less informed about safe sex.

CUSD Stresses Abstinence Only Sex Ed

Emily Narducci and Sarah Lankford April 20, 2016

In the Chandler Unified School District, students who take the comprehensive health class partake in an abstinence-stressed version of sexual education. Currently, there is legislation in the state...

Abstinence training full of misleading sexpectations

Staff Editorial April 18, 2016

How did you learn about sex? If asked this question, most teenagers would respond with ‘from friends’ or ‘by watching TV’. Despite the fact that most high school students have taken a sex education...

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