School safety is a top priority, especially with the rise of dangerous circumstances in high schools. Districts have put procedures into place in order to keep students and staff on campus safe in case...
After allowing limited spectators to attend sporting events last year, students have returned full force to football games. The first football game of the year versus Desert Vista beckoned a loud student...
With the spring sports season right around the corner, the new COVID-19 guidelines have been altered. Universally, masks are still required for all athletes, spectators, parents, and coaches, but now it...
With winter sports first being delayed, then canceled, the decision of the season being back on, can be a bit confusing.
The main reasons for cancellation at first were “the high numbers of COVID-19...
Perry High School has a record of student-athletes who have been recruited to various colleges to play their chosen sports, and this year is no exception. Seniors Justin Still and Alyssa Montoya, among...
Just four days before tryouts for winter sports were scheduled to begin, and all of them have been postponed until further notice. According to athletic director Jennifer Burks, the cause behind postponing...
Athletics at the school are a big deal, but they do not just happen, they are made possible by our athletic director and assistant principal Jennifer Burks. Burks has been at perry as the athletic director...
There are 3,630 students on campus and not everyone knows each other and the Demographics are statistics relating to population or a group. For example, age, gender, race, occupation, education...
Our school starts earlier than anyone in Arizona causing conflicts with summer events (i.e. national sports event). Perry students are at a disadvantage. The rest of the nation begins somewhere in between...
The Precedent:
How can students benefit from being on a school team, rather than a club team?
Athletics Director Jennifer Burks:
The benefits to being on a school team is it is tied with the education...
