CUSD plans to build new high school
Jessica Lee, Staff Reporter
January 16, 2020
The Chandler Unified School District has been planning on adding a new high school to the district. As the area around Perry grows, more and more students attend the school. Perry was originally designed to hold a little over half of the number of students it holds today. Many expansions to the school h...
Cheer going to state, let’s take home the win!
Jalyn Knight, Staff Reporter
December 13, 2019
The Pumas are home to many triumphant sports teams, including one that numerous people tend to overlook and discredit as being a sport altogether. The cheer and pom team are once again heading to state with the pom team having qualified at the highest they ever have. Head cheer coach Desiree Houg explains tha...
The People Behind the Performance
Jalyn Knight, Staff Reporter
November 8, 2019
From pep assemblies to football games, the fans are riled-up by dance performances by Moveo Dance Company and pom. Hallie Reggio, a senior dancer on both the pom and Moveo team explains that “they’re very different, because with pom it’s a lot of technical skills and big turn sequences, but ...
Inexperience affecting Puma golfers play
Carter Richey, Staff Reporter
September 26, 2019
After what Coach Nold believes was a disappointing start for his men's golf teams season, he firmly trusts that his team just hasn't played their best golf yet. He sees that "We need more consistency from top to bottom," and understands there will be a few bumps in the road because of the lack of high...
New academic decathlon team makes history
Dayton Jones, Sports editor
September 26, 2019
The new academic decathlon team, it's going to be there first year here at perry, and there are many hopefuls that great things will be coming from the team. The club itself was formed by Cole Wilde and a few other friends with the intent of making it a fun time for all. “Me and my friends ...
PHS takes proactive step towards mental health
Isabel Behrendt, Opinions Editor
August 30, 2019
Living with depression, anxiety, self-harm impulses, personality disorders, and other disorders are a part of our daily reality. As time goes on, it almost seems as if these issues become increasingly common amongst youth, more specifically high school students nationwide. Recently, as the world evolves to fit to the...
Briefs
Joielline Tchilao, Staff Reporter
February 4, 2019
Photography Invitational Art Show Recently, the Fall Blick Fine Art Photography Art Show was hosted by company Blick Art Materials, and several of our students were able to participate and show off their creative talents. In total, more than 20 of our students were able to be apart of this competition...
6A State Championship keys to the game
Grant Sands, Staff Reporter
November 28, 2018
Pumas: The Pumas will try to avenge last years 49-42 defeat in the state championship game as they take on the Chandler Wolves Saturday at Arizona State University. In order to raise a banner in the gym, the Pumas will have to stop the ground game of the Wolves. Decarlos Brooks, the Wolves se...
Maggie Feng fall fashion tips
Joielline Tchilao, Staff Reporter
November 16, 2018
Fall is known for its bright and warm colors like orange, yellow, and red, and overpriced pumpkin spice lattes.With the new season, what better way to immerse yourself in the autumn weather than getting new clothes to fit the new season? Looking around our campus, there are many different styles and p...
“Society’s new cigarette” has skyrocketed in popularity on campuses across America
Anna Myers, Staff reporter
November 15, 2018
“It’s society’s new cigarette”- Principal Dan Serrano The stereotype of your average high school stoner has disappeared with the introduction of vapes on campus. For decades the renegade student who wore a Nirvana t-shirt and talked back to the teachers was stereotyped as the “burnout” ...
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