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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

The Honors Research students In a group photo holding up their science fair awards. Almost all of them won 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place awards for their projects.
Features(Left to right, bottom top)– Junior Mikey Swart(1st Place), Junior Maeli Rush(1st Place and Best of Fair), Senior Adison Derbas(2nd Place), Junior Nadia Shovkovy(2nd Place), Junior Claire Schwartz(3rd Place), Junior Alex Jaber(1st Place), Sophomore Hayden Barbosa(Honorable Mention), Junior Maddox Turner(3rd Place), Senior Jake Catania(3rd Place)

Science Fair, On the Clock

Henry Honeycutt, Staff Reporter March 10, 2023

When talking about the science fair, many students will think back to elementary school since in many instances schools required it. Although most students disliked the project for taking so much time...

Storytime with Sophie: Love on the Brain

Storytime with Sophie: Love on the Brain

Sophie Barkett, A&E Editor September 9, 2022

Mediocre contemporary romance takes another victim! Today’s casualty: “Love on the Brain” by Ali Hazlewood. The novel was released on Aug. 23, as Hazlewood's second published work, following her...

Freshman waiting to take their AP World History exam. For many, this is the first AP test they will ever take.

STEM students should not be required to take AP tests

Lindsey Harrison, A&E Editor May 14, 2021

It’s eight AM, students have been excused from their classes, and they’re all crowded in the gym hallway. There’s an excitement in the air, but they’re not happy. They’re about to take an Advance...

SPECIAL REPORT: Students sound off ideas for returning to school

Nadine Loureiro and Lindsey Harrison June 22, 2020

On a Zoom call, one month away from the scheduled start of school, a group of students discussed the ideas presented at the recent CUSD governing board study session regarding how to handle returning to...

Junior Michelle Yoo

STEM requirements changed due to COVID-19

Lindsey Harrison, Staff Reporter April 12, 2020
According to Mr. Mann, “Mr. Greene canceled the workshop requirement, at this stage the job shadow requirement is still in place”. Students who have already registered and paid for the workshop will be refunded.
Female graduates preparing to walk. The 2017 graduating class is the last to hold graduation at Perry.

A decade that was: we look back at the last 10 years

Lydia Hampton, Staff Reporter December 19, 2019

*An earlier published version of this story said the "dungeon" (F-130's) were built with the F-building expansion in 2014. That was incorrect. The classrooms in the F-130's are part of the original building. The...

Students in STEM are looking for distinction at graduation.

STEM Scholars looking for distinction at graduation

Morgan Chung, Staff Reporter May 23, 2018

Freshman year, Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) program participants were told that there was a difference between STEM Diploma and STEM Scholar. Diploma requires you to take only two higher...

There is no distinction between STEM Scholar and Diploma.

Lack of distinction in STEM hoods upsetting

Morgan Chung, Staff Reporter May 23, 2018

Let’s get one thing straight: there is a difference between STEM Diploma and STEM Scholar. At graduation, there is no physical distinction between the two levels of STEM and that has caused a lot of...

Students in STEM are looking for distinction at graduation.

STEM students benefit from participating in the program

Morgan Chung, Staff Reporter September 1, 2017

There are many different levels of education a student can experience here at Perry. There is an Honors program, an Advanced Placement program, an On-Level program, and the famous Science Technology Engineering...

STEM Program limits students passions

STEM Program limits students passions

March 28, 2017

As I completed my registration for freshman year, it did not occur to me that the short page-and-a-half application for a relatively new program would heavily shape the course of the next four academic...

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