Puyallup High School

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Puyallup High School
Established 1890
Type Public secondary
Principal Mike Joyner
Students 1,761(2005)
Grades 10–12
Location Puyallup, Washington USA
District Puyallup School District
Campus Suburban
Colors Purple and gold
Mascot Viking
Newspaper Viking Vanguard
Website [1]

Puyallup High School is a high school in the Puyallup School District of Washington state, commonly referred to as PHS or Puyallup. At over 100 years old, PHS has survived several earthquakes and numerous renovations and additions to continue its tradition in excellence. The school is scheduled to be renovated again this summer. Enrollment is currently a little above 1,700.[2]

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[edit] Academics

Academically, between the four comprehensive high schools in the Puyallup School District, Puyallup ranks 2nd out of four, beating Rogers and Walkers with an 87% in the reading WASL, 47.1% in the math WASL, 85.8% in the writing WASL, and 36.6% in the science WASL.[3]

[edit] Activities

Puyallup High School is home to the Viking Vanguard, a famous high school newspaper that started publication 95 years ago. The Viking Vanguard has won numerous awards including the NSPA Pacemaker, the equivalent to the Pulitzer Prize for high school journalism. Vanguard's current Editorial board includes Stephany May, Chief, Mike Ake, Managing, Ashley Thompson, Focus, Matt Anderson, News, Danny Serna, Opinion, Katy Payne, Sports, Brittany Ward, Sports, Kelly Tanner, Features, Emily Ackerman, A&E, Elizabeth Jovanovich, Graphics and Morgan Medeiros, Photography.

[edit] Athletics

Puyallup High School has a strong football tradition and played in the playoffs this year, losing their final game to Skyview. In the 2006 football season, the football team was undefeated in the regular season and made it to the Tacoma Dome and ultimately lost to Skyline.

[edit] Commencement

Commencement, or graduation, is held every year at the Puyallup Fairgrounds. Due to the size of each graduating class and their audience, the ceremony cannot be held anywhere on school grounds. Along with the other two puyallup high schools, every other year one high school holds their graduation in the afternoon, while the other holds theirs at the same location in the evening, on the same day.

[edit] Notable Alumni

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