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Puyallup High School




  Established 1890
  City Puyallup
  State Washington
  Country USA
  Campus Suburban
  Type Public secondary
  Principal Mike Joyner
  Grades 10–12
  Enrollment 1,761(2005)
  District Puyallup School District
  Mascot Viking
  Colors Purple and gold
  Newspaper Viking Vanguard
  Website [http://schoolspuyallupk12waus/high/puyallup/indexphp Puyallup Official Site]


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. The school is scheduled for renovation as part of the 2004 bond issue.

ACADEMICS

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 .[http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/?schoolId=2019&reportLevel=School&orgLinkId=2019&yrs=


THE VIKING VANGUARD

Puyallup High School is home to ''The Viking Vanguard'', a 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 attended the NSPA/JEA Spring National Convention in Denver, Col. April 2007, where they were awarded fifth place in the Best of Show competition.


DAFFODIL FESTIVAL

Every year, Puyallup participates in the Pierce County Daffodil Festival . A competition is held in house to select the Puyallup Princess, who goes on to compete against other regional schools, for the Daffodil Festival Queen title. The Queen title is considered the highest honor of the regional festival. The Puyallup band accompanies the float of Puyallup's princesses every year in the parade, held annually in April.

Past Puyallup Daffodil Festival Queens

  • Elizabeth Lee, 1934

  • Helen Edgerton, 1936

  • Bliss Lundrigan, 1938

  • Marge Roscoe, 1940

  • Shirley Neiman, 1942

  • Joan Eidson, 1947

  • Mary Jean Gropper, 1949

  • Elaine Chipps, 1951

  • Joan Marie Dennis, 1953

  • Elvera Sommer, 1955

  • Karen Goettling, 1964

  • Linda Michel, 1969

  • Robbin Asbjornsen, 1980

  • Deborah Harlan, 1987

  • Lea Snider, 1989



Current Puyallup Daffodil Festival Princess

  • Kaitlyn Broberg



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.


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