Welcome to the Puma PawPrint! This edition includes a new P18 Podcast, Spirit Week, Perry idol, athletics information, golf news, sports camps, and more.

Dear Puma Nation,

As the end of the semester approaches, grades take on greater importance, reflecting the effort and understanding students have demonstrated throughout the term. It’s a critical time to stay focused, seek help if needed, and finish the semester strong to set a solid foundation for success. There are 21 school days until winter break.

Please take advantage of our after-school tutoring and office hours that are available to all students. I have included our tutoring schedule below and reach out to your teachers.

Thanks and make it a great week in Puma Nation!

Heather Patterson

Principal

patterson.heather@cusd80.com

480.224.2808

Quarter 2 Tutoring Schedule

To find your student's teachers, please click here to be taken to the staff page.

Has someone at Perry gone above and beyond to support you and your student? If so, please click on the link below and complete the form to submit a Perry shout out and your experience. The Perry shoutout will be shared with the the staff member on Fridays. Thank you for supporting our amazing staff and recognizing their dedication to our Pumas.

Come learn the many options to pay for college at our district wide Financial Aid Night at Perry High.
Bring your charged laptop and know your social security # to get help creating your FSA ID
(both the parent and the student must create their own FSA ID).

Be sure to register using the QR code.

Is your student transitioning to a new school next year—moving up to junior high or high school? Do you know a family or friend interested in learning more about Arizona’s #1 Best Public School District? Join us at the inaugural CUSD School Choice Fair on November 20th from 5:30-7:30 p.m. to explore CUSD school options ALL in one place! This is a come and go as you please family-friendly event. With a strong tradition of excellence, CUSD is proud to be THE premier district of choice. We offer programs including but not limited to Dual Language Immersion (Spanish & Mandarin), Career & Technical Education, Gifted, Accelerated, International Baccalaureate, Leader in Me, AVID, Fine Arts, and Athletics. In CUSD, there is a school and program for EVERY student!

Please watch the video to get a glimpse as to why Perry High School is the place to be!

Perry High School will now bring the P18 Podcast, a show that introduces staff members to the community. Staff will share their insights on what makes Puma Nation the place to be, why they personally chose PHS, and discuss various school-related topics.

In this episode of the P18 Podcast, Special Education Teacher and Unified Sports Coach Rose Escalante will be sharing her journey to Perry High School and her insights about what makes Perry the place to be.

Every month the Perry staff selects a fellow colleague for the Rock Star award to show appreciation for their hard work and dedication to Perry High School. Below are the October Rock Stars!

Come out and support all of our Fall athletes at their matches, meets, and games!

Click on the link to find the schedules!

Fall Sports Schedule 2024-25

*Perry High School has a clear bag and clear water bottle policy for all spectators that will be strictly enforced at all athletic events. Tickets for all home and state events can be purchased on https://gofan.co/

Perry Sunkids PreK-4th Grade Wrestling Camp

Who: PreK-4th Grade

When: Mondays/Wednesdays November 4-January 15

Where: Perry HS Wrestling Room

Time: 5:00-6:30 PM

Cost: $200

Contact: Pavlenko.Alexander@cusd80.com

Perry Sunkids 5th-8th Grade Wrestling Camp

Who: 5th-8th Grade

When: Mondays/Tuesdays/Thursdays November 4-January 16

Where: Perry HS Wrestling Room

Time: 5:00-7:00 PM

Cost: $200

Contact: Pavlenko.Alexander@cusd80.com

Advanced Perry Culinary students competed in the 4th Annual Chopped Challenge on Thursday, November 14th at Casteel High School. The students were given frozen scallops, shrimp, coconut milk, lime and black garlic. The Perry team prepared Pan Roasted Scallops with Creamy Coconut Shrimp and Garlic Mashed Potatoes. The dessert basket consisted of honey, cream cheese, mint, pineapple, and dark chocolate. Their dessert was a Tropical Coulis with Dark Chocolate Bark and Freshly Sliced Pineapple and Bananas. The teamwork and creativity from the team of Maddie Handschug, Mason Bosi, Hudson Dort, James Thorpe, and Charlie Tugade were praised by the judges and instructors

Mrs. Albornoz's students competed in the CUSD Chili Cook-Off on Thursday, November 14th at Casteel High School. They did did a great job with making delicious chili, working as a team, and putting in a lot of work and effort.

Students who participated are Ben Bunde, Daphne Norman, Isabella Tarazon, Daisy Hughes, Aiden Cox, and Leira Valasek.

Ryann Davis (2018) was a leader in academics and volleyball. She continued her academic and volleyball career at Northern Arizona University. Ryann's first year playing at NAU (2018) they won the Big Sky Championships, and she was awarded Big Sky Freshman of the Year. In 2022, she graduated Magna Cum Laude from the W.A. Franke College of Business with a degree in Business Marketing. Today she is an administrator and coach at Arizona East Valley Juniors Volleyball Club where she says that, "to have a job within the volleyball community has been a dream come true and I love being able to continue to pass on my knowledge of the game to these young athletes! Once a Puma, always a Puma!"

This year, the Perry Graphics Club is excited to host a fundraiser to benefit our program. We are offering exclusive Puma Nation Pennants for just $10.00 each or 2 for $15.00

Don’t miss your chance to show school spirit in the classroom or at home! To order your pennant, please complete the form below.
Thank you for your support!

Payment on delivery: Cash or Check. (I know, old fashioned) All payments by check should be made out to the "Perry Graphics Club"
After you place your order, we will send you an email to let you know where and when you can pick up your pennant.

Please contact Mr. Adams with any questions. Room F404. "adams.steven@cusd80.com"

https://forms.gle/8g3SAbyUQxwLwcJt9

As part of our efforts to maintain a safe, secure online experience for students, Chandler Unified School District uses a technology tool known as Lightspeed in grades K-12.

Lightspeed will flag content referencing intentions of violence, drug and alcohol use, sex, self-harm, hate speech, pornography, etc. It will also analyze images to block pornography and obscene visuals from reaching students.

Lightspeed representative review google files throughout the day and night and send alerts to administrators at the school and the district office. School administrators will contact parents/guardians when an alert is received. If a parent/guardian cannot be reached, administrators will contact local law enforcement to request a well-check on students of alerts regarding threats of self-harm.

All school rules apply to the content on a student's Google Drive. Students are encouraged to practice responsible digital citizenship.

Lightspeed Alert is another tool CUSD uses. This tool is an anonymous tip line for students to share concerns about school safety and the well-being of fellow students. Trained professionals evaluate content and send an email regarding non-life-threatening items to school administrators. They will also call school officials in emergency situations and can even contact local law enforcement.

Students may report:

- Bullying

- Planned fights

Students in crisis

- Threats of violence

- Weapons brought to school

- Other urgent situations

CALL: (512) 540-3773

EMAIL: tipline@lightspeedsystems.com

Online Form: https://tipline.lightspeedsystems.app/

We look forward to continuing to collaborate with families to support and meet our students'® needs and to protect them while in our care.

THINK BEFORE YOU SEARCH THE WEB OR POST

We wanted to remind all parents and students: We do not allow outside food deliveries to campus (ex. Doordash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, parent drop-offs) or any other type of food deliveries to campus for students during the day. Deliveries will be turned away.

Club Picture Day: November 25-26

Just scan the QR Code! The QR code will take you directly to a form to complete. The form will go directly to the department and your counselor will respond to the appointment request via email that is provided by the student!

Every student must create a College Board account to have access to AP CLASSROOM and to Register for AP Exams.

● https://myap.collegeboard.org/login

● https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/access-your-ap-resources/join-your -class-online

● Receive a “join code” from teacher

● Every AP class period/subject has a different “join code”

● Mobile devices work to create an account

● Students are defaulted to a “yes” for test selection

● $100.00 per AP EXAM

$40.00 late fee per AP EXAM for any tests ordered, canceled, or unused after November 15, 2024.

November 13, 2024 AP tests are ordered (for year-long classes/first semester classes)

November 15, 2024 After this date, College Board charges an additional $40.00 late order fee per exam. Exams may be canceled after this date, but College Board charges $40.00 per canceled (or unused) exam.

January 7, 2025 AP GOV’T & AP MACRO ECON second semester students join their AP class/register/pay for second semester classes

February 8, 2025 Final date to submit payment for all AP tests (year-long/semester classes) No exam will be ordered after this date

Mark your calendars: May 5-16

● Log into Infinite Campus Parent Portal

● Select the "More" tab

● InTouch Fee payments

● Select Student

● Under the SHOP category, select “Items at student’s school”

● Select the tab for “Testing & Test Prep”

● Select “AP EXAM”

● Select the test you wish your student to take

● Once you select a test, manually enter $100.00 as the amount

● If needed, select another exam and enter the $100.00

● At CHECKOUT, you will pay the total amount indicated

To help parents and students learn more about this initiative, we have created our 1:1 Student Guide website, which you can find at https://1to1.gse.cusd80.com. There is a lot of information on this website, but we feel it is important to the success of this initiative to clearly communicate all of it to our parents and students. We encourage all of you to review this information with your child(ren) so you have a clear understanding of device expectations, maintenance, etc.

Parents and students. Our District and school use a program called Lightspeed on student devices. Lightspeed will notify District and school administration immediately if there are any “key” inappropriate words, phrases and/or photos used/found on the device. This is active anytime the student is on their student device. This includes afterschool hours and on the weekends.

Please remind your student to use their device for educational purposes only. Students found not using their device appropriately risk possible discipline and/ or loss of technology privilege's. It is important the student devices are used properly and for the purpose of education.

Student passwords (both AD/Microsoft and Google) will be reset as follows:

Pattern: first initial + last initial + birthdate (MMDDYY format)

Example: sophomore Ani Smith whose birthday is October 3, 2007 will have their password reset to as100307

7-12 students will be forced to change their password after it is reset

Students can change their Google password by logging in to their Google account (accounts.google.com) with their reset password on any device, at school or at home

• Username for Google is s+id@gse.cusd80.com – example s123456@gse.cusd80.com

Students can change their Microsoft password by either:

· logging on to a CUSD Windows device with their reset password, or

· logging in to the Microsoft portal (myaccount.microsoft.com) with their reset password on any device at school or at home.

• Username for Microsoft is s+id@s.cusd80.com – example s123456@s.cusd80.com

All 2-12 students must change their Microsoft password after it is reset before accessing Infinite Campus.

As part of the 1:1 technology initiative, a student fee of $25 will be added annually to InTouch to enroll in the Device Protection Plan (DPP). Annual enrollment in the plan will minimize the potential repair and/or replacement fees associated with the device.

This year, the fee will be added to accounts on Monday, August 5. The fee must be paid by the due date (Monday, September 2) in order to be enrolled in the plan (click here for instructions to pay the fee in Infinite Campus). All devices will be considered covered by the Device Protection Plan until September 2. If the fee is not paid by September 2, it is implied that the family is opting out of the annual DPP coverage, and although the fee will be shown as "overdue" in InTouch, there is no additional action required on your part. After September 2, you may enroll in the Device Protection Plan only after an inspection of the device at your school's Tech Center.

Students renewing their annual DPP will have continued coverage as long as the payment is made by Monday, September 2.

Students adding the DPP for the first time will need to have their device inspected and enrollment in the DPP does not begin until the fee payment has been received. There will be no refunds given on DPP purchase if a student leaves CUSD or upon graduation. The fee is not prorated for any reason.

Please visit the web address here for more details on the Device Protection Plan.

Back to school means back to germs! Please remember to follow proper hygiene etiquette!

All class fees are paid through the Infinite Campus parent portal.

1. Log on to the home screen of the parent portal
2. Scroll to the bottom of the page and press MORE
3. Click "InTouch Fees and Payments"
4. Click on your students’ name
5. You will see all outstanding fines and fees, add them to your cart and check out:

To pay for all optional items such as activity passes, parking, PE uniforms, etc.

1. Log on to the home screen of the parent portal
2. Scroll to the bottom of the page and press more
3. Click "InTouch Fees and Payments"
4. Click on your students name
5. Click on "Items at students’ school"
6. Scroll through the tabs at the top of the screen, add the item to your cart and check out

Detailed Instructions for paying fees are below.

Attention 24-25 SOPHOMORES- you are now able to get a parking spot! Apply today!

Juniors and Seniors! Student parking is open! Apply today!

The parking application is an online application. You must have a Google email to apply for a parking permit. You can use your student GSE account or any Gmail address to apply.

Please be sure to fill out the entire application form and submit the required documents for application review. Have your required documents ready (Driver's License, Registration, Proof of Insurance).

Applications are on a first-come, first-serve basis.

1. Once your application is approved, we will notify you via email and add the $80.00 parking fee to your account on Infinite Campus. CHECK YOUR EMAIL.
2. Payments will be accepted online via your parent portal, Infinite Campus.
3. Your parking pass will be available for pick up. Please see the schedule below.
4. Proof of ID, Proof of Payment and your Class Schedule are required to pick up your tag.

24-25 PHS Student Parking Application

A student activity pass will be available to purchase during Puma Days. The cost is $35.00. This pass entitles students to free admission to all home athletic contests except A.I.A. tournaments. With the card, some social activities on campus will have reduced costs. The pass will double as a student I.D. for school activities. The replacement cost is $5.00.

https://www.cusd80.com/TaxCredit

Check out our College & Career Center Website

Register here for our College & Career Center Events:

Get the latest updates on Scholarships & College Visitors via Instagram @ perry_college_career

Need a reminder to our events? Remind@cccf2025, cccf2026, cccf2027, cccf2028 (Opt in to your graduation class)

CGCC/Dual Enrollment? Email Krysten.marshall@cgc.edu, or visit F219 on Mon/Wed, 7:30-2:30

My name is Kim Kwong; I am the College and Career Center Advisor here at Perry High. I am here to help guide you through your options for life after high school, whether that’s going to college, attending a trade school, or preparing for a job interview, etc. Check out Perry’s College & Career Center website. Visit me on campus & schedule a meeting to plan out your future! Here are some helpful tips in planning for the school year!

For All Grades

Follow postings via Parent/Student Square. This will be your greatest resource to stay up to date on college and career events, scholarships, recruiter visits, job opportunities, etc.

Join the College & Career Center Instagram @ perry_college-career! This will be your greatest resource to stay up to date on new scholarships, recruiter visits, job opportunities, etc. If you don’t have an Instagram account, follow postings on Remind @ cccf2025 (seniors), cccf2026 (juniors), cccf2027 (sophomores), cccf2028 (freshman)!

Perry High School is a CLOSED CAMPUS. Please remember to check your student in and out through the attendance office when arriving late or leaving early. Also, students are not permitted to leave campus for lunch. Thank you!

Bussing information is available in Infinite Campus through the parent portal. Access the route information by going to MORE on the left side, then transportation. Any questions about transportation call 480-424-8600.

The Infinite Campus Portal allows students and parents to log in and access grades, class attendance, assignment information, and teacher-related messages. The portal is designed to increase communication with teachers, allow you to check progress, see what's due and when, and be more successful in school. Please click on the appropriate link below:

• How to create your CUSD Infinite Campus Parent Portal Account
• Log-in for Parent and Student Portal
• How to set up the Parent-Student Mobile App
• When logging into Infinite Campus, please click on the following link or contact your school for troubleshooting problems.
  • Parent Portal Account Troubleshooting

Here is an important and informative website for AP students:

https://blog.collegeboard.org/ap-action-plan-school-year?SFMC_cid=EM1025075-&rid=71541300

Click on the link below for a dual enrollment overview, classes offered, registration information, and more.

https://www.cusd80.com/Page/76539

Arizona law ARS 43-1089.01 enables taxpayers a tax credit contribution of up to $400.00 per calendar year if filing status is Married, filing Joint Return; $200.00 per calendar year if filing status is Single or Head of Household; and $200.00 per calendar year if filing status is Married filing separate return — for contributions that fund extracurricular activities in public schools. A tax credit is a full refund, not a deduction.

Both the city of Gilbert and city of Chandler have issued two new safety ordinances effective June 24th: Unruly Gathering Law and Brass Knuckles Law.

Unruly Gathering Law- violators can be issued a citation and fined or they can be charged with a class one misdemeanor if any of the following occur at a gathering: person under 21 possessing or consuming alcohol, illegal drugs, act designated as a felony under state law, a physical altercation that causes bodily injury, or previous citation for unruly gatherings within 180 days.

Brass Knuckles Law- people under the age of 18 are prohibited from possessing or purchasing brass knuckles, businesses must confirm that that purchaser is at least 18 years old, people and businesses who violate this law can be charged with a class one misdemeanor.

If you know anyone who is interested in becoming a Puma, we offer weekly tours. We tour our wonderful facilities and answer questions every Wednesday at 9AM.

There is something for everyone at Perry!

Email: borze.margret@cusd80.com
Website: https://www.cusd80.com/phs
Location: Perry High School, East Queen Creek Road, Gilbert, AZ, USA
Phone: 480-224-2800
Twitter: @PerryPumas07