Peoria Accelerated High School Story
Safe, Challenged, Ready is the motto of Peoria Accelerated High School. PA offers a safe and inviting campus for students coming to learn, PA has challenged students in it’s classrooms since the school opened in 1999, and PA is preparing students for life after high school, if a student chooses to go directly into the workforce or attend a secondary learning institution they will be ready. Students come to the campus for various reasons, not just because it is located next to Dairy Queen on 89th and Peoria Avenue. Some come to graduate early, catch up on missing credits, experience a smaller school, or they have just heard from friends and family about how the school cares about each of it’s students individually. But the goal is always the same, they want to graduate from an AdvancEd Accredited school with highly qualified engaging friendly teachers. PA has a technology focus in the classroom and on campus, all teachers look to enhance student learning, by allowing students to use the latest electronic equipment, newest apps, and cutting edge student interactive software. PA is not a computer based school, but a hard working ¨Real School¨ that embraces the use of technology in learning in and out of the classroom. The PA teaching staff does not take “Days off”. Each and every minute of the learning day is important, our classes work hard from the first bell at 7:50AM until the last bell of the day at 5:20PM. Faculty and staff at PA want to help students understand this quote, “You don’t get what you deserve, you get what you earn”. Students come from around the West Valley to attend entertaining classes at PA. Students travel by school bus, city bus, automobile, bike, or foot from as far away as the White Tank Mountains in the west, Pinnacle Peak in the north, I-17 in the east, Desert Sky Mall in the south, and just a few steps away from their front door. No matter the distance, 500 students call PA home for the place they want to earn a state certified high school diploma. Students come to PA because of the four day school week Monday through Thursday, stay because of the Friday tutoring, field trips, and many student clubs, return to talk to about the positive relationships, memories, and accomplishments they experienced while being a Bulldog on the campus of PA.
