Perry High School is a

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located in

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and the 4th high school built by

Chandler Unified School District Chandler Unified School District serves most of the city of Chandler, Arizona, plus portions of Gilbert, and Queen Creek. The district serves over 45,000 students, making it the 3rd largest school district in Arizona.Basha High School Basha High School is a public high school located in Chandler, Arizona and was the third high school built by Chandler Unified School District. History Basha High School was named after Eddie Basha Jr., who donated millions of dollars to the Cha ...

, another school in the Chandler Unified School District, with an additional "F" building built exclusively for

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(CTE) classes in the same place as the "H" building in Basha High School. As of 2019, construction is underway for a similar expansion on the east side of the campus.

Academics

Perry abides by the standards set by the

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and implements the state's Education and Career Action Plan (ECAP) required for all 9-12 grade students to graduate from a public Arizona high school. CUSD high schools also implements an open enrollment policy, meaning students from outside the intended school boundaries may attend without tuition or other penalties. Arizona requires that all high school students take 6 credit bearing courses during their freshmen through junior years, and have the option of reducing credits to 4 credit bearing courses if they are track for graduation. However, CUSD requires all students must complete 22 credits whereas the

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controlled by the Arizona Board of Regents requires only 16 credits in the following areas: * English - 4 credits * Mathematics - 4 credits * Science - 3 credits * Social Studies. - 3 credits * Career and Technical Educator/Fine Arts - 1 credit * Physical Education - 1 credit * Comprehensive Health - ½ credits * Elective Courses - 5 ½ credits

Cross-credit courses

At Perry and all CUSD high school students may swap three semesters (½ credits per semester) of Spiritline, Beginning through Advance

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, or

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essentially waiving the required one

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credit required for graduation. Students which choose

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s in areas such as

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or Applied Agricultural Sciences gain equivalent Science credits. Likewise,

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credits can be awarded like Agricultural Business Management,

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, Economics Applications,

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, and vocational courses. Community college credits can be awarded through a partnership with Chandler-Gilbert Community College (CGCC) and cooperative credits for vocational courses are provided by

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(EVIT). Students must be dually enrolled for the Arizona community college or the Arizona public university system to accept the credits towards a degree. CUSD Transportation Department provides routes between Perry, EVIT, and CGCC with after school hours transportation intended for students participating in activities.

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

Perry is an

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(AIA) member school offering boys and girls sports complying with

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. Student athletes can participate in varsity,

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, and freshmen only teams as well as individual athletics in: *

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* Cross Country *

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(Girls) * Hockey Competitive *

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(Girls) * Pomline *

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(Girls) *

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* Swim and

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(Girls) *

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Girls Badminton

The girls badminton team won 4 consecutive Arizona State Championship between 2017-2020. Due to the

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, the 2021 the AIA canceled as Arizona schools closed.

Fine Arts Department

The Perry High School theater program is widely recognized as one of Arizona's best. In the fall of 2014, the department was invited to perform their production of

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at the Arizona Thespians State Conference, where they were also awarded for other achievements. In 2015, their production of

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was chosen as Arizona's chapter select at the International Thespian Festival. In 2017, their spring production of

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was also awarded Best Overall Production at the ASU Gammage High School Musical Theatre Awards. Additionally, they were named A.I.A. state champions of the Central Region for seven consecutive years until 2019, when the Arizona Thespian Society discontinued its competitive ranking system. Perry’s marching band is well-known in Arizona for repeatedly earning high scores at competitions around the state. Perry High also has a choir who in 2011 sang at

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in New York City, as well as an Orchestra who played there in 2015, earning first place at the event.

Campus

Library

When Hamilton High School and Basha High School were built, the city of Chandler incorporated branch libraries into those sites. Perry is within Gilbert town limits, and so the Chandler Unified School District worked to incorporate a

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branch into the site. The Perry Branch Library opened in June 2007. It was the first public library located in a high school in Gilbert, and the first public library in the nation to not use the Dewey Decimal System, opting instead for a bookstore-like system that places non-fiction books into categories based on subject. This change brought national attention to the library and provoked debate about the effectiveness of the Dewey Decimal System. The county library is the second to be integrated inside a high school, after the library at

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, which also features a Maricopa County regional library

Notable alumni

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- content created on

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* Brock Purdy - NFL - 49ers quarterback *

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- NBA/NBAG - player with the

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and

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- NBA - played with the

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and was drafted 12th overall in the NBA Draft by the

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References

External links

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