Ratliff joins staff
Jacob Wyatt, Staff
October 26, 2018
Filed under 2018-2019, Features
Nicole Ratliff is a new nursing teacher at PHS, as well as at Emerald Ridge High School. She went to Clover Park Technical Institute for nursing and has been a nurse for 27 years and a teacher for five years. Ratliff has taken breaks in between to go back to assisted living. Ratliff explained that her course help...
Shula new to PHS
Jacob Wyatt, Staff
October 26, 2018
Filed under 2018-2019, Features
Michelle Shula is a sophomore and junior English teacher new to Puyallup High School this year. Like her sophomores she is making the transition to high school. Shula attended Seattle Pacific University for her undergraduate degree and got her master’s degree through Grand C...
Velazquez shares about life
McKenna Zacher, Managing Editor
September 25, 2018
Filed under 2018-2019, Features
The World Language department at Puyallup High School has a new face. Jennifer Velazquez is the new Spanish II teacher, currently traveling between two rooms every day. Before coming to PHS, Velazquez was a substitute teacher in the Franklin Pierce School District. While she began studying S...
Meet Puyallup’s New Counselor
Mariah Perez, Staff
September 25, 2018
Filed under 2018-2019, Features
Emily Williams is the newest counselor at PHS. Williams moved to the school after seven years of working at Glacier View Junior High School. Here she works with students with last names R through Z. Before becoming a school counselor Williams worked with college students through a non-profi...
Technology: the craving, the cure
Sky Kim, Staff
June 20, 2018
Filed under 2017-2018, Features, Uncategorized
It is safe to say that the influence of technology on society is rapidly growing and it plays a big part in our daily lives; especially that of teenagers. When you go anywhere, you can easily see teens glued to their phones rather than talking to one another. This behavior can be defined as technology ad...
Freshmen encouraged to get involved
Mason Giustino, AaLeiyah Bell, Viking Student Media
June 20, 2018
Filed under Features
DECA Competes Nationally
Natalie Eychaner, A&E
May 30, 2018
Filed under 2017-2018, Features, Legacy, Showcase
Puyallup High School has a long history of competing and succeeding at high levels. This year’s DECA students Carisa Steimle and Dharma Shah, both juniors, did not disappoint. Distributive Education Clubs of America, also known as DECA, is a club that teaches students business and marketing skills...
Student Talent On Display
Andrew Flury, Staff
May 29, 2018
Filed under 2017-2018, Features, Uncategorized
From music to athletics to the alphabet soup of clubs--DECA, HOSA, FCCLA--PHS is full of passionate students with a wide range of skills. The Viking Varieties talent show, held March 22, exemplifies this. The talent show is a perennial feature at PHS, leadership teacher Jamie Mooring confirms. “[The...