The Viking Vanguard is an open forum for student expression, meaning we represent the feelings and voices of the student body of Puyallup High School in any way we can. The editors, writers and photographers of The Viking Vanguard work to the best of their ability to ensure that our journalism is held to professional standards, is a place where the student body can express their views and themselves and provides them with the proper means to how they can navigate their world around them.

We believe The Viking Vanguard isn’t just a high school newspaper; we are a publication that holds our newspaper to standards set by professional publications around the world. We work to uphold the professionalism that has existed in this publication for all 113 years of its existence. Ensuring that our newspaper is written, designed and published in the most proper professional way is crucial to upholding our legacy of greatness.

The Viking Vanguard strives to express the feelings and views of the student body of PHS. Making sure that our student body believes they have a safe place where they can express themselves is of the upmost importance to us. We already show student voices through our Yadda Yadda Yaddas, the ability to write a letter to our editors, as well as interviewing students on their opinions on community events. However, we strive to gain more student voice through student story suggestions, a more user-friendly website, and more interaction with our social media accounts.

The real world is constantly bombarded with thousands of stories every day and it is difficult to navigate what is really happening. Our newspaper hopes to be a credible source that informs our students, school, and community about what they want to know, need to know and should know.

We are Viking Student Media. We are members of the Viking Vanguard. We are the storytellers. All content published by Viking Student Media will be carefully reviewed by student editors to ensure the highest quality of work for you to indulge in. If you would like to reach out to the staff via Instagram @vikingstudentmedia or through email at [email protected], and we will be sure to respond. You can also use the Letter to the Editor form at the bottom of the page to contact us. Once completed, drop the form into the adviser Sandra Coyer’s mailbox in the main office.