PJH holds rally to celebrate academic improvements

  • A TRIBUTE TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS Perryton Junior High held a pep rally Monday to celebrate the school’s improved academic status, as it earned an official “Acceptable” rating from the Texas Education Agency. Teachers and students at PJH were congratulated by PISD administration staff, school board members, and representatives from TEA and the Region 16 Service Center. Pictured running through the PJH cheerleaders’ pom-pom tunnel is English teacher Maribel Murillo.
    A TRIBUTE TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS Perryton Junior High held a pep rally Monday to celebrate the school’s improved academic status, as it earned an official “Acceptable” rating from the Texas Education Agency. Teachers and students at PJH were congratulated by PISD administration staff, school board members, and representatives from TEA and the Region 16 Service Center. Pictured running through the PJH cheerleaders’ pom-pom tunnel is English teacher Maribel Murillo.

    Perryton Junior High held a pep rally Monday afternoon to celebrate the school’s academic accomplishments.

    A few years ago, after a low “Improvement Required” rating on the STAAR test, PJH was placed on a two-year improvement plan by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to bring the school’s performance up.

    The school was on its first year of the improvement plan last year, but the COVID-19 pandemic cau…