Parents of Pinnacle

Be Informed, Get Involved, Stay Involved

We do not have a PTO or PTA we are POP and with your help and support, POP pledges support and assistance to our Pinnacle family of students, staff, and parents.

POP goals for the 2011-2012 school year include providing:

• Up-to-date communication informing parents of PHS happenings
• Club support
• Teacher and staff appreciation & support
• Special programs for students and parents
  
• The all-night safe party for the graduating seniors, "Project Grad”
  
• Scholarships

We are all connected to PHS, we are all Members of POP.  Go to the POP website below to see what we are all about and get registered today!

 www.parentsofpinnacle.org*

Pinnacle HS Project Grad 2012

The class of 2012 is celebrating their Graduation with an All Night Drug and Alcohol Free Grad Party at Dave & Busters from 10:30pm - 5:00am. Seniors don't miss out there are $20,000 in cash and prizes to be won!

Parents of Pinnacle would like to thank all donors for keeping our grads safe. For more information on Project Grad and to donate to this incredible event, please check out the Parents of Pinnacle Website.

PHS would like to thank our Gold & Platinum level donors:

For further information, please contact Aundi Parillo or Lynn James

Tax Credit Program  

Here's your chance to make an important contribution to education at our schools and receive an Income Tax credit for the full amount you contribute up to $200 (or $400 per married couple).

Arizona Tax Law (A.R.S. 43-1089-01) allows taxpayers a tax credit* of up to $200 (or $400 per married couple) if they contribute to extracurricular activities in public schools.   Extra curricular activities such as sports, band, speech, and debate, or overnight field trips are generally not fully funded by school districts.   These programs depend on fees from students.

To receive your tax credit for the 2011 year please come to the Finance Office by December 14th, make a donation online through the webstore, or send your form and payment to Pinnacle High School postmarked by December 31rst.

Click here for more information and a donation form

Student Insurance  

For more information on how to obtain student insurance for your child please check out www.studentinsurance-kk.com

Questions about Attendance....  

Check out the handbook links at the top of the page or click here for more information on our attendance policy!

Infinite Campus Parent Portal  

For more info on the Parent Portal for Infinite Campus see the parents guide

PVUSD Bus Finder

Click here to access the Bus Finder

Pinnacle High School Emergency Response Plan

Click here to read about the Pinnacle High School Emergeny Response Plan

No Child Left Behind

Click here to read the No Child Left Behind DIP Letter

School Map

Click here to print a map of the school grounds

Online meal payments

PVUSD parents can manage their child ’s school meal account online through EzSchoolPay, a secure, online service which parents may register for using their e-mail address, a password, school name or ZIP code, a major credit card and their child ’s student ID number (if your child does not know his/her ID number, contact the PVUSD Nutrition and Wellness department at 602-493-6330). Parents can check the balance or add funds to the online meal account at any time. Each student listed in the family's account will keep a separate balance, and checks and cash will continue to be accepted in all school cafeterias for meal accounts.

EZSchoolPay.com charges a small service fee ($2 per transaction, which is automatically added to the payment amount, not subtracted from it.)
EZSchoolPay website

e-Backpack community flyers

Because student work should be the emphasis of take-home information, PVUSD has created an "e-backpack" Webpage to make flyers available to parents interested in the activities, programs and events being promoted by non-profit organizations in our community.

As a community service, the PVUSD Governing Board authorizes the distribution of information (flyers or other promotional material) of outside organizations that is intended solely to notify students and their parents of opportunities to participate in youth-related programs, activities or events that aim to improve the health, education or welfare of the students.

 Click here to go to the e-Backpack

A friendly reminder about parking

We are anticipating a student enrollment of over 1,100 junior and senior students with roughly 500 parking spaces. At this time, we have issued all of our parking permits. However, over the summer some students have notified us that they will not be purchasing a parking permit. In that case, senior students will be given first priority and if there are any spots remaining, junior students will place their name into a lottery. At this time we do NOT expect a lottery that would involve juniors; however, junior students are free to put their name into the lottery and we will keep their names on file. If you have already submitted your name for the lottery, we have it on file.

We remind everyone that student discipline and attendance are considered for a student to register/maintain a parking permit on the PHS campus. Students will not be eligible for a parking permit if they have two or more suspensions or any combination of five or more discipline/attendance/tardy referrals. Students must also follow the parking guideline contract signed when they are issued their parking permit or students can loose their permit.

There is a parking committee that meets twice a year to adjust parking guidelines and discuss current issues. Through discussion, feedback and consensus, the parking committee is confident that the parking guidelines provide consistency and equity for the parking situation at Pinnacle. The parking committee's proposal was approved by school council and is revisited yearly. Please e-mail Brenda Corte if you have suggestions or questions regarding parking procedures at PHS and she will forward them to the parking committee.

Student parking is limited to student parking lot at PHS. Please be advised that if any student parks on the street or in the desert illegally, the Phoenix police will ticket with no exception

PVUSD Voluntary Drug Testing Program

Paradise Valley Unified School District piloted an expanded drug testing program for students in our district in 2006.  This was as a result of survey results from parents of middle- and high-school students in the spring of 2005.   Prior to the 2005-2006 school year, the only students who were part of our district’s random student drug testing program were those who participated in activities sponsored by the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA). Nearly 90 percent of the parents and guardians who responded to the survey were in favor of expanding voluntary, random drug testing to the broader student population, with parent permission.

 More information