Puyallup High School Alumni Association

PHS Class of 1980 is invited to Saturday, August 17th event!

The PHS Alumni Association has a focus on providing scholarships to PHS grads who pursue Trade Schools or Community College. While we applaud ALL who further their education, we feel that there is a great shortage of skilled workers in a wide variety of trades and crafts. This year we are pleased to provide $2500 scholarships to each of the following students:

Jayson Schweim - will attend Oregon Coast Culinary Institute
Evelyn Aho - will attend Pierce College to study Nursing/Health
Siro Karori - will attend Pierce College to study Informatics

We congratulate these recipients and wish them great success in their continued education and careers!

If you want to help us fund more scholarships such as these, please attend our 8/11/24 Party and Fundraiser at the Cockrell Cider Farm (see post below or email us at [email protected]).⬇️

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Mark your calendars for 8/11 and get your tickets! The 31st Annual PHS alumni Party is now set! This year's event will again be held at the Cockrell Cider Farm! See the flyer below for details and get your tickets to what is always a fun event that supports a great cause! Help us raise funds for Trade School and Community College scholarships for our graduating seniors. With a little luck, you may even be visited by one of Puyallup's biggest celebrities ............Elwood the Cider Dog!
If you need to order tickets online, go to:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/31st-annual-puyallup-high-school-alumni-party-fundraiser-tickets-893299170867

Today from 5:00-7:30pm! Come celebrate his retirement!

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Jeffrey Cornell Obituary (2024) - Renton, WA - News Tribune (Tacoma) View Jeffrey L. Cornell's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

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Attention Class of 1994!!!

We would like to express our appreciation to all PHS Alumni who were able to attend yesterday’s historic 100th Annual Alumni Assembly! We were fortunate enough to have Mike & Chris Egan as emcees and they really helped to rally the crowd, while duly honoring our heritage, our veterans, and past educators and staff. We would also like to thank all of the PHS staff and students who made this event a huge success; we couldn’t have done it without you!

As many of you are aware, we made a change to the start time for this year’s assembly and we want to know your opinions regarding that change and regarding a few more topics. In order to do that, the short survey below was created. If you haven’t already done so, please take a couple of minutes to help shape our future Alumni Assemblies. Even if you were only there in spirit, we very much want your voice to be heard.

Here's the link:
https://forms.office.com/r/RQ7RBp1cTB

Rare siting of some of our oldest alumni headed back to Puyallup to attend the historic 100th Annual Alumni party on 12/20!

Only a week away! Hope to see you all there!

History being made in Puyallup! 100th!!!

Just want to say thank you to everyone who helped make today’s PHS Sholarship Fundraiser a success! We had amazing food from My 4 Sons, awesome music by Billy Shew & Co., a lot of fun with the games, and a fabulous venue at Cockrell Hard Cider! We haven’t tallied things up yet but we are confident we were quite successful! Thank you also to all of those who contributed auction and raffle items!
As always, a special thank you to all of our volunteers who made today’s event possible!

Meeker Elementary 409 5th St. SW is celebrating its 100th anniversary this spring. The coordinators are interested in any memorabilia, pictures, or stories you might have. To contact them, they can be found at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).

Please let your friends, parents, and grandparents know, and pass this information on. Save the date Saturday June 3, 2023. More info to follow!

In case anyone attending today’s Alumni Assembly is wondering why the Alumni Association scholarships were not awarded, it’s because we have moved our awards schedule to May, falling in synch with the many other scholarships that are awarded. This helps the school staff and our Alumni Association volunteers alike.

The Alumni Association is proud of our history in awarding scholarships over the past 30 years. We sincerely hope that our efforts and financial assistance have helped graduating seniors achieve their goals as they headed off to college.

Update:
With input from our committee, parents and members of the community, we have changed our focus regarding awarding scholarships. While academic excellence is commendable, we believe that there are a plethora of options already available to honor roll students. We feel that we need to change our focus to recognize and assist those students who are not college-bound and want instead to target vocational, technical, skills-based training.

With this in mind, our scholarships will be awarded to candidates who are seeking careers that do not necessarily require 4-year (or higher) degrees. We will select from students who want to pursue construction trades (electrician, carpenter, plumber, welder, HVAC Tecnician, etc.), specialty schools (truck driving, marine jobs, auto body, mechanics, cosmetology, culinary, graphic artists, medical technicians, information technology and many more! ). Our country has a significant shortage of candidates to fill these type of roles, creating great opportunity!

We seek applicants for multiple 2023 scholarships that we intend to award to students who are looking for a more hands-on career path. Aptitude and references are valued higher than GPAs. Community College is another option for these scholarships as well. Interested students should inquire with the Scholarship Coordinator in Student Services. Look for our very subjective criteria in the packets coming out in February!

2022 Alumni Assembly is in progress. Currently honoring the Classes of 1970, 1971, 1972, 1995, 1996, and 1997. Attendees include graduates from as far back as 1946!

Great tradition!

Go Vikings!

Annual PHS Alumni Assembly returns on Thursday 12/15 at 12:30pm! We hope to see a big crowd for this amazing tradition our 99th!

The PHS Alumni Association would like to thank everyone who helped in making our 2022 fundraiser a huge success! Special thanks goes to Cockrell Hard Cider for maintaining such an awesome venue! It’s one of the hottest venues in Pierce County!

Many volunteers contributed time, money, and/or products to our cause and you can rest assured that the proceeds will greatly benefit graduating PHS seniors.

Thank you also to those of you who attended this year’s event - we appreciate your support and love to see the Viking Spirit bring so many together. Stay tuned for information on next year’s event, tentatively scheduled for 8/27 at COCKRELL HARD CIDER!!!!!

PHS Hall of Fame Induction for those past dominant Water Polo teams and Jerry Hartley is scheduled at the high school on Saturday 10/8/22 as follows:

12:15 PM - Setup
1:00 PM - Photos in PHS Commons
1:30 PM - Social Time in Commons
3:00 PM - Presentations in Auditorium
4:00 PM - End

Sorry for the late notice but please get the word out to players!

The Alumni Assembly is BACK Vikings!
Save the Date! THURSDAY, December 15 at 12:30 pm in the PHS Gym!
Do you remember your class yell?

Thank you for supporting our Alumni fundraiser tomorrow at Cockrell Hard Cider. The event is sold out!

Puyallup High School Alumni Association updated their information in their About section.

In case you haven’t seen it posted elsewhere, there will be no PHS Alumni Assembly again this year. We will look forward to celebrating in this traditional manner in December if 2022.

We're Back! Limited tickets available now (see picture).
Casual outdoor atmosphere with live music and lunch included! Come join in the fun at Cockrell's Hard Cider and help us raise scholarship funds for PHS Grads!

Copying here to help get the word out:

PHS along with RHS class of 1971 are having a 50th reunion picnic on August 14th at the Clark’s Creek South picnic area. For more information you can contact Susie Daniels Perrin or Olivia Libby Crivello Beegle. Email Susie at [email protected] or Libby at [email protected] or contact us on Facebook.