Pinnacle High School, commonly abbreviated as PHS, is a public

Public education

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 high school

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 located in the north valley of Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona

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, Maricopa County, Arizona

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. PHS opened in 2000, and is a part of the Paradise Valley Unified School District

Paradise Valley Unified School District

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 (PVUSD). The school’s athletic teams and/or clubs are known as the Pinnacle Pioneers, and the school's colors are blue and white with red lining. As of March 14, 2009; the residing Principal is Jason Reynolds. Administration also includes assistant principals Brenda Corte, Mike Tesensky, and Dean of Students Deanne Dykstra.

PHS was named as one of Newsweek

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’s best 1,200 Schools in America during the 2007 school year.
Awarded best Public High School in the state of Arizona for academics. In 2011 the school achieved a A+ rating by the Arizona Educational Foundation. The Arizona Department of Education labeled Pinnacle High School an Excelling school.

Campus

PHS's campus includes 7 buildings, 2 baseball fields, 2 softball fields, 1 football field, 2 practice football fields, 1 lacrosse field, a track, 8 tennis courts, 10 batting/racquetball cages, a student parking lot, and a staff parking lot. Building A (administration) includes all administrative, counseling, and attendance offices. Building C includes all physics, biology, mathematics, and fine arts classrooms. Building D includes an auditorium, performing arts, and art classrooms. Building E includes two gymnasiums, 2 weight rooms, a driver's education room, and all physical education classrooms. Building F includes all English, foreign language, history/geography/social studies, etc., and other elective classes. There's also Building G which is the cafeteria and 3 culinary arts classrooms, and an ITC (Information Technology Center) which included all computer labs and the library. Last, but not least, a student parking lot, 3 staff parking lots, and a bus lane (23 school buses serve PHS on a daily basis).

External links

• Pinnacle High School

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