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  • Girls on a trip to France

    French Trip is Magnifique!

    The students experienced art, music, theater, and French family life all while exercising their language skills.

    Six Perpich students (Josie Tellin, Ava Hutchinson, Nora Malueg, Catherine Hinz, Emma Thomas, Jane Mulcahy) spent spring break in France with Mme. Trina Keller. The students experienced art, music,…

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  • Nimene Wureh visits campus

    Nimene Wureh (Theater 2016) Visits Campus

    Nimene Wureh (Theater 2016) is a New York based actor, improviser, and musician.
    Nimene Wureh (Theater 2016) is a New York based actor, improviser, and musician. She had her first New York theater experience working as the personal assistant to actress and playwright Jocelyn Bioh…

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  • Perpich Arts High School Students Participate in “Kumbayah: The Juneteenth Story”

    The play was written by Rose McGee, Golden Valley resident and founder of Sweet Potato Comfort Pie.
    On Thursday, March 7, three Perpich students had an unique experience. They performed excerpts from Rose McGee’s play, “Kumbayah: The Juneteenth Story,” with an exceptional cast from Omaha,…

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  • scholastic award

    Perpich Success in MN Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

    The Minnesota Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have been announced.
    The Minnesota Scholastic ART Awards have been announced. This year, Perpich Arts High School students received 63 total awards: 14 Gold, 17 Silver, and 32 Honorable Mentions.

    There are 97 schools in Minnesota receiving awards. Of…

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  • samantha rei clothing

    Samantha Rei (Visual Arts 1999) Fashions a Piece of History

    Samantha (Crossland) Rei was a contestant on Season 16 of Project Runway.
    January 14, 2019

    When Peggy Flanagan entered the One Minnesota Party on Saturday, January 12, 2019, as the new Minnesota Lt. Governor, she did it wearing a Samantha Rei original. Samantha (Crossland) Rei (Visual…

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  • conducting

    Noted MN Composer also at Home in the Perpich Music Department

    Janika Vandervelde, who retired in December 2015 as music teacher at Perpich, is not one to toot her own horn (although she does happen to play French horn). As a result of her modesty, many parents and non-music students and alumni are unaware that…

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