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Perpich Students Shine at Portfolio Day 2022

Media Arts and Visual Arts students showed their work to college experts and admissions professionals. Here, a student shows their work to an admissions professional from Cornell College in Iowa.

October 11, 2022

On Monday, October 10, students at Perpich Arts High…

Ruth Porter, Ojibwe Artist and Teacher, Speaks to Students During Common Experience

November 28, 2022
Porter is pictured with two of her children, Rhonda (left) and Sage (right).
On Monday, November 28, Ruth Porter, Ojibwe artist and teacher, spoke to students during Common Ex. Common Ex is a series of presentations where students hear about…
New Library Materials – Picture Books – Fall 2022

47,000 Beads – Koja Adeyoha and Angel Adeyoha; illustrated by Holly McGillis

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao – Kat Zhang; illustrated by Charlene Chua

Blueberry Patch = Meennunyakaa – written and illustrated by Jennifer Leason; written and translated by Norman Chartrand

A Boy Named Isamu: A…
Students Present “The Wolves” by Sarah DeLappe with Guest Director, Christian Bardin
The cast of “The Wolves” by Sarah DeLappe – Perpich Arts High School – November, 2022
November 16, 2022

The .5 Production Class at Perpich Arts High School presented “The Wolves” by Sarah DeLappe during a two-show run on November 14 and…
Nonfiction Books By and About Native Americans from Perpich Library

November 15, 2022

This month we honor the rich and diverse cultures, traditions, histories, and continuing contributions of Native peoples by featuring nonfiction books by and about Native Americans.

As residents of Minnesota, we acknowledge that the land we are living on is the homeland of…
Perpich Arts High School Literary Arts Students Present their Lit Reading “What Goes Around Comes Around”

November 11, 2022

The Literary Arts Department of Perpich Arts High School presented their first Lit Reading of the year on Thursday, November 10, 2022 before a live and virtual audience. “What Goes Around Comes Around” featured work by each student in the Literary Arts…
New Library Materials – Plays – Fall 2022

The America Play, And Other Works – Suzan-Lori Parks

Aristophanes: Four Plays: Clouds, Birds, Lysistrata, Women of the Assembly – Aristophanes; translated by Aaron Poochigian

Arlington: [A Love Story]; also includes, Rooms – Enda Walsh

The Brother/Sister Plays – Tarell Alvin McCraney

Cost of Living – Martyna Majok

The…
Rebecca Bullen Presents at 2022 Arts Schools Network National Conference
Rebecca Bullen, Perpich Arts High School Assistant Principal and Studio Arts Chair
November 8, 2022

Rebecca Bullen, Perpich Arts High School Assistant Principal and Studio Arts Chair, was a presenter at the 2022 Arts Schools Network (ASN) National Conference in Las Vegas,…
Mary Harding, Dance Instructor, Presents at National Dance Education Organization Conference
Harding is pictured (center) with Dr. Betsy Maloney-Leaf (right), Lecturer in the Arts in Education program at the University of Minnesota and Rae Charles Harge (left), Minnesota Department of Education’s Arts & Equity Specialist.
November 2, 2022

Mary Harding, Perpich Dance Instructor…
The 2022 HallowZine: Spooky Scary Student Art

October 31, 2022

Perpich Arts High School presents The 2022 HallowZine: Spooky Scary Student Art, organized and presented by Perpich students. Special thanks to zine committee members: Addy Miller, Lí Moore, Mia Tamez, Rowan Hilden, Joccy Gunter, Alana Brandt, and Nina Holdingeaglebushaw.
The 2022 HallowZine: Spooky…