Peoria, Arizona
3, 2, ONE ACTion!!! Scorpion Theatre is back this year with more performances to enjoy. This year, the drama teacher and theatre director started the year on maternity leave. Consequently, her duties fell on the newly elected Drama Council. Personally calling themselves DRACO, the Drama Council took on a massive task. They would be organizing […]
The Murderous Mansion of Mr. Uno Spooky Season is Coming… With the help of Drama Council (DraCo for short), a recent installation last year from Basis Peoria drama teacher Mrs. Burritt, things will run a bit differently in the theater this upcoming semester. Instead of the annual 2-act fall play at the beginning half of […]
Red For Ed! Pay Us More! Teaching can be an awarding, yet demanding profession. We’ve all had at least one teacher who has had a profound impact on our learning. But, despite working hard everyday to teach America’s future, teachers are one of the most underpaid in our nation. In fact, during the pandemic, they […]
Maleah: What classes do you teach? Ms. Pritchard: I teach creative writing, I teach 3 sections of honors English language, and then I teach one section of honors English literature. Maleah: What grades are those classes? Ms. Pritchard: So the honors language and Honors Lit are both 9th grade and then creative writing is a […]
What was the Video Game Tournament? The Basis Peoria Business Club hosted its very first video game tournament! The competition was free to join, meaning any Basis student could compete without paying a single dime. The tournament, taking place on November 4th, from 4-8 pm, and November 5th, from 1-6 pm, featured various games to […]
The SAT has been offered since 1926. Millions of students have taken the SAT, and it has undergone many changes throughout the years. However, the College Board recently announced a shocking message that the optional essay portion of the SAT and the subject tests will not be offered for students to take anymore because they […]
Our school’s Spanish Honor Society(SHS), headed by our lovely Señora Hererra, had its very first socially distanced ceremony. This year, SHS welcomed a cohort of twenty new inductees to join the club. The process leading up to this momentous day was quite difficult with COVID. When the virus first hit our nation around March, school […]
Basis Charter schools are considering closing their Maricopa County campuses. Due to the drastic rise of COVID-19 cases, Basis.Ed is considering a few factors before they make the decision of closing their campuses. They will be taking into account the number of COVID cases per 100,000 cases in Maricopa County each week, the percentage of […]
The end of Trimester 2/Grading Period 3 closed with a sad note- the Seniors left campus on Friday, February 7th. Some of them might visit again, while others might disappear forever. They have been going to BASIS for at least 4-7 years, and that, in it of itself, is an incredible feat. They have powered […]
Recently, the families and students of BASIS Peoria have been struck with heart breaking news, and we need your help to support an honorable leader of the BASIS Peoria community, our beloved Mr. Poggi. Not long ago, his daughter was diagnosed with a rare form of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a cancer affecting the lymphatic system. In […]
Last month Tri M volunteered at a special olympics event being held at Palo Verde sports complex…
Recently, the school administrators hosted an event that involved two previously un-dented barrels…