Standard 2.2 Learning Culture of Creativity

In true PHS fashion, when the school determined that we needed to establish a coherent brand, we looked inward to try to do so in-house. We now have two official school logos, both designed by students. The "P" with the lion face in it is the primary academic logo and the fierce lion is our primary athletic logo. A student team put together a complete Branding and Style Guide that codifies our official logos, exact school colors, and authorized fonts., as well as how to use them to represent the school. The complete branding guide can be found using the hyperlink provided. We are extremely proud of the fine work of our students and will enjoy using these resources for years to come.

The same team of students that produce the Pride broadcast also produce a livestream service for our extra-curricular activities. This has been especially useful during the COVID pandemic. Every home event--from football games, basketball games, and wrestling matches to band and choir concerts, dance recitals, and theater performances--is livestreamed. Family members and friends who cannot attend in person, either because of time constraints, distance, or pandemic restrictions, have loved the livestream service produced by these students. Like the Pride broadcast, described above, livestreaming any performance stretches these students and requires creativity, technical skill, and problem-solving before and during the broadcast itself.

This is a fairly common practice in Utah high schools, but not in the rest of the country. When students ask other students to school dances, they have a tendency to do it big. They design elaborate and/or creative ways to do the asking and the answering. The wildly popular radio program and podcast This American Life featured Payson High School and this quirky, creative tradition in an episode called "Grand Gesture."