Culturally Responsive Practices - Student Clubs at PHS

RISE (Real Impact Student Empowerment) was started by class of 2020 PHS graduate, Kaya Robinson, as a peer mentoring group that met once a week. The purpose of this club is to help identify HS students that could meet with MS students regularly as mentors. These meetings could consist of homework help, games, academic or social/emotional concerns. RISE offers our students a safe environment to interact with each other and support each other through the many trials and tribulations they face throughout their MS and HS career.

As a student group, dedicated to the uplifting of black students, inclusion and social justice, the PHS BSU will encourage students to examine our community and ourselves to work to improve the black student experience at PHS. The intent of the Black Student Union is to create an atmosphere , which focuses on promoting the social, cultural and academic well-being of all students regardless of cultural background or race. Our goal is to expand the understanding of the issues in today’s society through the lens of culture and history.

Palmyra (GSA)

Gay Straight Alliance Club

The GSA club gives students a safe place to express themselves freely. The GSA's goal is to change the culture of the building to a more accepting place for all people no matter their sexual or gender preferences. This is a student-lead organization where students decide what they want to learn and discuss. Students go on field trips, bring in speakers and hold social and special events. The GSA helps to foster students' social and emotional needs. The goal of the club is to support, educate and advocate.

Slideshow created by our BSU students

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We are #PalmyraProud of the members of the NEW PHS club: The Black Student Union & Cultivating Culture Club! In honor of Black History Month, each member of the new club chose someone influential to Black History to profile & then assembled this quick slice of history. It is fitting that it finishes with a female as we segue into the month of March being Women’s History Month.