2008, students had heard that a teacher was allegedly set to be fired for not changing the grades of a failing athlete. The students protested staged a peaceful sit-in during school hours. The students were told by school administrators and district personnel to return to their normal classes. After the students refused the directions, the school's administration responded by suspending over 30 students, as reported by local media later that evening. The school made a statement that said the teacher in question was not being dismissed as previously reported and that the students and media had been misinformed. "WTF" shirts In the fall of 2013, the school released shirts which read "We're the Falcons" at the commencement of the School's Old School Spirit Week. The shirts drew attention immediately due to the fact that, in much larger font, the statement was abbreviated "WTF", an obscene phrase. The shirts were reported to the media by a parent who claimed her daughter had been dress coded for wearing a flower headband, although she had only been asked by a teacher to remove it during class and not officially dress coded. Class of 2018 senior purge In September 2017, at the commencement of Old School Spirit Week, the morning announcements opened with the host bound, gagged, and being sprayed with water guns, to which she had previously consented. After the airing of an announcement inspired by "The Purge", the seniors then went around campus spraying other students. After the video was published to Facebook, some parents informed local news channels claiming the prank was in poor taste, with one even likening it to the Columbine massacre. One student was even reported to have sustained injury as an indirect result of slipping on water, although there were some reports that say he had attempted to wrestle a water gun away from one of the seniors. The school released a statement stating that the severity of what had occurred was being exaggerated, and that it was simply a joke. References External links Pointe Schools website Public high schools in Arizona Educational institutions established in 2001 High schools in Phoenix, Arizona Charter schools in Arizona 2001 establishments in Arizona