There are 7 article(s) tagged Pure Academy:

• July 2025

  • Prep football 2025: PURE Academy embarks on maiden TSSAA voyage with big dreams

    First-year coach DeJuan McQuarters’ aim is to turn players into men even more so than winning games. But he has the talent on hand to make some noise on the field too.

    By John Varlas July 31, 2025

• June 2025

  • Sign of the future: PURE, xAI teamup shows teens ‘what welding can do’

    A decrepit cemetery sign sparked a partnership between a Memphis school and Elon Musk-founded xAI. 

    By Dima Amro June 16, 2025

• June 2024

  • PURE students get a taste of applied learning at Grind City Brewing

    It takes lots of skills to make a new energy drink; for this crew, interesting new flavor profiles sprouted from plastic cups and pipettes. 

    By Jane Roberts June 21, 2024

• May 2024

  • Calkins: What’s it look like when a 315-pound lineman learns to swim? PURE joy.

    The YMCA needs lifeguards. The football-playing kids at PURE Academy need to learn how to swim. The two organizations hit on a creative way to solve both problems. And it’s already making quite a splash.

    By Geoff Calkins May 17, 2024

• November 2023

  • Inked: PURE moving main campus; nearly vacant center getting tenants

    PURE Academy’s new campus will have 10 times the school’s current capacity. Also, a building at the corner of Kirby Parkway and Winchester Road will be “activated” with some new tenants.

    By Sophia Surrett November 24, 2023

• August 2023

  • Juvenile court partnering with Whitehaven boarding school

    The court announced Wednesday, Aug. 2, that it’s partnering with a residential boarding school “designed to train young boys to excel in academics and athletics.”

    By Aarron Fleming August 02, 2023

• May 2022

  • High school expansion in Whitehaven approved

    In other City Council actions Tuesday, Juneteenth was added as a paid holiday for city employees and the Soulsville TIF District was up for a vote. 

    By Bill Dries May 25, 2022