There are 6 article(s) tagged Pure Academy:

• 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