For weeks, Zuni Hills Elementary School in the Peoria Unified School District has been planning a parade to honor fifth-grade student Peyton Gonzales, who has been diagnosed with tumors in her brain, spine, hip, lungs, and kidneys. Peyton was recently receiving treatment at St. Jude’s Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. but has since returned home and the family is looking into an experimental treatment as a last resort.
You must be a member to read this story.
Join our family of readers for as little as $5 per month and support local, unbiased journalism.
Current print subscribers can create a free account by clicking here
Otherwise, follow the link below to join.
To Our Valued Readers –
Visitors to our website will be limited to five stories per month unless they opt to subscribe. The five stories do not include our exclusive content written by our journalists.
For $6.99, less than 20 cents a day, digital subscribers will receive unlimited access to YourValley.net, including exclusive content from our newsroom and access to our Daily Independent e-edition.
Our commitment to balanced, fair reporting and local coverage provides insight and perspective not found anywhere else.
Your financial commitment will help to preserve the kind of honest journalism produced by our reporters and editors. We trust you agree that independent journalism is an essential component of our democracy. Please click here to subscribe.
Need to set up your free e-Newspaper all-access account? click here.
Non-subscribers
Click here to see your options for becoming a subscriber.
Register to comment
Click here create a free account for posting comments.
Note that free accounts do not include access to premium content on this site.
I am anchor
Education
Parade to honor PUSD fifth grader will go on
Posted
Zuni Hills parade
Who: All Peoria families
What: A school-wide parade to honor a fifth-grade student with tumors
Where: Zuni Hills Elementary School, 10851 W. Williams Road, Sun City, AZ 85373
When: 9:30 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 29
Independent Newsmedia
Zuni Hills Elementary School in the Peoria Unified School District has been planning for weeks a parade to honor fifth-grade student Peyton Gonzales, who has been diagnosed with tumors in her brain, spine, hip, lungs, and kidneys.
Peyton recently was receiving treatment at St. Jude’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. but has since returned home and the family is looking into an experimental treatment as a last resort.
Peyton’s Parade was scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29 outside Zuni Hills Elementary School. Principal Krista Lynch shared that her school would like to do a green-out, Peyton’s favorite color and also the color for her adrenal cancer.
Staff and students will stand outside the school, wearing masks, and will be spread out in designated areas holding signs and well wishes, cheering for Peyton and providing her with encouragement.
Knowing that Peyton may not feel well enough to drive by the parade in person, Peoria Unified made arrangements to film the parade so that she may see all of the love and support from her school community either way.
On Oct. 14, Peyton’s family received news that insurance will not cover the experimental treatment that worked to cure a child in Peyton’s similar situation. Regardless, Ms. Lynch shared that Zuni Hills Elementary School is all in and Peyton’s Parade will go on.
