 When for the third or fourth time I reviewed the data about how few black minority low-income students were making it to Purdue Said let's build our own high schools The students come here, and they understand that they belong here Has learned here at PPHS not to be afraid of failure This isn't just some university holding the status quo The school helped me realize my potential None of us have had the exact same high school experience Look, we're gonna try a lot of things a lot of different things and when you do that they won't all work so far at least PPHS is working We're the first senior class No one can take that away