• Academy (PPA) Senate: 

    This club is for people that want 'to advocate for the social and academic welfare of the Payne Academy student body.'
     
    The Dr. Peggy Bell Payne Academy for Academic Excellence (PPA) is a high school for gifted and talented students hosted on McClintock High School's campus and administered by the Tempe Union High School District. PPA is able to offer its students a comprehensive high school experience and those who attend enjoy learning in a collegiate atmosphere among students who love a challenge.

    Students are provided with rigorous curriculum, outstanding classroom instruction, enrichment experiences, career shadowing, internships, independent study, individualized academic planning and an extraordinarily personalized learning environment.