Palm Desert High School

Infobox_School | name = Palm Desert High School


imagesize = 91
established = 1986
type = Public
principal = Pat Walsh
faculty =
free_label = Colors
Mascot
free_text = Red and Gold
Aztec
location = 43570 Phyllis Jackson,
Palm Desert, CA 92260
information = [phone]
website = [http://cms.dsusd.k12.ca.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=23 PDHS Home Page]

Palm Desert High School is a secondary school located in Palm Desert, California. The school is a part of the Desert Sands Unified School District.

Palm Desert High School was founded in 1986. For the 2004-2005 year the enrollment was 1902. [ [http://www.dsusd.k12.ca.us/ds1/sarc/PDHS.PDF PDHS 2004-2005 School Accountability Report Card] ] Many of Palm Desert High School students come from Palm Desert Middle School (however some La Quinta Middle School and Indio Middle School students attended PDHS in the past).

Academics

Palm Desert High School is one of the top schools in Riverside County in terms of academics. In 2004, PDHS was dubbed a California Distinguished School. PDHS consisently has high standardized test scores, and a vast majority of its students attend some form of college, including top state and private universities. It offers Advanced Placement and Honors courses. In 2008, PDHS reached the standardized testing score of 795.

ports

Palm Desert's mascot is the Aztec (originally in 1985, the "Sun Devil" later was rejected by concerned parents worried it would depict Satanism and was inappropriate for public schools). It has notable tennis, golf, swimming, baseball, basketball, football, and water polo teams. Its main rival is La Quinta High School.

Future PDHS Reconstruction

PDHS will go on a complete reconstruction beginning summer 2008, the new campus will be built on the north of the current campus by using the current fields for sports, the project is scheduled for a building completion in the summer of 2011. When the staff and students move to their new school, the current one will be bulldozed so it can allow the construction of new fields that will be opened by the following summer. The project budget is estimated at $65 billion dollars. The new classrooms will have state-of-the-art technology, lighting, etc. Classrooms will have a capacity for 10 computers. A new gymnasium will be built as well as a new two-story administration office. The Performing Arts Center will seat 500+ students.

Notable alumni

* Adam Seuss - class of 1998, minor league baseball player drafted by the Houston Astros.
* Alison Lohman - class of 1997, Actress.
* Josh Homme - class of 1992, Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, and Kyuss.
* Jesse Hughes- class of 1991, singer and guitarist of rock band Eagles of Death Metal.

References

External links

* [http://cms.dsusd.k12.ca.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=23 Palm Desert High School - Home Page]