Welcome to Desert Heights
Our Mission
To inspire each and every student to extraordinary academic and social achievement each and every day.
Our Vision
An unwavering focus on powerful and engaging learning experiences that prepare students for high school, college, careers, and lifetime success.
Positive School Wide Behavioral Plan
A Purple Hand with a Red Heart Imbedded in the Palm represents all people as one, and is blind to the color of skin, age, gender, sexual orientation, race, religion or nationality.
The color Purple is our national color used to honor and remember victims and survivors of abuse and
violence. The Purple Heart*…our Nation’s oldest medal of honor is awarded to men and women wounded in combat. The Purple Heart has become one of the most highly respected decorations of the
US Armed Forces. The PURPLE HEART is awarded to members of the armed forces of the U.S. who are wounded by an instrument of war in the hands of the enemy and posthumously to the next of kin in the
name of those who are killed in action or die of wounds received in action. It is specifically a combat
decoration.
The Red Heart in the palm of the hand serves to represent when you hurt yourself or another person, or someone
hurts you with words or by actions, it hurts deep inside, it hurts your heart, it hurts your spirit.
The open hand extended in front of you means STOP. The Purple Hand/Red Heart means stop and think before you say or do anything hurtful to yourself or others. Taking the Pledge is taking an oath which is done with an open raised hand, just as in a court of law. When you take the Pledge, take it to heart; mean it with your heart.
Our Pledge:
“I Will Not Use My Hands Or My Words For Hurting Myself Or Others"
