Palm Desert High School
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| Palm Desert High School | |
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| 43570 Phyllis Jackson, Palm Desert, CA 92260 |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1986 |
| Principal | Pat Walsh |
| Information | (760)862-4300 |
| Colors Mascot |
Red and Gold Aztec |
| Website | 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.[1] Many of Palm Desert High School students come from Palm Desert Middle School (however some La Quinta Middle School, Indio Middle School, and Colonel Mitchell Page Middle School students have attended PDHS in the past).
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[edit] 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 consistently 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 2009, PDHS reached the standardized testing score of 810, which rocks the duece!
[edit] Sports
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, track, golf, swimming, baseball, softball, volleyball, basketball, football, wrestling, and water polo teams. Its main rival is La Quinta High School. Also, a newly formed Aztec Equestrian Team was founded in the school year of 08'-09' and is the first Equestrian Team in the Coachella Valley.
[edit] PDHS Reconstruction
Palm Desert High School is currently being reconstructed, as part of the District $100 million bond used for PDHS, Lincoln, Kennedy, and Eisenhower elementaries. The new campus will be built on the north of the current campus using the current sports fields for land. The project is scheduled for 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 for the construction of new fields that will be opened by the following summer. The project budget is estimated at $65 million dollars. The new classrooms will have state-of-the-art facilities. 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 be able to seat more than 500 students.
[edit] Notable alumni
- 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.
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Coordinates: 33°43′55″N 116°21′32″W / 33.731906°N 116.358958°W
