Palm Desert High School
| Palm Desert High School | |
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| Location | |
| 74910 Aztec Road, Palm Desert, CA 92260 |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1986 |
| Principal | Robert Hicks |
| 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 Charter Middle School (however some La Quinta Middle School, Indio Middle School, and Colonel Mitchell Paige Middle School students have attended PDHS in the past).
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[edit] Academics
It offers Advanced Placement and Honors courses. In 2009, PDHS reached the standardized testing score of 810.
[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, which occasionally has to use some of Palm Desert's amenities. 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 Clubs
- 21st Century Bike Club
- Academic Decathlon
- Activism Now
- Anime Club
- ASB
- Aztec Couture Fashion Club
- Aztec Film Club
- Aztec Impact
- Best Buddies
- Chamber Singers
- Cheer
- Chess Club
- Choreography Club
- Christian Club
- Class of 2012
- Class of 2013
- Class of 2014
- Class of 2015
- Club Mud
- Color Guard
- Comic Book Club
- Concert Band
- Cool Club
- CSF
- Dance Club
- Dance Team
- Debate Club
- Drama Club
- ENLACE
- Ensemble
- Environmental Science
- Equestrian Club
- FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes)
- Fight Club
- French Club
- Friday Night Live
- GSA (Stonewallers)
- Hip Hop Club
- Indian Cultural Awareness Association
- Interact
- Jazz Ensemble
- Jewish Club
- JSA
- Key Club
- Kids Wish for Kids
- Link Crew
- Marching Aztecs
- Martha's Kitchen Club
- Mock Trial
- Model United Nations
- Mythology
- NHS
- PAWS
- Percussion Ensemble
- Print Media Club
- PTO
- Readers to Leaders
- Robotics Club
- Roller Blading Club
- SAAC (Students Against Animal Cruelty)
- Scribble-Lit Arts Mag
- Slam Club
- Spear
- Spear It Tribe
- Swole Club
- Teenage Republicans
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Vegetarian Club
- Volleyball Club
- Wind Ensemble
- Yearbook
- Younglife
- Youth & Government
[edit] PDHS Reconstruction
Palm Desert High School is currently being reconstructed as part of the District's $100 million bond used for PDHS, Lincoln, Kennedy, and Eisenhower schools. The new campus has been built to the north of the old campus using the former sports fields for land. The project is to be completely finished by the beginning of the 2011-12 school year. The new fields will be opened by the following year. The project budget is estimated at $65 million dollars. The new classrooms have state-of-the-art facilities. Classrooms will have a capacity for 10 computers. A new gymnasium has been built to seat more than 500 students.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Alison Lohman - class of 1997, actress.
- Josh Homme - class of 1991, Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, Kyuss, and Them Crooked Vultures.
- Jesse Hughes- class of 1990, singer and guitarist of rock band Eagles of Death Metal.
- James Dockery - class of 2006, was cornerback at Oregon State University. Currently with the Cleveland Browns of the NFL.
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Coordinates: 33°43′55″N 116°21′32″W / 33.731906°N 116.358958°W
