Palm Desert High School

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Palm Desert High School

School type	Public
Established	1986
Principal	Pat Walsh
Students	Approximately 2000
Colors Mascot	Red and Gold Aztec
Location	43570 Phyllis Jackson, Palm Desert, CA 92260
Information	(760)862-4300
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 and Indio Middle School students attended PDHS in the past). It offers many extra curricular activities, strong academics, and good sport programs.

1 Academics
2 Sports
3 Notable alumni
4 References
5 External links

[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 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 a multitude of Advanced Placement and Honors courses.

[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, Golf, Swimming, Baseball, Basketball, Football, and Water Polo teams. Its main rival is La Quinta High School.