Mission

The Desert Star community is dedicated to maintaining a safe and nurturing environment that allows individual students to successfully develop positive attitudes to achieve their fullest potential academically, emotionally, physically, and creatively in order to become lifelong learners.

Belief

With our passion and commitment for educational excellence, we believe the following:

-With high expectations, all children will learn and have academic potential.

-Children learn in different ways and at different rates.

-Children with positive self-esteem will succeed and become lifelong learners.

-Children learn best when actively involved in their learning.

-All individuals have creative potential and the right to develop their curiosities and creativity.

-All individuals can make valuable contributions to the Desert Star community.

-All children and adults deserve to be respected.

-To ensure success for all, the learning environment must provide:

     -Consistent behavioral expectations that teach children to assume  responsibility for their actions
     -Opportunities to interact in a cooperative and safe manner
     -High expectations, opportunities for learning, and positive attitudes

-Education is a collaborative effort between staff, parents, students, and
community members.

-Open communication from school to home and home to school is vital to student success.

-Parents are an important influence in their child’s learning.

-The business community is encouraged to become an active partner with Desert Star.