Dysart High School
Encyclopedia
Dysart High School is a coeducational public secondary school in El Mirage, Arizona
, United States
, serving students in grades 9
–12
.
basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 18.6. The total faculty of the school is 108 (81 teachers, 15 teachers aides, 4 administrators, and 9 professional staff).
A school has a "site council", which consists of public sacrifice, two non-certified employees, two teachers, two parents, one member of the community, and two students. The responsibilities of this council are to facilitate school improvement, student achievement, school safety, student discipline, and communication with the community.
Signature Programs include Automotive Technology, Drafting Technology, Early Childhood Education, Financial Services, Information Technology, JROTC, and Nursing.
The school has a graduation rate of 97% and awards over $700,000 in scholarships annually. In addition the school received over $600,000 in a 21st Century Grant and nearly $100,000 in a Gear-up grant; this money is used to fund mentoring, tutoring, summer enrichment and parental involvement programs.
El Mirage, Arizona
El Mirage is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. According to Census 2010, the population of the city is 31,767.-Geography:El Mirage is located at ....
, United States
United States
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, serving students in grades 9
Ninth grade
Ninth grade is the ninth post-kindergarten year of school education in some school systems. The students are 13 to 15 years of age, depending on when their birthday occurs. Depending on the school district, ninth grade is usually the first year of high school....
–12
Twelfth grade
Twelfth grade or Senior year, or Grade Twelve, are the North American names for the final year of secondary school. In most countries students then graduate at age 17 or 18. In some countries, there is a thirteenth grade, while other countries do not have a 12th grade/year at all...
.
History
As of the 2007–08 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1505 students and had 81 classroom teachers (on an FTEFull-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 18.6. The total faculty of the school is 108 (81 teachers, 15 teachers aides, 4 administrators, and 9 professional staff).
A school has a "site council", which consists of public sacrifice, two non-certified employees, two teachers, two parents, one member of the community, and two students. The responsibilities of this council are to facilitate school improvement, student achievement, school safety, student discipline, and communication with the community.
Academics
The school has been designated by the Arizona Learns Achievement Profile as "Performing Plus".Signature Programs include Automotive Technology, Drafting Technology, Early Childhood Education, Financial Services, Information Technology, JROTC, and Nursing.
The school has a graduation rate of 97% and awards over $700,000 in scholarships annually. In addition the school received over $600,000 in a 21st Century Grant and nearly $100,000 in a Gear-up grant; this money is used to fund mentoring, tutoring, summer enrichment and parental involvement programs.
Programs offered
- Advanced Placement and Honors Programs
- Human/ Social Service Careers Programs
- Comprehensive College Bound Programs
- Comprehensive Fine/ Performing Arts Programs
- School-to-career Programs/ Teacher Cadet
- Read180 Computer Labs
- Army JROTC
- Auto Shop
- Business/ Community College Partnerships with dual-enrollment
Extracurricular activities
- TV Media Productions (DTV)
- Key Club
- The school's Key Club received designation at the top school internationally dealing with partners in service, and was awarded the Diamond Level Distinguished Key Club Award for community service. It has been on of the top 4 key clubs internationally since 1990.
- Newspaper and yearbook
- The Dysart Premiere newspaper and the El Demonio yearbook both received a National Silver Award from the Columbia Press Association along with numerous state awards. The newspaper also received a National Scholastic Press Association Award.
- Unitown
- Army JROTC
- Dysart High School Demon Battalion is the highest ranked Army JROTC program in the State of Arizona.
- Future Teachers of America
- Music
- Band
- Drama
- Choir
- Interscholastic Athletics
- Baseball, Basketball - Boys, Basketball - Girls, Cross Country - Boys, Cross Country - Girls, Football, Golf - Boys, Golf - Girls, Soccer - Boys, Softball, Swimming - Boys, Swimming - Girls, Tennis - Boys, Tennis - Girls, Track - Boys, Track - Girls, Volleyball - Boys, Volleyball - Girls, Wrestling, and Spiritlines.
- Conference 4A, Skyline Division, Region II
- National Honor Society
- Criminal Justice Club
- Ambassador Club
- Student Government- where Daniel Kellis was President, Roger Abarca is senior class VP, and Tyler Kellis is VP for Sophomore
- Close-up