Increasing Student Achievement By Making Annual Yearly Progress for all DHS Students
Our Mission: To work with all students and help them achieve high standards of learning.
To facilitate the achievement of high standards of learning for all students, we will become a high performing school by:
1. Improving our students thinking and reasoning skills in order to make them more successful
2. Establishing a safe environment for students and staff to learn and work,
3. Nurturing a climate of high expectations, rigor, respect and dignity,
4. Promoting student learning and success by using a variety of teaching strategies and formative assessments,
5. Creating an environment where students, parents, staff, and community share the responsibility of advancing the school's mission, and
6. Recruiting, employing, and nurturing dedicated, well-qualified and highly professional employees.
Motto
An Irish Education: It's not luck; it's work!