The HS select choir members have been performing coffee shop-style music starting in January. Students perform contemporary songs individually or in duets. I started this program to get my students use to performing in public and to improve their over-all musicianship. Everyone is having a great time. We perform every couple of weeks, usually on [...]

A “Spring Carnival Kick-off Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, February 24, 5:30 p.m. at the Arcadia Elementary School Multi-Purpose Room.  EVERYBODY is welcome and encouraged to attend.  This is a “planning” meeting and your input is valuable to help make this a successful event.  Come for pizza, pop and planning!  Hope to see you all [...]

Cameron Razwick – Our chosen sophomore student of the month comes from Mrs. Hilts.  Mrs. Hilts says she is nominating Cameron Razwick because of his consistent contribution to classroom discussions.  Cameron often has insightful comments and is not hesitant to share his ideas.  Congratulations to Cameron Razwick. John Mize – Mr. Karas has nominated this [...]

In the beginning….    It all started with Coaches vs Cancer being announced at a Gonzaga Basketball game and as a Zag fan wanting to be a part of a worthy cause and supporting a Basketball team that we enjoy following during the season. I thought to myself how cool would it be to see if [...]

Our DPHS Select Choir has been invited to attend the Naval Training Center in Spokane, Washington on February 21 to be a part of a troop deployment event for the troops and their families.  Our Select Choir students will be providing musical entertainment.  This will be a wonderful experience for our students as they will [...]

This is just to let everyone know the Valentines Dance scheduled for Saturday, February 6 has been canceled.

Upon return from the holiday break, DPHS opened the new library, three new computer labs, new classroom and meeting rooms for the special education department, as well as the Counseling/Career Center.  With the opening of new construction completed during this phase, the total DPHS renovation project is now about 75% complete – only a few [...]

In an effort to educate our students and maintain our new building’s appearance, DPHS staff and students are working together to enforce our school discipline policy on chewing and/or spitting tobacco while on school grounds. Any student who is caught chewing and/or spitting tobacco at DPHS will be given a 5-day suspension; additionally, a ticket [...]

The “Night at the North Pole” is a community service project designed to assist members in our community, as well as show appreciation for their support of our schools.  This task was accomplished with the assistance of the Elementary and Arcadia Elementary counselors who selected and contacted 25 families consisting of 121 family members, of [...]

Seniors, Lexie Schultz and Brittney Burton organized a Junior Stag Cheer Camp 2010 held January  12, 14 & 16 (Tue, Thu & Sat) as their senior project.  The camp was offered to girls in kindergarten through grade 4 and 5th through 8th grade.  Participants were taught cheer and dance routines, received a Cheer Camp T-Shirt [...]