Organizations and Activities

Outdoor and Sustainability Club

  • Hikes
  • Gardening
  • Sustainability conferences and education
  • Environmental awareness
  • Recycling program

Drama Club

  • Two performances each year
  • Trips to see shows in Denver, Los Angeles, and New York City
  • Field trips to local theatre events
  • Connections to local and national theatre and film auditions

Yearbook Committee

  • Meets twice a week during school
  • Students organize and produce all aspects of the yearly publication.

Literary Journal

  • Produced by the creative writing class
  • Student fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art
  • Prizes awarded in each category

Assistance Dogs of The West

  • Students train dogs to help people.
  • Meets three times a week during school
  • Assistance Dogs is a nationally recognized service organization that provides trained service dogs to people with disabilities in order to increase self-reliance and independence.

Project GUTS

“Growing Up Thinking Scientifically”

  • Students learn how to model complex systems on a computer program called Starlogo.
  • Units include ecosystems, traffic flow, pollution, and opinion dynamics
  • Students attend GUTS one day a week and meet with other schools once a month at “roundtables” where they collaborate and share their models.
  • Field trips to see modeling applied in real-life situations

Debate Team and Model United Nations

  • Meets during lunch
  • Beginning 2009-10, will compete through the National Forensics League and
    Model UN with teams throughout the Southwest

Animation Club

  • Comprised of animation enthusiasts from all backgrounds, ages, and ability levels.
  • Club members make use of Desert’s technology to exlpore 2D, stop-motion, and 3D digital animation, creating animation for personal projects, short collaborative films, or just to try something new.
  • Club members also screen and discuss films.

Gay/Straight Alliance

  • Workshops emphasizing tolerance
  • Participation with GSA groups city wide

Other Clubs

  • Student Council
  • National Honor Society
  • Leos Club
  • Student Wellness Committee
  • Knitting Club
  • Chess Club
  • Dungeons and Dragons Club
  • Supercomputing Challenge
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