Desert Shadows Middle School - Oasis Yearbook (Scottsdale, AZ)

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Excellence .ma mia,- fl AHL'-1. 2 ., ' M n Education Last year DSMS received an award for excellence in education. A team of school administrators from other school districts across the country evaluated our school. The evaluation of our school was excellent so it was recommended that DSMS be given an award. Our principal, Mr. William Cooper, went to Washington, D.C. to receive the award and hear President Reagan's address. You're here because your school is a part of what's right with American education. Excellence is on the rise in our schools and drugs are on their way out. Schools like yours are showing the country how to achieve excellence by setting high standards, maintaining discipline, and emphasizing the basics. Secretary of Education, Williamj. Bennett, told the recipients, All of our students deserve schools as good as yours - all of the schools honored today have exemplary methods of teaching about our republican form of government as framed by the constitution. DSMS has indeed reached Excellence in Education. Above: ASU Coach Dan Devine with DSMS cheerleaders cheering, No to drugs! 'r' I I 'W ri. 4' num Above: Mr. Cooper receiving an award for DSMS Educational Excellence from Secretary of Education, William Bennett Left: Mr. Cooper and Mrs. Ka- ren Davis, assistant superinten- dent Hesperia Unified School District, CA., who evaluated our school as excellent Above: Induction of students into the Narionaljunior Honor Society Below: DSMS sent an Odyssey ofthe Mind team to the world finals for the third year in a row. 4 Students are preparing for the balloon launch against drugs.

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Principal- Deva and Mr. Cooper, good friends Mr. Cooper accepts the award as one of the top ten schools in the state. W William Cooper Desert Shadows Middle School is a great place for kids to go to school, said Mr. Cooper. Mr. Cooper has been in education for 28 years. Over these 28 years he has been a consultant, a teacher, and a principal. Mr. Cooper has been prin- cipal for 17 years. He has been an educator in Quincy, Illinois, Arlington, Illinois, and here in Arizona. When asked why he became a principal Mr. Coo- per replied, As a principal I was able to have a greater say in what would happen to the kids in my school. Mr. Cooper feels kids are important, no kids - no paychecks. What Mr. Cooper likes best about DSMS is the involvement and cooperation. He says the staff, the kids, and the parents make DSMS what it is. Mr. Cooper always has time for the students, Please excuse the interruption. sta jenny plaque recognizing DSMS as one of the top schools in the nation. Witham and Mr. Cooper admire the I MWMW A big bear hug!