Faculty-Student Connection

Over your four years of high school, we promise you will grow to admire your teachers! DSHA teachers will:

• Work hard to get to know you and your classmates. They work hard to create warm, fun, inviting, and intentional classrooms that are safe spaces to take intellectual risks and set high standards for yourself and those around you.
• Recognize that teaching is both an art and a science. They model the importance of connection through listening, asking questions, and adjusting based on student needs and with their whole-person growth in mind.
• Build your confidence. They will guide, motivate, and inspire you every day. This will encourage you to try new things, engage in productive struggle, and be open to new approaches and complexities.
• Want you to succeed. They will seek to maximize your intellectual abilities and encourage and advocate for you by balancing the high expectations of a rigorous curriculum with positive reinforcement along the way.
• Be committed to your college preparedness. Every day they will help you develop your college-prep learning skills, concepts, and study habits.