THE RAM
PROMISE
This is Desert Mirage High School's Rules and Expectations matrix: "The Ram Promise." There are four simple rules for our campus and beyond: Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible, and Be Your Best. 

These rules are tied to locations + expectations. 

Please click below for The Ram Promise Matrix.
WHY DO WE HAVE SCHOOL-WIDE
BEHAVIORAL EXPECTATIONS?
Having a few simple, positively stated behavioral expectations facilitates the teaching of said expectations across school settings because students will be learning using common language. By focusing on only three to four expectations, it is easier for students to remember. It is also important for staff because instruction focusing on only a few expectations will improve teaching and consistency across staff through the use of a common language.
​Positively stated expectations are important because research has shown that recognizing students for following the rules is even more important than catching them breaking the rules. By stating expectations positively, the hope is that staff will be more likely to use to use positive language when catching students engaging in the appropriate behavior. 
WHY ARE THESE POSITIVELY STATED
EXPECTATIONS RELEVANT?
WHY USE
POSITIVE LANGUAGE?
​By using Positive Language, students, staff, and parents can practice using this type of language. By practicing positive interactions, habits are created and using Positive Language will become a function of school culture instead of a forced routine. 
SCHOOL POLICY
DRESS CODE
  1. No item can include images, lettering, or symbols related to sex, drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and related paraphernalia. Also prohibited is clothing with obscene or vulgar language, images, or symbols as well as images of weapons or violence.
  2. Shirts and blouses must completely cover the skin on all sides of the waist, even if both arms are raised. Shirts and blouses must have wide shoulder straps and cover undergarments. When sitting, standing, or walking, all skirts, dresses, and shorts must show modesty and good taste.
  3. Holes in pants may not be higher than mid-thigh.
  4. Please be courteous and take your hats or hoods off when in classrooms or the theater.
  5. Only Desert Mirage High School sports jerseys are allowed and must conform to parts of this Dress Code.
  6. Students must wear their ID at all times while on campus and/or school activities. 
  7. Site administrators have final decision on determining dress code violations. 
  8. Students will be sent directly to the safety office to change clothes to comply with dress code policy.
SCHOOL POLICY
TARDIES
ALL STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN CLASS BY THE TIME THE TARDY BELL RINGS.  Students who are not in class may be subject to tardy sweeps and will be marked tardy for the period.  Students more than 30 minutes late may be marked absent for the period. Students who are tardy 3 times in a week, in the same class, will be assigned lunch detention.  *Excluding Late School Bus Passes* Multiple tardies may result in students being excluded from school activities.
SCHOOL POLICY
ELECTRONICS
Personal Electronics (including cell phones and earphones/airpods): personal electronics may be used with the permission of the teacher for learning purposes.  Teachers may confiscate ANY personal electronics that are causing a disruption or distraction from student learning.  Violations of the policy will result in escalating consequences, up to and including electronics being confiscated and held until the end of the semester.
  • 1st offense: Teacher provides students with verbal warning.
  • 2nd offense: Teacher confiscates and turns over to the Safety Office immediately. Student receives at end of school day.
  • 3rd offense:  Teacher confiscates and turns over to Safety Office immediately.  Student’s guardian to recover during business hours. 
  • 4th offense:  Teacher confiscates and turns into Safety Office immediately.  Guardian to recover the day before Winter Break or day before end of school.