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Year Founded

1978

Summer School Offered

Yes

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Student Body

Total Students

81 students

Student Body Type

Co-ed

% Students of Color

16%

State avg.: 39%

Academics & Faculty

Total Classroom Teachers

2 teachers

Student-Teacher Ratio

41:1

National avg.: 11:1

Classroom Dress Code

Casual

Tuition & Acceptance Rate

Admission Deadline

None / Rolling

Admissions Director

Susan Femiani

Application URL

Online Application

School Notes

Desert Sun Child Development Center is a non-profit organization devoted to providing high quality early childhood education, from preschool to Kindergarten.
We emphasize the needs of the whole child through curriculum designed to address the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual areas of development.
We also recognize the need for parental involvement in their child's education. Accordingly, Desert Sun is dedicated to serving as a resource to parents as the primary educators of their children.
Desert Sun Child Development Center`s mission is to provide high quality education for young children and to assist parents in their role as primary educators of their children.

Sample of notable school alumni/alumnae:
- Peg Brokaw, Founder of Desert Sun Child Development Center -

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