School Safety

PVSchools uses mass messaging to contact families with information about school related items as well as emergency situations. This messaging includes email, phone calls, and SMS text messaging. If you are a parent or guardian, you will receive high-priority and emergency messages.

Make sure your mobile number is on file with your school via your student's emergency card. Student emergency cards are typically filled out online; however, upon request, the cards can be sent home at the beginning of each school year. If you have phone numbers (either home or mobile) that change during the year, reach out to your school and provide updated phone number information.

An SMS text message is sent as a notification to parents and guardians. To receive these notifications for important announcements, save (855) 221-8673 in your phone’s contacts. 

Please note: The district’s mass messaging system, does not charge any text message fees; however, wireless carriers typically do. Please contact your wireless carrier for more information about text messaging fees.

Campus Visits

If you would like to visit the staff or students of Desert Trails or take a tour, please make sure you always come in through the front office.  When you walk in, you will be asked to sign in and put a visitor sticker on. A picture I.D. may be required. If you are visiting a classroom, you will also have to be let into the hallways.  Our district has been very diligent on making every school as safe as possible.

To maximize your time on our campus, we suggest making prior arrangements with the classroom teacher. This will aid in your being able to accomplish the purpose of your visit. Visitors include anyone who is not a Desert Trails staff member, (i.e. parents, grandparents, legal guardians, relatives, friends, vendors, other district staff, etc.). This is for the protection of your children and is required by state law.

While visiting our school please follow our dress code and turn off all cellphones. An adult must accompany young children visiting our campus during their visit to ensure their safety.

In order to provide an uninterrupted learning experience we ask that all forgotten items from home be left at the office.

Volunteers may be used as needed to support the educational interests of our students. All visitors and volunteers are to report to the administration office as follows:

• Administration may refuse a visitor that may cause additional supervision or raise a safety concern.
• Visitors, unless for a scheduled meeting, are not to enter the campus before or after school and may be directed to leave the interior of the campus.