PRIDE sums up the five major values for our students to aspire to. A school wide incentive scheme acknowledges and encourages individual progress to attain learning success. PRIDE is about making our school environment a more respectful place for students and staff, to create better learning opportunities/environments.
- Encourages students to work hard and do their best
- Develops and grows passions
- Teaches students appropriate behaviours for learning
- Gives students a strong voice in their school
- Encourages positive attitudes and respectful behaviour
- Allows teachers to teach
- Creates awesome students and learners
- Rewards students for improving and displaying both PRIDE and thinking behaviours
- Shares our uniqueness with the community
- Informs family/whanau positively
- Invites everybody be a part of the DPS Team
- Allows students to feel good about themselves
- Grows students for the 21st Century