The Conservatory of Arts and Design is a leader in the field of student-centered education dedicated to the stimulation of 
Creativity - Performance - Presentation - Production - Response - Connectivity
for all learners through the arts.  

Desert Edge students who demonstrate interest, desire, and/or talent for the arts will be immersed in a community created for Desert Edge students to help reach their highest aspirations and to ensure all Desert Edge students are College and Career Ready.

• Create  - Students will conceive and develop new artistic ideas and work.
  
• Perform  - Performing arts students will realize artistic ideas and work through interpretation and presentation. 
• Present - Visual arts students will interpret and share artistic work.
• Produce  - Media arts students will realize and present artistic ideas and work.
• Respond - Students will understand and evaluate how the arts convey meaning.
• Connect - Students will relate ideas and work with personal meaning and external context.