ACT Aspire for Freshman is this week and next week on Mondays and Tuesdays and the whole school will be on block schedule. There are A and B days with 90-minute classes meeting every other day. Lunch served each day. Click here for bell schedule.

9th Graders, please remember to bring your fully-charged school devices and chargers!

On Wednesday, the 11th grade Juniors are required to take the ACT bright and early at DM starting at our usual time. 

• Students should bring their fully-charged, student-issued device and their charger.
• They can bring a water bottle and lunch or partake in the brown bag lunches delivered to the classrooms for the ACT lunch break.
• Once the test resumes it will go until 1:30 pm. Juniors can only leave at 1:30 if they have a signed permission form. If they don't have a permission form, they will need to stay until 2:20. 

All other students have asynchronous, at home, learning with assignments from their teachers.

Come participate in our monthly PTO Leadership Meeting on Wednesday, April 13th at 7:30 pm. We welcome all parents and are looking for anyone interested in taking a leadership role next school year! Open positions for 2022-23 include:

• VP Membership
• VP Project Prevention Graduation
• VP Communications (website and social media)
• Secretary

We will be meeting in-person with a Zoom option as well. Click here to join via Zoom. To attend in-person or find out more about leadership roles, please email info@dmpto.org.

Make sure to register using the link below or pick up an info packet in the bookstore. Deadline to register is 5/1/22!

Seniors, come join this fun and unique Grad Nite Experience with the rest of your graduating class!

• Completely PRIVATE admission – just seniors from across multiple states and their chaperones (not the general public)
• World Class Thrilling Rollercoasters 
• Movies throughout the night at Golden Bear Theatre
• Dance areas throughout the Park hosted by top LA radio DJs
• A Six Flags Magic Mountain Grad Pass (season pass that allows students to come back to the park for the rest of 2022 with only Fright Fest block out dates)
• An All-You-Can-Eat Dinner Buffet for 4 HOURS (10 pm - 2 am)
• Free Grad Nite GLOW Souvenir
• Free Photo Voucher
• And of course, the memories created with friends!  

Cost: $225 - includes a roundtrip first-class coach bus fare, snacks on the bus Thursday afternoon, admission to Six Flags Magic Mountain Grad Nite Celebration, continental breakfast Friday morning

Dates: Departs the day AFTER graduation so you can enjoy graduation night with your family

• Buses leave Thursday 5/26/22 at approximately 12:30 pm
• Buses return Friday 5/27/22 at approximately 12:30 pm 

Please contact Allison Rybarcyk with any questions. 

Come see DM IB's Senior Art Exhibition April 4-19 in the DMHS Library. Click here for flyer.

The last choir concert will be April 27th at 7 pm in the auditorium.  It will be the Senior Showcase where each senior will be performing. Admission is free.

DM Cheer Tryouts will be May 12-14. Sign up at www.desertmountaincheer.com. Click here for flyer.

DM DECA is looking for corporate sponsors for their upcoming trip to compete at the International Career Development Conference in Atlanta. If you or your company would be willing to sponsor the team, you will get your corporate logo featured on the t-shirts the students will be wearing. Please email Pamela Kacir for more info.

The April General Meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 20th from 6 - 7:30 pm at Mohave District Annex (8500 E. Jackrabbit Road).

There will be 2 presentations (click here for flyer):

• Assessments: What, When and Why featuring Dr. Kimberly Guerin, SUSD Assistant Superintendent of Education Services & Dr. Cynthia Bochna, SUSD Director of Assessment and Accountability
• The Arizona We Want featuring Amanda Burke, Executive Vice President at Center for Arizona's Future

Summer school registration is open. Click here for website. Reach out to your guidance counselor for Summer School course suggestions. This will help ensure you have the correct course recommendations, which will make for a smoother transition to the 2022-2023 school year. 

Vogel Prep is a tutoring and test prep resource that helps students excel due to its excellent tutors and proprietary strategies and solutions that really work. At Vogel Prep in Scottsdale, we are proud to provide the best tutoring and test prep options in the Valley. Our location provides a safe, comfortable, and nurturing environment, with subject experts who can respond to those questions that your children can no longer answer at home. We offer both in-person and online tutoring options to best meet your family's needs. For high schoolers, we offer a free practice PSAT and a free ACT vs. SAT Comparison Test. We follow those with a complimentary consultation to discuss the best plan for students to realize their college dreams! Call us today at (480) 990-7374 or email us at info@vogelprep.com.

With your paid sponsorship, PTO will post your logo on our website, in our weekly eNews (reaching approx. 2000 families). PTO will also support your business and promote your events on our PTO social media (Facebook and Twitter) as well as provide you with a Sponsor Spotlight in eNews each semester.

Click here to complete your Sponsorship Form.

1 Semester - $250

Entire Year - $450

1. Pay for a PTO family membership - click here to create an account and join as a member. As an added bonus, you will get access to the parent and student directory!

2. Be a Volunteer - click here to be notified of volunteer opportunities! (Note: you must be logged into your PTO membership account)

3. Join the PTO Board - email info@dmpto.org.

4. Attend monthly PTO meetings (next meeting Wednesday, 4/13 at 7:30 pm) - click here to join meeting.

5. Support PTO through Shopping Links - click here for full list or see below for a few highlights

Link your Fry's Card. Designate Desert Mountain PTO (organization VQ714) as your charitable organization and when you shop at Fry’s, a % will be given back to DMHS.

Shop Amazon using this link. (Bookmark the link too.) Amazon will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchases back to DMHS.

Buy a Tuft & Needle mattress using this link and we will receive 25% of the purchase price.

Shop Shutterfly using this link. DMHS will get 8% back.