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Originally delivered on 8/2/2022 5:02 am

SUBJECT: PTO eNews - 8/2/2022

Important Information for This Week
  • Late Registration: Wednesday 8/3, 7 am - 1 pm (enter through the main office). Please complete registration materials ahead of time (click here).
  • Bell Schedule and Bus Schedule for the First Day of School - Wednesday, 8/3 (click here). Freshmen arrive in the morning. Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors arrive in the afternoon.
  • Bus Route Finder (click here)
  • Drop off / Pick Up - only use the West Lot off of 124th and the East Lot that is shared with Mountainside Middle School. Do not drop off anywhere in the North lot off of Via Linda, by the front office, which is reserved for special education buses and teachers. Please be mindful of students in crosswalks and on bikes.
  • NEW Bell Schedule starting Thursday, 8/4 (click here)
  • School Meals - click here for SUSD Nutrition services. MEALS ARE NOT FREE FOR ALL THIS YEAR. To eat school breakfast or lunch, you must create a cafeteria account or fill out a form for free or reduced meals. Click here for flyer.
  • 1:1 Devices for 9th grade students and new students can be picked up in the bookstore on August 1st, August 2nd or all week during lunch (Entering 9th graders from Desert Canyon Middle School should already have their school device.)
  • Save the Date - Thursday, 8/18 - for New Student Orientation (10th-12th graders) and High School Curriculum Night.
  • ParentVue / StudentVue - please click here to learn more
  • DMHS website (click here) - please bookmark and visit often for announcements
First PTO Meeting of the Year

Come participate in our monthly PTO Meeting tonight, August 2 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 Project Prevention Graduation
  • Secretary

We will be meeting over Zoom. Click here to join. To find out more about leadership roles, please email info@dmpto.org.

Win Reserved Parking!

Students have an opportunity to score reserved covered parking this year! No more searching for a spot. Arrive at the last minute and still park right by the entrance.

PTO is hosting a primo parking raffle. For only $20 per ticket, throw your student's name into the raffle for one of two RESERVED spots!

Click to Buy Tickets
Please Join and Support PTO!!

The easiest way to support Desert Mountain High School is to join as a PTO member family.

Through your generous donations, the PTO provides eNews, additional teacher and departmental funding, staff appreciation lunches, bottled water for the nurse's office, facility improvements, support for DMHS clubs and tutoring programs, support for Senior events, 4 Senior scholarships, and much, much more! 

Last year, a portion of your PTO dollars paid for this much needed, multifunctional, modular library furniture!

We can't do this without you! Please take a 

few minutes to create an account and join as a member.

Thank you for your support!!

Click Here to Join
Want to Be More Involved?

We know how busy you are, but if you are willing to be more involved, we would love to have you!

Whether you prefer to be in-school or helping remotely; interacting with lots of people or organizing in the background; helping steadily throughout the year or jumping in for just one project, there is a role for you and we NEED you!

  1. Sign up to be notified of volunteer opportunities! (click here - you must be logged into your PTO membership account)
  2. Join the PTO Board! Open positions are VP Project Prevention Graduation, VP Communications (website and social media) and Secretary (click here to email info@dmpto.org)
  3. Attend monthly PTO meetings (meeting location, dates, and times will be posted in eNews)

Thank you for being involved!

Support PTO with these Shopping Links

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.

Thank You to Our New PTO Sponsors for 2022-23!

Click any logo to be redirected to their website.

Our Rockstar Sponsors

Our Admin Sponsors

Our Partner Sponsors

Become a PTO Sponsor

With your paid sponsorship, PTO will post your logo on our website and 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).

Click here to learn more and complete your Sponsorship Form.

Partner Sponsor - $500

Admin Sponsor - $750

Rockstar Sponsor - $1500

Key Upcoming Dates - Fall Semester

August 3: Late Registration

August 3: First Day of School

August 18: New Student Orientation (10th-12th grade)

August 18: High School Curriculum Night

August 31: Early Release

September 5: No School

September 14: Early Release

September 26: No School

September 28: Early Release

October 5: No School

October 10-14: No School

November 2: Early Release

November 11: No School

November 16: Early Release

November 23-25: No School

December 14-16: Final Exams

Helpful Links

Click the images below for helpful links. Follow us on Social Media. Questions or concerns? Email us: info@dmpto.org

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