Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) has been collaborating with Scottsdale Healthcare to offer after-school H1N1 clinics for our students. SUSD has planned the after-school H1N1 clinics for the week of November 9. All SUSD students (ages 4-18) are eligible to participate in these clinics. Parent(s) and/or guardian(s) MUST accompany their child(ren) to the clinic. Please bring the consent form (below) with you to the clinic.

School Clinic Locations | en Español

What You Need to Know | en Español

Consent for Immunization | en Español

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Superintendent Dr. Gary T. Catalani and Chief William McDonald, Scottsdale Fire Department, met and agreed that PMT Ambulance would provide emergency services for varsity home football games beginning with the October 8 game. The ambulance crew will stage at the game and will respond to emergencies in the immediate area. During this time, PMT may have to leave the campus during the game. If at all possible, PMT will return after responding to the emergency for the duration of the game. Thank you, Chief McDonald, for your commitment to student safety!

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ATTENTION SENIORS AND THEIR PARENTS!
The deadline for Senior Advertisements has now been extended to Monday November 30th. To download a new form, visit this link. This is the FINAL deadline, and there will be no more extensions. So please make sure to get your ad in as soon as possible in order for your student to appear in the community section of the 2009-2010 yearbook. Thank You!

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RECRUITING REALITIES
"The Realities of College Athletic Recruiting" Presented by Jack Renkens will be held at Saguaro High School Auditorium
Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.Please arrive before 6:45pm as seating is limited - RSVP 24/7 to (602) 391-2007. View this link for more information.

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CALLING ALL DUFFERS! YOUR TIME IS RUNNING OUT!
The DMPTO/Project Graduation is hosting a Golf and Silent Auction fundraiser on November 14th at Desert Canyon Golf Course in Fountain Hills. Please visit this link for sign-up/contact information.

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Dr. Catalini will be meeting with Desert Mountain parents, staff and students during his "Office Hours" on November 16th, 11:00am-11:45am. Mark your calendar and join him to discuss your ideas, suggestions, or concerns.

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In an effort to make your tax credit donations even easier, SUSD has a new on line payment program. 

Payments can be made at following URL https://touchbase.susd.org/touchbase/ using either "Guest" or your students’ ID number for the log in, and last name for the password. 

For donations, click on "School Shop" and select the category (i.e. Tax Credit - Desert Mountain HS) to which you would like to donate. Programs have been created for each site; once you have found the program you are interested in, add that to your cart and enter in the amount you wish to donate. There is also a comment fields so community members can specify the donation go to a specific student if paying for a specific trip or activity. 

Also, please note; there is NO FEE charged for tax credit donations/payments made on line. 

This is a great way to make your tax credit donations!  It’s easy and the monies go to a very good cause - our children!

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Parents now have access to their students progress reports and report cards online! Click on this link and sign in to Student Experience; using your students 6-digit student I.D. as the User Name and your students birthdate (mmddyyyy) as the password. On the left you will see "Report Card".
You may also use this link to view your students immunization records and transcript.

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We have a DMHS Math Teacher to help you! Stop by the Math Lab - Tuesdays from 3-4pm or Thursday and Friday 7:15-8:00am, in room #5121 (the Study Hall Room). The help is FREE, and no appointment is necessary.

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If you would like to nominate your teacher for the "Silver Apple Award" program sponsored by Channel 3. please see the attached award rules and entry form.

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Here is a link to this week's issue of the Community Connection e-newsletter. This parent/community e-newsletter is published and distributed weekly by the Communications & Marketing department. Community Connection e-newsletter features District, student and school news.

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U.S.News & World Report—in collaboration with School Evaluation Services, a K-12 education and data research and analysis business that provides parents with education data on schoolmatters.com—analyzed academic and enrollment data from more than 21,000 public high schools to find the very best across the country. These top schools were placed into gold, silver, bronze, or honorable mention categories.
We are proud to announce that Desert Mountain was one of 3 high schools in the Scottsdale Unified School District to be placed in the silver category. You can read the complete report here.

Public schools are ranked according to a ratio devised by Jay Mathews: the number of Advanced Placement, Intl. Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school in 2008 divided by the number of graduating seniors. All of the schools on the list have an index of at least 1.000; they are in the top 6 percent of public schools measured this way.
For the third year in a row - Desert Mountain is ranked by Newsweek to be in the top 1300 of U.S. High Schools! Visit this link for the full article.

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