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Registration Week: Visit the IBPA table

Welcome back to school, everyone!  When you are at Desert Mountain on Aug. 2nd or 3rd to register your freshman, sophomore or junior student, please visit our IBPA table.  We will have information flyers about IB available, as well as an electronic sign-up to join the IBPA (so that we can add you to our email list).  Our friendly and […]

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Bell Schedule Unchanged!

On June 30th, SUSD board members and administration voted to keep the bell schedule AS IS!  So… DMHS start time will be 7:45 am and end time will be 2:20 pm. Everyone who emailed and/or phoned the SUSD board–thank you!!  And, we would like to acknowledge and thank Michelle Ausdemore (IB mom and dmibpa board member) who […]

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URGENT: Fight the Bell Schedule Change!

We recently learned that the SUSD will be voting on THURSDAY, JUNE 30th on whether to add 20 minutes per day to EACH high school student’s schedule.  THIS WOULD CHANGE THE SCHOOL DAY TO BE:  7:30 am to 2:25 pm (instead of 7:45 am to 2:20 pm). This is to accommodate a small number of non-IB seniors […]

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Have a great summer!

We hope everyone had a terrific school year.  Now… onto a relaxing and safe summer holiday! From your IBPA Board

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Changes to CAS hours for rising juniors

As of this spring, the IBO (the parent organization that oversees all IB diploma programs around the world) announced that students can only begin CAS activities once they officially begin classes in junior year, and continue until the spring of senior year. This is a change from previous years, when rising juniors could “jump start” […]

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