Advanced Placement Exams: Monday, 5 May to Friday, 16 May 2008

Good luck to all of you on your upcoming AP exam (or exams). I recommend that you all study hard up to the exams, but give yourself that final day before the exam just to relax. Get a good night's sleep and be sure to eat a healthy breakfast before you go to your exam (so, no cold Pop Tarts on the run). The exam dates and locations are as follows:

Week One
Monday, 5 May 2008—
Government & Politics: US
Begins 7:45 – 41 students
Proctors: Mark Kulik, Karen Hinds
Location: Library Labs 1-3

Tuesday, 6 May 2008—
Spanish Language
Begins 7:45 – 15 students
Proctor: Josephine Levy
Location: Language Lab

Statistics
Begins 11:45 - 12 students
Proctor: Birgit Musheno
Location: Language Lab Location: Library Lab 1

Wednesday, 7 May 2008—
Calculus BC
Begins 7:45 – 63 students
Proctors: David White, Kathy Shamley, Ryan Stanley
Location: Library 2 & 3

Thursday, 8 May 2008—
English Literature
Begins 7:45 – 9 students
Proctor: Mark Kulik
Location: Guidance Career Center

Friday, 9 May 2008—
US History
Begins 7:45 – 60 students
Proctors: Amanda Domino, Amie Hickel & Dennis Abgrall
Location: Library Labs 2 & 3

European History
Begins 11:45 - 19 students
Proctor: David White
Location: Library Lab 1

Week Two
Monday, 12 May 2008—
Biology
Begins 7:45 - 24 students
Proctor: Kathy Shamley
Library Lab 2

Music Theory
Begins 7:45 – 8 students
Proctor: Kari Fischer, David White
Location: Guidance Career Center

Physics B
Begins 11:45 - 5 students
Proctor: Stacy Foster
Location: Guidance Career Center

Physics C: Electricity & Magnatism
Begins 11:45 / 1:45 - 11 / 1 students
Proctor: Katrina Montoya
Location: Library Lab 1

Tuesday, 13 May 2008—
Chemistry
Begins 7:45 – 34 students
Proctor: Laurie Wiesinger
Location: Library Lab 2

Environmental Science
Begins: 7:45 – 8 students
Proctor: Michele Lucas
Location: Career Center

Psychology
Begins 11:45 - 33 students
Proctor: Chris Jones, Stacy Foster
Location: Library Lab 3

Wednesday, 14 May 2008—
English Language
Begins 7:45 – 53 students
Proctors: David White, John Matthews,
Michele Lucas, Chris Jones
Location: Library Labs 2 & 3

Art History
Begins 11:45 - 4 students
Proctor: Kari Fischer
Location: Career Center

Thursday, 15 May 2008—
Macroeconomics
Begins 7:45 – 1 student
Proctor: Kelly Price
Location: Guidance Conference Room

Microeconomics
Begins 11:45 - 1 student
Proctor: Chris Jones
Location: Guidance Conference Room

World History
Begins 7:45 – 74 students
Proctors: David White, Amie Hickel, Diana Brown
Location: Library Labs 1-3

Friday, 16 May 2008—
Spanish Literature
Begins 7:45 – 19 students
Proctor: Dawn Schmidt
Location: Library Lab 1

Latin Literature
Begins 11:45 - 7 students
Proctor: Josephine Levy
Location: Career Center

Take care and good luck

- Mr. White

THE LIT 600 for 2008-2009 School Year

The Desert Vista Literary Magazine is proud to announce that you can sign up to enter the 2008-2009 LIT 600 contest. Categories include Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, and a new category: Translation.

Look for the entry forms located at the bookstore and in the English department. To enter on-line, go to the DV Literary Magazine Club Web Site located at http://www.tuhsd.k12.az.us/Desert_Vista_HS/GiftedProgram/GiftedCoordinator/page3.html

- Mr. White

SAGE Officer Staff 2008-2009

The SAGE Officer Staff for the upcoming 2008-2009 School Year is as follows:

President -
Christine Hsieh

Vice President -
Brian Djaja

Secretary -
Ellen Zeng

Assistant Secretary -
Seung Jae Son

Treasurer / Fundraiser / Financial Aid -
Shardul Golwalkar

Career / Fields of Study Coordinator -
Sonia Sen

Club Liaison -
Jackie Xu

College Information Coordinators -
Shivani Kapur
Bryant Wong

Public Relations Officers -
Alyssa McAlister
Monica Xiong

Assistant Public Relations Officer -
Ryan Dias

Mentorship Coordinator -
Lauren Zack

Community Service Coordinators -
Grace Ma
Jared Schoepf
Sam Schoepf

Technology Director -
Niranjan Kumar

Intern Assistant to the Technology Director -
(still contested)

I will have more updates for you later on this week. Until then, congratulations to all the winners.

- Mr. White