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Desert View High School is a public high school located in southern Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...

approximately 1 mile west of I-10 and Valencia Road.

Departments of instruction

Desert View offers these classes for class credits or elective credit:

AFJROTC
Business
Computer Science
English
Human Services
Industrial Technology
Mathematics
Performing Arts
Physical Education
Science
Social Studies
World Languages

Fine arts

Band
School band
A school band is a group of student musicians who rehearse and perform instrumental music together. A concert band is usually under the direction of one or more conductors...

(Marching/Concert)
Orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
Jazz Band
Jazz band
A jazz band is a musical ensemble that plays jazz music. Jazz bands usually consist of a rhythm section and a horn section, in the early days often trumpet, trombone, and clarinet with rhythm section of piano, banjo, bass or tuba, and drums.-Eras:SwingDuring the swing era in the mid-twentieth...
Choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
Mariachi
Mariachi
Mariachi is a genre of music that originated in the State of Jalisco, in Mexico. It is an integration of stringed instruments highly influenced by the cultural impacts of the historical development of Western Mexico. Throughout the history of mariachi, musicians have experimented with brass, wind,...
Folklorico
Design & Composition
Drama Production Performing Arts
Photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...

Courses for college credit

The following courses are offered at Desert View for concurrent enrollment through Pima Community College

Pima Community College

Pima Community College is an American two-year institution of higher education in Pima County, Arizona serving the Tucson metropolitan area. The community college district consists of six campuses, four education centers, and several adult education learning centers. It provides traditional and...

Introduction to Technology 100
Math 122—Intermediate College Algebra
Math 151—College Algebra
Writing 100
Writing 101
SLG 101
AP US History
AP Government
AP Calculus

Honors courses

Desert View offers a comprehensive college preparatory program. In the freshman year, students are encouraged to take the Freshman Honors Block, designed for college-bound students. Freshman English and World Cultures are interwoven to reinforce critical reading, writing and thinking strategies. Honors Biology is also offered to freshmen. Sophomores are encouraged to continue their preparation through honors courses in English and World History.

Advanced placement courses

Calculus
English Literature and English Language
Government (Taught by Marco Leon)
Microeconomics (Taught by Michael Jindrick)
US History

Career and Technology Education

In addition to AFJROTC, Desert View provides opportunities in five career pathways:

Arts, Communication & Humanities
Business Systems
Engineering Industrial Systems
Health Services
Social/Human Services

Technology

Desert View boasts a ratio of one computer to every two students. In addition, there are six computer labs, a multimedia production lab, 90 laptops set up as PLATO Learning Centers, as well as 13 student computers in the Learning Resource Center.

Extracurricular Activities

Fine Arts: Choir, Folklorico, Mariachi
Mariachi
Mariachi is a genre of music that originated in the State of Jalisco, in Mexico. It is an integration of stringed instruments highly influenced by the cultural impacts of the historical development of Western Mexico. Throughout the history of mariachi, musicians have experimented with brass, wind,...

, Orchestra
Publications: Newspaper, Media Video Communications, Yearbook
Clubs: Chess, Distributive Education Cooperative Association (DECA
DECA (organization)
DECA, also known as Collegiate DECA on the college level) is an international association of students and teachers of marketing, management and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality, and marketing sales and service . DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing,...

), Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA), National Honor Society
National Honor Society
The National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...

, Spectrum, Student Government, Tech Cats, Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA
SkillsUSA
SkillsUSA is a United States career and technical student organization serving more than 320,000 high school and college students and professional members enrolled in training programs in technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations. Since 2010, SkillsUSA has had Thomas...

), Cooperative Business Education
Sports (Division 4A): Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track, Volleyball, Wrestling

Family support

Family Academic Nights
Family Literacy
Parent Involvement Assistant (PIA)
Parent Teacher Group

Digital Advantage

The Digital Advantage is an educational program that allows students in the Sunnyside Unified School District

Sunnyside Unified School District

Sunnyside Unified School District is a school district in Pima County, Arizona, USA. The district extends from Tucson south to Sahuarita and from Interstate 19 to Wilmot Road...

to earn free brand new laptops. With many sponsors such as Cox Cable

Cox Enterprises

Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, United States, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. He was the Democratic candidate for the President of the United States in the election of 1920...

, provided the money and support to do this. The Sunnyside Unified School District Governing Board Members required that all freshman must achieve what's called the 4 A's:

Attitude - No suspensions or referrals.
Attendance - 98% of Attendance. No unexcused absences.
Activity - joining extra-curricular activities. Ex: sports. clubs.
Academics - 2.5 GPA or higher.

Only 2 cohort classes were awarded free laptops ranging from 2 years that this program has begun. The first class was 2012 following the Class of 2013. Both events took place at Centennial Hall at The University of Arizona.

Digital Advantage Scholars

The Digital Advantage Scholars, are similar to the Digital Advantage but the Digital Advantage Scholars are provided to only grades 10, 11 and 12. The SUSD school board requirements are a lot stricter. They require maintaining a 3.5 GPA or higher.