On November 12th the counselors did a PowerPoint presentation for the Junior Class.  Topics covered included graduation requirements, what to expect your senior year, and life after high school.  5 short video clips were presented covering different career options that require a University Degree, community college, trade/tech school, apprenticeship or just a high school diploma.  We want our students to start thinking about what they plan to do after high school so that we can help guide them in the right direction.

DMHS Counseling Department was honored to present speaker Dr. Raul Ruiz to all 10th, 11th and 12th graders on November 3rd.  Dr. Ruiz gave an inspiring and very motivating presentation that kept students' attention and who responded with excellent questions.   

Raul Ruiz MD, MPP, MPH, graduated from Coachella Valley High School and grew up in Coachella with parents who were migrant farm workers.  He completed his undergraduate studies at UCLA before acquiring a Medical Doctorate at Harvard Medical School and a Masters in Public Policy at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He also completed a fellowship in International Emergency Medicine and Harvard Humanitarian Initiative at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and a Masters in Public Health at Harvard School of Public Health.  He currently works as an emergency physician at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California and focuses his skills in developing policy to improve emergency care for vulnerable populations such as the poor and civilian victims of war and terrorist activities.  He became the first Latino to receive three graduate degrees at Harvard University.

Si Se Puede!!!

DMHS Counselors get into the Halloween Spirit and join other Rams who also  got spirit!!

The Rams filled the Theatre to capacity yesterday evening!!  We had 461 students who were recognized last night for obtaining a 3.0 GPA or higher for Session 3 and Session 4 of the 2007-2008 school year.  There were door prices and 10 lucky Rams won college gear, cd players and a dvd.  Go Rams!! 

Yesterday 283 Juniors took the ASVAB to see how they measure up in different skills.  A follow-up will be done with these students in December which will include results of their ASVAB scores and also an interest inventory.   

Thanks to the continued support of Jessica Martin, Assistant Director of Admissions at La Verne University, our number of students attending this private school is increasing.  Yesterday we had 87 students participate in her presentation!  We hope to continue our wonderful partnership with them.   

Bertha Alicia Curiel from Chico State gave out a wonderful presentation today to 54 of our students.  Special thanks to Miss Oliver and Mr. Taboada for bringing your honors and AVID classes to hear the presentation. 

We had another successful College Voc/Tech Night yesterday thanks to the hard work of the following high schools:  Indio, CV, Amistad, and yours truly Desert Mirage.  We had a full house and our representatives were pleased with the number of students and parents participating. 

99 Juniors, 85 Sophomores and 56 Freshmen (240 students in all)  took the PSAT yesterday.  The test took a little over 2 hours and it was a real eye opener for some of our Rams!  For the students who took the test, good job, keep working hard and get ready for the SAT and ACT exams.

Today we had Laura Boismenue from Cal Lutheran University do a presentation for our students.  Thank you Cal Lutheran for visiting Ram Territory!