Course Choice Information

2025-2026 School Year

Your School Counselors are excited to help you with selecting courses for the 2025-2026 school year.

We have created grade specific, Course Selection PowerPoints to assist you with picking classes for next year. Please view the appropriate PowerPoint for your grade level:

NOTE: IF THE POWERPOINT DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY OPEN PLEASE CHECK YOUR DOWNLOAD FOLDER

Freshman Course Registration PowerPoint 2025-2026 (8th going to 9th - MYP included)
Sophomore Regular & IB MYP PowerPoint (9th going to 10th)
Junior PowerPoint (10th going to 11th)
Junior IB PowerPoint (IB 11th going to 12th)
Senior PowerPoint (11th going to 12th)
Senior IB PowerPoint (IB 11th going to 12th)

Parents - We encourage you to view the PowerPoints presentations with your child and discuss course choices. Please allow your student to ask questions and advocate for themselves before reaching out to your School Counselor. Our course selection process is very similar to the course selection process in many Colleges and Universities. We are preparing your student to be independent thinkers.

Steps for Course Selection:

View PowerPoint (PDF)
Use handouts given to you in English classes to assist with initial course selection. (Copies of course lists and course selection sheet available below)
Enter your course selections into Synergy (see PowerPoint below to assist you)
Schedule an individual meeting with your counselor

No course changes will be made after March 31, 2025

If you are unsure which classes you have already taken, print an unofficial copy of your transcript using these steps:

Log into Student Vue/Parent Vue
Go to Course History
Look for the blue box that says unofficial transcript with printer icon

Printable List of Courses offered:

Freshman Course List 2025-2026
MYP IB Freshman Course List 2025-2026
Sophomore Course List
MYP Sophomore Course List
Junior Course List (IB included)
Senior Course List (IB included)
High School Planning Guide Link: High School Planning Guide
PLEASE NOTE: The high school planning guide lists all classes offered in SUSD. NOT all of these courses are offered at Desert Mountain. The course lists linked above are the classes offered at DM. Please do not enter classes in synergy that you do not see on the grade level forms linked above.

Printable Course Selection Forms by Grade Level:

**Please use the colored forms distributed in English classes. These forms are provided as a reference. Additional colored forms are available in the Counseling Office and can be picked up before school, at lunch and after school.

Synergy Upload Directions

Other Printable Forms

NOTE: Students who do not complete the course selection process will have courses selected for them.

Please remember that certain classes have fees associated with that class. Fees are payable at the beginning of the school year during registration. For a listing of class fees please click here. (subject to change)

Timeline for Registration

Middle School Presentations:

December 5, 2024- Mountainside MS and Cheyenne Traditional
December 6, 2024- Desert Canyon MS
- Course materials due December 16, 2024.

High School timeline:

Current 9th graders:
- Course Selection Presentation- Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Current 10th graders:
- Course Selection Presentation- Thursday, January 16, 2025
Current 11th graders:
- Course Selection Presentation- Friday, January 17, 2025

**All current DMHS students will meet individually with their assigned counselor during English class starting Tuesday, January 21st and Ending Thursday, February 13th. Please check with your English teacher on when your assigned meeting date will be.

Out of District timeline:

Counselors will send a welcome letter to all out of district students with course selection information starting February 17, 2025.

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