Desert Vista Storm Report Volume 22, Issue 2 D V S R Tempe Union High School Desert Vista High School, 16440 South 32nd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85048 Phone Number: 480-706-7900 District D 2015 H ! H Betsi Metter – Volleyball Class of 2010 Betsi Metter, Class of 2010, graduated from Desert Vista as a 4-year varsity letter winner, serving as team captain her final two seasons. She was named All-City and All-State for the 2008 & 2009 seasons, was twice on the Arizona Republic All-Arizona Top-Six Team and had two All-Central Region selections. By the time she had finished her high school career, she had set five DV rec- ords, including 1,317 kills. During her junior year, she was second in the nation with 708 digs & 13th in the nation with 462 kills. Along with other high INSIDE THIS ISSUE: school accolades, she served as captain and MVP of the USA High Perfor- mance Championship Team in 2008, was a member of the USA Beach Youth National Training Team and took 1st at the AAU National Beach Champion- ships in 2009 for the U18 division. One of her crowning high school moments Registration for 3 was earning a first-place finish at the USA Volleyball Junior Olympic Beach 2016-2017 Championships for the U14 division in 2006. Besti received a full-ride for volleyball to Loyola Marymount University. As a defensive specialist at Semester Exam 3 Loyola Marymount, she played in every single match during her four-year career. Flint left the school Schedule as the all-time leader in both digs and aces, which ranked fourth and fifth respectively in the West Coast Conference's all-time charts. She was chosen the league's Defensive Player of the Year for three straight seasons (Co-Defensive Player of the Year as a junior). She competed for two seasons SAT and ACT 4 in sand volleyball at LMU, where she was twice an All-American. In 2014, she reached the AVCA Final Testing Dates Four and in 2015, she finished second in the AVCA Sand National Championships. She finished 5th in the 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball U23 World Championships in Poland. She spent her free time volun- teering and earned LMU’s Service & Leadership award 2012-2014. 24-Hour 11 Currently, Betsi is on the USA Beach Volleyball National Training Team and is a 2020 Olympic hopeful. Attendance Line She is a Pro-Beach Volleyball player, 2-time AVCA Sand Volleyball all-American and has in her short, two year professional career won many championships. Senior Recognition 24 Congratulations Betsi! Ads Derek Kennard – Football Class of 2009 Grad Night 22&23 Devon Kennard, Class of 2009, graduated from DV with a 3.98 GPA. Devon was a two sport athlete, with three years Varsity Football Letterman and a two year captain of his team. He led the state in sacks in his 2007 season with 24.5. Devon earned many accolades during his DV football career including Winter Sports 20 DV Most Valuable Player 2007, AZ Football Coaches Association All State De- fensive Lineman 2007, Arizona Player of the Year Award in 2008, DVHS Joe Selleh Award 2008, Tempe All City Player 2007-2008 and 2009 US Army All American. Tax Credit 18 Information Desert Vista Storm Report Page 2 H C... Derek Kennard – Football Class of 2009 continued... Devon earned a full ride to University of Southern California and graduated with an undergrad in Communication and a Masters in Communication Management with an emphasis in Business Marketing. He was USC Scholar Athlete all five years 2009-2013, won USC Academic Excellence Award 2009-2011, Pac 12 All Second team 2013, Pac 12 All-Academic Team 2012 and 2013, USC Trojan Way Leadership Award 2013 and won the Pac 12 Tom Hansen Conference Medal & Las Vegas Bowl Roy Woofter Community Leader Award 2013. After graduating college, Devon was selected in the 5th round of the NFL draft by the New York Giants, whom he is currently starting for as an outside linebacker. He started 6 games in 2014 as a rookie and won NFL Player of the week on November 7, 2014. While at Desert Vista, Devon truly led by example. He has continued to do so throughout his college and professional careers and not only on the playing field, but by committing his time to volunteering for different organizations both in New York and his home town of Phoenix. Congratulations Devon! Keith Wilson– Desert Vista Contributor Keith Wilson is being honored as Desert Vista Contributor, the first time DV has given this award. Keith was a DV volunteer from 2006 – 2012 for both football and baseball. He acted as President for DV Foot- ball Boosters for two of those years. His contributions as a contractor have enriched many of our athletic pro- grams here at Desert Vista and due to the many hours he volunteered and contracting work he donated, he accomplished wonderful enhancements to our facility. Keith owns a commercial construction company located in Tempe, Arizona, which primarily builds and renovates hotels in over 35 states throughout the United States. He is also an owner of Palisade Enterprises which owns and manages commercial buildings. He is father to three graduates of Desert Vista High School; Keith (2008), Conner (2009) and Brock (2012). He is happily married to his wife, Maria, and they will celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary this year. He is a graduate of Scottsdale High School and Arizona State University. In his free time, he races mountain bikes and is currently on the Nationwide Veloworx mountain bike team. He has been involved in racing for the past 10 years and has competed in over 100 races. He won the 2011 Arizona State Championship for his category. His most recent races were the Tahoe Trail 100 (65 mile endurance race) and the Sea Otter Classic in Monterey, California. He competes locally in the MBAA, EPIC and LIFETIME races, just to name a few. Congratulations Keith! Page 3 REGISTRATION FOR 2016/2017 CLASSES - ONLINE IN STUDENT/PARENTVUE We will be registering the current Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors for their classes for the 2016-17 school beginning at the end of January 2016. All students will attend a presentation during the school day regard­ registration process, where they will receive the scheduling worksheet that will need to be filled out, signed by teachers and by a and returned to their counselor. All other information, including the actual course request will be accessed through Student ParentVue. All students and parents are strongly en- couraged to ensure they access Student ParentVue prior to January. Access codes may be obtained from our PC technician, While at home, please take the time to sit down with your child and go over all of the course options available select those courses that your child will need, along with any electives of her choice. Please give when selecting these courses. Course selections are considered a by the student the course. Teacher staffing is allocated based upon student selections. Every effort is made to give all of the courses they have selected, however sometimes alternate selections are used. Desert Vista is towards a policy on schedule change requests being honored only if the course is needed to meet a Please take careful of course loads and elective choices at this Please be Prior to the rush of registration is a food time to review 4 yr. plans, career college goals. Contact your counselor for assistance prior to the end of 1st semester. We cannot change teachers or lunch Seniors with both 6th and 7th period early releases may, because of their selected classes, be required to through 5th Students do not get to select the order of their if they have after school clubs or All classes have seat and minimums. Students cannot ask a teacher to "squeeze in just more" student. Nor will we allow a class to get too small due to staffing Courses taken in Summer School will have already been removed from the students' schedule replaced with their request listed on their original registration Thank you for your continued F ALL SEMESTER F INAL EXAM SCHEDULE 2015 Wednesday, December 16 Thursday, December 17 Zero Hour 7:00am to 8:15 am Period 1 8:20 am to 9:35 am Period 4/5 8:20 am to 9:35 am Period 2 9:45 am to 11:00 am Period 6 9:45 am to 11:00 am Period 3 11:10 am to 12:25 pm Period 7 11:10 am to 12:25 pm Lunch will NOT be served on either testing date!! Desert Vista Storm Report Page 4 SAT AND SAT SUBJECT TEST DATES 2015-16 Please check registration deadlines and register at: www.collegeboard.com Test Date Test Registration Deadline November 7, 2015 SAT and SAT Subject Tests October 9, 2015 December 5, 2015 SAT and SAT Subject Tests November 5, 2015 January 23, 2016 SAT and SAT Subject Tests December 28, 2015 March 5, 2016 SAT Test only February 5, 2016 May 7, 2016 SAT and SAT Subject Tests April 8, 2016 June 4, 2016 SAT and SAT Subject Tests May 5, 2016 ACT TEST DATES 2015-16 Please register for the ACT at: www.ACT.org Test Date Regular Registration Late Registration Period Postmark Deadline (regular fee plus late fee) (regular fee) December 12, 2015 November 6, 2015 November 7—20, 2015 February 6, 2016 January 8, 2016 January 9—15, 2016 April 9, 2016 March 4, 2016 March 5—18, 2016 June 11, 2016 May 6, 2016 May 7—20, 2016 Page 5 E VENTS CALENDAR/ANNOUNCEMENTS Please note that our current events calendar is located on the school’s website.