DHS Counselors' Corner
DeSoto High School
News, Information, & Happenings for the DeSoto High School Counseling Department
Welcome Back
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Counselor Assignments
We look forward to helping you and your child be successful.
How Students Can See Their Counselor
- before school
- after school
- during their lunch with a pass
- during passing periods
If the counselor is unavailable, students can complete a "Request to See Counselor" form. The counselor will send for the student within 2 school days, when possible.
How Parents/Guardians Can See The Counselor
Counselors make students a priority during the school day.
To ensure your student's counselor is available when you visit, please schedule an appointment.
Parents/Guardians will be seen by appointments and counselor availability only.
We thank you in advance for your understanding.
Click here or the picture (below) to schedule an appointment with your child's counselor.
Counselors Unavailable
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Schedules
Thank you for your patience and understanding while we processed schedule changes.
Our goal is to only honor schedule corrections next school year. In order to accomplish that goal:
- We will meet with students about their 23-24 courses earlier.
- We also hope for students and parents to be able to complete their own course requests (online), with counselor guidance.
- We will have at least two (2) course selection events where students, parents, and guardians can get information about available courses.
Expect additional information in January 2023.
Website
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Frequently Used Terms
- Semester 1/Fall/A: Fall semester (August-December).
- Semester 2/Spring/B: Spring Semester (January-May).
- Saturday School: for students with referrals, too many tardies, and other discipline issues.
- Attendance Recovery: for students who need to make up their attendance.
- Credit Recovery: for students who need to retake courses. i.e Night School.
- EOC: End of Course Exams. Required state exams. Often referred to as STAAR EOC.
- Classification: grade level based on credits earned.
- 9th grade=0 - 5.5 credits
- 10th grade= 6 - 12.5 credits
- 11th grade= 13 - 18.5 credits
- 12th grade= 19 or more state credits
Attendance
Per state law, students must attend school 90% of the time.
DeSoto ISD students lose credit after 4 absences, excused or unexcused.
Students will have an opportunity to make up absences through attendance recovery, depending on the number of absences.
Fall semester attendance recovery information will be shared in January 2023.
Students who do not qualify for attendance recovery or who do not go to attendance recovery will need to retake the class.
Mrs. Rose Smith
Save The Dates
Parent and Family Engagement Activities
- September 18th - Interest Meeting for the Southwest Dallas County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated Scholarship Event via Zoom @ 4pm
- September 15th - October 15th - Hispanic Heritage Month
- September 20th -Understanding STAAR and EOC expectations
November 15th Understanding transcripts and CCMR
STAAR EOC Retest Dates
- December 6: English I and US History
- December 7: Algebra I
- December 8: English II
- December 9: Biology
Report cards (online via Parent Portal only)
- 1st six weeks: September 29, 2022
- 2nd six weeks: November 3, 2022
- 3rd six weeks: January 6, 2023
- 4th six weeks: February 23, 2023
- 5th six weeks: April 13, 2023
- 6th six weeks: TBA
DeSoto ISD Academic Calendar Here
Night School
ENROLLING NOW!!!!
*PLEASE CONTACT your student's COUNSELOR FIRST*
For DeSoto High School students needing credit recovery, we will offer a Night School Session I-II. These courses will be facilitated in-person classroom setting. Courses will be offered Tuesday – Thursday from 3:30 – 7:30pm starting on September 27th. Students will be allowed to take 1 course (.5 credit) each session.
Once a payment of $75 has been submitted you will be contacted via the email used for payment to assist in scheduling a course in alignment with the students' 4-year graduation plan.
The following courses are offered in Night School:
- English I-IV (A & B)
- Math: Algebra I & II, Geometry, & Pre-Cal (A & B)
- Science: Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Physics, and IPC (A & B)
- Social Studies: World Geography, World History, & US History (A&B)* Government, Economics
*If a student has not taken the A section, the student will not be enrolled in the B section.
Fall Sessions:
Night School Session I: Sept.27th - Oct.20th
Night School Session II: Nov.1st - Dec.1st (1wk break Thanksgiving)
Payment Link:
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Senior Information
We will officially start individual senior meetings the week of September 26, 2022.
These meetings will cover:
- Status for graduation
- Classes required to graduate
- Classes to retake, if any
- STAAR EOC exams to retake
- Post-Secondary Plans
Parents/Guardians will receive a copy of the conference checklist through your student or via email.
- Click here for the c/o 2023 Road To Graduation.
- The document includes helpful senior information, including deadlines.
- 2022-2023 Brag Sheet (here). This is required for all counselor letters of recommendation.
- FAFSA opens October 1, 2023.
- Make sure you create your FSA ID before October 1.
- FAFSA/TASFA completion is required to graduate.
- Dallas Promise is now open!
- Dallas Promise completion is a DeSoto HS requirement.
Visit the Go-Center or your counselor for more information.
Transcripts
- Transcripts are available now.
- However, we will run rank and GPA again in October.
- Students will receive an unofficial copy during their individual senior meeting.
- Complete this form to request an official transcript for colleges.
- College 4.0 GPA= unweighted high school GPA on a 4.0 scale.
- Weighted GPA: weighted high school GPA on a 6.0 scale
- Colleges usually ask for unweighted GPAs. Many will recalculate your GPA.
Senior counselors will send a welcome email the week of September 26th.
Go-Center
Visit Miss T everyday from 8am-3pm.
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DHS Counseling Department
DHS Counseling Department
#MoreThanSchedules
600 Eagle Drive
DeSoto, TX 75115
972.230.0726 (High School Campus)
972.274.1818 (Freshman Campus)
Website: https://sites.google.com/desotoisd.org/desoto-high-school-counseling/home
Location: 600 Eagle Drive, DeSoto, TX, USA