April/May 2024

Dear Desert Sky Parents and Families,

I hope all is well with you and your family. This is the time of year that we begin to reflect on all of the accomplishments we have made this school year, and also a time to begin planning for the upcoming year.

Teaching Team Requests for the 2024/2025 School Year

We strongly believe that classrooms should be balanced in terms of academic needs, behaviors, and special programming. We also respect the fact that parents may have specific requests for a teaching team who they believe may be a good match for their child. Please keep in mind that the teacher list is tentative and not guaranteed.

Thirty (30) requests will be accepted for each teaching team. For teams that receive more than 30 requests, we will randomly select students until the cap is met. Please know that we work hard to honor requests while maintaining balanced classrooms.

The tentative team list is included in this page. It is important to have a conversation with your child, explaining that a team request is not a guarantee. Please note that due to advanced math and ELP, your child may not receive his/her math and/or science instruction from the math or science teacher on the team you have requested. 6th Grade students in CIP will be placed on Team A, 7th Grade students in CIP will be placed on Team C, and 8th Grade students in CIP will be placed on Team F. Please see the attached Tentative Certified Staff List.

Requests will be accepted between April 22nd - April 26th. Only requests submitted during this time frame will be reviewed. If you have any questions, please reach out to our Assistant Principal at scottm@vailschooldistrict.org. Please do not email requests, the form to submit requests is below.

Teacher/team requests must be submitted using this link (this link will only be open from Monday, 4/22 - Friday, 4/26):

Click Here to access the request form.

8th Grade Promotion

This year’s 8th grade promotion will be held on Thursday, May 23rd in the Desert Sky Gymnasium. Desert Sky hosts two different promotions, based on the teaching team that your child is on. The ceremony for Team E begins at 9:00 am, and Team F begins at 11:00 am. Specific information about 8th Grade Promotion activities and eligibility for these activities will be sent out in a couple of weeks in our One Month to Go letter. We look forward to celebrating with our 23rd class of promoting 8th graders!

As always, thank you for your partnership as we provide our students with a positive and rewarding experience at Desert Sky Middle School.

Sincerely,
Rebecca Marsh
Principal