Principal's Message
From October 19-26, we celebrated a very successful Homecoming Week. The students did an outstanding job dressing for school spirit, making banners, building floats, and decorating halls. The hall decorations were amazing. Congratulations to our students for a job well done. I would like to thank the class sponsors for all their hard work.
Ms. Berg, and Ms. Sluger- grade 12
Mrs. Jennings- grade 11
Mrs. Gallagher- grade 10
Mr. Gannon- grade 9
A special thank you to Ms. Voketitis, our SGA sponsor, who helped organize all Homecoming events.
October 14 was a busy morning at DHS. Over 135 of our seniors took the ACCUPLACER test (a placement test for Montgomery College), approximately 350 sophomores and 200 juniors took the PSAT test, and our 350 freshmen participated in a variety of different activities. It was a good, but busy day!
I am pleased to announce that Damascus High School has more students taking honors and AP courses than ever. 78% of our students are enrolled in at least one honors class. Over 1100 students take almost 3500 honors courses and over 500 students are enrolled in over 900 AP classes. Building a strong academic program for all students will continue to be one of our primary goals. As parents, you can encourage your children to challenge themselves by getting good grades and by taking rigorous courses. This will help them to better prepare for college and the job market.
Robert Domergue
Principal
