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Important upcoming dates for DA STEM

Finals Schedule For DAHS STEM - May 13-17th


9th Grade:
Monday, Physics final
Tuesday, Trig Review
Wednesday, Students have time to review
Thursday, Trig Final
Friday, no DA HS class, JHS Valley Fair field trip for 9th graders


10th Grade:
Monday, Calc review
Tuesday, Calc final part 1
Wednesday, Calc final part 2
Thursday, Chemistry review
Friday, Chemistry final


Other important dates in May:
We will hold DA graduation for our sophomores on Thursday, May 16th at 4pm in the Garden Room in the Kopp Student Center.  Students, families, professors, and administrators from both high schools are invited.  


We will do some special programming in May for DA students after finals week including a campus tour and visit to Macalester College in St. Paul on Tuesday, May 21st.  Students will get field trip forms soon.  


DA 9 students will take the AP Human Geography exam (and the AP Comparative Politics exam if they are in DA Humanities) on Friday, May 24th so that it doesn’t conflict with finals week at NCC.


Similarly the DA 10 students will take the AP Calc BC exam on Friday, May 24th so that it doesn’t conflict with finals week at NCC.




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