Commander Communicator: 4/11/25

Posted April 29, 2025

Important Dates

  • April 16: PSAT 9 and SAT (11th graders) testing
  • April 17: PSAT 10 testing
  • April 18: No School for Students
  • April 18 from 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: HOSA Blood Drive

It’s Prom Weekend!

Prom is this Saturday, April 12 at Baldoria on the Water. We hope all our students in attendance have a wonderful experience! Have fun and be safe, Commanders!

P/SAT Testing Begins Next Week

There’s less than a week until P/SAT testing begins! Per both Colorado and Denver Public School requirements, all 9th-grade students are expected to take the PSAT 8/9, all 10th-grade students are expected to take PSAT 10, and 11th-grade students are expected to take the SAT during both the fall and spring semesters. Students’ grade level testing assignments are determined by current credits not graduating class.

To accommodate testing, we will have adjusted schedules. Please note the following changes:

  • 9th graders will take the PSAT on Wednesday, 4/16 
  • 11th graders will take the SAT on Wednesday, 4/16 
    • Students will be released when testing is complete, around noon. If students cannot secure transportation home, the library will be open for students to use as a work space until 3:50 p.m.
    • 10th graders will not have school on this day.
  • 10th graders will take the PSAT on Thursday, 4/17.
  • IB Juniors have the opportunity to come to school on Thursday, 4/17 to makeup missed instructional time with their teachers.  
    • 9th graders will not have school on this day. 
    • 10th grade students will be released when testing is complete, around noon. IB Juniors will complete their day at 1:20 p.m., in alignment with the Early Release dismissal.  

It’s critical for guardians to know that attendance is mandatory for students on their respective days of testing. Parents/ guardians are permitted to opt their students out of testing. This means that students would not be obligated to take the PSAT or SAT. The “opt out” process applies to state and national assessments and, once completed, is in effect for the entirety of the school year, though it must be resubmitted each year.  If students opted out of assessments in the fall, students do not have to opt out again in the spring.  

Read more here.