Week 30 Update
Designers, next week’s update is below. We are still in need of 2-3 parent volunteers for our hiring symposiums for April 15 and April 25. Please see info for joining us below! Also, see other information from past posts about events next week. Have a wonderful weekend.
Parent Volunteers Needed for April Hiring Symposiums
Design parents – are you interested in being part of our hiring process? We are in need of 2 to 3 parent volunteers per hiring symposium session that we are running this spring. You will have the opportunity to engage in brief conversations with each candidate and be able to provide administration with your feedback on those candidates. We appreciate and value your feedback in this process as we choose our new team members for next year!
Please email Kate Parsons, principal, at kparsons@davincischools.org if you are interested and available to attend one or more of the following sessions, or even a portion of the session:
Friday, April 15th: 10:00-11:30 am
Friday, April 15th: 1:00-2:30 pm
Monday, April 25th: 9:00-11:00 am
Monday, April 25th: 1:00-3:00 pm
School Site Council Meeting
Da Vinci Design is holding its third School Site Council meeting of the year on Thursday, April 14th at 5:30 pm in Room 103. Agenda will be posted this weekend.
Speaker Series at 72andSunny
Thursday, April 14th at 6pm
Location: 72andSunny Offices – 12101 W. Bluff Creek Dr, Playa Vista CA
Special Guest Speakers:
- Maria Vila-Wich, Harvard Alum and Entrepreneur
- Adam Szajgin, 72 Creative Director
- Michelle Easter, NASA
RSVP: http://goo.gl/forms/tlZZxFrXNb
Students, parents, teachers are all invited to the latest Da Vinci/72andSunny Speaker Series event. Come join us with food and a great set of speakers, and a chance to hang out in the amazing 72andSunny offices. The Da Vinci/72andSunny Speaker Series is meant to expose students and families to new creative careers – showing students cool options to pursue post-college, or simply talking about amazing creative work being done around the world.
Junior Family College Meetings
Beginning April 11th, counselors will be holding small group family meetings with junior families and students from their caseloads. It is expected that all junior families sign-up for a time and attend these meetings. If you were present at the Student Led Conference for your child last week, you should have received an informational letter then as well.
In these meetings, counselors will discuss:
- Building your college list
- College entrance exams
- Naviance
- Different College systems
- Important dates
- Important college admission requirements
- And much more! Individual questions will also be answered during this time.
Families: Please sign-up to meet with your counselor via the provided link:
Karen Grace Baker, Last Names A-K
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0b49a4ab22a57-kgbjunior
Erin Knott, Last Names L-Z
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4fa4ab2fa13-erins
Nicole Cabalar, Specified Caseload
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0949afa623aaf49-nicoles
Sign-up days and times are first come, first served, so we recommend signing up early to get a time slot most convenient for you. These small group meetings are replacing junior specific night meetings and individual meetings.
Additionally, all junior students will participate in state testing on April 20 and April 21. Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing information will be covered during the family meetings, but if you wish to read more about the computer-based exam, you can do so by visiting this website.