Sept 2024 Community Dialogue & Week 7 Preview

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Greetings Designers and Design Families,

This week, we had our annual DVD Club Fair! On Thursday afternoon, we had over 20 DVD student-run clubs host booths at our club fair to get Design students excited about joining. This year we had a wide variety of clubs to join on a range of topics and which celebrate academics, culture, and fun hobbies. See pictures from our DVD Club Fair below.

We ended our week with our first Community Dialogue assembly (aka: “CD”) of the new school year! At CD, we introduced our Advisory names and mascots, had an “Advisory Olympics” competition, and had our new staff play Blind Musical Chairs. This year, as we focus on increasing school attendance, we are rewarding Advisories with the best attendance each month with exclusive access to watch CD from the SkyBox in the WDV Gym. Congrats to Sr. V and Mr. Schilp’s advisories this month for having the best attendance! It was a great day for building spirit and community at DVD. See pictures from our first CD below.

Lastly, as we head into autumn and cold/flu season, a message from the DV Schools Health Team: Hello Da Vincians! Our health team wants to share out these helpful resources for What to do if your student has cold/flu or COVID symptoms and Guidance for When to Stay Home from School and return to school related to illness. We hope these are supportive guiding docs as we re-enter school settings! Don’t forget to wash your hands!

Here is the Bell Schedule at DVD for Week 7:

DVD Picture Day photos are now ready for review! We are using a new platform to host photos this year that allows for each student to have their own individual gallery and gives them the option to choose the photo they’d like for the yearbook.  Families were emailed directly with information to access the gallery, but you can also access your individual gallery here: https://my.photoday.com/s/staceelianna/davincischools
  1. Navigate to the Da Vinci Design gallery
  2. Enter your student name and their 5-digit ID number
  3. Access your photos and make your selection
The deadline to choose photos for the yearbook is next Friday, September 27th.

Upcoming Events and Key Dates:

  • Wednesday, Oct. 2nd: Coffee w/ Admin @8am and @5pm via Zoom
    • All DVD parents and guardians welcome! Join for brief school updates and open Q&A with the DVD admin team.
    • Agenda: 1) Campus Updates & Highlights, 2) Upcoming Calendar Events, 3) Community Learning Days (CLD) & Short Term Independent Study, 4) Q&A
    • Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/8331212069
  • Friday, Oct. 4th: NO SCHOOL
  • Friday, Oct. 11th: Community Learning Day
  • Mon, Oct. 14th – Thurs, Oct. 17th: Student Led Conference (SLCs)

College Rep Visits (Week 7, 8 & 9): Seniors can sign up via Naviance

  • University of California Irvine – Mon, Sept. 30th
  • Boston University – Wed, Oct. 2nd
  • University of San Francisco – Wed, Oct. 9th
  • Cornell University – Fri, Oct. 11th
  • College for Creative Studies – Fri, Oct. 18th

Campus Highlight: DVD Club Fair 2024

Campus Highlight: DVD Community Dialogue (Sept 2024)

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