We need your help. We will be hosting March Madness activities during the week of March 14. We would like 30 parents to sign up to share their career and work experiences with our Juniors and Seniors on Monday, March 14th from 10:15 am to 11:00am. We are looking for all careers. Please sign up for our event by using the sign up genius link below.
Student Led Conferences (SLCs) are coming up soon. SLCs will be hosted via Zoom from March 7th-10th (see Week 26 schedule below). Please the see attached documents here for details from each grade level about SLCs:
Happy three day weekend! We hope all of you have a safe, restful, and enjoyable holiday weekend. Because of the Monday holiday, Tuesday will be an all periods day for our students next week. See the schedule below:
Key dates & upcoming events:
Feb. 21st: NO SCHOOL (President’s Day Holiday)
Mar. 4th: Black History Month CD Assembly
Mar. 7th-10th: Student Led Conferences (via Zoom) *Schedules and Details coming soon*
Mar. 11th: NO SCHOOL (Professional Development Day)
DVD was feeling the love yesterday as we kicked off Spirit Week! As each Da Vinci Design student came up the stairs yesterday, they were handed a fresh flower by one of our Leadership students or a faculty administrator. And after that, our Seniors had the opportunity to celebrate their recent win in a grade-level design challenge with some shaved ice as they heard some important Senior announcements. Check out some of the photos below!
We wanted to extend a special thank you to Conroy’s Flowers Redondo Beach for being such an excellent partner for our morning flower event, providing DVD with an assortment of hundreds of beautiful, fresh cut flowers. Thank you Conroy’s!
And, we wanted to extend another thank you to Ray Houser of Philly Gourmet Ice (IG: @phillygourmetice) for providing delicious Italian shaved ice for all of our Seniors. Thank you Philly Gourmet Ice!
And finally, events like this are made possible thanks to our extended Da Vinci Design community for supporting our school with donations so that we can host fun events like these! If you or someone you know would like to make a contribution to Da Vinci Design, you may do so at our giving website here and select “Da Vinci Design”.
In honor of February being Black History Month, our DVD Black Student Union has been working hard to recognize the importance of black history on our campus. DVD BSU has produced a beautiful new display in the display case in the 1st floor atrium, and around our campus. See a photo below of some of our awesome DVD BSU team! This will all culminate in our annual Black History Month Community Dialogue on Friday, March 4th.
And, next week is Spirit Week! Students are encouraged to dress up and participate in the following dress up days – click here to see the Spirit Week flyer:
Parchment is offering up to $6,000 in rewards to high school students in grades 9, 10, and 11. Parchment is helping students plan for their future while also offering a chance to win money to go towards their college tuition.
Students can apply to this scholarship in 3 easy steps using this website: Parchment Scholarship
Happy Friday – and happy three-day weekend to our students and families! Here is a preview of next week, including some announcements:
Coffee with Admin: 2/3/22
Thanks to all of our families who were able to join us this week for our “Coffee w/ Admin” meetings! For this meeting, we discussed:
Feb 7th-11th: National Counseling Week – Counselors will be making announcements and pushing out materials all week long focusing on academics, college, and the socioemotional health of our students.
Know of anyone who may be in need of braces? Hawthorne Dental and Braces is offering free braces to any person without insurance, no proof of immigration status needed. Please see the attached flyer for more information!
This week, we have a full five-day ahead of us and seminars begin! Students were able to select seminar during Week 19 and will start meeting in their seminars this week.
We look forward to another great week!
Note: Students who need additional time to complete MAP testing may be called out during seminar periods or class periods to do so. Students will be notified this week prior. Students with questions may reach out to Asst. Principal Acuna: sacuna@davincischools.org .
Please have at least three options in mind for M/W seminars AND for T/Th seminars before coming to sign up, just in case your top choice gets filled up early. There are lots of great seminars to choose from!
