Archive for 11 Grade

Transportation Career Academy Program through Metro

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TCAP provides summer internship opportunities to current junior and seniors (class of 2022 and 2023), who depend on transit, reside in LA County, live in close proximity of a Metro rail station and whose schools are located near Metro’s rail expansion efforts. This program offers students an opportunity to learn about careers in transportation and how to apply classroom theories and concepts to “real-world” work situations at one of the nation’s largest public transportation agencies.

Skills You’ll Learn

· The opportunity to explore careers in transportation
· A chance to apply knowledge from high school coursework to real-world work experience
· Get on-the-job work experience in a specific career pathway or in a specific technical area
· Build a professional relationship with a mentor
· Learn about Metro’s innovative approach to promoting transportation and safety education programs

Applications due Friday, March 11 at 4:30 pm. To apply, please click here.

Posted in 11 Grade, 12 Grade, Real World Learning

Boeing Summer Internships

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This summer, go beyond classroom learning by interning at Boeing, the world’s largest aerospace company. As an intern, you’ll gain hands-on experience, learn from experts, and collaborate with teams that do truly amazing things.

Interested students must be in their junior year right now and going into their senior year in the fall. They must be 16 years old and a US Citizen by the program start date of June 20th.

To learn more, students and parents must attend one of the following mandatory information sessions.

Wednesday, March 9 at 5 pmThursday, March 17 at 7:30 pmClick here for the links and meeting codes

Posted in 11 Grade, 12 Grade, Real World Learning

Fired Up! Girls Empowerment Camp

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The El Segundo Fire and Community Services Departments have teamed up to offer this empowering and educational experience for girls within the local community. The “Fired Up!” Girls’ Empowerment Camp will be held on March 26th– 27th and will give girls the opportunity to get hands-on experience with real firefighting gear, as they learn what it’s like to be a firefighter.

Watch Fire Chief Deena Lee introduce the camp in this promotional video!

This two-day camp is open for girls aged 12-19 and is FREE for all attendees.

El Segundo residents can register for the camp beginning Tuesday, March 1st, by visiting esrec.org and clicking on the “Camps” tab. Non-resident registration opens on Tuesday, March 8th.

For more information call 310-524-2362 or email reghelp@elsegundo.org

Posted in 09 Grade, 10 Grade, 11 Grade, 12 Grade, Real World Learning

Black History Month CD & Week 26 Preview: SLCs

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Greetings Designers and Design Families,

To start: thank you to the Da Vinci Design Black Student Union for hosting our annual Black History Month CD in the gym today! The performances were powerful, and our student leaders should be so proud of hosting such a successful and meaningful experience. See photos below.

Next week is the start of Student Led Conferences (SLCs) which will take place via Zoom from 2pm-4pm. Please remember that next week is a minimum day schedule for students and that students will be released at 1:55pm.

For specific information for each grade level, please click here for last week’s post.

Special 9th Grade Assembly on Thursday

On Thursday of this week, we held a special assembly for our 9th graders meant to address the topic of how we can honor respect for each other in our classrooms and on our campus. The program was run by an incredible group of 11th and 12th grade student leaders, who helped facilitate important discussions, as well as administrators and the 9th grade teachers. This team led 9th graders in confronting important topics such as avoiding dehumanizing language and slurs, appropriate classroom behaviors, and being respectful in our words and actions. We will continue to educate our students in an effort to build a positive and safe school culture for all students. To see some of what was covered, click here.

Key Events and Upcoming Events:

 

Posted in 09 Grade, 10 Grade, 11 Grade, 12 Grade

Internship Opportunity: Social Media Student Intern for WDV Athletics

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WDV Athletics is seeking a creative and enthusiastic Social Media Student Intern who will help highlight athletic teams, players, and game highlights. We need a social media student intern who can post content on Instagram and Twitter, and coordinate interactions between our team social channels. This unpaid internship also offers the intern the opportunity to work in partnership with Da Vinci’s Marketing & Communications team.

Qualifications:

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail in grammar, spelling and punctuation
  • Familiar with social media including Instagram and Twitter
  • Graphic Design experience preferred: Adobe Creative Suite and/or Canva, etc.
  • Ability to engage with individuals of varying ages and backgrounds
  • Self-motivated, comfortable in taking initiative
  • Great attitude – willingness to learn, ability to multitask

Responsibilities for the Social Media Intern:

  • Assist in managing the WDV Athletics Instagram and Twitter pages with a specific focus on sharing athlete stories, celebrating game results, featuring support for teams, sharing tryout information and upcoming games, and other relevant events
  • Use graphics and photography/video to create visually appealing and creative content
  • Interact with the WDV Athletics fanbase
  • Report to weekly social media meeting, brainstorm ideas

This is a great opportunity for a talented student who is interested in leveraging their passion for athletics and social media/marketing. Interested applicants must be in their freshman, sophomore, or junior year. The internship will start immediately and will continue for the remaining part of the semester. To apply please submit a cover letter, resume and three to five examples of social media posts you have created that highlight your talent as a social media content creator to Donald Moreland at dmoreland@davincischools.org. Time Commitment: Approximately 3 hours per week. Most of the work will be remote.

Posted in 09 Grade, 10 Grade, 11 Grade, Real World Learning, Sports

March Madness Career/Work Volunteers Needed on 03/14!

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Hello DVD Parents,

Posted in 10 Grade, 11 Grade, 12 Grade

Week 25 Updates and SLCs Preview

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Greetings Designers and Design Families,

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:

For further questions about SLCs, please contact your grade level teachers.

Key dates and events coming up:

  • 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)
Posted in 09 Grade, 10 Grade, 11 Grade, 12 Grade

Week 24 Preview

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Greetings Designers and Design Families,

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)
Posted in 09 Grade, 10 Grade, 11 Grade, 12 Grade

Spirit Week Kick-Off: Valentine’s Day at DVD

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Greetings Designers and Design Families,

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”.

Posted in 09 Grade, 10 Grade, 11 Grade, 12 Grade

Week 23: Black History Month & Spirit Week!

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Greetings Designer and Design Families,

So much good stuff happening at DVD this week!

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:

  • Monday: Color coding (and a surprise!)
  • Tuesday: Superhero
  • Wednesday: Pink
  • Thursday: Twins
  • Friday: PJs

Next week is a regular bell schedule – see here:

Week 22 Campus Highlight: DVD Black Student Union

Posted in 09 Grade, 10 Grade, 11 Grade, 12 Grade
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