Good Morning 11th grade Parents and Students,

Every year, The Posse Foundation works closely with high schools to recruit Posse Scholars. Each Posse Scholar wins a four-year, full-tuition scholarship to attend one of Posse’s partner colleges or universities.  If you are interested in being nominated by your high school and demonstrate leadership and academic potential, please submit this scholarship application no later than Friday, May 29, 2020.

The preliminary round includes Da Vinci Communications staff reviewing your application and selecting this year’s nominees to send to The Posse Foundation. Once your nomination status has been received by The Posse Foundation, you will go through several rounds of interviews with Posse. Part of the interview process includes you ranking your top three colleges from their partner institutions and finding the right match for you. While The Posse Foundation does their best to find the best match, it is not guaranteed that you will be matched with your first choice college. If selected as a Posse Scholar, you will be applying to one of the colleges listed below under their binding Early Decision agreement, which means you are committing to attend.

o          Bucknell University – Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

o          Dickinson College – Carlilse, Pennsylvania

o          Hobart and William Smith Colleges – Geneva, New York

o          Kalamazoo College – Kalamazoo, Michigan

o          Middlebury College – Middlebury, Vermont

o          Northwestern University – Evanston, Illinois

o          Pepperdine University – Malibu, California

o          Tulane University – New Orleans, Louisiana

o          UC Berkeley – Berkeley, California

o          University of Wisconsin – Madison, Wisconsin

Before you apply, review the following resources:

Flyer – 2020 Posse Outreach Flyer

FAQ – 2020- FAQs

YouTube Video – ‘Posse’ program helps students stay in college

If you are interested in applying, complete the following application by Friday, May 29, 2020, click on the following form:

Posse Scholarship Application

For more information visit, https://www.possefoundation.org.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to email Ms. Barba at jbarba@davincischools.org.

Hello Seniors!

Da Vinci schools is now partnering with Parchment: Digital Credential Services.  Parchment provides you with the ability to request official transcripts online and have them sent electronically and securely to the colleges, universities, or scholarship programs that you select.  Soon you will receive an email with your registration code and instructions on how to create your online account with Parchment.  Once you create your account, you will have the opportunity to request your official high school transcript be sent to the college you select.  After you make your request, your official (and final) high school transcript will be processed after your final semester grades have been added into PowerSchool.  When your request has been processed, you will receive an email confirmation.

Please click here for more information on ordering through Parchment.

Thank you,

The DVC Counseling Team

Good Morning Juniors,

Every year, The Posse Foundation works closely with high schools to recruit Posse Scholars. Each Posse Scholar wins a four-year, full-tuition scholarship to attend one of Posse’s partner colleges or universities.  If you are interested in being nominated by your high school and demonstrate leadership and academic potential, please submit this scholarship application no later than Friday, May 29, 2020.

The preliminary round includes Da Vinci Communications staff reviewing your application and selecting this year’s nominees to send to The Posse Foundation. Once your nomination status has been received by The Posse Foundation, you will go through several rounds of interviews with Posse. Part of the interview process includes you ranking your top three colleges from their partner institutions and finding the right match for you. While The Posse Foundation does their best to find the best match, it is not guaranteed that you will be matched with your first choice college. If selected as a Posse Scholar, you will be applying to one of the colleges listed below under their binding Early Decision agreement, which means you are committing to attend.

o          Bucknell University – Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

o          Dickinson College – Carlilse, Pennsylvania

o          Hobart and William Smith Colleges – Geneva, New York

o          Kalamazoo College – Kalamazoo, Michigan

o          Middlebury College – Middlebury, Vermont

o          Northwestern University – Evanston, Illinois

o          Pepperdine University – Malibu, California

o          Tulane University – New Orleans, Louisiana

o          UC Berkeley – Berkeley, California

o          University of Wisconsin – Madison, Wisconsin

Before you apply, review the following resources:

Flyer – 2020 Posse Outreach Flyer

FAQ – 2020- FAQs

YouTube Video – ‘Posse’ program helps students stay in college

If you are interested in applying, complete the following application by Friday, May 29, 2020, click on the following form:

Posse Scholarship Application

For more information visit, https://www.possefoundation.org.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to email Ms. Barba at jbarba@davincischools.org.

We have an exciting opportunity for Da Vinci Communications students! The Princeton Review is offering free online practice tests for both the SAT and for the ACT.  This opportunity is available for all grade levels.

For more information and registration on a free ACT practice test administered on May 16th, please click here

For more information and registration for a free SAT practice test administered on May 30th, please click here

Please contact your respective counselor if you have questions – Thank You, The Counseling Team

Hello Parents and Students,

Headspace is a great resource for you and students during this time and they are offering its services for free to all LA County Residents. At Headspace, they like to think of meditation as exercise for the brain. Through meditation, we can build up areas of our brain and actually rewire it to enhance positive traits like focus and decision making and diminish the less positive ones like fear and stress. Most importantly, this means there is a possibility to change your brain for the better in a way that is long-lasting.

There are thousands of studies that have shown mindfulness meditation can positively impact mental and physical health. Whether it’s by reducing stress, improving sleep, increasing focus, or improving relationships, research shows mindfulness works. While the research on mindfulness, especially digital mindfulness programs, is still growing, there is evidence to support the use of mindfulness training for many outcomes.

Here is the link to get started: https://www.headspace.com/lacounty