Spring Seminar Options

Students will be taking new seminars this Spring.  Below you will find the seminar descriptions for the coming semester.  All students will be able to sign up for 1 seminar, so if you have a strong preference for one day over the other (or are on a sports team and want that seminar), please write that out in the comment section if the seminar sign-up survey.

Seminar Options: Monday/Wednesday

Seminar Options: Tuesday/Thursday

Seminar Sign-Up Survey: http://goo.gl/forms/LGVVQsAUpY

Alternate Seminar Sign-Up Survey link in case the one above is blocked by our firewall: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1VNSnLI8UdeZH8gdfY37dBLNHjGCNq01rrEmVxSNMt_E/viewform?c=0&w=1

All students will be signing up in class on Thursday, so chat with your families about which seminar you will be taking so that you are ready to sign up this week.

Leadership Seminar – Spring 2015

Applications for leadership, which runs our Community Dialogues and hosts events around campus are also open.  This next semester, leadership will be a seminar rather than taking place before school, as it has the past year and a half.  Finalized applications should be emailed to Nathan by January 5^th: nbarrymore@davincischools.org.  This date is during Winter Break, so it is due before we come back to school in January!  Seminar and leadership will be announced and will begin on Wednesday, January 14.  If you were in Leadership this semester, you must still re-apply for the Spring semester.  Unfortunately, due to space we will likely not have space for all applicants, so even if you were in leadership this past semester you are not guaranteed a spot in leadership this Spring.

Application – DVC Leadership – Spring 2015

End of the Semester

POL makeups and grade recovery time will finish up on Wednesday.  On Thursday, we will be having a full day of school, 9:00am to 3:55pm.  We will have a joint CD, be completing our bi-annual student survey, signing up for seminars and each teacher will be wrapping up their semester in their classrooms.  Winter Break begins on Friday, 12/19, and we will see all students back at school on Monday, January 12.

Congratulations to everyone who has passed their POL and completed their work for the semester!

POLs

POLs Begin Tomorrow, and that means a modified schedule and a chance for all of our students to demonstrate their growth over the semester and develop their presentation skills.  Please come watch your child’s POL or volunteer to watch a green room sometime over the next two weeks, any participation is much appreacited.

School runs from 8am to 12pm from December 10^th through December 17^th.  All students who are not passing a class are required to stay until 3:30pm to make up missing assignments.  We will have a full 9am to 3:55pm day on December 18^th, the last day of the first semester.

TEDx – Congratulations to our 9^th Grade Students!

Congratulations to our 9^th graders on an amazing TEDx Event last Friday!  The audience heard compelling presentations on race relations in the US, immigration and wealth inequality to name just a few.  Not only were the speakers impressive, but the tech team, staging committee and audience all came together to make this year’s TEDx event another example of the students creating amazing work in their classes.

Annual Giving Campaign

Make a Year-End Contribution to the Annual Giving Campaign and Double Your Impact!

Please join Da Vinci families and staff in pledging your support to Da Vinci Schools by joining our Annual Giving Campaign!

A $50,000 matching challenge has been sponsored by Chevron, Belkin, Northrop Grumman, DIRECTV and Gensler. This generous corporate sponsorship means any amount you contribute will be doubled! Gifts to the Annual Giving Campaign are used to fund current operating expenses and benefit every K-12 student.

For more information or to make a gift online, click here. Link to: http://www.davincischools.org/makeagift.shtml

Every gift makes a difference!

PLEASE JOIN US: Friday, December 5th – 10:50am to 12:15pm

Feel welcome to come to DVC’s very own TED Talk, the students that will be speaking will be Jazmyn Davis, Rocio Handal, Joel Furth, Lauren Villages, Camryn Marble, Kai Hudson, and Zoe Fontenot. Each student will be speaking about a social justice issue they are concerned about. The event will be held on Friday, December 5th in the Del Aire Gym, next to Da Vinci Design. It will begin at 10:50AM and will end at 12:15PM. Please come and support our students!

Students return to school on Monday, December 1st.  POLs will run from December 10th through the 17th, with a modified schedule running from 8:00am to 12:00pm. We will need Green Room Supervisors during POLs. Please use the link below to volunteer to assist.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lxQCLVtq_-9dKMP1CxByh52QV-KuJYSCHjc2412Kd4c/viewform?usp=send_form​