SLCs

Next week classes run from 9:00am to 1:30pm. After school work time, mandatory for students with any “I”s run from 1:30pm to 3:30pm. We look forward to seeing all families next week, talking about our students’ progress and reflecting on next steps. Zero period algebra continues to meet as usual Monday through Thursday, and office hours are running every day except Wednesday.

Get your service hours at Race for the Cure on March 12^th!

What? Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® Series is the world’s largest and most successful education and fundraising event for breast cancer ever created.  The event raises significant funds and awareness for the breast cancer movement, celebrates breast cancer survivorship and honors those who have lost their battle with the disease.

When?  Saturday, March 12^th, 7:00am – 12:00pm.  Shift times vary, but typically begin around 7:00 am and go until approximately 11:30am.

Where? Dodger Stadium, in Elysian Park.  Students are responsible for their own transportation to and from the event.

How do I sign up?  Email Natasha Morse at nmorse@davincischools.org by Wednesday, March 2^nd AND complete the online waiver: http://lacounty.info-komen.org/site/PageServer?pagename=PSD_2016_TR_volunteer prior to the event.

**If you are bringing friends or family, please include their names in the email to Natasha Morse and have them complete an online waiver.**

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Annual Giving Campaign – Double Your Impact – Deadline March 31

There’s never been a better time to support Da Vinci Schools, and every gift makes a difference.  Make an online tax-deductible gift today by clicking on this link: http://www.davincischools.org/makeagift.shtml.

SLCs

Student Led Conferences (SLCs) are next week! Make sure you have signed up online – you can find all the links on the DVC Portal: http://dvcportal.weebly.com/ or below.

Class runs from 9:00am to 1:30pm on SLC days. If you have an “I” in any class, you must stay after school from 1:30pm to 3:30pm and work on your missing assignments so that you are passing all of your classes.

• 9th Grade SLC Sign Ups
• 10th Grade SLC Sign Ups
• 11th Grade SLC Sign Ups

Summer School

We will be having two summer school sessions for students to recover course credit. You can sign up during SLC week, but start planning now! In preparation here is the current summer school plan. We may add one or two courses over the next week, so stay tuned.

All DVC summer school courses will take place at DVC this year.

New High School Campus Construction Updates – Subscribe Today!

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Designed by Gensler, the world-class modern and sustainable campus at 201 N. Douglas St. in El Segundo, CA, will incorporate the latest technology and hands-on, interdisciplinary environments for collaborative, project-based learning. The new campus, slated to open in August 2017, will house Da Vinci Science on the 2nd floor, Da Vinci Communications on the 3rd floor, and Da Vinci Design on the 4th floor. Da Vinci and Wiseburn administrative offices will be housed on the 1st floor.

According to the construction timeline, the main building will be available for use by students in August 2017. Phase 2 (the gymnasium, pool and an athletic field) is expected to be completed by Spring 2018.

Annual Giving Campaign – Double Your Impact – Deadline March 31

There’s never been a better time to support Da Vinci Schools! Thanks to a generous matching challenge by Chevron, Belkin, Northrop and Kinecta, every donation and pledge made by March 31 will be DOUBLED, up to $50,000.

All pledge payments must be received by June 1, 2016 to be eligible for the match.

The Annual Giving Campaign is our top fundraising priority – and the fundraiser we ask EVERY family to support. Gifts to the Annual Giving Campaign make up the difference between what the state provides and what it really costs to deliver an outstanding Da Vinci education.

Every gift makes a difference.  Make an online tax-deductible gift today by clicking on this link: http://www.davincischools.org/makeagift.shtml.

We thank you!

Spring Dance Committee

We will be hosting our Spring Dance this March (date coming out this week), and we are looking for a committee of parents to help with decorations, food and supervision. If you are interested, please email Nathan and we will put together a committee meeting, likely next week.

Survey from UCLA MBA Students

The UCLA MBA students who were conducting focus groups with gift cards and cookies are looking for student participants to complete an online survey for their video app project with Verizon. The following survey is anonymous, and if you complete it you will be entered into a raffle for $15 iTunes/Google Play gift cards! Because the survey is anonymous, just take a screen shot and send the survey completion page image to Ali to be entered into the raffle: Alison.c.wu@gmail.com

Survey link: http://ucla.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3V55Z6qnLgUK5Nz

Parent Interviews for Teaching Candidates

We have scheduled three upcoming teaching symposiums for prospective 12th grade teaching candidates and we are looking for parent volunteers to interview teachers these days. There will be two sessions each day, and we would love to have 2 to 4 parents at each session. No experience is needed, we have prepared questions for you to fall back on, but we often find that the interviews become less structured and more like conversations, which is great. If you are interested in either session (or both), please send Nathan an email!

Parent Interviews of Teaching Candidates for our 12^th Grade Team

• Monday, February 22nd
  • Morning session – 9:00am to 11:00am
  • Afternoon session – 1:00pm to 3:00pm
• Friday, March 18
  • Morning session – 10:00am to 11:45am
  • Afternoon session – 1:00pm to 2:30pm
• Friday, April 15
  • Morning session – 10:00am to 11:45am
  • Afternoon session – 1:00pm to 2:30pm

DVC,

We hope that everyone had a great time visiting colleges yesterday and came back a bit more inspired to work toward heading to one of the places we visited after your DVC career!

A reminder about today’s great TEDxLA event:

You are invited: TEDxLA & 72andSunny Speakers – Today (Thursday) 4pm

Students and families, we are excited to invite you to TEDxLA this Thursday! Come join members of the DVC family and the creative industries of LA and learn something new:

Thursday, February 11

• Location: DVC lunch area
• Sonia Rao, Artist, http://www.soniarao.com/
• Mitch, NotImpossible: http://notimpossible.com/
• Kevin Whiden, Sustainable Surf: http://sustainablesurf.org/

Look at the college news below, but first a special invitation:

You are invited: TEDxLA & 72andSunny Speakers – Thursday 4pm

Students and families, we are excited to invite you to TEDxLA this Thursday! Come join members of the DVC family and the creative industries of LA and learn something new:

Thursday, February 11, 4:00pm to 5:00pm

• Location: DVC lunch area
• Sonia Rao, Artist, http://www.soniarao.com/
• Mitch, NotImpossible: http://notimpossible.com/
• Kevin Whiden, Sustainable Surf: http://sustainablesurf.org/

And join us in April at 72andSunny!

• Date: Thursday, April 14
• Location: 72andSunny, 12101 Bluff Creek Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90094
• Adam Szajgin, 72 Creative Director
• Michelle Easter, NASA

DVC – we’ll see everyone tomorrow for our college field trips! Parents – we encourage you to use this opportunity to talk with your child about their trip before and after to begin (or, even better, continue) the conversation about college and plans after DVC.

College Field Trips – Wednesday 2/10

11^th grade: UCLA, arrive by 7:45am. Students will take the culver city bus #6 from DVC to UCLA (only one bus). We will depart from DVC at 8:00 a.m. and will return by 3:00 p.m.

10^th grade: UCI and CSU Fullerton, Arrive by 8:15am. We will be taking 2 school buses.

9^th grade: Cal Poly Pomona and Claremont McKenna College, arrive by 8:15am. We will be taking 2 school buses.

Art Camp

Want to teach art to elementary students over the summer? Come to Buckner’s room (Design room 206) tomorrow (Wednesday) at 4:15pm, after coming back from the college trip.

Art Camp Interest Flyer