Archives for February 2019

Calling all SENIORS!

Paid Internship + Scholarship Opportunity (Honorship) with Warner Bros!

This honorship includes a paid internship every summer you’re in college, a mentorship, and a $5,000 scholarship!  Deadline to apply is March 11^th—and requires teacher recommendations—so get started ASAP!

WHAT?  Summer internships and scholarships at Warner Brothers!  (Please note the program is focused on the business of entertainment, i.e., Marketing, Finance, Communications and is not a fit for students interested in acting, directing and film making).  More info can be found here. This program includes:

• 4 consecutive, full-time paid summer internships on the Warner Bros. lot beginning the summer immediately following high school graduation
• A formalized mentorship with a Warner Bros. executive, a different individual each summer
• A $5,000 scholarship distributed over 4 years to the student’s accredited four yearcollege or University

WHEN? All required documents/information need to be uploaded by 5 p.m. on March 11th

LINKS TO APPLY:

LA County Reach Honorship: https://www.warnerbroscareers.com/find-jobs/?166662BR

Burbank Reach Honorship: https://www.warnerbroscareers.com/find-jobs/?166690BR

Animation Reach Honorship: https://www.warnerbroscareers.com/find-jobs/?166663BR

HELPFUL HINTS REGARDING THE APPLICATION: We recommend that students begin the application process early. There is a writing assignment specific to the Reach program as well as a few writing supplements and required attachments.

• Teacher Recommendations – Now that the application is online it means that students will be directly submitting all pieces of their application, including recommendations. This means that teachers/recommenders need to be comfortable with the student reading the letter. If for some reason a recommender would preferto send the reference letter to us directly, they may email it to Reach@warnerbros.com.

DVC Seniors,

Our photographer will be taking cap and gown make up photos this Friday, February 22 for students who were absent during the first photo day. Please visit our photographer’s website to learn more about her work.

We just found out about this cool opportunity, applications due tomorrow! 

Calling all female students! Check out this awesome opportunity to join a 2 day entrepreneurship makeathon at SNAPCHAT!

Join She Leads at the two-day entrepreneurship makeathon hosted by Snapchat on Saturday, March 9th and Sunday, March 10^th from 9am-5pm!! It will be an awesome opportunity for female students to learn from and meet some incredible founders at Snap and pitch their ideas to win some incredible prizes. The deadline to apply for a scholarship to participate is TOMORROW, February 20^th.

More Info

During these two days, students will actively engage in discussions with female entrepreneurs, participate in design thinking and ideation exercises, attend product development and marketing workshops, get actionable guidance, and so much more. Some of our keynote speakers include the founder of Sugarfina, Knock Knock Stuff, and BOOMCHICKAPOP. The workshops will be hosted by industry professionals from companies like Snapchat, General Assembly, very nice design studio, and so many more! Sessions will be held from 9am to 5pm on both Saturday, March 9th and Sunday, March 10th. Attendees are required to attend both days. Through these sessions, students will develop a business idea in preparation for the pitch competition on Day 2 of the makeathon.

Pitch Competition Winners

Winners of the pitch competition will be paired with a successful female founder to mentor and guide their ideas into reality. The pairs will work together over the following five months through our mentorship program at www.sheleads.io (free of cost).

At the end of the five months, mentors will set up a pitch meeting between their student and an angel investor for a seamless transition to launch.

Grand Prize

Participants with stand-out technology solutions will have the chance to launch their product directly with Kinect Consulting, a leading emerging technologies firm…and if it takes off, have a percentage of proceeds applied toward your college tuition!

Click HERE to apply for a free ticket for this event! 

No School Monday!

Week 24 Schedule

Upcoming Important Dates

March 7th, Breakfast with the Counselor

March 11th through March 14th Student Led Conferences Begin, students dismissed early

March 15th, PD Day No School

DVC T-shirts and Sweatshirts for Sale Now!

DVC just got our new t-shirts and Sweatshirts in. T-shirts are $15 and the sweatshirts are $30, or $40 for both. All proceeds go to the DVC Youth and Government club. You can purchase them directly from the front desk or see Mr. Daramola in room 3303.

Athletics

Check out the Da Vinci Athletics page for all the latest on the Wolves.

Senior Activities

Get the latest on Senior Activities at DVC here, including Grad Nite, Senior Swag, etc. https://dvc.davincischools.org/senior-activies/

Scholarship Opportunity

Learn more about META scholarships here.