Week 7

This week was full of action, as we had our first Community Learning Day and our annual Back to School Night! As a reminder for CLD, please have your student fill out the CLD “Quiz” on Canvas to receive attendance credit for the day.

Thank you for an excellent BTSN – the parent participation, immersive classrooms, and meeting or seeing your faces again was a treat. If you missed it, please review this Back to School Night Slide Deck for schoolwide information.

Parent Advisory Committee: Parent Advisory Committee – The Parent Advisory Committee, previously known as the School Site Council (SSC), provides an opportunity for parents, students, and staff to work collaboratively in reviewing the school program, analyzing data, identifying needs, and making recommendations for the Local Control and Accountability Plan. If you are a parent or guardian interested in joining our Parent Advisory Committee (PAC), please fill out the Parent Advisory Committee Interest Form by Wednesday, October 8th. PAC meetings will be held on the following dates: 10/23, 12/4, 2/12, 4/23, and 5/21 from 4:30-5:30 via Zoom.

Student-Led Conferences: Be on the lookout for communication regarding signing up for Student-Led Conferences! We ask all parents to come in for a conference during the week of October 13th. Students are dismissed at 1:50pm from Monday, October 13th – Friday, October 17th, and conferences are scheduled from 2:00pm – 3:30pm, except Wednesday, which has a normal schedule and no conferences. We look forward to meeting with you soon!

California Healthy Youth Act (CHYA): Dr. Emily Green, Nurse Titsyana Lucero, and guest presenters will be presenting the health & sexual education curriculum (“CHYA”, or “California Healthy Youth Act”) to 9th grade students the week of October 13th-October 17th. Click this link to read the notification letter from Dr Emily Green. If you have any questions about the content that will be covered, please email Dr. Green at egreen@davincischools.org. Parents have the right to “opt-out” of this presentation for their child. If you wish to do so, please email Elizabeth Ornelas, DVC Assistant Principal, at eornelas@davincischools.org.

PSAT for Grades 9, 10, 11: DVC 9th, 10th, and 11th graders will take the PSAT on Wednesday, October 15th. At DVC, we believe that it is important to have students try these practice tests and become familiar with them in advance of taking the SAT. For 11th grade students, there is also the possibility of scholarships and recognition based on PSAT performance. Admin and counselors will be pushing into classrooms in the next few weeks to help students get prepared for the test. If you have any initial questions or concerns about this test, please reach out to administration, your student’s grade level counselor, or their case manager, if applicable.

Opt-out SAT School Day for 12th Grade: DVC 12th grade students will have the option to opt OUT of taking the SAT during the DVC SAT School Day on Wednesday, October 15th. Here is the link for opting out. Please note that any students who choose to opt out will meet with Ms. Aldrete prior to this decision being approved.

Here’s what’s coming up THIS WEEK and beyond: