We had a terrific Black History Month CD on Thursday, filled with excellent and inspiring student performances! Thank you to our Black Student Union (BSU) and BLK University for making it happen. If you have Instagram, please follow us @dvchighschool to check out a few video clips from the event.

Student-Led Conferences are coming soon! All conferences will be virtual (via Zoom) starting on Monday, March 7th. Conferences will be scheduled with your student’s advisory teacher. Students will be able to access the sign up link for their advisory teacher via google classroom, and we will also email out the link directly to families. Students are expected to prepare a presentation about their current academic progress, and a parent/guardian of the student is expected to attend the conference. Please stay tuned for more information!

This week, we have our School Site Council Meeting on Wednesday, 3/2 at 4:30pm via Zoom (link here). The agenda is as follows:

1. Public Comment
2. LCAP Mid-Year Update
3. WASC Mid-Cycle Report

As always, thank you for your support! You can find our working calendar of events here.

Upcoming Events:

3/7-3/10 Student-Led Conferences (via Zoom)

3/11 No School – Professional Development Day 

3/11 DV Dance

3/14 Environmental Science Fieldwork at Moonwater Farms

3/17 – 3/22 11th Grade CAASPP Testing

3/26 DV CARnival (Car Show)

3/28 Environmental Science to Moonwater Farms

3/31-4/2 FIRST Robotics Competition @ Da Vinci (Gym)

4/2 Da Vinci Schools Job Fair (for staff for 2022-2023 school year) 10am-noon

4/4 DVC Exhibition Night for 10th & 12th Grades 6:00-7:30pm

4/5 DVC Exhibition Night for 9th & 11th Grades 6:00-7:30pm

4/8 No School – Professional Development Day

4/9-4/17 Spring Break

4/30 Wiseburn Ed Foundation’s Rock Around the Block @ Dana Middle School

Happy Presidents’ Day! I hope that you are able to enjoy a few minutes of rest this holiday. We resume school tomorrow and we have a great week ahead of us: Black History Spirit Week! 

Here’s a link to the DVC Semester 2 Calendar. Here’s a link to all the weekly schedules for the rest of the academic year: DVC Weekly Schedules

Upcoming Events:

3/2 School Site Council Meeting (via Zoom)

3/7-3/10 Student-Led Conferences (via Zoom)

3/11 No School – Professional Development Day 

3/11 DV Dance

3/26 DV CARnival (Car Show)

3/31-4/2 FIRST Robotics Competition @ Da Vinci (Gym)

4/2 Da Vinci Schools Job Fair (for staff for 2022-2023 school year) 10am-noon

4/4 DVC Exhibition Night for 10th & 12th Grades 6:00-7:30pm

4/5 DVC Exhibition Night for 9th & 11th Grades 6:00-7:30pm

4/8 No School – Professional Development Day

4/9-4/17 Spring Break

4/30 Wiseburn Ed Foundation’s Rock Around the Block @ Dana Middle School

Here’s some exciting info for the DVC Class of 2022 and their families, including dates and information about Prom, Grad Night and Graduation!

Please review the document linked below for details:

• DVC Class of 2022 Senior Activities Information
• DV Senior Activities Participation Agreement

Calendar Dates for Senior Events:

• Prom: Friday, May 6, 2022
• Grad Night (@ Disneyland & CA Adventure): Friday, June 3, 2022
• Graduation: Thursday, June 9, 2022 (11:00am ceremony start)

This Thursday, 2/17 – Senior Cap & Gown Photo Makeups: Our photographer will be on campus on Thursday, 2/17 to take cap and gown photos for any seniors who have yet to take their photo. Seniors who would prefer to take the picture prior to the start of the school day can arrive as early as 7:45am to take their photo. All seniors who have yet to take a photo will be released from class to do so on Thursday, 2/17 as we are hoping for 100% of our senior class to be pictured in the yearbook in their cap and gown photos, and our yearbook deadline is rapidly approaching. If you would like to make sure you are scheduled for a photo or if you’d like to request a re-take, please visit this link: Cap & Gown Photos on 2/17

Happy Super Bowl Sunday, DVC Families,

Last week was a great one at DVC! Some of the highlights included learning about Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) during Advisory and hearing our 9th grade students perform spoken word in our Common Area. 

We appreciate those of you who were able to attend our College Information Webinars hosted by our school counselors. If you were unable to attend, please view the recordings at the links below. Unfortunately, the recording for the 10th grade meeting did not work, so we only have the 9th and 11th grade recordings available.

9th Grade College Information Webinar Recording

11th Grade College Information Webinar Recording

The week ahead is also action-packed, so please read through all the events listed below:

Spirit Week: Next week is spirit week! We encourage all our students to participate in the fun and flex their DVC spirit. The spirit week themes are as follows: 

• Monday, 2/14: Wear pink, red, white, or black
• Tuesday, 2/15: Twin Tuesday
• Wednesday, 2/16: PJ Day
• Thursday, 2/17: Dress like you did in middle school
• Friday, 2/18: Dress like a senior citizen

Blood Drive: Our National Honor Society is hosting a Blood Drive on Monday, 2/14 and all spots are full! Thank you to students, parents, and community members who have signed up to help with the national blood shortage: Red Cross Blood Drive @ DV on 2/14

Senior Cap & Gown Photo Makeups: Our photographer will be on campus on Thursday, 2/17 to take cap and gown photos for any seniors who have yet to take their photo. Seniors who would prefer to take the picture prior to the start of the school day can arrive as early as 7:45am to take their photo. All seniors who have yet to take a photo will be released from class to do so on Thursday, 2/17 as we are hoping for 100% of our senior class to be pictured in the yearbook in their cap and gown photos, and our yearbook deadline is rapidly approaching. If you would like to make sure you are scheduled for a photo or if you’d like to request a re-take, please visit this link: Cap & Gown Photos on 2/17

Black College Expo on Saturday, 2/19: DVC is interested in transporting interested students to and from the Black College Expo on Saturday, February 19, 2022 from 8:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.  If your child is interested in attending please fill out this form to reserve their spot no later than February 15th. Student Sign Up for Black College Expo (Sat, 2/19) If you are interested in supervising a group of students during  the Black College Expo on the field trip, please fill out this form by February 15th: Parent Sign Up for Black College Expo (Sat, 2/19)

Environmental Science Class Goes to Moonwater Farms: Students in Environmental Science have the amazing opportunity to do hands-on field work this semester with an urban farm in Compton called Moonwater Farm. They will be doing this fieldwork 7 different dates over the course of the semester and students will be learning hands-on science under the guidance of a master urban farmer and professor from Cal Poly Pomona. 

Project Reclaim Returns to DVC: The Reclaim Compost program launched this week at DVC! The Climate Action Team is teaching students how to sort their food waste during lunch and reducing our school’s carbon footprint at the same time. This will be a sustainable practice so we can all do our part. Student leaders from the Marketing Pathway designed our logo and enabled the Reclaim Team to start a conservation culture. 

Here’s a list of upcoming dates to include in your calendar:

Monday, 2/14: Red Cross Blood Drive & Environmental Science Trip to Moonwater Farms

Thursday, 2/17: Cap & Gown Photo Makeups

Saturday, 2/19: Black College Expo Field Trip

Monday, 2/21: No School – Presidents Day Holiday

Thursday, 2/24: Black History Month CD & DECA Conference in Anaheim Begins

Wednesday, 3/2: School Site Council Meeting @ 4:30pm

Monday, 3/7: Week of Student-Led Conferences (SLCs) Begins

Friday, 3/11: No School – Professional Development Day & DV Dance

Here’s a link to the DVC Semester 2 Calendar. Here’s a link to all the weekly schedules for the rest of the academic year: DVC Weekly Schedules

Wishing you a happy, healthy week ahead,

Erin

Happy Monday, DVC Families!

National School Counseling Week 2022, sponsored by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA), will be celebrated from Feb. 7–11, 2022, to focus public attention on the unique contribution of school counselors within U.S. school systems and how students are different as a result of what school counselors do. National School Counseling Week highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career.

We are especially grateful for the contributions of our three amazing counselors:

• Ms. Jennifer Barba, School Counselor (Class of 2023 and Class of 2025)
• Ms. Artia Thomas, School Counselor (Class of 2022 and Class of 2024)
• Ms. Monique Aldrete, College & Career Counselor (all grade levels)

The best way you can celebrate them this week is by attending the College Informational Webinars they are hosting at 5pm for families of students in grades 9, 10, and 11!

Here are the dates and times:

Monday, February 7th at 5pm – https://zoom.us/j/96661020508

Tuesday, February 8th at 5pm – https://zoom.us/j/96661020508

Wednesday, February 9th at 5pm – https://zoom.us/j/96661020508