Hi DVC Families,

Just a reminder that we are offering tech office hours to help our students with any technical difficulties they are having, including connecting personal computers or chromebooks to the Da Vinci wifi. Please encourage your student to come to tech office hours in the Wolves’ Den (3rd floor, close to the front office) before school on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. Our tech department is happy to help you get everything situated for a successful start to the year!

Sincerely,

Erin D’Souza

Principal

Happy Sunday, DVC Families!

We had a great first week of school. It was wonderful to have our students back on campus. Thank you for choosing us and trusting us with your child’s education. We take our responsibility seriously and seek to provide an engaging learning environment where students can thrive.

We are very proud of our students for the way they took health and safety seriously this week. Our DVC students did a great job keeping their masks on while indoors all week long. We also appreciate our families who have arrangements this week to keep their students home if they did not pass the self-screening that we ask all families to do daily before coming to school. 

Please visit tinyurl.com/dvcwebsite for easy access to links and read below for some important updates:

Back to School Night: We have moved the date and time of Back to School Night. Please mark your calendars for Wednesday, September 1st at 5:30pm. We will begin promptly then with a meeting in the West Plaza (Back Yard) under the white canopies / tents. We look forward to seeing all our families at this important event!

Chromebooks: Students will need to have regular, reliable access to a computer at home starting soon. If you have already pre-registered to receive a chromebook for home use (i.e. a “homebook”), please plan to pick it up when you come to Back to School Night (Wednesday, September 1st at 5:30pm). If you would like to request that the school provide a chromebook for home use, please fill out the form at this link: Request for School-Issued Chromebook for Home Use

Tech Support: Our tech department will be providing support for all students who are having trouble accessing their Da Vinci accounts next week between 8:00am and 8:30am from Monday to Thursday. If your student would like to bring their own personal laptop to school with them and they are having trouble connecting to our wifi, please have them arrive a few minutes early to school and check in at the Wolves’ Den (i.e. the conference table at the main entrance to our floor). Our IT department will be happy to assist.

School Picture Day: On Thursday, 8/26 and Friday, 8/27, students will be getting their school pictures taken. If students have English class during Period 1A, 2A, or 3A, they will take their picture on Thursday, 8/26. If students have English class during Period 1B, 2B, or 3B, they will take their picture on Friday, 8/27.  For more information regarding picture day pricing, please click here: Da Vinci Picture Day Pricing Information

Seminars: We call the elective classes at the end of the day our “seminars.” We will be posting the offerings and asking students to indicate their preferences on Thursday, August 26th. Seminars begin on Monday, August 30th.

Overnighter: In order to ensure the health and safety of our Da Vinci students, Da Vinci has decided to delay the Overnighter events until COVID case rates improve to a level that lowers the risk of the highly transmissible COVID Delta variant. At this time, the 9th and 10th graders are not scheduled to attend an overnighter in September and the event has been removed from the calendar.

Wishing you a happy Sunday!

Sincerely,

Erin D’Souza

Principal

Hi DVC Families,

At 10:00am today, you may receive a text message inquiring about whether you want the school to communicate with you in this way. Either opt in or opt out – the choice is yours! Please see this flyer for details: School Messenger SMS Information

Thank you,

Erin D’Souza

Principal

Welcome (and welcome back), DVC Families!

We are excited to bring our students on campus tomorrow for their first day of school. Students should be dropped off between 8:00am and 8:30am at 201 N. Douglas St. El Segundo, CA 90245. School starts at 8:30am, and we will begin with an all-school outdoor assembly in the West Plaza (i.e. the backyard area under the white tents). When students arrive, they will be directed to go under the white tents. As a reminder, students will get their schedules during their Advisory classes which will be the first class of the day. We will have signs posted with information about each student’s Advisory teacher.

The DVC website (tinyurl.com/dvcwebsite) is up-to-date with lots of useful resources for you. Please go there and check out the links, including the link to our Back to School Webinar Recording if you missed it. And finally, please make sure that students wear their masks tomorrow. All students are required to be masked while indoors, and all eating must take place outdoors.

We look forward to a great school year!

Sincerely,

Erin D’Souza

Principal

Dear DVC Parents and Guardians,

This message is to inform you that there will be a service dog in our school assisting one of our students. This service dog is a trained companion for the student and is able to assist him/her in many of the daily routines while learning at school.

This certified service dog is trained and the student’s right to have a certified service dog is protected under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), and/or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (“Section 504”) and therefore can be with the handler in all aspects of their education.

Thank you for your understanding and support. Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact the school office at (310) 725-5800 or use the principal’s contact information below.

Sincerely,

Erin D’Souza

Principal

Da Vinci Communications

edsouza@davincischools.org

(310) 350 – 7192

Service Animal Notification