Hello Class of 2023.

El Camino College and Santa Monica College representatives will be visiting DVC this month to host in-person application workshops for seniors interested in applying and/or have questions about the next steps after applying. Beginning this Wednesday, application workshops will be taking place during Jackson’s Financial Literacy class on 2 separate dates:

• Wednesday, March 8th: El Camino College
• Wednesday, March 22nd: Santa Monica College

We ask that seniors have their personal information (personal email, address, SSN, etc.) ready prior to these workshops as this information is needed to submit their applications.

No RSVP is needed.

For any questions/concerns, please contact Ms. Aldrete (maldrete@davincischools.org)

Have a great week!

Ms. Aldrete

College & Career Counselor

Happy Sunday, DVC! Our Marketing Pathway is competing at the California DECA State Career Development Conference! Please follow @dvcdeca on Instagram for real-time updates. Best of luck to you, DVC DECA!

Student-Led Conferences (SLCs) begin next week! We are looking forward to connecting with each student and their parent/guardian. If you have yet to sign up for a conference, please contact your student’s Grade Level Homeroom Teacher for the sign up link. Here are the general dates and times for our conferences:

IN PERSON, ON CAMPUS: 

• Monday, March 13th from 2:00 – 3:30 PM 

• Tuesday, March 14th from 2:00 – 3:30 PM 

• Wednesday, March 15th from 2:00 – 3:30 PM 

VIRTUAL THROUGH ZOOM:

• Thursday, March 16h from 2:00 – 3:40 PM

College & Career Webinar (9th Grade): The 9th grade College & Career Webinar is this week! Please join the DVC Counseling Team virtually on Tuesday, March 7th @ 5pm via Zoom (Meeting Link). We hope to see you there and will send out the recording later in the week.

School Site Council: We have our School Site Council Meeting on Wednesday, March 8th at 4:30pm via Zoom  (link here). Our agenda for the School Site Council meeting is as follows:

1. Public Comment
2. Community Schools Grant Follow-Up
3. LCAP Mid-Year Update

Here’s what’s coming up:

• Friday, 3/3 – Monday, 3/6: DECA State Career Development Conference Field Trip (Marketing Pathway)
• Tuesday, 3/7: 9th Grade College & Career Parent Info Night @ 5pm via Zoom (Meeting Link)
• Wednesday, 3/8: School Site Council Meeting @ 4:30pm via Zoom (Meeting Link) 
• Monday, 3/13 – Thursday, 3/16: Student-Led Conferences (minimum days, 1:50pm dismissal)
• Friday, 3/17: No School – Staff Development
• Thursday, 6/8: DVC Class of 2023 Graduation (1pm start time)
• DVC Weekly Schedules Year 10 (2022-2023) & DVC Year 10 Planning Calendar (2022-2023)

Goodmorning DVC,

Today at 5 pm, the DVC counseling team will host the virtual annual parent presentations to discuss graduation requirements, college admissions, and parent tips on next steps.

Today is our 12th Grade Parent Info night. Here is the ZOOM LINK for all virtual presentations.

ALL presentations will be recorded and posted on our DVC Website under the “Resources” section on the right-hand side of our homepage.

See you tonight at 5 pm!

The DVC Counseling Team,

Ms, Aldrete (maldrete@davincischools.org)

Ms. Barba (jbarba@davincischools.org)

Ms. Thomas (athomas@davincischools.org)

Goodmorning DVC,

Here are the list of college/career reps that will be visiting DVC during lunch this week:

• Tuesday, February 28th@ 11:45 am: El Segundo Police Department Cadet Program
• Thursday, March 2nd @ 11:45 am: Grand Canyon University

All college rep visits will take place in Mr. Jackson’s room (3203), no sign-ups are required to attend. Students are able to grab lunch after the presentation as I will give out excuse slips to extend their lunch time.

DVC Students of all grade levels (9-12) can attend the college rep visits.

If you have any more questions, please feel free to email me or stop by my office,

Ms. Aldrete

maldrete@davincischools.org

College & Career Counselor

Yesterday we had a beautiful celebration of Black People’s Impact on the Arts during our CD led by our Black Student Union! Check out the highlight reel on Instagram. Da Vinci has an active presence on Instagram and we encourage you to follow the following accounts:

• @dvchighschool – Instagram for Da Vinci Communications
• @dvccounselors – Instagram for Da Vinci Communications Counselors
• @davincischools_org – Instagram for Da Vinci Schools

Student-Led Conferences (SLCs) will take place starting Monday, March 13th! It is expected that every student has an SLC with their parent/guardian during this week. An email with a sign-up link will be sent out from the Grade-Level Homeroom Teacher on Monday, February 27th. We encourage families to sign up for our in-person conferences. We are offering three days of in-person conferences and one day of Zoom conferences. Please reserve the virtual (Zoom) conferences for families that have no other option and require a virtual meeting. Here are the general dates and times for our conferences:

IN PERSON, ON CAMPUS SLCs: 

• Monday, March 13th from 2:00 – 3:30 PM

• Tuesday, March 14th from 2:00 – 3:30 PM

• Wednesday, March 15th from 2:00 – 3:30 PM

VIRTUAL THROUGH ZOOM SLCs:

• Thursday, March 16h from 2:00 – 3:40 PM

DVC College & Career Webinars: Our DVC counselors hosted College & Career Information Webinars for 10th and 11th grade students and their families. If you missed the presentation, you can watch the recordings using the links below. The 12th grade webinar is scheduled for this Wednesday, March 1st at 5pm and the 9th grade webinar is scheduled for March 7th!

• Wednesday, March 1st: 12th Grade College & Career Parent Info Night @ 5pm via Zoom (Meeting Link)
• 10th Grade College & Career Webinar Recording
• 11th Grade College & Career Webinar Recording

CANVAS Help: Are you having trouble getting access to your student’s academic information via Canvas? If yes, please use the following resources for help.

• Getting an error code when trying to log in? 
  • Make sure you are using this link to login: https://davincischools.instructure.com/login/canvas 

• Don’t have an account? Haven’t made a password yet? 
  • Check out the steps at this link: How to Sign Up for a Canvas Account

• Can’t connect your account to your student? 
  • Check out the steps at this link: Linking Students & Parents

• Still not working?
  • If you still cannot access your account, please email Josh Beals in our tech department at jbeals@davincischools.org and write “Canvas Support” in the subject line.

Here’s what’s coming up:

• Wednesday, 3/1: 12th Grade College & Career Parent Info Night @ 5pm via Zoom (Meeting Link)
• Friday, 3/3 – Monday, 3/6: DECA State Career Development Conference Field Trip (Marketing Pathway)
• Tuesday, 3/7: 9th Grade College & Career Parent Info Night @ 5pm via Zoom (Meeting Link)
• Wednesday, 3/8: School Site Council Meeting @ 4:30pm via Zoom (Meeting Link) 
• Monday, 3/13 – Thursday, 3/16: Student-Led Conferences (minimum days, 1:50pm dismissal)
• Friday, 3/17: No School – Staff Development
• Thursday, 6/8: DVC Class of 2023 Graduation (1pm start time)
• DVC Weekly Schedules Year 10 (2022-2023) & DVC Year 10 Planning Calendar (2022-2023)