Da Vinci Communications

 

Happy Sunday, DVC Families,

Thank you for participating in our Student-Led Conferences last week! We are grateful to be able to partner with you in support of your student’s academic success and overall well-being. We strive to meet with 100% of our families. If you were unable to attend a conference last week, please reach out to your student’s advisor or sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E084CA4A72EA13-fall 

We ask families and students to complete a survey about how things are going at DVC. If you have yet to complete this survey, please use the links below to share your experience and thoughts with us. We continually look for ways to improve and value your assessment of how things are going so far this year.

• Parent/Guardian Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RBRSKZG
• Student Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RPJ8XFN

School Site Council: We have a School Site Council Meeting on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 over Zoom at this link: https://zoom.us/j/99340004786. All council members are expected to attend and all DVC community members are invited to join. We have a few minutes at the start of each meeting reserved for public comment. This meeting’s agenda is as follows:

1. Public Comment
2. Presentation on English Learners
3. LCAP Measurable Outcomes: Focus on Survey Results
4. ESSR III Feedback
5. School Safety Plan Introduction

Senior Cap & Gown Photos: Our seniors have their second and final opportunity to take their cap and gown photos on Saturday, October 23rd. Here is the schedule for senior cap and gown photos: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e084ca4a72ea13-class1 Seniors who have already had their cap and gown photos taken should use their student ID number as the password to access the photos. For questions, please contact Stacee Lianna at seniors@staceelianna.com.

Please see this week’s schedule at this post and also at tinyurl.com/dvcwebsite.

Wishing you a healthy week ahead,

Erin D’Souza

Principal

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Hi DVC Families!

A terrific part of last week was our Hispanic Heritage Month CD on Wednesday! If you are on Instagram, follow us @dvchighschool to check out pics and videos. We are thankful for our student leaders who organized this special event! This week we will be having a Hispanic Heritage Month Spirit Week! Please see this link for the daily themes: Hispanic Heritage Month Spirit Week Themes 

Student-Led Conferences (SLCs) will be held from Monday, 10/11 to Thursday, 10/14. SLCs are happening via Zoom this semester. Students/families are expected to sign up with their student’s advisory teacher. If you have yet to sign up, please do so right away. It is expected that every student has an SLC with their parent/guardian during this week. Click here to sign up: Student-Led Conference Sign Up Links (sign up with advisory teacher)

To allow teachers to conference with students and parents, students will be released from school at 1:25pm Monday through Thursday. Students are expected to return home at this time and conduct their SLC from home, if possible. Students who have an SLC immediately following school dismissal should go to the room of their advisory teacher for the conference. Families will be receiving a follow-up email with zoom link for the conference. There is no school on Friday, 10/15 due to Professional Development for Staff.

On Wednesday, there is a special schedule for PSAT and SAT Testing. We are happy to be able to offer these tests during school. Though we know that many colleges and universities are choosing to be “test optional” when it comes to the PSAT and SAT, these tests are still required for access to many college and university scholarships. It is still important that we offer these standardized tests as we want to open as many doors as possible for students. For more information about the tests students will be taking, please consult the student guides below:

• 9th Grade: Digital PSAT 9 Student Guide
• 10th & 11th Grades: PSAT/NMSQT Student Guide
• 12 Grade: SAT School Day Student Guide

Bike Safety Class: The Wiseburn Education Foundation has partnered with the Hawthorne and El Segundo Police Departments to offer a Bike Safety Class in the West Plaza (outdoors under the tents) on Wednesday, 10/13 at 5:30pm! This event is open to all students and their parents and guardians. Please register here if you are interested in attending: bit.ly/bikesafe2021

Please see this week’s schedule at this post and also at tinyurl.com/dvcwebsite.

Wishing you an enjoyable weekend,

Erin D’Souza

Principal

 

Hi Seniors and Parents,

An important piece of information that may have gotten lost in communication is that if you’re applying to colleges via the Common App, you need to request a counselor recommendation. For students who are applying via Common Application, please fill out this google form by tomorrow, October 8th @ 12 pm. Mrs. Thomas and I need this information to ensure that we submit counselor recommendation letters before their Early Action/Early Decision/Regular Decision Deadlines.

Also, please make sure your Naviance and Common Application accounts are matched before submitting this google form. If they are not matched, recommendations and important school documents will not be sent to the correct schools.

Only Seniors who are applying via Common App need to fill out this form.

 

Ms. Aldrete

College and Career Counselor

Hello DVC,

This is a friendly reminder that all letter of recommendation requests for college applications should be requested by tomorrow, October 8th. This deadline allows enough time for teachers to write a letter of quality and ensures a timely submission. This deadline was one of the many deadlines mentioned in your Senior Year Timeline_21-22 that I passed out during Jackson’s class.

As a reminder, please request your recommendations through Naviance. For recommenders outside of school, you would have to send them the hard copy teacher/counselor recommendation form that is found on Common App and have them mail the form to your colleges individually.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me: maldrete@davincischools.org

 

Ms. Aldrete

College and Career Counselor