Week 8 Updates

Week 8

We celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month with a wonderful CD this past Friday! Our Latino Student Union, their advisor, Sra. Carrillo, and our Leadership students put on an amazing show. We are proud to celebrate our students, their heritage, and the countless ways the Latino community has enriched our country. At CD, we also recognized students with perfect attendance and Academic All Stars for grades 9-12. Congratulations to everyone that was recognized!

Student-Led Conferences: All parents should have received the information for your grade level 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!

9th Grade SLC Info Letter & Sign Up

10th Grade SLC Info Letter & Sign Up

11th Grade SLC Info Letter & Sign Up

12th Grade SLC Info Letter & Sign Up

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.

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.

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.

Here is some more information about the tests:

For 9th Grade: PSAT 8/9 Info
For 10th Grade: PSAT/NMSQT Info
For 12th Grade: SAT Info

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: