Hi DV Connect HS students and families-

CLICK HERE for the Daily Tracker. This document keeps everyone (student, family) up to date with class assignments, due dates, assessments dates, what happened in class, etc. And this is a great tool students can use to build their asynchrounous at home work days.

Next week is a normal scheduled week- Mon/Thur and Tues/Fri cohorts 9:15am-3:15am.

Grades will be updated and posted later today after 5pm! Please check your student’s PowerSchool account for grades. CLICK HERE to log into PowerSchool. If you are having issues logging in, or don’t know your username and password, please email your School Counselor. The School Counselor breakdown is by student advisories and is as follows:

Erin Knott: Jared, Daniel, Ms. Wells, Kevin, and Ayala’s advisories: eknott@davincischools.org

Kene Washington: Alejandra’s advisory: kwashington@davincischools.org

Sylvia Soria: Ms. Hannouche’s advisory: ssoria@davincischools.org

Important Upcoming Dates:

Wednesday Sept. 22nd, 6:30pm-7:30pm– Parent Meeting- “Everything You Wanted to Know About Learning Logs” on Ayala’s Zoom link

Thursday Sept. 23rd and Friday Sept. 24th– Club Day- during advisory

Wednesday Sept. 29th, 6:30pm-7:30pm– Parent Meeting- “Just for Juniors”- what you should do and know now to prepare for college

Week of Sept. 27th- Oct. 1st– MAP Testing- testing will take place during the school day during normal school hours

Tuesday Oct. 5th– Learning Log #1 is due!

Have a nice weekend!

The Princeton Review is hosting PSAT Week! From October 4^th to October 6^th, and are offering a series of online events covering what strategies to use on the PSAT, how to understand PSAT Scores, and how students should begin the college search process. Students and parents can learn more about PSAT Week by clicking on the individual links below.

CLICK HERE to register for a info session with Coast to Coast, a joint travel partnership among Dartmouth College, Northwestern University, Princeton University, University of California-Berkeley, and Vanderbilt University. Because each of the institutions practices holistic admissions within a highly selective environment, they have partnered to offer insight into the seemingly complex admissions process.  There are several dates and times in September, so choose one that best fits your schedule!

Spelman College is a private, historically black, all female, liberal arts college located in Atlanta, Georgia.  Spelman was founded in 1881 and is a highly competitive college.

They are having a preview session here in Los Angeles.

Please see the flyer below for more information.

CLICK HERE for the Daily Tracker! Its a “one stop shop” for all your assignments, due dates, what was covered in class, etc.! Families, its a great tool to stay up to date with what your student is learning in class and what assignments/assessments are due/upcoming. Students- use the daily tracker to plan your aynchrounous work days!

Back to School night is next week on Wednesday September 8 in the evening. More info to come from admin soon!

This Monday September 6 is the Labor Day holiday- no school!

Have a good weekend!

UCLA’s annual Fall Open House will be virtual this year and will take place from Saturday, September 25 through Thursday, September 30. To best serve our prospective students and their families, we will offer programming on Saturday and in the evenings Monday through Thursday. Students and families will have an opportunity to gain insight about the admission process, learn more about the incredible academic opportunities available to them, participate in student panels, virtually tour campus and experience Bruin pride firsthand.

Registration is required, students can make a reservation here.

Studio Orchestra is a seminar, meeting 2:15pm-4pm, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This time block is a combination of the overlapping DVS, DVC, & DVD and DV Connect schedules, and the “meat” of the class will be between 2:45-4pm.  Anyone with at least 1 year of Wind or String Orchestra experience is welcome to join. DV Connect HS students are welcome to join after school at 3:15pm if they have class on Tues/Thurs. If it it your asynchrounous day you are welcome to join at start time 2:15pm.

Students and parents are welcome to contact Toby Harwell (instructor) with any questions, and the first meeting will be held this Thursday, Sept. 2nd, either in the 201 music room or outdoors in the west quad area. Signs will be posted.

Contact Toby at tharwell@davincischools.org with any further questions.