Reminder: no school tomorrow: Wednesday November 11
All DV School campuses will be closed in observance of Veteran’s Day. School will resume on Thursday November 12.
Wellness Screener: Opt-Out Form
In an effort to be more proactive in supporting students’ mental health, a wellness screener will be given to all students at Da Vinci Connect HS next week. Results from the screener will be used by the counselors to create interventions such as coping skills strategies, counselor check ins, and referrals for therapy.
Scores will not be shared with students or parents. Parents will be notified and parent consent is required if a student is referred and receives counseling services delivered by Antioch or Pepperdine therapists. If you would like your child to OPT-OUT and not take the screener, please fill out this FORM by Sunday, November 8, 2020.
Military Child of the Year Award- nominate today!
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Headset distribution this Saturday Nov. 7
Greetings Parents/Guardians:
For those of you who were unable to stop by last week to pick up a headset with microphone for your student(s), we will be having another distribution take place this weekend at 201 N. Douglas St. campus on Saturday, November 7th from 9:00am to 1:00pm. No RSVP is necessary.
To best expedite this process, please bring a letter-sized paper with the following information clearly written on it: Student(s)’ school(s), Student(s)’ grade level, and Student(s)’ last and first name. The student or parent/guardian will be asked to display that paper to the Da Vinci staff member distributing the headsets to facilitate the distribution. The headsets will be distributed under a canopy which will be set-up in Lane 1 of the parking lot, the lane closest to the gym.
Additional dates and times will be scheduled in the weeks to come in an effort to continue to provide opportunities for pickup as needed. Please feel free to contact the school’s front office if you have any questions about this. Thank you!
Election Day Message…
We recognize that Election Day will bring waves of many different emotions for our families in the coming weeks. We encourage you to read the e-mail sent yesterday morning from our CEO, Matt, which included this resource to navigate conversations at home from The National Association of School Psychologists. Regardless of the results, we will continue to do our best to create safe spaces for our community to gather, learn, and thrive. We are honored to do this hard work of raising good humans with all of you.
Also, Erin Knott will be holding drop in office hours for any student who would like to speak more and process their feelings. Office hours will be held:
Wednesday Nov. 4th, 11am-noon
Thursday Nov. 5th, 9am-10am
Friday Nov. 6th, 10am-11am
The link to attend is:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8700340873?pwd=UU5VYVFITkhqNGJSakhhbFYwcWV6Zz09
Meeting ID: 870 034 0873
Passcode: 9UpvGN
Sign Up for “Lunch & Learn” with SpaceX!
Join us for the next
Lunch & Learn with
SpaceX!
Our 3rd lunch and learn with SpaceX is happening on Friday, November 6th!
Topic:
Engineering Systems of Rockets
WHEN: Friday, November 6th 11:30am-12:30pm
MORE INFO:
Will be held via Zoom until school resumes in-person
Open to all grade levels
Interested?
RSVP for the event here by Monday, Nov 2nd :
https://forms.gle/RyY2AnU931QypnQn6 and you’ll be sent the Zoom link via the email you share on the form
Questions or Concerns?
Contact Tina Hannouche at channouche@davincischools.org
Headsets are here!
Hello Connect HS Families,
The student headsets with microphone have finally arrived and are ready to be distributed to our students! This week, the headsets will be distributed on the following dates and times in the parking lot of the school campus located at 201 N. Douglas Street, El Segundo CA, 90045:
- Wednesday, October 28th from 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
- Thursday, October 29th from 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
- Friday, October 30th from 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM You can also pick up your Connect supply bag on this day only at any time, if you haven’t already—pull in to the parking lot and use LANE 3
To best expedite this process, please bring a letter-sized paper with the following information clearly written on it: Student(s)’ school(s), Student(s)’ grade level, and Student(s)’ last and first name. The student or parent/guardian will be asked to display that paper to the person distributing the headsets to facilitate the distribution. The headsets will be distributed under the large black canopy which will be set-up in Lane 1 of the parking lot, the lane closest to the gym.
No RSVP is necessary for these days. Additional dates and times, including a possible weekend day, will be scheduled in the weeks to come in an effort to continue to provide opportunities for pickup for anyone who is unable to come by this week to get the headsets.
Please feel free to contact the school’s front office if you have any questions about this.
Thank you!
The Team at Da Vinci Connect
Important SLC information!
Greetings DV Connect HS Students and Parents!
Thank you for working hard to reflect on your year so far and share your reflection in a videotaped presentation or conversation with an adult at home. Under normal circumstances, we would come together for Student Led Conferences. Thank you for being flexible with a digital format. We are using this semester’s SLCs to understand where students are at with their ability to reflect and articulate their learning and will do our own reflecting afterwards to decide how to run SLCs next semester.
We are also offering optional opportunities for students and parents to meet with individual teachers. Please know these are intended to be in the spirit of SLCs–so not a teacher-parent sessions where students are talked about. Instead, families who wish to sign up (these meetings are optional) can talk reflectively about what is working and where students can grow. Sign up options are below:
Lauren Takahashi: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050448ABAF2AA1FD0-post
Ayala Socol: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D49AEAA2BA7FBC25-slcteacher
Kevin Gray: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040949AEA62DA2FB6-studentled
Jared Nicol: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904094EA5AB2CA2FC1-slcfall
Marc Pioch: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A4CA5AD22A0FE3-post
Student SLC Checklist
Please follow the following steps to complete and submit your Student led Conference:
1. Create a Google Slide presentation with the following slides (you were provided a template but can make changes):
- Slide 1: Title Slide
- Slide 2: Overview of your presentation
- Slide 3: Purpose of SLC (to give an overview of each of the classes you are taking and reflect on areas of strength and areas of growth)
- Slide 4: Class 1 (Give an overview of the topics you have covered in this class. What are you doing well in the class and what can you do better? If you are struggling, how can you find help?)
- Slide 5: Class 2 (Give an overview of the topics you have covered in this class. What are you doing well in the class and what can you do better? If you are struggling, how can you find help?)
- Slide 6: Class 3 (Give an overview of the topics you have covered in this class. What are you doing well in the class and what can you do better? If you are struggling, how can you find help?)
- Slide 7: Advisory (How has this class helped you and what can make the class or your participation in the class better?)
- Slide 8: What questions do you have? (Student, please ask this of the adult you are presenting to)
2. Please make your presentation 7-10 minutes. You will likely need to practice. If you find yourself finishing early, go back and look at each slide–what more can you say about your strengths, your areas of growth, a goal for the future, a Habit of Heart and Mind you are or can apply?
3. In addition to sharing your SLC with the adult(s) in your life, each of your teachers will watch your presentation for insight on the ideas you present.
4. Record your presentation on Zoom. Here is an instructional video from YouTube if you need help. Make sure you save your recording. You will probably have the option to save to your computer or to the cloud. Either works! If you record to the computer, move the recording to your Google Drive and share the link with your teachers. If you record to the cloud, Zoom will email you a link you can send to your teachers.
5. Don’t forget to email the recorded Zoom link to your three teachers and your advisor.
6. So that we can learn and grow, please have the adult you presented to take this survey.
Thank you! We are looking forward to seeing your SLC!
Your Da Vinci Connect Team!
DV Extension needs your help!
DV Connect HS families,
With election day weeks away, The Seeds of the Future project is close to the finish line of its goal to help 90% of eligible Da Vinci Extension students register and vote in the November 3rd election.
DV Extension is still in need of volunteers who are available to support students in our Election Day Lighthouse. The Lighthouse is a Google Meet page where volunteers will commit to a 30-minute time slot to provide basic voting information to students and families. If you are interested in volunteering, there will be a Lighthouse training this afternoon from 3:15 – 4pm. Here is the Zoom link for the training.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/2022390007?pwd=ZTAxZXNxSW9IcURkc2EwcWJqZ284QT09
Meeting ID: 202 239 0007
Passcode: Habits
Thank you,
Kené and the DV Extension staff
The Great California Shakeout
Hello Da Vinci Connect HS Families!
Today, at 10:20 am, our teachers will be participating in the Great Shakeout, which is a state-wide exercise to practice Earthquake preparedness and safety. You are also encouraged to practice at home! Click HERE for additional information on how to participate at home and have conversations with your family about earthquake and emergency preparedness 🙂
Your Da Vinci Connect Team