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Dear Connect High School Families,

As we prepare to conclude the 2024-2025 school year, we want to share an important update regarding
our plans for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year. We deeply value the input from our entire school
community. Overwhelmingly, we have heard a shared interest in creating more structured and enhanced
learning time on campus, and growing a stronger school community.

Based on this valuable feedback, our goal became clear: to develop an improved daily schedule
designed specifically to increase direct, face-to-face instructional time between students and
teachers, and to implement stronger, targeted support systems for student success. In order to
effectively implement this enhanced schedule and achieve these important goals, we will be
adjusting our daily start time. Therefore, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the official
school start time will be 8:30 am.

We acknowledge and understand a change in schedule could possibly impact families to adjust for
drop off, pickup, and other logistical outliers. However, an earlier start time does offer
benefits, such as, aligning with other school drop off times, carpool arrangements, additional time
of intentional SEL support, and the implementation of What I Need or W. I. N.

W.I.N is a 45-minute period during the day that targets specific needs of each student.
W.I.N. period could vary from academic support needs to enrichment designed for fostering
creativity, allowing additional time to work on projects, or other needs. The implementation of
W.I.N. would also align closer to the other Da Vinci High School’s offerings. We are confident that
this adjustment is a necessary step to create a schedule that better serves the academic and
supportive needs highlighted by our community.

Other key changes to the schedule include:
• Morning Meetings: The first 15 minutes of period one would be dedicated to morning meetings
campus wide. Morning meetings provide community building within our classrooms and school.
• Lunch: Since the school day is starting earlier, lunch will be earlier
• Advisory: Advisory will be after lunch and is being reimagined Da Vinci wide to focus solely on
socio-emotional learning
• Period 3: Third period will be at the end of the day.

School schedule beginning 2025-2026:
8:30-8:45 Morning Meeting (Period 1)
8:45-10:15 Period 1
10:20-11:50 Period 2
11:50-12:20 LUNCH
12:25-12:55 Advisory
1:00-1:45 W.I.N.
1:50-3:20 Period 3

The following will not be impacted:

• Asynchronous Support on campus days option for students
• Cohort days remaining MTh or TF
• Block schedule
• Project Based Learning
• Office hours
• Pickup for clubs, performing arts, and sports

We welcome your thoughts and questions—please feel free to share them by
completing this form. There’s also a section where you can offer your ideas on a school-wide
student cell phone policy.

Thank you for your continued partnership!

Warmly,
Tami and Robert

Hello Connect H.S. students!

Are you interested in taking El Camino College courses this Summer? The El Camino schedule of classes for Summer (and Fall) 2025 has officially been released and registration opens May 17th. You can view the online schedule of classes by visiting www.elcamino.edu/schedule.

Summer has 3 session options

1^st 6-week session: June 23 – July 31

2^nd 6-week session: July 7 – August 14

8-week session: June 23 – August 14

If you would like additional information or assistance with the dual enrollment process at El Camino College, please reach out to your counselor or visit their website at www.elcamino.edu/academics/dual-enrollment

Click here to view the flyer!

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Please click on the link below to access the slide deck from last night’s 9th & 10th grade college and post secondary presentation. Please contact your student’s counselor with questions!

Spring 2025 College and Post Secondary Meeting 9 & 10th Grade

For students who are foster youth or system impacted youth- check out these great opportunities from BetterYouth, an organization in LA where their mission is to build creative confidence, bridge resource gaps, and prepare foster and system-impacted youth for sustained success in the creative economy. They provide omnidirectional mentoring, media arts training, professional skills development, and social support services supporting a holistic approach

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California is launching SUN Bucks, a new program to help families buy groceries during the summer months.

💵 What You Get:

• $40/month per child
• For June, July, and August
• That’s a total of $120 per child to help with food costs!

✅ Who’s Eligible?

• Receive CalFresh, CalWORKs, or Medi-Cal
• Are foster youth
• Are experiencing homelessness or migrant
• Attend a school that offers free or reduced-price meals and are individually approved

To access this, please call the SUN Bucks helpline at (877) 328-9677.  The helpline provides automated support 24 hours a day, seven days per week.  Live agents are available Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. – 8 p.m. To check your benefit balance and claim status, visit the California EBT cardholder website.

We invite you to join us for your student’s grade-level College & Post Secondary Planning Meeting! This important virtual meeting will provide information to help your student navigate their path toward college, career, or other post-secondary opportunities.

During this session, we’ll discuss key milestones your student should be doing now, planning for college and college applications, alternative post secondary pathways and workforce preparation. Looking forward to seeing you there!

9th & 10th Grade College & Post Secondary Planning Meeting: Wednesday April 9th, 5pm-6pm on Zoom:

Erin Knott is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://davincischools-org.zoom.us/j/8700340873

Meeting ID: 870 034 0873