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Hello DV Connect HS Students and Families,

Hope you had a great week!

Please don’t forget to check the daily tracker HERE. This is a great tool for you to use to stay up to date in your classes, assignments, due dates, and to reference material from class/view any recordings to aid you in completing assignments. It is also a tool to help guide you in how you should spend your asynchronous time (the days you are not on Zoom for class!)

Check out the blog post about applying to become a student member of the DV School Board! Click HERE to see the post and for more information.

Upcoming dates to note:

– 2/5: Professional Development Day – NO SCHOOL

– 2/15: Presidents’ Day – NO SCHOOL

Enjoy your weekend!

** UPDATE**

Students MUST make a copy of the application and submit the completed copy to Marc!

Student Board Member Application Open!

Recently, student advocates at Da Vinci Schools pushed forward a proposal to include student board members, and it has passed!

There are TWO open student board member seats available to 9^th/10^th/11^th grade DV Connect students! If your student is interested, please make a copy of THIS APPLICATION and submit to Marc by Friday, 1/29/21. Please note that some dates are outdated. Chosen student board members will receive information about an adjusted timeline.

Students who are appointed a board member seat will serve the remainder of this year and the entirety of next school year. Student applicants will be notified by 2/3/2021.

This is a great way to get involved in the school community and have your voice heard!

Hope you all had a great first week back! The staff loved seeing the students again in this new year!

CLICK HERE to see the daily tracker: the google doc where it lists general topics you covered in class this week, any recordings you can reference/view, assignments, and due dates! Its also a great way to look at how you should spend your asynchronous days working on your assignments for your classes! Parents/guardians and students should use this to keep up to date in each class!

Also, please don’t forget that Monday is a school holiday held in honor of civil rights champion Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who championed the cause of justice, racial equality, and love between people regardless of the color of their skin.

In his acceptance speech of the Nobel Prize in 1964, Dr. King said: “I accept this award today with an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind…I refuse to accept the idea that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits.”

Particularly in our unprecedented current historical context and the disturbing recent events in our Capitol, Dr. King’s hope and faith in a society committed to driving out the darkness of injustice and racism in our country with the light of justice and love is one we continue to reflect on, teach, and strive to embody with our students.

DV Connect HS!

Its time for the Black College Expo California!

Virtually you can GET:
– Accepted to colleges on The Spot (Seniors only)
– College Application Fees Waived
– Scholarships on the Spot
– Informative Seminars and Workshops

MAKE SURE TO HAVE YOUR MOST RECENT TRANSCRIPT

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, Black College Expo will be hosted LIVE virtually until we can continue back to physical events. The Virtual California Black College Expo a 2-Day event is an ONLINE Experience for students to get access to colleges, highlighting HBCUs, historically black colleges and universities, and other educational programs.

Students can get ACCEPTED on the SPOT! College Application FEES Waived, and get SCHOLARSHIPS on the spot! It was developed due the impact COVID-19 pandemic that has affected students and families, especially when it comes to college access. This event will help high school seniors looking for a college home and college transfer students looking to transfer to a four year college.

This event also serves as a bridge to help college recruiters connect with students looking to go to college. It is also an opportunity for future high school seniors to get connected to a college and get their application fees waived.

Black College Expo is helping students with access to higher education for over 20 years. This event truly helps students connect to college, careers & beyond! The event is produced by National College Resources Foundation (NCRF), a 501c3 nonprofit organization. NCRF has helped over 500,000 students get into college, and helped students connect with over 1 billion dollars in scholarships and grants.

Go HERE for more info and to register for a ticket, cost is $5.00.

Identify a challenge related to the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine and propose a solution.

As hundreds of thousands of new COVID-19 infections are reported daily in the United States, a safe and effective vaccine seems like the greatest promise of ending this pandemic.  Yet, the approval of a vaccine represents only the first step to another national challenge: successfully distributing an effective vaccine to the American public. Submit a proposal and if selected, winning entries will receive coaching from the BCIL and have the opportunity to pitch their ideas to former Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Bob McDonald, who served under President Obama. Secretary McDonald was recently appointed by President-elect Joe Biden to serve on his transition team advisory board after an impressive career as a civil servant, a corporate leader as Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO of Procter & Gamble, and a proud army Veteran.

Please CLICK HERE for more info, deadline, driving questions, and to submit!

Carnegie Mellon University, top tier private research university in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, is offering their Pre-College Summer Program in a virtual format this Summer and 3 of of their programs are tuition FREE! You must apply and be accepted to attend. The no cost tuition programs this year are:

AI4AII (Artificial Intelligence)

Computer Science Scholars

Summer Academy for Math and Science (SAMS)

Students/families will be responsible for books and supplies if accepted to these programs. Please see THIS LINK for more financial info.

Follow THIS LINK for more info about the Carnegie Mellon Pre College Programs and to apply.

Please note, they do have other Pre College Programs available (Architecture, Writing and Culture, Drama, etc.) but those do have costs and tuition fees associated with them. Scholarships are available for these programs and to see if you are eligible to apply, please go to THIS LINK. Scroll down to “Scholarship Information” at the bottom for eligibility.

Contact your counselor if you have any questions!

Remember, colleges and universities are wanting to see how you are staying involved and active in academics during Covid, and this is a great opportunity to demonstrate that and put this on your college application when you apply!

The 4rd lunch and learn with SpaceX is happening on  Friday, January 15!

Topic: Engineering Systems of a Rocket Contd.

WHEN: Friday, January 15th 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 Wednesday, Jan 13 : https://forms.gle/RyY2AnU931QypnQn6and 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

Thank you, DV Connect HS families and students, for a wonderful semester! We appreciate you all and hope you take some time to rest and enjoy the holidays!

Winter Break is from Monday December 21, 2020- Friday January 8, 2021. The first day of school for the second semester is Monday January 11, 2021 or Tuesday January 12, 2021- depending on your assigned cohort, which will remain unchanged.

Final grades will be posted on your student’s PowerSchool account by January 8th, 2021 and report cards will be mailed home on Monday January 11, 2021.

New class schedules will be emailed on Wednesday January 6th, 2021, and the DV Connect landing page will be updated with all the new zoom links for the Spring schedule on that date, as well.

Have a safe and restful break! Happy holidays!

Calling all DV Connect 9th and 10th grade students!

The UCLA Saturday Business Institute program provides students with college and business exposure.  Many of our DV students have participated in the past and this is a great way to learn more about the college application process before Senior year as well as developing essential skills in leadership.  The UCLA Saturday Business Institute will meet 4 Saturdays during the Spring semester.  This year the program will be offered virtually only in webinar style.

To sign up, please click this link

If you have questions, please contact your counselor.