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Hello Connect High School Families!

Just a reminder that today is the last day for make-up student photos! Check our previous blog post HERE for all information regarding today’s make-up photo day!

If your student has already taken their photo with Stacee Lianna, photos are ready! You will be receiving a separate e-mail with your child’s password to their unique photo gallery of photos available for purchase. Please consider purchasing your child’s school photo!

Finally, one of our students, Milissa, (long time Connect K-8 student and now Connect HS freshman) has worked to create an opportunity for our students to participate in a forum to learn about how to become a better ally to their BIPOC peers and friends THIS Sunday! See below for more info:

Hello Connect HS Families!

This is a reminder that Friday, 9/18 is a non-student day. Staff will be engaged in professional development. There will be no classes held and you are not expected to homeschool. Enjoy the long weekend! In case you forgot, our year-long calendar can be found on the main Da Vinci Schools website HERE (scroll down to Connect).

Friday, 9/18 is also Da Vinci’s make-up picture day with our photographer, Stacee Lianna! She will be available for student photos from 8:30am-12:00pm.

You must register HERE

Please make sure to write your student’s first and last name when completing the registration form, not your name. 

These photos will be used for student IDs and for your student’s school picture 😉

Enjoy the rest of your week!

The Da Vinci Connect Team

Please check out this FREE resource from HeadSpace LA County– an app/website you can sign up for to access meditations, as well as sleep and movement exercises, designed to help you care for your mind — all free through 2020.  If you scroll to the bottom of the link above, they have curated lists of guided meditations, getting ready for sleep exercises, and guided walking meditations ready for you to play and get zen!

Greetings Connect Families!

A few Friday topics:

• Don’t forget that Monday, 9/7 is a holiday and there will not be any classes held. Enjoy your long weekend!
• We will have our first School Site Council meeting on Wednesday, September 9th at 4pm at this link (password = connect). Thank you to all of our parents and students who have expressed interest in serving on the School Site Council!  We are grateful for their interest and support. We are required to hold a vote in order to select staff, parents and students to participate on SSC. Staff vote for staff, parents vote for parents and students vote for students.
  Parents: please vote for two K-8 parent representatives using this form.
  Students: please vote for two K-8 and two High School representatives using this form.

Greetings DV Connect HS students and families!

Sign up on this link for a 20 minutes one on one meeting with Erin Knott, DV Connect High School’s School Counselor! This is a meeting to get to know one another, discuss any college, career, or academic goals you may have!

Greetings Families!

Our IT Team created this tutorial (linked below) to help you navigating using the Zoom authentication feature. If your student encounters any difficulty, please email our tech team at studentsupport@davincischools.org and be sure to thank them for their hard work during this tech-heavy time!

Thanks!

Zoom Student Authentication

Download the app “HBCU Hub App” and register for HBCU Night and join to listen and learn about 61 HBCUs! Each night begins at 5pm, and will host colleges and universities such as: Clark Atlanta, Howard, Hampton, Xavier of LA, Fisk, and many, many more!

Go to this link to see what colleges & universities are attending on what days, to register to attend, and for more info.

Must download the HBCU Hub App.

Our DV coaches are going to host a Season Launch Webinar for Cross Country on Wed 9/2 from 5-5:45pm. All interested students are welcome! You can attend by clicking on this link (password = xc2020). We will also be recording it for sharing afterwards.

School Site Council Election

Da Vinci Connect now qualifies for Title 1 funds and as a growing school, we will now have a School Site Council (SSC) made up of students, parents and staff across our TK-College community. The council will take the place of the previous “FAN” committee (K-8) and our aim is to distribute the work and decision-making to a larger group as well as implement clearer structures. Each Da Vinci School has its own SSC. The School Site Council approves long-term plans for the school, including the Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA) and provides input on other plans such as the Learning Continuity & Attendance Plan and the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP).

We will meet four times throughout the year on Wednesdays at 4 pm with additional informal council meetings held during our “Fireside Chats.” Our first meeting will take place on Wednesday, September 9th, at 4:00 on Zoom.

If you (or your student) are available to serve, please complete this short form by 5pm on Tuesday September 1st. We will be asking all families to vote to select parent representatives, students will vote for students representatives and staff will vote for staff representatives. All parents are welcome to attend School Site Council meetings, but we need officially elected parents to represent our Connect community.

Welcome to the Da Vinci Connect High School’s first blog post! We will be sending out general information, need to knows, happenings, via this blog. We look forward to sending you timely and concise information this way throughout the year.