Our friends at Community Outreach Coordinators part of the Raíces Recruitment & Retention Center (formerly known as the RAZA Center) at UC Berkeley are hosting an winderful opportunity for you. Their mission is to demystify higher education through outreaches and programs geared towards low-income students of color to encourage them to attend higher education institutions as one way to ensure more opportunities for themselves and their communities and they wish to warmly invite you to our first-ever Raíces Regional Outreach & Opportunities Throughout Spring (ROOTS) a FREE hybrid program. Our ROOTS mission is to inspire High School & Community College students who may feel like school isn’t for them and reignite interest in continuing their education. Students will attend and participate in this 3 week-long program, and each week is a different region in CA, students will attend a 3-day long week of their specific location. With workshops focused on the various pathways to achieving higher education and workshops focused on fostering self-confidence and identity!

Week 1 Southern California: Thursday, March 17-Saturday, March 19

More detailed information can be found in the student application, linked below.

ROOTS Student Application:

tinyurl.com/ROOTSAPP22

Applications will have the following deadline:

1. Southern CA students the deadline is Tuesday, March 15th at 11:59 PM 

Any questions or concerns, please feel free to email: outreach@raices.berkeley.edu

Greetings Connect HS Students and Families-

We hope you all have had a nice week!

Don’t forget to check the DAILY TRACKER– a one stop shop for all asynchronous and synchrounous work/assignments, due dates, projects, office hours times and links, etc. Its the best way to keep up to date and on track in your classes- for students and parents/guardians. And don’t hesitiate to reach out to your teacher should you have any questions.

SLC Week is next week, Monday, March 7th- Thursday, March 10th. These will be held on Zoom. There is an adjusted, early dismissal schedule to accommodate SLCs, so please see the schedule below. We will still be providing lunch at 12:20 and students are welcome to stay and eat lunch until 1pm. After that time, students must have a transportation arrangement to make their way home.

Below is the Back to School Night Schedule, which is scheduled for next Wednesday, March 9th. This event will be in person at our new campus: 550 Continental Blvd. El Segundo CA, 90245. Monday/Thursday cohort starts at 5:45pm- 6:36pm and Tuesday/Friday cohort starts at 6:45pm-7:36pm. Please reach out to Marc (Principal) or Dr. J (Asst. Principal) with any questions!

Learning Logs were Due! If your student did not submit a learning log on time or has yet to submit it, please work with them to make sure that they submit their Learning Log. Please be on the lookout for a notice from the office notifying you of a missing or incomplete learning log.

Reusable Water Bottles! Please bring a reusable water bottle to school. We have water jugs to refill your water bottles. We don’t have an endless supply of plastic cups. Plus, reusable water bottles are better for our environment! We thank you in advance!

Upcoming Dates:

• 3/11 DV Schools Spring Semi-Formal
• 3/25 Learning Log #5 Due
• 4/11-4/15  Spring Break
• 4/30 Wiseburn Ed Foundation’s Rock Around the Block @ Dana Middle School

Have a nice weekend!

Payment for tickets must be made through “My School Bucks”, accessible through the QR code in the flyer. A brief tutorial on the steps for creating and paying through My School Bucks is available here.

Hi DV Connect HS families and students,

A last friendly reminder that Learning Log #4 is Due TODAY by 11:59pm! Please submit this, with work samples, no later than the deadline! Reach out to your teacher with any questions you might have.

Thank you for your continued hard work on these!

The Team at Da Vinci Connect HS

Below is the Back to School Night Schedule, which is scheduled for next Wednesday, March 9th. This event will be in person at our new campus: 550 Continental Blvd. El Segundo CA, 90245

Monday/Thursday cohort starts at 5:45pm- 6:36pm

Tuesday/Friday cohort starts at 6:45pm-7:36pm

Please reach out to Marc (Principal) or Dr. J (Asst. Principal) with any questions!