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

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! 

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

Greetings Connect HS Families, 

We are so glad so many of you were able to join us at our first Back to School Night last Wednesday evening. If you missed it, here are the recordings and slide deck: 

Slide Deck 

Recording of Welcome/Overview and 9th grade teachers 

Recording of 10th/11th grade business class 

Recording of 10th/11th grade chemistry and language class 

As a reminder, Connect HS students are currently working on creating Student Led Conference slide decks that will help them facilitate a recorded conversation with you that they will submit to their teachers. Teachers will be available to meet with parents who wish to further discuss. Student Led Conferences are intended to be just that–student led. It is an opportunity for students to “show what they know” and reflect on their progress and areas of growth. As a staff, we will reflect on what we learn this semester to structure SLCs differently next semester. For now, and especially with how complicated COVID life is, we want to honor SLCs while also hopefully making them an easy to manage and stress-free experience. 

One last reminder/request–parents, please complete our fall survey! We truly consider and appreciate your feedback! 

Thank you, 

Your Connect HS Team

Greeting DV Connect HS families!

As a reminder, there is no school this Friday, October 16^th. It is a professional development day across Da Vinci Schools.

Important request: Every year, we survey our parents and students to better understand how we can best support you and grow as a school. We request that ALL Connect parents take this survey this week: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/parent_survey_Fall2020 It should take you 10 minutes.

We also want to remind you that this week is Fireside Chat for parents! Join your fellow parents to check in! We would also like to hear your ideas about how we can help support families connect with each other during this challenging distance learning time. Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/s/3105421796 (no password).

Hope to see you there!