Parent Training: Suicide Prevention & Awareness
Good evening DV Connect HS parents, guardians, and caregivers,
Da Vinci Connect is in the process of creating awareness this year with regards to suicide prevention, awareness of warning signs, increasing resiliency, and training of key people in the process. Most importantly, you, the parents, guardians, or caregivers. You are a crucial part of this project and process.
When schools closed to students and staff due to COVID-19, many parts of our school community were affected, such as our planned training events. However, the Center for Distance and Online Learning (CDOL) division of the LA County Office of Education (LACOE) recently developed and released a set of screencasts for online parent training. This training is focused on suicide prevention, awareness of warning signs, and increasing resiliency. It is important to note; each segment is not meant to be a stand-alone segment, which means that we ask you ultimately to watch each of them in order and its entirety. By design, each segment is no longer than 15 minutes because you may not have an opportunity to view content like this for an extended period of time.
Online Parent Training Videos
Video 1: https://youtu.be/yhui44GkHLc
Video 2: https://youtu.be/Gde2Qu-96UM
Video 3: https://youtu.be/py5tv1CKqWw
As you watch these, if you become concerned about your child, please be aware of the following resources recommended by Da Vinci Connect, and please contact your child’s school counselor for any additional questions.
Parent Resources:
2020 Resources for Parents and Staff.docx.pdf
2020 Parent Suicide Ideation Resources.pdf
Da Vinci Schools Families Connected — Families Connected
DV Connect Counseling Team:
Erin Knott, School Counselor, DV Connect HS, eknott@davincischools.org
Please also be aware that additional resources are provided at the end of each segment. Feel free to share the link with others, because the more people who have this important knowledge, the better!
Back To School Night TONIGHT! Important Info and links below!
Greetings Connect HS Students and Families!
We are looking forward to seeing you tonight at 6pm for Back to School Night. Our goal is to share about upcoming events and give you a chance to hear from each of your child’s teachers. Below is the evening’s schedule and Zoom links. We know not everyone can attend so our intention is to record the sessions.
6:00-6:30: Into by Marc and Michelle (https://us02web.zoom.us/s/3105421796)
6:30-7:30: Rotation to all 3 classes w/ 15 min overview per teacher
- 9th grade link: (https://us02web.zoom.us/s/3105421796)
- 10th grade link: (https://zoom.us/j/97486659081)
7:30-8:00: Optional Q & A with Marc and Michelle (https://us02web.zoom.us/s/3105421796)
Thank you and looking forward to seeing you!
Michelle and your Connect team
Student Documentary Competition hosted by CSPAN
Charter Communications, locally known as Spectrum is once again proud to support C-SPAN and its annual StudentCam documentary competition. With many students across the country adapting to a virtual or hybrid model of learning, StudentCam 2021 offers an opportunity for project-based learning that can be particularly rewarding for both teachers and students, regardless of the educational setting.
The competition invites middle and high school students to join the national conversation on the challenges our country is currently facing by creating a 5- to 6-minute documentary on this theme: Explore the issue you most want the president and new Congress to address in 2021. Next spring, the C-SPAN Education Foundation will award 150 student and 53 teacher prizes totaling $100,000.
To ensure students’ success in these challenging times, Spectrum is committed to help bridge the digital divide with enhanced measures that expand internet access and maintain connectivity for remote learners.
We hope you’ll join us in getting the word out about C-SPAN’s StudentCam and how it serves as an innovative enrichment-learning experience well-suited to these unprecedented times. For more information on the competition, please visit www.studentcam.org
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Meal Program Updates!
Da Vinci Connect HS Families, we have two important Meal Program updates to share with you:
You may pick up FREE “grab-and-go” meals for ALL children 18 & under at Dana Middle School, located at 5504 W. 135th Street in Hawthorne, from 11:30AM to 1:00PM. Da Vinci is now partnering with Wiseburn Unified to provide meals for all of our students. Free meals end on Dec. 31, 2020.
Second, please complete a meal application to ensure your child receives free or reduced price meals for the entire school year. Apply by Oct. 1 to be entered into a raffle to win one of 7 Portable Bluetooth Speakers and 7 24” Gaming Monitors, provided by our generous donors! If you have already submitted an application or have been directly certified you will automatically entered in the raffle. We are collecting meal applications from every single family regardless of whether you think you may qualify. Complete a meal application by Oct. 1 to help us maximize funding for all Da Vinci students!
Apply online at www.mymealtime.com, download an application from the Da Vinci website at www.davincischools.org/meals, or pick up a meal application from Dana Middle School or at the high school campus at 201 N. Douglas Street.
We thank you!
Opportunity to Provide Input on the Draft Learning Continuity and Attendance Plan
DV Connect is seeking input from students, staff, families, and community members on the initial draft of the Learning Continuity and Attendance Plan. The purpose of this plan is to describe how DV Connect will address the impacts of COVID-19 and maintain continuity of student learning in the coming year. The final document will include our plans for:
- Providing distance learning and, when public health conditions allow, in-person instruction
- Measuring student progress and participation and address learning loss
- Providing supports for English Learners, Foster Youth, Homeless Youth, Students with Unique Needs, and Low-income students
- Ensuring access to devices and connectivity
- Providing resources and supports to address student and staff mental health and social emotional well-being
- Student and family engagement and outreach to reengage students who are absent, unengaged, or at risk of learning loss
- Providing school meals for students during distance learning and in-person instruction
- Increasing/improving services for English Learners, Foster Youth, Homeless Youth, and Low-Income students
DV Connect values stakeholder voice and input. This input will be used to guide revisions. A draft will be presented in a public hearing on Friday September 25, 2020 8:00-9:00 a.m. via zoom link https://zoom.us/j/91367888850 and the final draft will be presented for adoption at the September 30, 2020 6:00 p.m. board meeting.
All stakeholders are encouraged to provide comments on the Draft Plan. The Draft Plan and comment forms can be accessed at the links below.
REVIEW THE DRAFT PLAN LINKED HERE
SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS:
Comments can be submitted using one of the following google forms:
English Comment Form LINKED HERE
Spanish Comment Form (Formulario de comentarios en español) LINKED HERE/VINCULADO AQUÍ
Check out the “DV All Schools” clubs offered this year!
Hello Connect High School students and families!
Please check out the links below to learn more about the “DV All Schools” clubs being offered. Watch the videos to learn more about the clubs, then mark your interest in the google form.