From Your Administrative Team |
Greetings Families,
Welcome back! To our families who celebrated Easter and Passover last week, we hope you enjoyed the celebrations with your families and friends! We hope everyone's spring break was restful and full of joy.
Mandatory state testing begins next week for our students in 3rd -8th grade. Please watch This video recording from Kaitlin to hear our philosophy on how we approach state testing, and some federal changes that significantly impact our program. You can check in with your classroom teacher regarding the testing schedule or for any additional questions you might have about this experience. You can also read this document from the state of CA for more information.
For questions about your child's participation in state testing, please reach out to Kaitlin.
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Mandatory State Testing for 3rd-8th Grade Students
April 25-May 13
Please reach out to your child's teacher for questions about the schedule. Reach out to Kaitlin to discuss your child's' participation.
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Middle School Dance!
Save the Date!
THIS Friday, April 22 @ 7:00pm in the Black Box Theater at 201 N. Douglas
Black and White Attire!
The MS Dance committee has been hard at work, planning and preparing to put on the most amazing, memorable dance ever for our middle school students! And now we need our wonderful MS families’ help! Please click on the sign-up genius link HERE or below to donate the requested items and/or to volunteer to help the night of the event! Thank you in advance for all the support: volunteering your time and supplies will make this dance for our middle schoolers a huge success!
Have you completed your RSVP to attend the dance? Click HERE!
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FAN Annual Rhythm Event: STEM Carnival!
Friday April 29 3:30-5:30pm @ DV Connect
What area of 'S.T.E.M.' does your project or experiment fit best:
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, OR MATH?
Click HERE to fill-out the Participation Invitation Survey!
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FAN Annual Rhythm Event: Da Vinci Connect's Annual Talent Showcase!
The evening of Friday May 20
Black Box Theater @ 201 N. Douglas
ATTENTION, ATTENTION!
Calling all artists, musicians, singers, songwriters, magicians, performers, dancers, martial artists, visual artists and painters, comedians, poets, scientists, and creators of fine arts- you are all invited to Da Vinci Connect’s Annual Talent Showcase! Our school community is filled with so many talented students and we are truly excited to see your creativity for the arts and science! Share it with us:
Sign-up to participate and details are linked HERE and below!
Deadline: April 20
Invitation to All Core 5 Families:
The stage is being prepped and we are eager to get the planning started with you and your talented students. We need more students and families to join our planning committee! Please e-mail Jahmal at jdurham@davincischools.org to help! Participation Sign-Up:
Invitation to visual and digital artists, painters, and creators of fine arts:
We are planning to have a space inside of the event to exhibit these works. Please sign-up using the sign-up genius and contact Jahmal if you are interested in coordinating the space. Student Ambassadors are encouraged!
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Yearbook Update!
Thank you to Darlene for working on creating a beautiful yearbook to memorialize this school year! Please visit THIS FLYER for information on pricing, how to order, and how to customize your child's yearbook by adding personalized pages. In anticipation for the upcoming Annual Talent Showcase - this year we're also offering an opportunity for families to submit one photo of your child's creativity!
We'd love to get a sneak peek or photo highlighting their creativity or talent. Once you've established an account inside the yearbook ordering portal click or select 'share photos', upload your photo, once you're inside the 'Select a Section' area choose 'Talent Show' as your folder to submit your photo. The deadline to submit your photo is April 22. We hope you will join us!
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FAN Update: Attention Parents and Friends!
Earth Day is approaching, and we are happy to introduce a new lunch-time activity called the Garden Club! We are looking forward to feeding our 'Future Food Growers' appetites by sharing a few techniques at starting a food garden at home.
Want to lend a hand or two? Join us in helping to facilitate a Seeding Activity- at one of our upcoming lunch-time dates listed in Here in our Sign-Up Genius LINK!
Would you like to help in a different way? We are also looking for support in securing a few bags of organic soil as donations, from our loving community.
No experience necessary.
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Meal Program at Connect!
Don't forget that all families can take advantage of free breakfast and lunch on campus! Find weekly menus HERE
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2021-2022 Yearbook!
Thank you to Darlene for working on creating a beautiful yearbook to memorialize this school year! Please visit THIS FLYER for information on pricing, how to order, and how to customize your child's yearbook by adding personalized pages! |
Art with Mr. Mason!
Every Wednesday 2-3pm on zoom!
Live art ZOOM Art with Mr. Mason. Every Wednesday 2-3pm starting Sept. 1st.
Supply suggestions in the Google Classroom:
Remember new art videos are uploaded twice a week on Tuesday & Friday.
You can find nearly 80 pre-recorded art videos to do anytime.
Classroom.google.com > + (join code: 3vs27ai)
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Daily Read A Louds with Julia!
**New Time**Daily from 3:00-3:30
Our amazing and talented teacher Julia will offer a read aloud activity every weekday (M-F) from 3:00-3:30! Reading selections will include classic picture books, guaranteed to bring joy to all our TK-8th grade students. Feel free to join her at her zoom link for this wonderful way to end a school day!
Attention: Elders, Grands, and Greats!
The Family Action Network would you like to invite you, as our very special guests, to participate in the Read Aloud activity with Juila on Wednesdays! Whether you are a family elder, grandparent, great aunt, or uncle, we would love to share this unique experience with you. We've been looking for more ways to see your faces and hear your voices, and this is a perfect way to do both! We welcome book suggestions from your personal library, that would be fitting to our audience of Tk-8th grade students!
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Variety Kids4Kids Talent Show!
A group of Connect students who have organized a small branch of the Variety SoCal charitable organization are hosting a Talent Show to fundraise for children in need! Check out their flyer HERE. This would be a great opportunity to try on any talents you're considering for the DV Connect Talent Showcase later in May! |
The Parent Center at Da Vinci Connect!
The Parent Center @ DV Connect Google Classroom
· Use this code (w3yytj2) to access all content all year!
· Check out this year’s supplemental curriculum, login details and more using this link
Office Hours for 1:1 Meetings with Theresa
Use this this link to sign up for April Office Hours
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- TELL US WHAT YOU THINK… ABOUT CURRICULUM!
Use the QR Code to complete a brief survey! We want to know your
thoughts and opinions about homeschool curriculum!
Weigh in now and help us make choices for the 2022-23 school year!
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- Community & Connection @ DV Connect
Use this link or QR Code to sign up!
This workshop series was designed to create a safe space to connect, share, listen and lift each other up in a way that promotes conversation, exploration, reflection, hope and maybe even a call to action. No matter what, the gathering is meant to feel like home... a place where we all belong.
Location: Del Aire Park (located at 12601 S. Isis Ave, Hawthorne, CA 90251)
Time: Noon - 1pm
Dates
5/4 – Ikigai: (生き甲斐, 'a reason for being') is a Japanese concept referring to something that gives a person a sense of purpose, a reason for living. We will delve into this concept together and see what comes up.
6/1 – Establishing a Self-Care Practice, hosted by Domonique Seely
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- Gizmos Workshop (Grades 3-8)
Wednesday, 4/27 from 10:30-12:30
“Expand the Gizmos Experience”
Please join us for a Gizmos webinar to learn next-level ways to use Gizmos to boost your science and math instruction. If you have not yet gotten started with this amazing science and math simulation platform, no problem!
Use this link to sign up to attend and access pre-workshop instructions along with a Zoom link to join!
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- Science4Us Workshop (Grades TK-2)
Wednesday, 4/27 from 2-4pm “KLEWS/CER – Use Science4Us to Integrate Literature Into Science”
Science4Us is an interactive, online science program for kids TK-2nd Grade. In a virtual webinar, led by an experienced Explore Learning trainer, that will focus on how to integrate reading and writing into your science curriculum at home using the KLEWS/CER Model.
Use this link to sign up to attend and access pre-workshop instructions along with a Zoom link to join!
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- It is not too late to be a Curriculum Champion!
Our goal with this program is to have parents collaborate with each
other to make the most of the DV Connect Supplemental Curriculum resources. There is great value in what you do for your kid's learning every day and sharing those tips and tricks will help others to find success!
Ask yourself these questions:
1. Which piece of curriculum do I use most?
2. Which piece of curriculum does my child love?
3. Am I willing to share my knowledge (BIG or small) with others?
Use the QR Code below to take a survey to let us know what you’d like to Champion!
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Have a great week!
~ Your DV Connect Team
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