Greetings Families,

Happy Women's History Month! To celebrate, we encourage you to check out THIS resource from Story Corps! Not only does it highlight stories of "women who have loved hard, worked hard, broken down barriers, and left long-lasting legacies for generations of women and girls to come", it also provides the opportunity to record a narrative with or for one of the important women in your life! If you participate, be sure to let us know!

We are excited to host spring SLCs in person starting next week! This signature practice allows students to take ownership of their learning and to share with their important people their many successes and opportunities to grow in their own way. Please be sure to wear a mask indoors, and be prepared to show your COVID vaccination card/proof of negative COVID test upon checking in to the front office. Thank You!

We also know that you may be aware that the state and LA County will be lifting mask mandates for schools across California soon. Please be on the lookout next week for more information from Da Vinci Schools regarding these changes!

Finally, we want to point your attention to the curriculum survey below (in red) in Theresa's blurb for the Parent Center. Please take a few minutes to complete this survey to help us better understand our ongoing curriculum usage and needs as we plan for 2022-2023! Your input directly impacts our decision making. Thank You!

Take Good Care,

Kaitlin and Tami

Don't forget to sign up for SLCs starting next week! All visitors on campus must check in with the front office and will need to adhere to our COVID visitor policy.

If your 8th grader has applied to Da Vinci Connect High School, there's still time to take an in-person tour! You can sign up HERE!

Please refer to the recent email sent by Tami regarding yearbook requests and also an opportunity for your 8th grader to take an 8th grade portait at Manhattan Beach Pier on Wednesday, March 16th!

If so, please email our F.A.N. events coordinator Jahmal at jdurham@davincischools.org -

If your student is interested in joining this organization, anyone who is interested can send us an email at varietykids4kids@gmail.com

Don't forget that all families can take advantage of free breakfast and lunch on campus! Find weekly menus HERE

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!

Live art ZOOM Art with Mr. Mason. Every Wednesday 2-3pm starting Sept. 1st.

https://classroom.google.com/u/0/c/NTQ5ODk5MTQzNzZa

Remember new art videos are uploaded twice a week on Tuesday & Friday.

Classroom.google.com > + (join code: 3vs27ai)

One of our amazing teachers, Julia Rivera, will be offering a read aloud from 3:00-3:30 every weekday, M-F!! She will be reading some of her favorite picture books, that are enjoyable for students TK-8^th grade. Feel free to join her at her zoom link for this wonderful way to end a school day!

Checkout her tentative schedule of read a louds here!

·     Use this code (w3yytj2) to access all content all year!

·     Check out this year’s supplemental curriculum, login details and more using this link

·     Link to The Parent Center Calendar of Events

Use this link to sign up for March Office Hours

Use this link to sign up!

Part I: REFLECTION

Use the QR Code below to take a survey to let us know what content you’d like to see at Genius Hour!

Tuesday, 3/22 & Thursday, 3/24 from 2-3pmJoin DV Connect Educator Support Specialist, Theresa Leone, to learn about “Zen Parenting” based on the book by Cathy Adams.

Use this link or QR Code to sign up!

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.