From Your Administrative Team |
Greetings Connect K8 Families,
We want to officially welcome you to the 2021-2022 school year! We are so excited to re-connect with many of you, and to welcome many of you to our community for the first time! While this year brims with the excitement of being back together in-person, COVID-19, especially developing information regarding the Delta Varient, guarantees that our year will be full of shifts and changes, causing us to rely on our habit of flexibility and our priority of being community-minded. Thank you for taking this journey with us and trusting us with your beloved children.
Speaking of beloved children, we want to introduce you to our newest member of the Connect Community! ! Megan, speech pathologist and former Core 3 teacher, and her husband welcomed Pearl Katz to the world on July 22nd. We are all over the moon and just smitten with sweet baby Pearl!
Finally, we want to thank the multitude of families who showered us with love in the form of snacks, treats, meals and more in the weeks leading up to welcoming back our students and families! Each small gesture, donation, and note warmed our hearts and fueled our learning; during the past two weeks, our staff engaged in professional development around our summer reading Equity by Design, reimagining PBL, Gender Identity and Inclusion, Trauma Informed Practices and Restorative Practices, as well as refining our assessment and feedback of essential skills.
Cheers to a fantastic 2021-2022 school year!
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Take Good Care,
Kaitlin and Tami
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Zoom Orientation Meetings: Recording Available!
If you missed last week's Orientation Zoom meetings, you can find the slide deck HERE and the Recorded Orientation Zoom HERE ( Passcode: X!Aff4$E) |
Chromebook Return
If you are a returning family who borrowed a chromebook last year and have not yet returned it, please return it and any other devices (chargers, hot spots, etc.) to the front office ASAP!
Without a total inventory we can't successfully re-distribute to classrooms or to specific populations of families who might need to borrow a device for the 2021 school year.
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Care and Comfort Kits!
As part of our emergency preparedness plan, we ask all families to contribute a Care and Comfort Kit for their child(ren). Please use THIS FORM to create your child's care and comfort kit.
Care and Comfort Kits should be dropped off during your child's 1:1 meeting, or during the first week of on-campus classes.
**Care and Comfort Kits will NOT be returned at the end of the year. Please only provide copies of photos/documents and do not include any personal items that you wouldn't want thrown away/donated. Thank you!
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1:1 Meetings with Classroom Teachers
August 16th-20th
The first week of school is meant to be a time to ease into your homeschool routine and explore how you want this journey to feel for you and your child! You will also have a 1:1 meeting with your child's teacher! More info, including links to sign up for your 1:1 meeting, is coming soon!
All 1:1 meetings are in-person on campus, unless explicitly noted by you child's teacher. Please wear a mask when indoors. Thank you!
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Homeschool Curriculum Swap Table!
During the week of the 16th, there will be a table located by the front office made available for families to share homeschool curriculum that they no longer use! Share or take what you'd like!
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Welcome Back Party!
Friday August 20th from 11:00am-1:00pm
Outdoors on the Connect Campus: 12520 Isis Ave. Hawthorne, CA 90250
Join us as we welcome our community back to campus for the 2021 school year! Meet other families and re-connect with friends and staff! There will be a variety of activities, like rock painting with Mr. Mason, Face Painting, scavenger hunts, and more! Bring a white article of clothing for our tie dye station!
We will have three different food trucks available to purchase lunch!! Yum! Thank you to Grace Bader for organizing our delicious lunch options!
*While this event is outdoors, we want to encourage all our families to practice physical distancing and mask wearing at each of our activity stations and when in close proximity to others. Thank you for helping us keep each other safe!
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First Day of On Campus (or Remote) Classes with Teachers
August 23rd for M/T cohort
August 26th for TH/F cohort
*Remember that August 16th is the first day of school and the first week is meant to ease into your homeschooling routine
**You can view our Master Schedule HERE. Please take note of staggered drop off and pick up times as part of our COVID safety precautions**
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The Parent Center at Da Vinci Connect!
The Parent Center @ DV Connect Google Classroom
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Use this code (w3yytj2) to access all content all summer!
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Check out this year’s supplemental curriculum, login details and more using this LINK
Office Hours for 1:1 Meetings with Theresa
Use this LINK to access the September sign up!
New (or New-Ish) Family Chat w/Jahmal & Theresa
8/24 & 8/26 from 3:30-4:15pm
If you have recently joined the DV Connect community--or simply still feel "new-ish"--join Theresa and parent educator Jahmal Durham to connect and hopefully gain some insights as you embrace homeschooling. This is also a great opportunity to meet other parents and start building your network at Connect!
**Use this link to sign up to attend
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