Greetings Families,

We hope you are well and are getting excited for Exhibition next week! Please read the below Exhibition blurb carefully, including COVID protocols for the event. We can't wait to celebrate our students' hard work with all of you!

We also wanted to share that we will not be hosting Da Vinci Connect summer camps this year. Our staff needs to utilize their summer to rest and re-energize before returning in August. Thank you for understanding!

Finally, we are approaching the time of year that requires our 3rd-8th grade students to participate in the mandatory SBAC testing as required by the state of California. Some recent laws have changed the way we approach this state testing experience, so please look out for a special newsletter/blog from me in the coming weeks with more details. State testing is scheduled to begin during class time the week of April 25th.

Take Good Care,

Kaitlin and Tami

Are you a Da Vinci family who would like to speak to other educators about your experience in our program? We have a team of educators visiting us from Dallas on 4/1, and they would like to hear from a few families! If you are interested in participating in this parent panel, please e-mail Kaitlin!

Please know that our COVID Visitor Policy is still in place, especially for large events like Exhibition. Any visitor who is not a Da Vinci Student and is older than 2 yrs of age must present either proof of COVID Vaccination or a negative COVID test taken within 72 hrs of the event (an at-home test is acceptable). Please plan your arrival accordingly to allow for check-in delays. Da Vinci will be requiring that all participants and visitors wear masks indoors at this event.

Da Vinci has received additional at-home COVID-19 ihealth test kits. A two-pack of test kits will be available to each student and staff member and will be distributed the week of Mon April 4^th at all Da Vinci School locations. We strongly encourage students to pick up a COVID test kit and self-administer prior to returning to campus after Spring Break.

Each kit contains 2 tests. The recommendation is that parents/guardians administer one test at home to their student Sunday April 17^th and the other can be kept for future use in the event they are identified as a close contact or become symptomatic. 

Please report at-home test results here (both positive and negative results should be reported)

Students that test positive must follow the LA County Isolation guidelines and may not attend school during the required isolation period. Da Vinci School Nurse will follow up with return to school guidance for any positive results reported. 

For current quarantine, isolation, and other COVID FAQs please see here. 

 

Please fill out the google form to RSVP for the dance. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScR-QWRJstwyqxvu69OK-TpX4uxYs0cmf2ZYL_-yP3aczJnSQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

​Location - Connect K8 Campus

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

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!

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!

For questions contact Jahmal at jdurham@davincischools.org

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.

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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-8^th grade students. Feel free to join her at her zoom link for this wonderful way to end a school day!

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-8^th grade students! 

Please join us by clicking HERE to Sign-Up!

If you have any questions, please feel free to email Jahmal at- jdurham@davincischools.org

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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.