Thank you to the students, parents, and guardians that were able to attend the 10th Grade College Counseling Webinar last night. Here is the recording and slides for those who were not able to attend.
Please feel free to send us follow up questions by filling out the Q&A form.
-DVS Counselors
Mark your calendars for the Bike Safety Class that will be hosted on our 201 campus on October 13th at 5:30 pm! Guests will learn rules for biking, bike safety skills, review laws for motorists interacting with bikes & more.
October 13, 2021 @ 5:30PM
Da Vinci Schools – West Plaza (outdoors near basketball courts)
201 N. Douglas St.
El Segundo, CA 90245
Register now at bit.ly/bikesafe2021
Thank you to HPD & ESPD for their commitment to keeping our students safe. And a BIG thank you to Liza Somilleda, the Wiseburn Education Foundation & Big 5 for your support!
For questions email: somilledala@gmail.com
Hello Sophomore and Junior Families! This week, the DVS Counseling Team will host College Counseling Webinars for 10th and 11th graders:
10th Grade: Tuesday, October 5th at 5pm. Please use the following link to join the meeting.
11th Grade: Thursday, October 7th at 5pm. Please use the following link to join the meeting.
For those unable to attend, meetings will be recorded and posted to the DVS Blog. We hope to see you there!
-The DVS Counseling Team
We are looking forward to another great week coming up, which will include college counseling webinars for 10th grade on Tuesday and 11th grade on Thursday and college guest speakers every day of the week during lunch! We encourage students of all grades to come during lunch to listen to these guest speakers and to be thinking about their own college options!
PSAT & SAT Testing for All Students: On Wednesday, October 13, DVS will be administering the PSAT and the SAT on campus for all students (grades 9, 10, 11, and 12). We are happy to be able to provide this opportunity for our students to be college-ready at no cost to our families. Students will be receiving a student preparation guide and will be preparing in their English and math classes for these exams in the days leading up to October 13th.
Student-Led Conferences will begin via Zoom in week 10, and more information about how to sign up for a time slot will be coming soon from the grade-level teams. Here is the calendar for the weeks between now and Thanksgiving break!
Thank you to the students, parents, and guardians that were able to attend the 9th Grade College Counseling Webinar yesterday. Here is the recording and slides for those who were not able to attend.
We added links to POSSE and Questbridge on the Scholarship Search slide. Posse is a full-tuition scholarship and Questbridge is a full, four-year scholarship that includes tuition, fees, room and board, books, supplies, and travel expenses.
Please feel free to send us follow up questions by filling out the Q&A form.
-DVS Counselors
Freshman Families! Please join us tonight at 5pm for the 9th Grade College Counseling Webinar. Please use the following link to join the meeting. Hope to see you then!
For those unable to attend, the meeting will be recorded and posted to the DVS Blog tomorrow.
-The DVS Counseling Team
Senior Families! The DVS Counseling Team along with our College, Career and Life teacher, Mr. Perez, invite you to listen to our 12th Grade College Counseling Webinar tonight at 5pm. Link to Webinar is found here. Agenda items include:
If you have any general questions after attending the webinar, please send them via our Google Form. If you have a specific question pertaining to your student, please reach out to their respective counselor or Mr. Perez. The presentation slides are attached as well.
Thank you for joining us!
Ms. Corinne Valle (A-F): cvalle@davincischools.org
Ms. Carolyn Ruiz (G-M): cruiz@davincischools.org
Ms. Francisca Rodriguez (N-Z): frodriguez@davincischools.org
or Mr. Ray Perez, CCL Teacher: rperez@davincischools.org
As a reminder, you can now view and purchase your child’s school photo! Simply go to this link and look in the folder of your child’s advisory teacher: https://staceelianna.smugmug.com/DaVinciSchools/DVS-Picture-Day-2021 Proceeds from the purchase of your child’s photo support DVS – thank you for supporting us by purchasing your child’s photo!
For students who need to take a makeup photo, appointments are being scheduled for this Thursday and Friday morning. To take a makeup photo, please fill out this form – students will be contacted by our staff with their specific makeup day and time.
Please contact Assistant Principal Grace Long at glong@davincischools.org if you have any questions. Thank you!
It’s been another terrific week at DVS, including the rollout of our honors program, our students doing a fantastic job in the critical incident drill, and the student club fair! We are looking forward to next week with our college counseling webinars on Tuesday evening for 12th grade and Thursday evening for 9th grade (10th and 11th grade will be the following week). Zoom links to the college counseling webinars will be published on Monday.
PSAT & SAT Testing for All Students: On Wednesday, October 13, DVS will be administering the PSAT and the SAT on campus for all students (grades 9, 10, 11, and 12). We are happy to be able to provide this opportunity for our students to be college-ready at no cost to our families. Students will learn more information about this upcoming test in their classes.
Makeup Picture Days: You can purchase your student’s school photo by visiting this link and checking in the folder of your student’s advisory teacher. Proceeds from the purchase of your student’s photo support DVS. For students who missed the photo day, makeup photos are scheduled for Thursday, 9/30 and Friday, 10/1.
Emergency Lockdown Drill: Our students did a fantastic job with the emergency lockdown drill we had on Thursday, 9/23. Though it saddens us to have to think about this kind of danger at a school, we are grateful to partner with the El Segundo Police Department to make this the safest environment it can be and to prepare students with important life skills. We continue to urge students who have concerns regarding safety to report these concerns immediately to any DVS staff member or to use the Incident Reporting Form, which is linked on our blog (dvs.davincischools.org) and allows for complete anonymity if desired.
I hope you have a terrific weekend!
Thank you to all of you who attended the Mastery-Based Grading Webinar earlier this evening! For those who weren’t able to watch, or who had such a great time watching that you want to see it again, here’s the link! https://tinyurl.com/MBGatDVS
This link is also now listed to the right under “Resources”. As always, please feel free to contact me at swallis@davincischools.org if you have any questions!