Dear Class of 2024,
Join the Los Angeles Urban League at the 5th Annual Black High School Graduation!
Graduates from across Los Angeles County will be celebrated during this special event at the Skirball Cultural Center on June 8th at 3:00 pm.
Scholarship applications for the Los Angeles Urban League Black High School Graduation will open soon. Stay connected to their social media (@LAUrbanLeague_) for official the announcement! #LABlackLegacy
RSVP TODAY: https://laul.org/blackgrad/
DVS had a very eventful week! Students did a great job with MAP testing and SBAC testing this week. We also had meaningful team bonding activities with led by Fulcrum. With the theme of “Team Building and Communication,” 9th grade built towers from straws, put together boats and raced them, and played other fun communication games together. With the theme of “Overcoming Challenges Together,” Team 11 had an active scavenger hunt throughout downtown LA and enjoyed solving problems and completing their tasks together. Students had a great time on their Fulcrum Days.
11th graders also got a taste of college life in their college visits to LMU and USC. DVS Alumni served as their tour guides and it was so special to see successful DVS Alumni sharing their college experiences with our current students.
We also had our wonderful mentors from Rock the Street, Wall Street. Rock the Street, Wall Street is a non-profit organization that partners with schools to inspire future generations of women to consider careers in business and finance. Cetera provided eight female mentors who held financial literacy lessons and workshops throughout the year. Thank you, Rock the Street, Wall Street and Cetera!
Week 31 Announcements & Reminders:
Week 31 Schedule:
Important Upcoming Dates:
Helpful Links:
9th Grade Fulcrum Day- Tower Building
11th Grade Fulcrum Day DLTA Scavenger Hunt
Rock the Street, Wall Street Mentors from Cetera
College Visit – LMU
College Visit – USC
Join us for Physics Game Day!
Hello DVS families, Thank you to all the families and students who attended our How to Choose the Right Major and Explore your Interests workshop on Monday. Here are the presentation slides.
You may also contact Kate Strzelecki from CollegeWise if you have follow-up questions: KateS@collegewise.com
Hello DVS Families! We hope you had a wonderful Spring Break. Please join us TONIGHT, April 8th at 5pm for How to Choose the Right Major and Explore your Interests: A workshop presented by CollegeWise. RSVP here
Upcoming Event
Answering the Biggest College Admissions Questions: Academics, Internships, STEM and more. Workshop presented by CollegeWise. Monday, April 22th, 5:00pm-6:00pm. RSVP here.
We hope to see you tonight! Please contact Ms. Marquez, College and Career Counselor if you have any questions:
Welcome Back! We hope all families had a wonderful Spring Break. We look forward to welcoming students back to school tomorrow, Monday, April 8th.
Before the break, the Houseplants 101 Seminar visited the Dodgers Stadium Botanic Gardens where they learned about soil quality, propagation, careers in horticulture, and what it takes to care for the only MLB stadium with a botanic garden designation.
Society of Women Engineers (SWE) students participated in the DV Connect STEAM Carnival on March 27th. They represented chemical engineering with popping boba, biomedical engineering by simulating healthy lungs vs. smoker’s lungs, and mechanical engineering by building claws to get trash out of the ocean.
We are grateful for real-world learning experiences and community outreach events. We have a very busy and eventful remainder of the semester and we are looking forward to finishing the semester well!
A lot is happening this week!
Week 30 Announcements & Reminders:
Week 30 Schedule (4/8-4/12):
Important Upcoming Dates:
Helpful Links:
Horticulture Seminar- Field Trip to Dodgers Stadium Botanic Gardens
SWE Outreach Event at DV Connect STEAM Night
Thank you for an amazing Exhibition Night! Seeing the whole school and community together celebrating student work was wonderful! From toy manufacturing to CPR training to democracy in action and poetry, to energy conservation games and Kickstarter projects, to robots, welding, and more, we are proud of all the hard work students put into their projects. Students did a great job sharing their skills and learning with the community.
We hope all DVS students and families enjoy the day off tomorrow in honor of Cesar Chavez Day and have a wonderful Spring Break. The school office will be closed during Spring Break. We hope students can get some rest and enjoy time with loved ones. School will resume on Monday, April 8th. Happy Spring Break!
Hello Da Vincians,
Don’t miss this networking opportunity at Belkin Global Headquarters on Wednesday, April 10th!
Belkin is hosting an exciting Spring Fling Career Event scheduled for Wednesday, April 10. This event is exclusively tailored for Da Vinci students in grades 7-12. They will be engaging with professionals from companies such as Google, Paramount, Savage Fenty, Snapchat, TechStyle Fashion Group, and Belkin. Transportation will be provided from the 201 N. Douglas St. El Segundo campus. Busses will be leaving at 9:30 am and returning at 1:30 pm. Lunch will be provided to all attendees. Spots are limited! To RSVP, please click here.
If you have any questions please contact Ms. Crissel Rodriguez, Director of Real World Learning, at crodriguez@davincischools.org.
Learn more about amazing RWL Opportunities here!
Hello DVS Families! We hope you are having a great week and are ready for Spring Break. As mentioned during the grade-level College Planning Information Sessions, we have events coming up to support your post-secondary planning. Parents and students may sign up for any of these events by clicking the respective links or by using the QR Codes on the flyer below:
Upcoming Events
Trades Fair: THIS THURSDAY, March 28th, DVS students time slot: 3:15pm-4:00pm, event is open to the public from 4:00pm-5:00pm. RSVP here.
How to Choose the Right Major and Explore your Interests: Workshop presented by CollegeWise. Monday, April 8th, 5:00pm-6:00pm. RSVP here
Answering the Biggest College Admissions Questions: Academics, Internships, STEM and more. Workshop presented by CollegeWise. Monday, April 22th, 5:00pm-6:00pm. RSVP here
Please contact Ms. Marquez, College and Career Counselor, if you have any questions:
Thank you for a wonderful week of SLCs! We always enjoy seeing and interacting with DVS families. Thank you for the great conversations about students’ learning and growing. We look forward to a fruitful remainder of the semester.
We also wanted to celebrate and congratulate our Vitruvian Bots. Last weekend, we had the honor of hosting FRC Los Angeles Regionals on our campus. We ended qualification rounds in rank 6, a testament to our robot performance. We were the team captains for Alliance 5 and made it to the semi-finals. The Vitruvian Bots are also very proud to report that we won the Innovation in Controls Award! Our team worked hard to ensure our robot could incorporate sensors, vision, and shoot-on-the move capabilities. Although we did not win the regional, we are very proud of all the hard work and dedication our students have put into the season. Team 4201 will continue to work together to keep learning, growing, creating, engineering, and having fun!
This week is DVS Exhibition Week! Students are excited to showcase their projects and learnings from this year. Exhibition Night will be this Tuesday, March 26th from 5:30-8:00pm. We welcome all families and community guests to celebrate with our students.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Week 29 Announcements & Reminders:
Week 29 Schedule: This is a 4-day week. In honor of Cesar Chavez Day, there is no school on Friday, 3/29.
Important Upcoming Dates:
Helpful Links:
Exhibition Night this Tuesday!
DV Trades Fair:
LA Regionals FIRST Robotics Competition:
Hi Junior Families! I hope you’re having a great week. As I mentioned during the 11th grade College Planning Meeting last week, I will begin Individual Post-DVS College Planning Meetings with you and your parent/guardian during mid April and run through May. The purpose of these meetings is to discuss next year’s plan; including the college application process, career selection and post-high school plans. Every Junior is expected to schedule a meeting and have at least one parent/guardian present. However, if a parent/guardian is unable to attend, students are still expected to sign up. This meeting can be in person or via Zoom. These meetings can also be conducted in Spanish, if needed. Ms. Ruiz, Academic Counselor for the 11th grade, and I will provide classroom presentations on 4/8/24 to prepare students for this meeting.
You may sign up for your meeting here or during your SLC. Here is a short video with an overview of the meeting agenda.
If you have any questions, please reach out to me directly. I look forward to meeting with each of you to discuss your Post-DVS Plans!
Ms. Marquez
fmarquez@davincischools.org
College and Career Counselor