Upcoming Calendar Highlights
September 17 - 21, Spirit Week and dance party on Friday
September 18, Special Schedule for STOPPS, bus safety drill
September 23 - 28, Outdoor School for 6th grade
September 25, PTSA General meeting, 7 pm in the Library, all welcome
October 2, 3, & 4, Locker priming (after school, volunteer help needed)
October 5, Run for the Arts, pledge forms will come home this week
October 10 & 11, Locker painting (students paint during the day, volunteer help needed)
October 12, Statewide in-service day, no school
October 18, Girls Inc., Girls Self Defense Workshop, see below
October 19, Picture retakes
October 29, Quarter 1 grading day for teachers, no school for students
Get Ready for Spirit Week! Break out the costumes.
Monday - Pajama Day
Tuesday - Favorite Color Day
Wednesday - Pirate Day (Yarrrr! It be International Talk Like a Pirate Day!)
Thursday - Crazy Hair Day
Friday - Twin Day (AND a dance party at the end of the day!) The “dance party” will be during the school day and we will operate on a one-hour assembly schedule. If you need to pick up your student early or relay a message, make arrangements in advance as we will not easily be able to locate them during the last hour of the day. We will post a range of supervised activities. If parents/guardians want to come help, feel free to reply.
Outdoor School Sites and reminders: Students will attend with their Social Studies class:
Period 1 - Arrah Wanna (Mr.Boettcher)
Period 3 - Angelos / Sandy River (Mrs.Jardine)
Period 4 - Kuratli (Katie the Counselor)
Period 5 - Namanu (Ms.Wright)
Period 6 - Canby Grove (Ms.Blair/Mr.Gershuny)
Refer to Counselor Katie’s website for more information about Outdoor School, including forms to download, the link to the MESD page, and timing of buses.
Thank You to our Volunteers! Many thanks to Virginia Meyers, Rebekah Folsom and Alexandra Ryder, who helped all day on Friday to make sure Picture Day ran smoothly. Thanks also to our line-up of morning attendance helpers: Lara Raban, Jason Hoffman, Carmi Lyon, Linda Rose and Amy Gannon.
New Empathy Club starting this week, Wednesday, Sept. 19th from 3:30-5pm in the cafeteria. We will be creating activities, volunteering, spreading kindness & embracing empathy. Students will help collaborate & shape this club. Please bring a t-shirt or tote bag you want to stencil on to for this first mtg.
If you can’t make this first mtg., or on Wednesdays, there will be other ways/ events/ opportunities to get involved.
Please email to be on the club list: DaVinciArts.EmpathyClub@gmail.com
Trogdor is coming! DaVinci’s only after school rock band is holding auditions Wednesday, October 3rd 3:30-4:30. Anyone interested in auditioning should come to the Music building after school prepared with a song to perform. If you have questions, see Mr. Gerolami.
Link da Vinci PTSA to your Fred Meyer Rewards through the Fred Meyer Community Rewards Program: The Program donates cash every time you use your FM Rewards Card. Please click here. This program can earn our PTSA thousands of dollars and it costs you NOTHING. Once you sign in or create a new account, click on "re-enroll or link your Rewards Card now" and search for "da Vinci PTSA" or use our new code: SI414. It's easy!
Girls Inc., Girls Self Defense Workshop, October 18 This FREE, PTSA-sponsored event, is open to all da Vinci girls (including all female-identifying students), as well as those at neighboring middle school and high schools as space allows. There are 30 spots available and quite a few people expressed interest at Back to School night. If you signed up, a representative of Girls Inc. will be in touch with you. If you interested, pick up a registration form in the office.
Facebook Discussion Group Have questions for other families or what to share information? This Facebook page is for current da Vinci family members. It is a closed group so please let us know who your student is to join. Remember our school motto of “Safe, Fair and Friendly” applies to all of us, online and at school. There are parent moderators. This is not an official school site but available and encouraged for two-way communication among our community.
Chinook Books benefit the PTSA Books and the mobile app are now available in the office. Books are $25 and the app is $15. You can now order the mobile app online and the PTSA earns 60% until October 15th. You’ll save all year at local, sustainable places you love such as Salt and Straw, Laughing Planet, Hot Lips Pizza, Grand Central Bakery and more. This online link is designed for mobile devices only:
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