da Vinci Arts Middle School Scroll: October 2019

Thursday, October 31, 2019

da Vinci Scroll 10/31/19

Upcoming da Vinci Calendar Highlights

PPS Calendar

11/1, Planning Day, no school for students

11/3, Daylight Saving Time ends, turn your clocks back one hour

11/4, Quarter 2 starts, new term classes will be posted on ParentVue/StuentVue

11/5, Lottery window opens for MS and HS

11/7, Middle School Choir Festival, field trip for Choir

11/7&8 and 14&15, Hamlet, 6:30 pm, da Vinci Auditorium, tickets are on the website

11/11, Veterans’ Day Holiday, no school

11/12, Pizzicato Dough for Dollars fundraiser for the da Vinci Foundation, 28th & Burnside location

11/13, Information session for 20-21 enrollment

11/16, Hamlet, Fall Festival of Shakespeare at Winningstad Theatre

11/19, Open house and Information session for 20-21 enrollment

11/25 & 26 Conferences

11/27, 28 & 29, Thanksgiving break

Save the date for Pizzicato at the Laurelhurst location- November 12. The da Vinci Foundation will receive 20% back from sales all day. Take out also counts! Order ahead for easy pick-up and have dinner at home or dine out. https://www.pizzicatopizza.com/

Hamlet Rehearsals and Performance Information Please see the da Vinci Drama website for updated information. Tickets are now available on School Pay with links to each show on the da Vinci website. Tickets for the Fall Festival Show at the Winningstad Theatre are available from Portland Playhouse. We still need a few volunteers to fill jobs for the performances. If you can volunteer, use the SignupGenius site.

2019-2010 Enrollment Dates Please see the PPS Enrollment and Transfer site for more information about next year’s enrollment for High School and the MS lottery window. There are several upcoming High School Information events. Please look at each school’s website for specific dates and look for the emails from Counselor Katie.

Family-Teacher Conferences, November 25 and 26 Conferences at da Vinci will run from 8 am to 8 pm on these two days. Next week, a signup will be posted online with 10-minute slots for you to meet with teachers. We do ask that students attend the conference. If you are planning to travel over the Thanksgiving break week, teachers will not have allocated time for make up conferences.

Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) at da Vinci

Please visit our school library’s website for more information on OBOB and the schedule of OBOB events at our school. Deadline for registration is Wednesday, December 4th! There is no charge to participate! Da Vinci library has copies of each of the 16 titles for students to read to take part in the competition. Contact Ms. Robertson srobertson@pps.net if you have questions or you would like to volunteer with OBOB at our school. Thank you.

Da Vinci Apparel for Sale- Pre-order Now Check out the selection of t-shirts and sweatshirts for sale to benefit the da Vinci PTSA. Orders are due by Tuesday, November 5th for mid-December delivery.

https://davinci-arts-middle-school-ptsa.square.site/s/shop

Photography Club Parents Colin Sharp and Jen Trail are opening the darkroom back up again for students interested in learning traditional film photography and processing prints in a darkroom! The club will run on Mondays except holidays and non-school days from 3:30 to 5 pm. Students will need to provide their own Black and White film.

Who is eligible? Any student who is serious about shooting photos and making prints in the darkroom.

PIL Winter Sports Registration Now Meetings and registration for youth basketball and wrestling are beginning soon. Please see the PIL website for cluster-specific information. Students participate with their HS area teams.

Sunday, October 27, 2019

da Vinci Scroll 10/9/19

Upcoming da Vinci Calendar Highlights

PPS Calendar

10/10, Run for the Arts!

10/11, Inservice Day, no school

10/15, TAG Parent Meeting, 8:15 am, Library

10/16 & 17 Locker Painting

10/ 20 - 10/25, Outdoor School for all 6th graders

10/28, Picture retakes

11/1, Planning Day, no school for students

11/4, Quarter 2 starts

11/5, Lottery window opens for MS and HS

11/7&8 and 14&15, Hamlet, 6:30 pm, da Vinci Auditorium, tickets are on the website

11/11, Veterans’ Day Holiday, no school

11/13, Information session for 20-21 enrollment

11/16, Hamlet, Fall Festival of Shakespeare at Winningstad Theatre

11/19, Open house and Information session for 20-21 enrollment

11/25 & 26 Conferences

11/27, 28 & 29, Thanksgiving break

Run for the Arts is Tomorrow! The forecast looks beautiful and we are planning to run at the end of the day. You can still get pledges of support and we still need some volunteers to cheer on the runners, mark laps and hand out popsicles at the end. Our goal for this fundraiser is $10,000 and every dollar gets us closer to covering expenses for theater tech for all of our performances, after school music programs, guest resident teachers for visual arts and dance and more. The run will take place from 2:30 to 3 pm. Set up a runner online donation site with Young Audiences now.

Students should dress comfortably in shoes for running or walking outside and bring a water bottle.

Volunteers Needed!

There are now several signups ready for upcoming events. Please take a look and sign up to help where you can. We cannot do these things without family support. We really need some more volunteers for locker priming or students will not be able to paint next week.

2019-2010 Enrollment Dates Please see the PPS Enrollment and Transfer site for more information about next year’s enrollment for High School and the MS lottery window.

The Safe Routes to School travel survey is now open! Complete the survey today and help your school! Schools with 20% participation or more will receive a $100 gift card for supplies. The survey is open until November 8th.

saferoutesportland.org/survey

This fall there are some changes - the survey is online only now. Why? It will save the Safe Routes to School team a lot of time, paper and money.

The travel survey helps the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) improve its Safe Routes to School program and helps prioritize safety projects when funding is available. Additionally, the data collected through this survey is key for Safe Routes to School to secure grant funding for safety programming and infrastructure throughout the city.

Counseling Survey The Counseling Team (Katie the Counselor and Hilary & Heather the Intern Counselors) is developing counseling goals for the school year! We have created a quick 5-minute survey for parents and guardians to gather information about areas your child could use support with. Your responses will help us immensely in determining our areas of focus with our students this year!

To complete the survey, click HERE! (Or copy this link into your browser https://forms.gle/FS3AnfY1GQ2UEPQs8)

If you are having a hard time accessing the survey, would like the survey in a language other than English, or have any other concerns, please email Hilary the Intern Counselor at hismith@pps.net.

Race Matters: A community dialogue series Da Vinci Families are invited to participate in this conversation about race sponsored by Glencoe ES and Mt. Tabor MS PTAs. The events are at Taborspace, 5441 SE Belmont St. from 5:30 to 8 pm.

There is a series of three events planned; 10/10, 11/19 and 3/5/20. Childcare and pizza available upon request to munirahenry@gmail.com.

Hamlet Rehearsals Please see the da Vinci Drama website for updated rehearsal information. Tickets are now available on School Pay with links to each show on the da Vinci website. Tickets for the Fall Festival Show at the Winningstad Theatre are available from Portland Playhouse.

da Vinci Scroll 10/18/19

Upcoming da Vinci Calendar HighlightsPPS Calendar 10/ 20 - 10/25, Outdoor School for all 6th graders 10/24/19, PTSA Meeting, 7 pm Library 10/25, Drama Dept Rummage Sale, London Trip fundraiser 3:30 pm, Auditorium 10/28, Picture retakes 11/1, Planning Day, no school for students 11/4, Quarter 2 starts 11/5, Lottery window opens for MS and HS11/7&8 and 14&15, Hamlet, 6:30 pm, da Vinci Auditorium, tickets are on the website 11/11, Veterans’ Day Holiday, no school 11/12, Pizzicato Dough for Dollars fundraiser for the da Vinci Foundation, 28th & Burnside location11/13, Information session for 20-21 enrollment 11/16, Hamlet, Fall Festival of Shakespeare at Winningstad Theatre 11/19, Open house and Information session for 20-21 enrollment 11/25 & 26 Conferences 11/27, 28 & 29, Thanksgiving break

Thank you to all the Locker Painting Volunteers! We had so much wonderful family support and it all went as planned. From priming to tarping to painting with the students, we are so appreciative of all the help! Special thanks to Ruthann Lentz for spending two entire days organizing supplies and another day cleaning up at the end. Come see the lockers the next time you are in the building. If your student still wants to work on their locker after school, they can. They just need to have adult supervision, use a tarp to protect the floor and not use the bathroom sinks for cleanup.

Outdoor School students leave Sunday, October 20th at 3 pm The reminder sheet that went home this week with students is attached and the packing list is on Katie’s website. Please arrive by 2:50 to find parking and load buses. Do not park in front of the school. The buses will be lined up on Everett St. and labeled for each site. We will need a few parents to help with loading the gear onto each bus from the back door. Students should be able to carry their own luggage. When teachers are ready, they will check off students as they get on the bus. If there are any medications, give them to the teacher assigned to that site. Pack for a few rainy days and chilly nights.

Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) at da Vinci Please visit our school library’s website for more information on OBOB and the schedule of OBOB events at our school. All information has been updated. Printed registration forms are also ready for students in the library. The deadline for registration is Wednesday, December 4th! There is no charge to participate! Da Vinci library has copies of each of the 16 titles for students to read to take part in the competition. Contact Ms. Robertson srobertson@pps.net if you have questions or you would like to volunteer with OBOB at our school. Thank you.

Da Vinci Arts Fair Needs YOU The Arts Fair team is hard at work with recruiting vendors and preparing for our annual event on December 7th. We really need to have some committee roles filled for this event to be successful. Please consider one of the following as outlined from Sabrina Arts Fair Committee Jobs
that still need to be filled as of 10/17/19

Volunteer Coordinator: You will help recruit parents/guardians/Leo leaders to help out at the Arts Fair and have them sign up thru our SignUp Genius (SUG) page starting in November. Help set up the SUG. Just make changes as needed from last year’s SUG. Monitor SUG and make sure we get enough volunteers. Set up a manual sign up sheet during conferences and transfer those sign-ups to the SUG. Must be mostly available Dec. 6th for AF setup and also all day during the AF.

Food/Cafe managers: (2-3 needed) This is a larger job, but extremely important. Violet, one of last year’s cafe managers, is still helping out but we need more help. This job requires a food handlers permit, which we will pay for, and requires you to do a short test on-line. You will help acquire donations of food and beverage, prepare shopping lists, shop for whatever is needed, prep food both Dec. 6 and 7 and also be there all day on the 7th to run the cafe. Splitting up the duties of this job makes it much more manageable.

House Manager (1-2 more needed) This is an important role and you will be assigned one of the main artist selling spaces to oversee and put out fires. You get a walkie-talkie. We need one person in Gym and one person in Cafeteria (would also love to have one person for gallery area). You need to be available Dec. 6 and 7th all day. We can get you in the loop right away so you know how we do things at the AF, from set-up to tear down.

Budget: are you good at excel or google sheets? We need someone to set up our budget so we know how much we spent vs. how much we bring in. We also have a Square App system to keep track of inventory which makes it a lot easier. We have a google sheet from last year you can see...it needs help!

Please email Arts Fair committee chairperson, Sabrina Henley, sabrina@sanedesign.biz,
Next AF committee meeting: Wednesday, Oct. 23, 8:45 am at da Vinci in the teacher’s lounge. We try to meet weekly until the Fair.

2019-2010 Enrollment Dates Please see the PPS Enrollment and Transfer site for more information about next year’s enrollment for High School and the MS lottery window.

Empathy Club to start Wednesday, 11/23
Members, non-members & all are welcome to join the da Vinci Arts Empathy Club this Wednesday, October 23, from 3:30-5:00 pm in Portable F/ the ceramics portable.
Local artist, Aimee Sitarz will lead a discussion on Art & Activism. Any questions/ ideas/ etc. please contact: daVinciArtsEmpathyClub@gmail.com