DaVinci Connection – September 12, 2018
School Links
Important Dates
(subject to change – see online calendar)
9/12 Policy Committee Meeting, 3:30 p.m.
9/17 Finance Committee Meeting, 6:00 p.m.
9/20 Extracurricular Session 2 – Registration Deadline
9/21 Retake Picture Day
9/24 School Board Committee, 6:00 p.m.
9/24 No School
9/28 Color Run Packet Pick Up, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
9/29 Color Run
Food Service Program
Current Lunch prices – including milk
Hot, Alt. or Emergency Lunch:
- Full Pay = $3.50;
- Free/Reduced = $0.00
Vegetarian Lunch:
- Full-pay = $4.50;
- Reduced-price = $0.40;
- Free = $0.00
A La Carte Items -charged to ALL students:
- Milk-only = $0.50;
- Emergency meals = $3.50
- Extra Entree (Grade 6-8 only) = $1.50
Current Breakfast Price:
- Full-pay = $1.75
- Kindergarten = $0.00
- Reduced-price = $0.00
- Free = $0.00
Go here to apply for free or reduced-price meals or to find out more about the food service program.
Greetings!
To the left, you will find helpful links to important pages on our website (School Links).
NEED TO KNOW
Color Run – Early Registration Deadline is Friday!
Registration includes a race bib, color packet, and t-shirt only if you sign up before 9/15/18.
WHEN: Saturday, September 29, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.
WHERE: National Sports Center 1700 105th Avenue NE, Blaine, MN 55449
REGISTER: Get Active Fundraising
Session 2 Extracurricular Activities
Classes start October 22 and run through December 14 are now open for registrations on our website. Please make your choices by Thursday, September 20 to ensure a place in the class. http://davincicharterschool.org/extra-curricular-signup/
School Starts at 8:00 a.m.
Uniform Reminder
The purpose of the Uniform Policy is to minimize distraction and focus students’ attention on their work at school rather than their attire, and to project a unified school image, which is proper and neat in appearance, reflecting the important work of the school. Please make sure your child(ren) is following the uniform policy. Leggings/jeggings should not be worn unless it’s under a skirt, skort or jumper.
Invalid download ID.Parent Communication through Bloomz
One of our goals at DaVinci Academy is to create a strong sense of community among our families and to use communication tools that support that sense of community. Unfortunately, some of the applications we have used create a public forum which may put our school at risk of liability and also at risk of encroaching on the privacy of our parents and students. As you know, we also face this challenge with our students as they learn to negotiate social media and are always looking for ways to keep our community safe.
Recognizing that Bloomz may result in that type of risk, we were recently advised by legal counsel to turn off settings that allow parents to post publicly. We understand that this was a valuable tool to allow parents to connect with each other to build community, so we are looking at ways for parents to share information with one another in a safe way.
One idea is to appoint a room parent (or parents) for each classroom.  ; The room parent’s job would be to call all of the members of that classroom and get opt-in permission for contact information to be shared with the group. They would then publish a class directory of families who opt in to the directory.
If you are interested in serving as the room parent for your class, please contact your child’s teacher so that we can put this system into place.
Thank you for your understanding.
Debra Lach
Executive Director
Nice to Know
Eagle Bluff
From August 27 through 29, the middle school students and teachers traveled to the Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center in southeastern Minnesota. As always, students loved the hands-on learning experiences of the Eagle Bluff classes. Some classes included “Pond Life,” “Wildlife Ecology,” “GPS,” and “Pioneer Life.” Adventure classes like canoeing and the “Treetops” rope course were especially big hits with the students. While we ran into some rainy weather, the students took it in stride and smiled through the downpours!
MCA Results Distributed
Silent Dismissal – New, Earlier Deadline for Changes
To ensure that any middle school student transportation changes get to your child by the beginning of their last class, any same day changes must be made earlier than previous years. From either the Silent Dismissal site or the app, you may make changes to your child’s dismissal method for the current day until 1:30 p.m. After that time, changes will not be accepted into the system. Please call the office with any changes after 1:30 p.m.
School Payment Portal
Picture Retake Day
Picture retakes are on Friday, September 21. Students must wear their uniforms.
2018-19 Academic Calendar
The 2018-19 academic calendar is slightly different from previous years. Please take time to review our academic calendar for this year. Click here to download the calendar.
Ongoing
Attendance Line
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The date your student will be absent
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The first and last name of your student
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The reason for the absence
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The name of the parent/guardian who is calling