Dear Students, Parents and Stakeholders, 

Welcome to Da Vinci RISE virtual school! The RISE staff is fully committed to continuing to provide a meaningful school experience for our students and stakeholders during California’s response to the Coronavirus outbreak. We have been working hard to adjust our school model to meet the needs of our students during this uncertain time. This post includes pertinent information for how students will be engaging with school, earning credits and accessing resources during the campus closure. Please reach out with any questions or concerns to your site admin.

APCH Assistant Principal: Erin Whalen (Ewhalen@davincischools.org)

Hawthorne Assistant Principal: Rebecca Robertson (Rrobertson@davincischools.org)

To Access the full Virtual Learning document online: https://tinyurl.com/DVRonline 

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Virtual School Expectations 

  1. Students MUST Complete AT LEAST 3 steps per day on DreamSeeDo (Mon-Fri) – In order to offer flexibility in the program, steps may be completed at a time that works best for the student’s individual schedule.* 2 Steps in Exhibition Project
    * 1 Step in a specific class (or a third step in their exhibition project)
  2.  Students are encouraged to check-in with RISE staff at least 3 times a week – Communication may be during office hours, advisory, scheduled 1-on-1’s, by phone or DreamSeeDo messenger. 
    • Our Suggestion:
      • 2 Academic (1 Exhibition Office Hour and 1 Academic Office Hour)
      • 1 Advisory hangout or check in

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Communication

ALL RISE staff will be using Zoom to video conference with students  

What is Zoom ?
Zoom is a video conferencing app that allows the RISE community to communicate via computer or cell phone. Teachers and staff are able to display PowerPoints, send messages and manage communications through this platform. All students must login to zoom meetings at least 3 times per week.

Sign up here: https://zoom.us/signup

 

All 1-on-1 appointments with staff will be scheduled through Calendly

What is Calendly?
Calendly is an online scheduling app that Da Vinci RISE staff members are using to manage student meetings. Students must use the staff member’s calendly links (found below) to schedule 1-on-1 sessions to recieve help and/or support.

Follow-up
RISE staff will be reaching out to students and stakeholders to ensure all students are making academic progress. If students fail to complete 3 steps a day or to participate in at least 3 Zoom sessions a week, RISE staff will reach out to set a plan for how to ensure progress moving forward.

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Special Education

Da Vinci RISE is committed to providing students with disabilities equal access to the same virtual learning opportunities provided to non-disabled peers. Because virtual learning differs from campus-based instruction, the services on a student’s Individualized Education Plan (IEP) will also look different during this time.  Students with disabilities may receive their IEP services as: consultation, direct instruction through Zoom or Calendly, email, instructional phone calls, and other curriculum-based activities. During the week of 4/13-4/20, students with IEPs must contact their resource teacher (Tiffany Edwards at Hawthorne or Charles Snow at APCH) via Calendly to schedule a time to meet to develop their individual weekly virtual IEP service schedule. Resource teachers will reach out to stakeholders of students who are not adhering to their weekly virtual IEP service schedule.

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504 Plans 

Accommodations and access to instruction is provided through teachers via the DreamSeeDo online platform. For any questions or concerns, please contact our 504 coordinator, Dynasty Taylor at Dtaylor@davincischools.org.

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Exhibition Benchmark Calendar

* LINKED HERE*
This document provides  recommendations for which Exhibition steps to complete each day, and gives guidelines around how long it will take you to complete each Benchmark if you stay on schedule.

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Daily Learning Schedule & Teacher Availability