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Hello RISE Families,
I hope this message finds you and your loved ones happy and well. As a reminder, our first day of Quarter 3 begins this Monday, January 11th. By now you should have received hardcopies of the parent letter, report card and other informative documents sent over winter break. Should you have any que
stions please do not hesitate to reach out to me via email at ewhalen@davincischools.org or reach out to your site administrator Edith Funes at APCH or Rebecca Robinson at Hawthorne.
Congrats to our December 2020 Graduates ♥
The RISE High family is PROUD to congratulate our December graduates! You have defied the odds during an incredibly challenging time and we couldn’t be more inspiredby your resilience and determination to reach your goals. This is just the beginning of your journey, always remember your RISE family has your back!
Advisory at RISE!
EVERY SINGLE student at RISE has an advisor. Advisors are staff members who are there to support students with academic progress, socio-emotional development and coaching through the year. Students must attend AT LEAST 4 one-on-one check-ins with their advisor each quarter. Students should also register for their selected 6 workshops (1 college and career, 1 social emotional and 4 of their choice). Completing these tasks not only provides students with tools to succeed, but also provides them with 2.5 credits that can work to boost their GPA. Though advisory credits do not count towards high school graduation, they are used to pump up our student’s GPAs to make them even more competitive for college acceptance, internships, job opportunities and more.
College and Career/ Senior Workshops!
College and Career workshops are an excellent resource for students looking for employment or interested in future job opportunities. This workshop is open to all students and occurs on Wednesdays from 2:30—4:00pm.
Senior Workshops are for RISE students who are “Senior Status” or “approaching senior status”. This workshop supports our seniors with all post- and pre-graduation needs (applications, college essays, interviews etc.)
Senior Status – 30 Credits or less remaining
Approaching Senior Status – 30 – 45 Credits remaining
EL Workshop
English Language Learning workshop is designed to support students for whom English is their second language. This class is to provide additional tutoring to support your academic progress! Students can earn up to 2.5 credits in their English classes for attending (.5 credits), making Lexile growth (.5 credits) and completing Achieve 3000 articles (1.5 credit).
Schedule Breakdown
All student schedules are included in their Personalized Learning Plans! Students should be working on their assignments in-between classes to ensure they are making adequate academic progress. During “Independent Work time” students are able to reach out to their teachers for additional one-on-one or small group support. ALL staff contact information is located the Da Vinci RISE Staff Directory.
Parent Workshop
Principal, Erin Whalen and Site Director, Da’John Harris will be leading a parent workshop on Thursday, January 21st, 2021 at 5:00pm via Zoom. We will be there to help our parents learn how to read the student schedule, navigate DreamSeeDo and help be a support system to your student to ensure they are making adequate progress at RISE!
Health and Safety
During this very trying time, we want to ensure our community is educated and supported on ways to stay safe and healthy. Please let us know if you need any support. Here are some useful COVID-related resources:
Yearbook 2021
Are you enrolled in Yearbook!? Are you interested in social media!? Well today is your lucky day. Yearbook is being revamped this quarter to allow our Yearbook Scholars to be our social media leaders! Little known fact, RISE has an Instagram, twitter and Facebook. We will be using our Yearbook class to learn how to effectively and professionally navigate the social media world! Additionally, we will be working to create an AWESOME yearbook! Check your PLP to see if you are in Yearbook.
For Questions and Assistance, please reach out to your loving administrative team:
FULL RISE STAFF DIRECTORY (CLICK HERE) |
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Principal: ALL SitesNew Earth Administrator |
Assistant Principal: Hawthorne |
Assistant Principal: APCH |
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Erin Whalen
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Rebecca Robertson (415) 562-5230
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Edith Funes
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