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  • Dragon Tales Newsletter ~

    8/8/2025

    We are excited about the school year ahead and having your student with us!

    Please be sure to read this first Dragon Tales Newsletter from Principal Roosevelt. It is full of excellent information about the upcoming start to the 2025/20026 school year. Other helpful links below.

    Suggested Student Supplies

    2025-2026 Carpool Opt In Form

  • New Student Social ~ August 24th @5pm

    8/8/2025

    We hope our incoming 6th graders, new students, and their families can join us for a popsicle social on August 24th from 5-6pm. While short and sweet, this is a great opportunity to meet other students and begin building relationships with other students who are new to da Vinci. We hope to see you there!

  • Date TBD: Community Care Day at da Vinci!

    8/5/2025

    Community Care Day will be held on a Saturday before the end of September. Stay tuned for that date. We will update here and on the website calendar once the date has been solidified with the District. Hope to see you there!

    Please join us for some fun and beautification of our school grounds. Many hands make light work and we will be done at noon so we can all go enjoy the rest of a sunny summer day!

    Please bring rakes and other gardening tools if you have them, thank you.

  • da Vinci Travels 2026

    3/20/2025
    In Summer 2026, we're going to Japan!
    Every summer, drama tech teacher Heidi Sprecher, and social studies teacher Chelsea Blair, lead trips around the world for students. 
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    They are so excited to go on this trip in the summer of 2026, which starts in Kyoto and then travels up to Tokyo while seeing some of the most amazing and iconic sights in the country. If you have questions about upcoming or recently passed info sessions for this trip, please reach out to Heidi at HSprecher@pps.net.
     

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  • Two Lincoln High School Grads Win National Merit Scholarships

    6/12/2025

    Congratulations to Lincoln High School students Richard Deng and Coral Platt! Both were awarded National Merit Scholarships of $2,500 toward their college studies.

    They were chosen from more than 15,000 finalists nationwide. Richard plans to pursue a career in politics and Coral is looking at a future in the legal sector.

  • Two PPS Educators Named OnPoint Educators of the Year

    6/2/2025

    Two exceptional PPS educators, Ricardo Barber and Hang Jones, were recently named OnPoint Educators of the Year for 2025.

    As part of this prestigious honor, both teachers will have their rent or mortgage paid for an entire year, and their schools also receive a $2,500 donation. 

    Ricardo Barber teaches third grade at Faubion, and Hang Jones serves as a social worker at Marysville Elementary. 

    The OnPoint Prize for Excellence in Education celebrates educators who embrace innovative teaching techniques that ignite enthusiasm in their students. 

    Congratulations to Ricardo Barber and Hang Jones! And thank you both for everything you do to make a difference in the lives our students.

  • Student Filmmakers Showcase Their Monster Talent

    5/22/2025

    The assignment their teacher gave them was simple – make a short film that begins with a phone call and ends with someone hanging up. Benson first-year students Dylan Martinez-Torres and Dariel Soriano Zamora ran it all the way to a small city populated by two very big and rather iconic monsters – Godzilla and Hedora.

    The result, Sorry, Wrong Number, is one of the more than 90 films entered into the annual Best of PPS Film Festival. The festival is a celebration of exceptional student filmmaking that includes a showcase at the historic Hollywood Theatre. 

    The fourth annual installment of the festival took place on May 21 and included a screening of 13 standout films. The films came from all over PPS and ran the gamut from Dylan and Dariel’s monster short to documentaries, film noir, and broadcast journalism. 

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  • Join the Climate Crisis Response Committee

    5/19/2025

    If you are a passionate student or community member that wants to make a difference at PPS, apply to join the Climate Crisis Response Committee! This is a committee that reports to the PPS Board of Education.

    On the committee you will learn about how PPS is making progress towards our climate justice and sustainability policies, provide input and recommendations to the PPS Board on how to better support PPS staff as we advance these policy goals, and connect with other passionate members of our PPS community from diverse backgrounds, knowledge areas, and lived experiences.

    No previous professional experience in climate change or sustainability required! Students can apply via this form. Community members can apply here.

    Deadline to apply: June 6. 

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