Category: Da Vinci Newsletter

To all current Da Vinci seniors and families, please save the date for our upcoming FAFSA night. If you have not yet completed the 2025-2026 FAFSA application, please join us on Tuesday, February 25th from 4:30-7:00 P.M. in the Da Vinci auditorium to receive one-on-one help from financial aid experts coming from UTEP and EPCC. We hope you can make it!

Show off your artistic skills and enter the International Club’s T-Shirt design contest! Your design could be chosen as your class’ official T-Shirt! Deadline for submission is January 31, 2025 at 4 P.M.

Submit a design for your class shirt! There will be one winnder for High School and one winner for Middle School. The same design will be used for all corresponding grade levels. Your design must include:

• The school name: "Da Vinci School for Science and the Arts" or "Da Vinci"
• The current year: 2024-2025
• Make sure your design is colored and is school appropriate
• Limit your design to no more than three colors (stick to school colors). Be creative!

Forms including the space to draw your design are available. For more information or to submit your design by e-mail, contact Mrs. Loya at aloya@burnhamwood.org. We will have a committee made up of staff members to select the two best designs for each category (Middle School and High School). Students will then vote for their favorite from the two selected. The shirts will go on sale with the chosen design after the contest and you will be able to wear it Friday and/or during jean days. The winners will get a free shirt!

Surprise your friends, teachers, or classmates with a sweet treat this Halloween! The International Club is excited to offer Halloween Candy Grams that will be delivered to recipients on Thursday, October 31st during school hours. 👻
How to order:

• Cost: $1-2 per Candy Gram
• Order Deadline: Monday, October 28th

Stop by The International Club’s table during lunch to place your order! Don’t miss out on this spook-tacular way to send a little Halloween spirit. 🎃🍭

All proceeds will support The International Club’s upcoming Europe trip!

Bring your family and friends to the Fall Festival on Saturday, October 26th from 10 AM to 2 PM at the Da Vinci School campus!

🌟 What to Expect:

• Live music featuring mariachi, folkloric performance, and amazing talent from our teachers and students!
• A scary Haunted Hall for the brave.
• A bouncy house for the little ones.
• Fun games and a costume contest with amazing prizes!

🍴 Food for sale: Tamales, hot dogs, pan de muerto, aguas frescas, and much more!

Entrance is FREE, so don’t miss out on this fun-filled day for the whole family and friends!

Dear Parents & Guardians,

The Da Vinci International Club will be hosting an information session regarding the summer 2025 trip to England, France, and Spain. Information presented includes:

• What we’ll see and do
• Travel logistics
• Affordable payment options
• How to enroll on this trip (before it fills up!)

Please register for the meeting by August 21st. I look forward to seeing you there!

Ms. Alejandra Loya

P.S. Can’t make the meeting but want more information? Register using the link below and select "No, but send info".

Meetting date & time: Thursday, August 22, 2024 @ 5:30 P.M.
Location: Da Vinci Cafeteria
Contact Information: aloya@burnhamwood.org
Register to attend the meeting or to receive more information

Join the International Club on Saturday, March 2 from 8:30 A.M. to noon for a drive-thru pancake breakfast! For $8, you get a large pancake, eggs, bacon, sausage, and your choice of coffee or orange juice. Drive in through the Southwestern gate and pick up your breakfast at the cafeteria. For more information, contact Ms. Loya.

Join Da Vinci this Wednesday, January 31 at the Peter Piper Pizza at 5700 North Desert Boulevard, just north of Da Vinci! Stop by any time from 11 A.M. to 9 P.M., order any of your favorites from the menu for dine-in or take-out, and mention "Da Vinci". Peter Piper will donate a portion of the proceeds to Da Vinci’s InSPIRESS program and it won’t cost you extra! Hope to see you there!

We’re incredibly proud to celebrate the achievements of one of our former Da Vinci students, Sebastian Banuelos, who graduated as the Salutatorian of the Class of 2021. Sebastian’s journey at Da Vinci was nothing short of remarkable. As a QuestBridge scholarship winner, he demonstrated his outstanding dedication to academics and leadership. He was accepted into the prestigious California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to pursue his dreams in Mechanical Engineering.

But that’s not all! Sebastian’s passion for robotics shone brightly during his time at Da Vinci, where he led his team to a remarkable second-place victory in the State competition for several years. Sebastian’s innovative project, “The Speaking Hand,” propelled him and his partner to the Science Fair Competition in College Station, home of Texas A&M, where they received the Community Innovation Award. He also actively participated in InSpiress, Da Vinci’s NASA program, showcasing his commitment to exploring the frontiers of science and innovation.

Sebastian’s journey is a testament to what dedication, passion, and hard work can achieve. We couldn’t be more excited to see where his future in Mechanical Engineering takes him. Keep soaring, Sebastian!