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This year’s Spring Musical will be the Teen Edition of Hadestown and rehearsals are in full swing in Drama Rooms 305/306, weekly schedule below.

Performances will be on March 6th, 7th, 8th, 13th and 14th at 7:00pm. The final performance is a matinee on Saturday, March 15th, at 2:00pm. Tickets will be available for purchase on School Pay beginning Wednesday, February 5th.    

Rehearsal Schedule ~ Februrary 3rd-7th:

Thursday the 6th: “Way Down Hadestown” Choreo and Blocking 4:15-6:15

Friday the 7th: “Papers” Blocking and Fight Choreography 4:15-6:15

President's Day (No School) ~ All Day Hadestown Rehearsal 9:15am-4:00pm

Dragons’ Fire Literary Review is seeking submissions for our 2025 issue. We’re looking for poetry, fiction, nonfiction, comics, and everything in between --and outside the lines. You may submit up to five of your original, best pieces.To submit your work, check out your ELA Canvas page, or email Ms. Conner   (emconner@pps.net). The deadline for submitting your work is Friday, February 7th.

With the PPS print shop closing, due to budget cuts, we are in need of funding to print materials required to share student writing with the community this year and moving forward. Annual materials that need printing are the Dragons' Fire Literary Review magazine (which costs $10/copy to print), our Capstone Chapbooks, and other items. Donations of any amount appreciated! Thank you for supporting the Literary Arts at da Vinci!

The Leo Leaders will be hosting a Winter Candy Sale next Tuesday, 2/11 & Wednesday, 2/12 during both lunches. We will have a variety of sweets available ranging from $1-3. All proceeds will go towards raising money for our upcoming Student Dance on 3/20. Hope to see you there!

Monday, February 17th - No School - President's Day

Monday, February 17th - Hadestown All Day Rehearsal

Wednesday, February 26th - Early Release - school is dismissed at 1:45pm

Friday, February 28th - No School - Teacher Planning Day

As part of our district's focus on events that center belonging, equity, and inclusion, we have been screening a series of films that we hope will challenge our perceptions about what is possible in the systems we create for our children with disabilities.

The next film in the series is “Champions,” which will screen on Saturday February 8th at 2:00 PM at Lincoln High School. This event will also include first-hand testimonials from PPS students.

This movie highlights the journey of a basketball coach who leads a team of players with intellectual disabilities. Through humor and heartfelt moments, the movie emphasizes the strengths, individuality, and value each player brings to the team and how inclusion enriches communities and creates positive, supportive environments.

Staff, families, and community members are all invited. Parking is free and light refreshment will be provided. We hope to see you there!

We’re thrilled to announce that two PPS teachers were recently awarded the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). 

Krishnan Ranjani,  a teacher of advanced mathematics and Career and Technical Education (CTE) computer systems at Lincoln High School and Nick Nohner, a computer sciences and data sciences teacher at Ida B. Wells High School, were both selected for the honor which is administered by the National Science Foundation (NSF) on behalf of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The award recognizes outstanding educators for their contributions to the teaching and learning of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Each awardee will receive a certificate signed by President Joe Biden and a $10,000 award from NSF. Awardees will also travel to Washington, D.C., for an awards ceremony at a future date. 

Congratulations to these two exceptional teachers!

We are thrilled to celebrate an incredible achievement by , who have earned spots in the prestigious All-State Ensembles for the Oregon Music Education Association (OMEA). 

This annual statewide competition recognizes the "best of the best" in student musicianship, bringing together top performers from across Oregon to play in cross-district ensembles at the state music education conference this weekend, January 17-19.