Da Vinci Schools
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13500 Aviation Boulevard Hawthorne, California |
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| Type | Public, Charter |
| Opened | 2009 |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Number of students | Da Vinci Design - 510 Da Vinci Science - 522 Da Vinci Innovation Academy - 310 Da Vinci Communications - 192 |
| Website | www.davincischools.org |
Da Vinci Schools operate four small, college-preparatory K-12 public charter schools located at the corners of Hawthorne, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, and Redondo Beach in Los Angeles, California, United States, in close proximity to leading aerospace and high tech companies, design firms, and major universities.
Da Vinci Schools are dedicated to preparing students for college completion and 21st century jobs through an interdisciplinary real-world, project-based "learn by doing" curriculum that exceeds state content standards and California's "a-g" university admissions requirements. Da Vinci signature programs and practices include: a small and personalized learning environment where every student is known, seen and valued; strategic public-private partnerships with many industry, higher-ed, and education innovator leaders; a Work Experience Program in which high school students gain on-the-job, real-world work experience; and an Early College Program in which students take college classes for credit (at no cost to families) while they simultaneously earn their high school diploma.
Established in 2009 as independently governed and operated charter schools, Da Vinci Schools have earned a reputation for hands-on learning and a new public-private partnership model where industry helps to define the real-world skill sets needed to prepare students for jobs in today's global economy. Dr. David Brown, the former executive director of the WASC Accrediting Commission, said "Da Vinci Schools are among the very finest I've seen." In 2010, California's top educator, former California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell, said Da Vinci Schools should be a "model for other public schools in the state." The Los Angeles Times reported that Da Vinci Schools offer a teaching model that would make Leonardo da Vinci proud.
Ninety-eight (98%) of Da Vinci graduates have completed the necessary coursework for admission to a University of California or Cal State campus. Da Vinci graduates have been accepted to every UC and CSU, and to Stanford, MIT, Yale, Columbia, Brown, Princeton, Dartmouth, Purdue, USC, LMU, and many other prestigious private and public universities across the nation.
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