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        <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9400d3;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'p22 da vinci backwards'; language: en;"><span style="font-family: verdana; color: #8b008b;"><a href="http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools/davinci/777.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></a></span></span></span></span></p>
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        </span></strong></span><span style="color: #006400;"><span style="font-family: tahoma;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 8pt;"><a href="http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools/davinci/files/11-12-Documents/bulletin_June_10-13.pdf"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6/10/13</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">   </span><a href="http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools/davinci/files/11-12-Documents/bulletin_June_11-13.pdf"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6/11/13</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">   </span><a href="http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools/davinci/files/11-12-Documents/bulletin_June_12-13.pdf"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6/12/13</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">  </span><a href="http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools/davinci/files/11-12-Documents/bulletin_June_13-13.pdf"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6/13/13</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">   6/14/13</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #006400;"><span style="font-family: tahoma;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 8pt;"><br />
        Current families: If you would like to be added to the <strong>da Vinci e-mail list </strong>so you can receive weekly updates and newsletters regarding our fantastic school, please </span><a href="mailto:conniec@pps.net"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: tahoma;">click </span><span style="font-family: tahoma;">here</span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-family: tahoma;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 8pt;"> and provide the appropriate information.</span></span></span></p>
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        <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>8th Grade Promotion<br />
        </strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Thursday, June 13th at 4:30 pm<br />
        </strong>at Benson High School<br />
        Everyone is welcome!<br />
        </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><em>Promoting 8th graders need to arrive by 3:45</em></span></span></p>
        <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="color: #8a2be2; font-size: 12pt;">Friday, June 14th - Last Day of School<br />
        </span>8th grade Talent Show: noon-1 pm<br />
        Lunch on the Lawn: 1 pm-3 pm<br />
        </strong>Yearbook signing, hanging out &amp; games<br />
        plus Dunk Tank $1 &amp; treats for sale<br />
        Sales benefit the da Vinci Foundation</span></span></p>
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        <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9400d3; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #8a2be2; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #008000;">da Vinci 2013 T-Shirts <br />
        </span><em><span style="color: #008000;">now on sale in the main office!<br />
        </span></em></span></strong><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">Youth &amp; Women's $13, Adult $14, XL &amp; XXL Adu</span><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;"></span>lt $16<br />
        Gold shirts with Asher Marlin's <br />
        purple &amp; green dragon design!</span></span></span></span></span></p>
        <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9400d3; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="color: #8a2be2; font-size: 12pt;">Space Out CD's <br />
        now on sale in the main office.<br />
        </span></strong>$12 for the double CD set</span></span></span></p>
        <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9400d3; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #b22222; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>HELP KEEP DA VINCI WHOLE!!<br />
        </em></strong></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: tahoma; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #006400; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Currently da Vinci if facing cuts of 1/2 teaching positions in BOTH Dance &amp; Science. If you can make a doantion to help us keep our program whole, give what you can TODAY! </span><a href="http://www.allhandsraised.org"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">www.allhandsraised.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Or mail a check to the da Vinci office, 2508 NE Everett 97232. No donation is too small (or too large.)<strong> THANKS!<br />
        New donation incentives from WhiteBird!<br />
        </strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Donors giving at the $100 and above level</span> will be entered in a drawing for a pair of tickets to the first performance of the <br />
        2013-14 season, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet.<br />
        <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Donors giving and the $500 and above level</span> will be entered in a drawing for 2 passes to the entire WhiteBird 2013-14 season!<br />
        <strong><em>Thank you Walter &amp; Paul!</em></strong></span></span></span></span></p>
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        <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8a2be2;"><strong><strong><img width="86" height="86" alt="" style="width: 134px; height: 88px;" src="http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools/davinci/files/conniec/artist_logo_medium.jpg" />da V</strong><strong></strong>inci Arts Fair <br />
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        </span></strong><a href="http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools/davinci/files/11-12-Documents/artist_form_2013.pdf">Click here to download an application</a><br />
        <strong>This year's show is December 7th &amp; 8th</strong></span></p>
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<div align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><strong><span style="color: #9400d3"><span style="text-decoration: underline">From Sean Parker</span>:</span> </strong>Hi everyone! Just wanted to give a quick heads-up about an upcoming screening of a brand new, final cut of our comedy feature Coup de Cinema. It's at the Hollywood Theatre on April 3rd at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $5. It's going to be a great evening! The film has new content and some special surprises at the screening. If you plan on going, consider helping us out by RSVP-ing at our Facebook event page. It's available at:<br />
<a  target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/596693720358123">https://www.facebook.com/events/596693720358123</a><br />
Also, if you haven't seen them yet, we have a lot of new wacky shorts over on our "Hapstance Films" YouTube channel. You can check them out at<br />
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<p><a  target="_blank" href="http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools/davinci/files/11-12-Documents/Family_Handbook_2012-13.pdf"><strong>SCHOOL HANDBOOK</strong></a> (pdf)</p>
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