Help Our Kids BLOOM in the Arts at da Vinci

Help Support da Vinci's Teachers, Classrooms, Library, and Students! 

This is our biggest and most important fundraiser of the year. With budget cuts coming, da Vinci's programs are at risk! To fund classrooms and departments at current levels, our fundraising goal is $50,000 this year, which averages out to about $125 per da Vinci family. Any amount helps, anyone can donate (share this with friends, family, neighbors!), and all proceeds go to essential supplies, materials, and programming. Let's invest in education, the arts, and the students of da Vinci middle school, and watch them BLOOM!

ALL da Vinci Classrooms and Programs Rely on PTSA funding.

Hear Why It Matters to Our Teachers

"PTSA funds are truly invaluable to our Library. Every year, as we receive less and less support from the district, your generosity becomes even more essential. Thanks to your contributions, we’re able to invest in new books the day they’re released and provide games and puzzles for our popular Lunch Clubs. These funds help us build a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming collection that reflects and supports every student in our community. Your support adds to the magic of what da Vinci means to all of us."

~ Heather Swinford, Teacher Librarian

"The music department at da Vinci heavily relies on PTSA funds. This is what buys strings for guitars, reeds for instruments, music for the band and choir, new drum heads and sticks for for African drumming, valve oil, slide grease, guitar cables, picks, and the list goes on and on. To run a successful program we have to have resources, and the PTSA funds make it happen for the music department every year at da Vinci."

~ Mark Gerolami, Music Director

"Without PTSA funds, our art programs could not and would not exist at the high quality they do. In Visual Art we have purchased newer oil pastels, acrylic paints, paint brushes, palettes, carving tools, and a range of papers that are specific to each project. In Textiles, the funds purchase embroidery thread, hoops, needles, threaders, yarn for crochet, crochet hooks, yarn, knitting needles, roving for felting, thread for sewing machines, fabric and zippers for sewing projects, warping yarn, yarn and MORE yarn! The PTSA funds buy not just materials but an opportunity for students to learn, grow, and practice persistence through textile and visual art work. Research is showing that now more than ever kids need to engage in creative hand-work to help their brains grow in healthy ways. Thank you for supporting this learning for all students at da Vinci!"

~ Neressa Bennett, Textile & Visual Art Teacher

"Because of PTSA funds, we can publish Dragons' Fire Literary Review, the incredible collection of student writing and art!"

~ Emily Conner, AVID & Creative Writing Teacher

"The PTSA funds make the magic of da Vinci drama possible. This is how we are able to have cross collaboration between the dance and drama department, so our musicals can move us. It allows us to bring in guest artists to inspire. Truly, it provides the flexibility our department needs to dream, create and push the limits of what people think middle schoolers are capable of. We need these funds because without them, we are limited and with them we are limitless."

~ Nicole Accuardi, Drama Teacher

A Message From Principal Scott Roosevelt

"I am so thankful for the PTSA and all the support they provide our teachers. This directly impacts the learning experience and outcomes of all students at da Vinci. Given the budget reductions that have befallen building leaders, I too am thankful for the funds allocated to me by the PTSA. Those funds help me support our affinity groups, staff morale, school spirit, special projects and student safety. This year, they also helped fund our testing incentive program and we believe that program had a big impact on the gains we saw at all grade levels in ELA and Math. I am also grateful for the opportunity the PTSA provides me with to stay connected to parents and families. As a non-neighborhood school, these types of partnerships are so helpful in building and maintaining a positive school culture."

Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors