Thursday, March 5, 2026

Your weekly Thursday Three: community updates, our impact, and moments of gratitude and celebration from the D39C parent community.

TL;DR (But we hope you read on!)

✅ Mark Your Calendar 🗓️

March 6: Community night cancelled; sorry. 

March 19: Design Thinking Community Night

March 25: 39xDesign

March 27 - April 3: Book Fair!

May 4/5: Master Sports Day

May 16: Celebration of Us Event!

May 28: Maker Fair returns!

Keep reading (or come back later) for the full scoop...

A huge congratulations to our counseling team, who won the prestigious Recognized ASCA Model Program (RAMP) award, highlighting exemplary, data-driven school counseling programs that support student academic, social/emotional, and college/career development.

This is a huge deal, and we're extraordinarily proud of our entire counseling team - Jennifer Asmann, Amanda Grassia, and Andrea Guevara - for this incredible honor.

David 
President, D39C Collaborative
David@design39collaborative.org

Join the Collab! 

As we work to form next year's Board, we could particularly use folks passionate about fundraising, student clubs, and communications.

Please Fill out this form!

Book Fair!
The much beloved book fair returns to the Loft from March 27 to April 3; Volunteers are needed! Please sign up for a lovely time helping instill the love of reading in our designers. 

Additionally, Ms. Rollerson is on the lookout for an empty fish tank she can use for the book fair! If you happen to have an old tank lying around gathering dust, please contact Mrs. Rollerson. You may also email kat@design39collaborative.org if that’s easier!


Music help
Ms. Spencer seeks input on anyone with knowledge of African music - please complete this form!

Community Nights
The Community night for Friday, March 6th has been canceled, but the Design Thinking event on March 19th is going to be fabulous. Come learn about Design Thinking with some fantastic LEDs and participate in a “Design Thinking Sprint” with your family and school community.

PLEASE NOTE: the time for all community nights this school year will now be right after school at 3:30 PM until 4:45 PM. You’re invited join us in the Showcase after you pick up your Designers. As always, the latest updates on all Community Nights will be in Konstella and a flyer with additional information will come soon. Can't wait to see you there!

Celebration of Us!

Celebration of Us is officially on May 16!

A short video with a full explanation can be found by clicking this sentence! 

A lot happened on campus this week; we're grateful to the LEDs, staff, and admin who acted to keep our designers well-being top of mind.