Da Vinci RISE High seeks to create a highly responsive, holistic, and integrated model that meets the unique needs of youth navigating foster care, housing instability, probation, and/or other circumstances that have caused disruptions in their academic journeys. Through the facilitation of a flex-scheduling, credit recovery model, students are given the voice and choice necessary to pursue their academic goals while honoring the additional responsibilities they have in their lives.
Da Vinci RISE High offers a real-world, project-based curriculum designed to prepare students for college and careers. Students benefit from mental health counseling, case management, job training, extracurricular activities, food and housing assistance, Special Education services, English language support, and more.
🖥️🧠 New for this upcoming school year, RISE is launching two career pathways in Digital Media and Mental Health, giving students hands-on experience and industry-aligned skills in high-demand fields.
RISE serves students across Los Angeles County with two locations in South LA and Hawthorne. No permits or releases are needed to attend Da Vinci Schools.
Enrollment Info
RISE serves students up to age 24. Fill out an Interest Form now for Fall 2025 enrollment. We can't wait to meet you!
In 2016, RISE High was 1 of only 10 schools in the nation to win an XQ ‘Super School’ grant to reimagine high school. Da Vinci RISE High is authorized by the Los Angeles County Board of Education.
Da Vinci RISE High
Erin Whalen, Co-Founder
Naomi Lara, Principal
Jonathan Crouch, Dean of Student Success and Culture
RISE-Richstone
13634 Cordary Avenue
Hawthorne, CA 90250
RISE-A Place Called Home
2901 S. Central Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90011
Ashley Oku
Enrollment & General Inquiries
dvrise@davincischools.org
(562) 360-9472
Visit our website!
dvrise.davincischools.org
Resources
Enrollment Info / Interest Form
RISE Brochure / English / Spanish