Wildlife!
We had a super visit from the New England Wildlife Center. Hear all about the amazing creatures we met! Read more and see slideshow >>

Friends of Tobin Spring Event
March 12 | 7-9:30PM
Cambridge Skating Club
See all the details in flyer that was sent home in backpacks... 

Spotlight on Megan Watt
Here's Megan, our always pleasant Early Literacy Interventionist! Read on >> 

Staff Appreciation Lunch
March 15 is an early release day and our annual Staff Appreciation Lunch! 

This is our opportunity, as the families of students attending Tobin & VLUS to show our appreciation to our staff by bringing in main dishes, salads, and desserts for them to enjoy while participating in their professional development. It is SUPER helpful if you can let us know what you might bring in. You can be specific (lasagna!) or general (salad). 

We need volunteers to bring in:
–15 main dishes (serving 8 to 12 people)
–12 salads -- any kind, from green to potato
–10 desserts
(All drinks & paper goods will be provided.)

Volunteers are also needed to:
–Help set-up the school's cafeteria after the VLUS students have finished their lunch.
–Watch the children of other volunteers (so the nap room staff can eat too!).
–Run food from the kitchen out to the tables.
–Clean up afterward.

Schedule:
–Drop off food contributions by 12PM (yes, you can do it earlier)
–11:55AM Start watching the children of volunteers
–12:30PM Make floral arrangements, set-up of tables -- tablecloths, plates, etc.,
–1PM Run food out from kitchen
–1:15PM Staff enjoys lunch
–2:15PM Clean up
–3PM We are all done!

Please, any questions or responses, contact Mary Frawley or me! And thank you, thank you, thank you.
–Joanna Fischer, [email protected]



Tidepool Habitats
This week the New England Aquarium Traveling Education Programs visited the Tobin to work with our Lower Elementary students on "Tidepool Habitats." Students have been studying vertebrates and invertebrates, and this tidepool program gave our students a chance to learn more about – and investigate – touch tanks that represent New England’s three coastal habitats. Students were encouraged to compare and contrast the habitats as well as observe the types of animals that are found in each one. Please ask your child what their favorite part of this experience was! Was it the sea stars? The spider crabs? The cold water?
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Sajni and Dava visited the office and were very willing to share their Aquarium experience with Mary Frawley. They told her how all the Lower Elementary students went to the auditorium for the Aquarium presentation. The girls explained how they got to see spider crabs, horseshoe crabs, and their favorite...a slimy moon snail!



Dance in the Schools
Room 283 students are having fun with their wonderful dance instructor Kendra Thyne. Thank you Friends of Tobin for supporting the Dance in the Schools program.