Think Like an Engineer!
Students of the Baldwin STEM club are learning about gravity, motion, weight, and the engineering design process. Using pipes, foam noodles, paper towel tubes, and tape, they are building marble roller coasters!
Did you ever notice that a looping roller coaster is not in a circle but in a teardrop shape? That is called a clothoid loop. Students are learning about kinetic energy, potential energy, and centripetal force.
On Friday mornings, the STEM Club students engage in projects, explorations, and math competition problems. They work with each other to build, create and solve.
STEM Club invites all students and their families to the fourth annual STEM Night on December 7.
How a Math Project Continued with TinkerCad and 3D Printing
Submitted by Kjersti Rosen, parent
Last year in 5th grade, my son Xander and his friend Edwin designed a house as a math project in Ms. Miller's math class. The boys enjoyed the project, their house looked good, and now the project has continued and has taken on a life of its own. Read more >>
Beautiful!
Beautiful Stuff --- learning with found material.
The kindergarten students in K212 unleashed their creativity! They arranged and sorted recyclable materials and then transformed those found objects into beautiful self-portraits.
You Decide 2016
Grade 1 students in room 208 had an election of their own on November 8th. After a hard-fought campaign, it was the day to decide ... Cheese Sticks or Apples ... for snack. The result ... Abigail Apple, in a landslide.
There were also ballot questions posted to room 208:
- We should have only carrots for snack every day.
- Everyone should eat all of their food at snack time, even if they don't like it.
- People should be able to go get a snack from home in their bag if they want to.
A Fond Farewell
Betty McNeeley, Baldwin School Clerk for 28 years, retired on November 18. The students paid tribute to Betty at an all-school meeting with cards, poetry, songs, gifts, and a student written play. It was a beautiful send off for the person who took care of everyone at school.
News from the Library
Jarrett Krosoczka is Coming to Baldwin!
We are pleased to announce that all students at the Baldwin will have the opportunity to meet children’s author/illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka on Tuesday, January 17, 2017. Families will have the opportunity to purchase a book dedicated to their child and signed by the author. Order forms will be sent home soon.
Baldwin Book Award 2017
For students in grades 1 - 3
Set a goal for yourself. Highlight books as you read them, listen to them or have them read to you. Due June 9th. We will vote on our favorites after that date and select one from each category for “The Baldwin Book Award”. Learn more >>
Are You and Your Family on the Same Page with Screen Time Rules?
From www.screenagersmovie.com
Bedtime: Is there a time devices go off? Can devices be in the bedroom? Where do they go in the house if not in the bedroom?
Gaming: Are there rules around amount of time and or type of gaming? How about where you can game?
Social Media: Are there rules around time spent? Specific apps you can or can't use? Are there times you can't use social media?
Passwords: Do the parents in the house have passwords to every device and every account?
Meals: Can you have your device out at meals?
Attention Parents - Cookbook Club
Do you enjoy baking? Do you like trying different recipes? Then consider joining a cookbook club with some Baldwin moms. We will be baking cookies from Dorie Greenspan's new cookbook called "Dorie's Cookies". Participants will select one recipe to bake and share at casual monthly meet ups. Gatherings will be either the second Friday of the month at 9:15AM or the second Sunday at 3PM the depending on people's availability. First meeting will be either 12/9 or 12/11. To express interest, please email us.
In Our Community
School Committee Notice - Roundtable Discussion of World Language in the Elementary Schools
Tuesday, December 6
Time: Immediately following the regular meeting which begins at 6PM
Dr. Henrietta S. Attles Meeting Room, Cambridge Rindge And Latin School, 459 Broadway, for the purpose of discussing World Language in the Cambridge Public Schools.
Audition for The Lion King!
Be part of the Beyond the 4th Wall Spring Musical. For students grades 3 - 5. Auditions take place from 3 - 5PM at the following days/locations:
Thursday, December 1 - Rindge Avenue Tuesday, December 6 - Vassal Lane Thursday, December 8 - Putnam Avenue Monday, December 12 - Dance Complex
Tuesday, December 13 - Cambridge Street Upper School
Thursday, December 15 - Amigos School Rehearsals will start in January and will be held at the Dance Complex, 536 Massachusetts Avenue.
Questions: 617.710.3864 or [email protected]
Sign up for auditions online from their website.
MIT Science on Saturday
Saturdays (February 4, March 4, April 1, 2017)
Time: Main presentation 10 - 11AM + hands-on activities
11AM - 12noon
Learn more >>
Harvard University Men's Basketball vs. Fordham Community Game
Saturday, December 3 | 2PM
Harvard Athletics, Lavietes Pavilion
65 N. Harvard St., Allston
Free for Cambridge residents .
At Home Digital Resources Workshop
Tuesday, December 6 | 8:30AM
Peabody School Library
Facilitated by Katie Bourne, Peabody School Library Media Specialist and E. J. Beucler, Baldwin and Peabody School Instructional Technology Specialist
Title I Family Game Night
Thursday, December 15 | 6 - 7:30PM
Fletcher Maynard Academy, 225 Windsor Street
For all Cambridge Public School families with children grades K - 5. Games that will help your child build literacy and math skills.
Register by email or call 617.349.6492.
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