Big Hills, Wonderful Experience
This January marks the second year of our partnership with Youth Enrichment Services (YES) of Boston. We are lucky to be one of only a few schools in Cambridge to partner with YES. Each year grades 3-5 are invited on a day long ski and snow-boarding trip. It has been an amazing experience for both the students and the adult chaperones. This year we thank Ms Kathy Kelsey (math specialist) and Ms. Maria Guiterrez, (kindergarten teacher) as well as the parents and the caregivers who volunteered to chaperone this trip to Pat's Peak, New Hampshire. Here is a summary of a 4th graders experience on the trip:

By: Ava D., 4th grader
The fourth and fifth grades of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School went to Pat's Peak in N. H. on a ski trip. The YES program organized the trip. We traveled by school bus.
When we arrived we took lessons. We learned how to put on our skis, how to stop and ski down the hill with our skis pointed like a triangle, the instructors called it a “pizza”. We went up the mountain on a conveyor belt also know as the magic carpet. We had a lot of fun skiing. It was a wonderful experience.

At the end of the day YES had a ceremony for all of the students. They gave us a glow stick and we all skied down the mountain with the glow stick in our hands!

Thank you to all of the volunteers who made this trip happen.



News from 5th Grade
Hello MLK families. I would like to give an announcement: there is a 5th grade food drive going on from now until March 3rd. Examples of what you can bring in for the food drive are canned foods and also you can bring dry foods. Please do not donate pie, pizza, fresh fruits or vegetables. It will be donated to a local food pantry. Why? It will be donated there to help our community. So come save people from hunger. Please help our community.

FREE FreeYouth Mental Health First Aid Training
Tuesday, April 4th, 2017 | 8:30AM – 5PM ?Somerville Community Safety Building, 220 Washington Street, Somerville
Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis.

This training is being offered for free to anyone who works and/or lives in Arlington, Cambridge, Everett, or Somerville, MA. Additional registration questions can be directed to Cory Mashburn at 617.625.6600 x2570. Space is limited – register today by March 22, 2017! Register today >>  

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Find it by visiting the online Lost and Found!

Fun February Activities and More
2017 Eastern United States Dancesport Championships
February 17 - 19, 2017
Open to anyone. Learn more >>

A Memory A Monologue A Rant and A Prayer
February 17 - 18, 2017
Featuring King’s own Mrs. Carmen Cohen Doors open at 7PM and the shows starts at 7:30PM.
Where: First Church of Belmont, Unitarian Universalist, 404 Concord Avenue, Belmont, MA
A Memory A Monologue A Rant and A Prayer is a groundbreaking collection of monologues by world-renowned authors and playwrights, edited by Eve Ensler and Mollie Doyle. These diverse voices rise up in a collective roar to break open, expose, and examine the insidiousness of violence at all levels: brutality, neglect, a punch, even a put-down. 

Buy Nothing Cambridge
February 18 | 10AM - 12Noon
It's like a flea market but, everything is free! More Info >>
 
Harvard University February Events
Check them out >>

21st Annual Hip Hop Festival
February 23 | 2 - 3PM
Baldwin School, 85 Oxford St. Cambridge
Public welcome. Learn more >>

Meet the Author: Bernice L. McFadden
February 23 | 6 - 8PM
Cambridge Public Library, Main Branch

ImprovBoston February Vacation Camps
Learn to be yourself and people will follow you.
Camp details >> 

MIT Science on Saturday
Saturdays | March 4, April 1
Time: Main presentation 10 - 11AM + hands-on activities 11AM - 12noon
Learn more >>

Be a Engineer for a Day at MIT
March 11, 2017 | 9:45AM - 1PM
Students will design and build cars with Legos to improve their team's scores in two challenges. For children in grades 1 - 7. Event details >>

Cambridge Sidewalk Poetry Contest
February 15 - March 15
Submit Online >>

Call for Memories of Cambridge Common
Do you have memories of Cambridge Common? Participate in a public art project. Learn more >>

Boston STEM Fair
March 12 | 1 - 4PM
Innovation Space @ Arsenal Project Shopping Center, 485 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA
Learn about opportunities in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering + Math) including High-Quality Summer Camps, After-School Programs, College Planning + Tech Entrepreneurship. Event Details >>

Infant and Child Scientists Needed
Harvard Lab for Developmental Studies
Do you want to learn more about how your child's mind works? So do we. Learn more >>

Housing Search Workshop
Every Wednesday | 10 - 11:30AM
Cambridge Multi-Service Center, 362 Green St. Cambridge
Learn more >>

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