Off to a Great Start!
It's an exciting time of the year - starting a new school year. This year we are starting the year with a new principal, Ms. Heidi and some great new Baldwin School shirts provided to the staff by the Friends of Baldwin. Thank you FoB for outfitting the team.



Principal's Corner
Hello Baldwin Families!
As a principal in a new school and at the start of a new school year, I’m thinking a lot about taking the time to really think about our “vision” for success and I wanted to share a few related thoughts with you. I’m thinking about a shared vision of our school, and of student success and improvement in the areas we need to grow. I’m always trying to clarify my own vision of safe, invested and engaged students and of a diverse and empowered staff at the Baldwin. Read more >>



Welcome Mrs. Song!
Welcome Mrs. Jenie Song to the Baldwin School. Mrs. Song teaches grades JK - 2. Jenie is a musical artist who earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Music Performance from Carnegie Mellon University and holds a Master of Music in Music Education from University of Miami, Frost School of Music, and received a certificate in Kodály.



Welcome Back Popsicle Party
Thank you to all the families who came to the Popsicle Party. It was the perfect day to enjoy friends and get back into the school routine.

Thank you to the Friends of Baldwin for funding the popsicles!



Parents ... Here's Your Chance 

When you volunteer, you are paid in love and gratitude. Learn more about these opportunities: 

• Baldwin Room Parent Volunteers
• Baldwin School Site Council
• Cider Pressing
• Cambridge School Volunteers Kickoff Orientation

Learn more >>

News from the Nurse
JK & K Hearing and Vision Testing
Hearing and vision testing will be done in the next few weeks for JK and K students. You will receive a hard copy form about the testing. Parents can refuse testing by returning the form. 

Keeping Your Health Information Up to Date
If you have an updated physical, updated immune records, or an inhaler for your child, please send this in as soon as you are able. It is appreciated! 

Medication
Just a reminder that if your child needs to take a medication during school hours at any point this year, they need a signed doctor’s order and a new bottle of the medicine brought to the health office in order for me to administer this. 

I will provide updates about school health and reminders for parents in newsletters to come. Please check in with me at any time if you have questions or concerns about school health at the Baldwin!  

Sincerely,

Nurse Dana
Dana Hyland, RN, School Health
Phone: 617.349.6746 | Fax: 617.349.6893
Office hours are 8:30 AM - 3:30PM

Friends of Baldwin
The Friends of the Baldwin (FOB) is a non-profit, volunteer organization working to strengthen the Baldwin community and support the educational experience of our students. The FOB is a source of funds to support the teachers, supplement classroom activities, pay for community building events and for many other activities that support our school and our students. Their mission is to help fund in-school enrichments and community building projects in an equitable and transparent way. Learn more >>

Back to School Curriculum Night
Wednesday, September 27 | 6PM
Meet your child's teachers and specialist teachers.
Learn about expectations and what your child will learn this year. Learn how you can support your child. Learn about how to get involved in your child's class. Learn about the Friends of Baldwin. View the Schedule >>



Book Fair
Tuesday, September 25 - Thursday, September 28
Ms. Kugel is hosting a book fair in the library. The library will be open 8:30AM until 3:30PM during the book fair. All classrooms will have a chance to visit the book fair during the school day. The book fair will also be open during Back to School Night from 5:30 - 8PM.

Friends of Baldwin will provide support to ensure students with financial difficulty are able to get a book.



Garden Party & Potluck
Thursday, October 12 | 5PM - Sundown
Spend the evening in the school garden. Ms. Kaufman, our CitySprouts educator, will help students with cider pressing. Students will make lanterns to take home. Please bring a dish to share and a large plastic soda bottle or jar to transform into a beautiful lantern.

News from the Garden
Welcome back to school! Hope you all had a lovely, rejuvenating summer. I am so excited for the school year to begin and to spend time with your students in the garden.

I will be at Baldwin every Monday from 12:30 – 4PM and Thursday from 7:30 – 11:30AM.  

During the first two weeks of school, I work with classrooms to establish garden expectations. Right now there are so many opportunities for learning outside.

In the next few weeks we will be:

• Planting seeds (lettuce, spinach, radishes, beets, and more), great as a base experience for nonfiction and/or sequential writing
• Harvesting/eating (tomatoes, kale, collards, carrots, chard, beans, basil, and more)
• Chopping, turning, and exploring the compost, great for exploring living vs. nonliving things
• Watering
• Garden Poetry
• Measuring and graphing plant growth over the course of the season
• Observational and scientific drawing
• Exploring different shapes and colors

These are just a few examples of the amazing work classrooms will do in the garden this fall.

-- Michele Kaufman, Garden Coordinator, CitySprouts



Pajama Storytelling Night
Thursday, November 2 | 6PM
Please join Librarian Ms. Kugel for this annual Baldwin tradition of an evening of storytelling. Fun for the entire family. More details will follow. 



3-Year-Old-Lottery
Do you have a child who has a birthday between 4/1/14 and 8/31/15? Apply in October for the chance to enroll your child in a Cambridge Public Schools (CPS) preschool program:

• Tobin Montessori
• Fletcher Maynard Scholar College
• Special Start Integrated Program

A lottery will be held for limited seats in these small programs. Apply in person at the Family Resource Center during the month of October (October 2-31, 2017).

3-Year Old Lottery Information Session
Wednesday, September 27 at 6PM
Tobin School, Vassal Lane.

To enter the lottery, visit the CPS Family Resource Center, 459 Broadway. If you have any questions, please call 617.349.6551.

Let's Connect! 
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Opportunities Outside of School
Boston Teen Author Festival
Saturday, September 23
Learn more >>

Cub Scout Info Session for Interested New Families
September 28 | 6:30 - 7:30PM
Saint James Church, 1991 Mass. Ave in Cambridge
More Info >>

Bay State Skating School
Sign up for Learn-to-Skate Classes. Learn more >>

City of Cambridge Fuel Assistance Program
Program begins November 1, 2017. Learn more >>

Girl Scouts
Join a troop today. View details >>

TTT Mentor Program
A Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) program for Grades 4 through 7. More Info >>

Free Fall Youth Wrestling Clinics
Every Saturday, September 30 - November 18th
Learn more >>