Greetings from Julie Craven

6th Grader Highlights of Their 2nd Week
Teachers often use what we call “exit tickets” to get a quick sense of what ALL students learned or are thinking at the end of a class. It is an informal assessment that gives honest, quick information to guide planning for the next day. Today’s exit ticket from Intro to Middle School asked students what made this week great. Yes, there were a couple of “nothing” or “the weekend,” but mostly there were strong common themes: using lockers; figuring out schedules, not getting lost, going to the right classes, finishing homework... generally feeling on top of things; time with friends; "all the teachers," fun classes. Glad they are settling in!

Back-to-School Night
Thursday, September 28 | 6-8PM
**Here are links to see this invitation in Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Haitian Creole, and Spanish**

Please join us for Back-to-School Night, when we gather as a community that works together to support all our students. We hope to see all of you there! Students are welcome for dinner, then the gym will be open if they do not want to join you on the classroom visits.

Goals for the evening:
–Build relationships and sense of community
–Strengthen school-family partnership by hearing from each family
–What they need from the school
–Their hopes and dreams for their students
–Make sure families leave the evening with a concrete way to support their student’s learning.

Schedule for the night:
–6-6:30PM: Pasta and salad in the cafeteria – Connect with grade level families and staff; community partners will be there with info as well.
–6:30-6:50PM: Whole community meeting in cafeteria.
–7-8PM: Grade level meetings in classrooms

NOTE: Apologies for the conflict with CRLS Curriculum Night. They typically do it on the third Thursday and ours is on the 4th Thursday. This week’s school holiday meant they had to schedule a week later. We try to avoid conflicts for families with students in more than one school. Please know there will be hard copies of all information given out.

8th Grade Learning Previews
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Opportunities Outside of School
Calling 8th Grade Girls! 
Science Club for Girls hires 8th graders to be Junior Mentors in their clubs for girls in K-5 - come help younger women get excited about hands on science! One afternoon a week at one of three locations (Amigos, King Open, Margaret Fuller House), and it can also be done to fulfill community service hours. Apply here, starts soon! Training for Jr Mentors is on Sept 24th. Not in 8th grade? Check out STEMinistas for 6th and 7th graders! More Info >>

MIT Science on Saturday: Biotechnology
Saturday, October 14 | 10AM
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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
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