Our Address has Changed!
The Baldwin School address is now 85 Oxford Street!
The building is the third school building on the site. The front entrance of the previous two buildings was on Sacramento Street. With the front entrance of our school being on Oxford Street, we now have an appropriate address.
Congratulations to the Fifth Grade Teaching Team!
Congratulations to Michelle Frazier and Meaghan Miller, 5th grade teachers, for being selected to present at the National Science Teachers Association conference in Chicago this spring. Read more >>
News from the Garden Coordinator
The garden has been prepared for the winter. Although I will not be here throughout the winter months, I encourage you to watch for changes in the garden.Throughout October and November, the garden has been full of activity from cider pressing to planting winter wheat to pulling up the plants.
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Negative Space is Positively Beautiful
Students in Ms. Gibson-Mueller's first grade class learned about negative space from their student teacher Ms. Gambino-Carter. Negative space is the area of an image not occupied by shapes or forms. Negative space brings balance to an art piece and defines the boundaries of positive space.
MATH Works at Baldwin
As the math coach, I get the benefit of working with all ages of children in the school. I often notice that in grades 3-5, one little thing will trip children up and from here they will move to a place of saying, “I’m bad at math. Why is this hard for me?”
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Library News
Fourth and fifth grade students are participating in the Massachusetts Children’s Book Awards (MCBA) program as a component of their library class. Students are challenged to read five books (or more!) from the master list and will be invited to vote for their favorite title in March. Their votes will be used to select the state winner. Throughout the year, Ms. Kugel will hold special lunchtime events for students who choose to participate.
Looking for Baldwin Siblings
Do you have a younger child who is ready to start school in Cambridge? Cambridge Public Schools holds the Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten Lottery in January. As a Baldwin family, you can receive "sibling preference" but only if you apply before the end of January. Learn more >>
Shop for Friends of Baldwin at AmazonSmile
As you prepare for the holiday season, consider shopping at Amazon! AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support your child's school every time you shop, at no cost to you.
Amazon will donate to the Friends of the Baldwin if you start your shopping at Amazon Smile, a charitable foundation funded by Amazon. They donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible items (not all items are eligible and it's small percentage, but, hey, it all adds up!).
All you have to do is start at AmazonSmile, select Friends of the Baldwin School as your charity, and shop as normal. Same product selection, same prices, same service as regular Amazon. Get started today! You shop. Amazon gives. It is that easy!
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