Greetings from the Family Liaison
The March snowstorms are doing crazy things to our schedule! Parent/teacher conferences are being rescheduled. We are currently up to four snowdays, making the last day June 22nd. Although it seems far away, it’s definitely time to plan for the summer! If you are still looking for camp options you should search on Findit Cambridge.
We have a lot of great activities coming up in the spring. Keep an eye out for our spring concerts, the Family Fun Fest, our International Potluck, and Kennedy Community School’s Spring Fling. Spring is a really fun time at school! Keep watching for emails and flyers.
Coming Up
K-Lo Market | March 28th
We will be having a Spring Cradles to Crayons KidPack sign-up. Great some tasty free groceries AND sign-up for beautiful new clothes for the kids.
JK-2nd Grade Concert | Thursday, March 30th at 8:15AM
Please come and hear their beautiful voices!
Family Fun Fest | April 5th
The Family Fun Fest is a time for parents and kids try out a bunch of cool games and activities that can be done at home. We all have a meal together and then play! Dinner will be from 5:30 - 6PM and activities are from 6 - 7:30PM. We hope that you and your whole family will join us.
Community Conversations | May 1 | 5:30 - 8PM
Due to the crazy weather, The Putnam Avenue Upper School’s final Community Conversations on race and identity has been rescheduled. In addition to a great presenter, there will be a complimentary family meal and free childcare! If you plan to attend, or need more information, please contact us.
Free Saturday Events at MIT
Our next free MIT campus Science on Saturday event will be Optics at 10AM - 12Noon on Saturday April 7th in MIT’s Kresge Auditorium, 48 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139.
Join experts from the MIT Society of Women Engineers for this highly interactive workshop on the properties and applications of light, which will include an on-stage presentation in which students from the audience can volunteer to help with lots of cool demonstrations. Following the stage presentation, there will be fun hands-on activity tables where students can conduct their own experiments.
There is also half-price, same-day admission to the MIT Museum for Science on Saturday attendees.
All of our Science on Saturday events on the MIT campus are free and open to all K-12 students, as well as their parents and teachers. They are sponsored by the MIT Museum and the Akamai Foundation.
Second Grade Service Learning
Second graders in Room 203 and 204 are in the middle of a service learning project with help from volunteers from PegaSystems. Volunteers are coming once a week to assist as the second graders move through the many stages of community service: brainstorming needs in their community, planning how to help, executing the project, and then reflecting on and sharing their work. Read on >>
Curbside Compost Goes Citywide April 2!
Did you know that Cambridge has had a pilot curbside compost program for 1 to 12 unit buildings with City trash service in North Cambridge? And that most participants cut their trash by 35%?
By composting we can help the City cut waste and put our food scraps to work making clean energy and fertilizer.
Tell your friends, family, and neighbors to grab their new bins and start composting!
Volunteer to help move bins off the curb!
Saturday April 7 | 1 - 3:30PM, meet in front of City Hall
RSVP to Camilla
Find out more >>
Curbside Compost Goes Citywide April 2 for 1-12 Unit Buildings!
To learn more, attend an open house near you:
Main Library | Saturday, March 24 | 11:30AM - 12:30PM
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Kennedy-Longfellow School | Tuesday, March 27 | 6 - 7PM
Details >>
Find out more >>
Go Green Challenge
The Go Green Challenge is a competition run each year in Cambridge Public Schools in partnership with the Department of Public Works (DPW). Every elementary classroom teacher receives a sheet to fill out with his or her students, indicating green actions they are taking together, such as recycling, having a plant in the classroom, or printing double-sided.
Read more >>
2018 DHSP Summer Program Guide
Get started on planning a summer of fun!
Learn more via Find It Cambridge >>
Let's Connect!
Stay in the loop by joining our social media communities.
Facebook | Twitter
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UPCOMING KLO EVENTS
KLO Market
March 28
JK-2 Spring Concert
March 29 | 8:15 - 9:15AM
Grade 5 KeyPals Visit
March 29
No School: Good Friday
March 30
Family Fun Fest
April 5 | 5:30 - 7:30PM
School Council Meeting
April 11 | 5:30 - 6:30PM
No School: April Vacation
April 16 - 20
IN OUR DISTRICT & COMMUNITY
Cambridge Winter Farmers Market
Saturdays, through April 7
10AM-2PM
Cambridge Community Center, 5 Callender St.
Details >>
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Let's Cook & Move!
April 26 | 6 - 7:30PM
Cambridgeport School
Registration & details >>
See March calendar >>
Immigration Legal Screening Clinics - FREE!
This FREE monthly clinic offers participants a consultation with an immigration attorney and the chance to learn more about how immigration law affects them and their families.
Details >>
More immigration resources >>
View programs & events in our community >>
ART NOTES
I received two persuasive letters from 1st graders stating the school looked dreary. Students posed a solution, they thought adding flowers could brighten the halls. I shared the notes to each 1st grade class and we agreed, so we pulled up our sleeves and solved the problem by painting large still lives of flowers. They are are on display.
MOBILE APP
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FIND IT CAMBRIDGE
Looking for things to do in Cambridge? Then take a peek at Find It Cambridge!
www.finditcambridge.org
HEALTHY SNACK OF THE WEEK
Cambridge in Motion presents this week's healthy snack recommendation:
Apple & cottage cheese (optional: add cinnamon and/or nutmeg)
Kennedy-Longfellow School
158 Spring St.
Cambridge, MA 02141
617.349.6841
Fax: 617.349.3242
KLO Website
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