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Tobin Weekly: April 26, 2019
Published on Apr 26, 2019 11:49

April 26, 2019

Spring Fiesta & Silent Auction is Tomorrow,
April 27th
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Staff Appreciation Breakfast
The Annual Staff Appreciation Breakfast will be held on Tuesday, May 7th from 7-9AM in the teacher's room on the 1st floor. Both Tobin Montessori and VLUS staff are invited.

Donations of breakfast foods would be greatly appreciated!

Suggested items:

Breakfast casserole
Baked goods
Bagels/cream cheese
Quiche-all kinds
Yogurt
Granola
Fruit salad
Maybe in your family you enjoy different kinds of breakfast foods...we would love to try them!

This annual event is a simple way of saying Thank You to our staff for all that they do for our children... And who doesn't LOVE to start the day with nice breakfast!

Please contact Joanna Fischer at [email protected] to let her know what you will be donating to the breakfast.

Thanks in advance for your generosity!

April Rain Song
By Langston Hughes

Let the rain kiss you.
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops.
Let the rain sing you a lullaby.

The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk.
The rain makes running pools in the gutter.
The rain plays a little sleep-song on our roof at night—

And I love the rain.

Sketchbook Cover Art Design Contest! Drawing

Help the Upper Elementary Art Club by designing a cover forour sketchbook sale in May! To submit a design: use a 9"x12" or 8.5"x11" size paper folded in half. Design the front & back cover with any materials, and submit your entry by April 30th in the Art Studio! Prizes for the top 3 designs! See the flyer for more information!
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ABOVE: Our custodian, Marguis, joined his friend Natan for lunch!

Independent Research is a Hallmark of the Montessori Classroom
Maria Montessori knew that Lower Elementary age students are filled with questions and a lot of motivation to find out answers. In room 206 students are encouraged to choose a topic of interest. They are led through the various steps to plan and conduct the research, take notes, have their work edited, publish their final report and then create a project that helps explain their topic. These research projects begin anytime during the year and may take weeks to months to complete. The final step is a well anticipated presentation to the class - sharing what they learned with their peers.

ABOVE: Anisa and Leonora present their research on the Great White Shark.

ABOVE: Obada, Zachary and Royce present their research on Japan.

ABOVE: Logan, Abby and Olivia present their research on France and Paris.

Spring Tea Ceremony
Mary Frawley, our parent/family liaison, generously volunteered her time and effort to bake with the children of room 284 in preparation of our Spring Tea Ceremony. She worked with small groups of children. Children absolutely enjoyed their time with her. They learned many special skills needed for baking such as measuring the ingredients, mixing, stirring and smelling. They can’t wait to try those special treats on the special day.

Spring Tea

Harvard ExperiMentors in Room 283
The Slime Experiment:
William Ho and Ryan Turner, students at Harvard, visited Room 283 as a part of the Harvard ExperiMentors program. Recently, they performed the "slime" experiment with the class, where the students made slime from glue, starch, and water. Making slime is a fascinating chemistry demonstration, and slime is a term that scientists use. Young scientists in Room 283 enjoyed making slime and playing with it.

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Annual Singing Festival
The Visual and Performing Arts Department is holding its 1st Annual Singing Festival for students in grades 3-5. The Festival will take place on May 29th at 6:30PM at CRLS. This is an exciting opportunity to join your friends from other Cambridge schools in song. If you are in third, fourth or fifth grade and interested in participating, please let Mr. Reynolds know by Friday, April 12th. His email is: [email protected]

City Nature Challenge
Participate as a family in three City Nature Challenge events Saturday (at Fresh Pond), Sunday (at Clement Morgan Park) and Monday (also at Clement Morgan Park) —have fun together exploring nature in the city and making art!

You can participate in the community science documentation of living things in our city during the 4-day City Nature Challenge on your own, or at one of the events on the attached flyer. More information about the Boston Area City Nature Challenge is here: https://www.zoonewengland.org/citynaturechallenge.

Why is this such a great event? Because ordinary people all over the world will be also documenting living things Friday through Monday; you can see all the data online on iNaturalist.org, and know that you are contributing to a global biodiversity database.

Screen-Free Week is starting up on April 29th as well, so families who want to participate in the City Nature Challenge without using the global citizen science platform iNaturalist (a free app and web site), should know there won’t be any smartphones or other technology used during the second hour of the last event, 4:00-5:00PM, on Monday, April 29th. We’ll be observing nature in Clement Morgan Park and making models of beetles. Those art options are available on Sunday from 1:00-3:00PM as well.

Go Green Challenge!
Do you like to recycle? Reuse? Do you turn out lights when you leave the room and bring your own bag to the store? Every “green” action you take makes a difference. Thank you! Elementary classrooms are joining in the Go Green Challenge by completing a worksheet sharing ways they help the environment (check it out here). We also made a Go Green at Home Challenge that you might like to do together outside of school! Learn more >>

Resources: Young People &
Substance Abuse
The CPS Health & Physical Education Department develops curricula and supports programs aimed at teaching students to make healthy decisions and understand themselves physically, socially and emotionally. The health education curriculum is continually reviewed and updated to include the latest issues in areas such as substance use among young people. Here are some new resources and guidance from the U.S. Department of Education >>

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In Our Community and District

Scratch Night @ CPS!
May 16 | 5:30-7:30PM
CRLS, 459 Broadway
All CPS students and families are invited!
Details >>

CRLS Spring A Cappella Jam
April 26 | 7PM
Fitzgerald Theatre, CRLS
Flyer >>

CRLS Jazz Night
April 30 | 7PM
La Fábrica Central
450 Mass Ave., Cambridge
Flyer >>

Family Biking Kick-Start
May 5 | 11AM - 4PM
Safety checks, skills & drills in the Corporal Burns Park courts with 2 MassBikes certified trainers.
View details >>

Family Bike Night at the Collins Branch
Thursday, May 16 | 4 - 7PM
Collins Branch Library, 64 Aberdeen Ave
Join us to learn the basics of riding with families and fixing your bike at this drop in session! Need something quick fixed on your bike, or maybe just a safety tune-up to getting you riding comfortably this season? We'll have 15 minute safety tune-ups, too! Register for bike workshops by emailing us.
Visit us online >>

CPS Summer Math & ELA Programs
Hear all about our summer programs for students entering grades 6-8!
Details >>

Free Markets
Check out any one of these FREE Markets that are held throughout the City of Cambridge. All you need is a grocery bag! View the flyer >>

Book Talk!
April 30 | 6-7:30PM
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School
RSVP >>
Learn more >>

Cambridge Affordable Housing Information Sessions
Learn about the eligibility requirements and application process for the following programs Cambridge Rental and Homeownership Programs: Inclusionary Housing Rental Program for studios, 1BR, 2BR, & 3BR units throughout Cambridge, Homeowner Resale Pool, First-Time Homebuyer Workshop, Downpayment Assistance, and HomeBridge. Open to all. No RSVP Necessary. Learn more >>

Immigration Legal Screening Clinics
3rd Wednesday each month, 5:15-7:15PM
Free consultations with an immigration attorney for Massachusetts immigrants and their families
Community Legal Services & Counseling Center (CLSACC)
90 Third St., Cambridge
617.349.4396; [email protected]

UPCOMING EVENTS
Friends of Tobin
Spring Fundraiser
Saturday, April 27 | 7PM
See notice for details

Staff Breakfast
Tuesday, May 7 | 7-9AM

School Council
Thursday, May 9 | 8AM

Early Release Day
Wednesday, May 15
11:55AM Dismissal

Family Fun Day
Saturday, May 18
Details will follow

View Tobin Calendar >>
View District Calendar >>

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DID YOU TAKE THE FAMILY SURVEY?
We want to hear from you!
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HOST FAMILY NEEDED FOR CULTURAL EXCHANGE
I'm looking to place an Italian, 15 year old boy who loves soccer with a family for 3 days before he goes to an international summer camp on July 15. He will arrive Thurs. July 11 and will stay with a family over the weekend, learning about regular American life. If you are interested or know someone who is, please contact me, [email protected]. Thank you! Ms. Jessica, Tobin librarian.

SUMMER CAMP
Contact Mary Frawley if you would like information on summer camps.
[email protected].

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IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER BY MISTER ROGERS
If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.

2018-19 DHSP SCHOOL YEAR RESOURCE GUIDE
This handy guide is available via Find It Cambridge! Take a look >>

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HEALTHY SNACK OF THE WEEK
Here's Cambridge in Motion's healthy snack of the week suggestion:
banana with peanut butter with a side of granola for dipping

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