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Tobin Weekly: May 3, 2019
Published on May 3, 2019 13:00

May 3, 2019

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!

Room 283 Students are Learning About the Human Body
In the Science area, Room 283 students have been studying general anatomy as a part of the Human Body unit. The students learn that there are many body systems: skeletal (bones), muscular (muscles), circulatory (heart, blood, vessels), and others; each system has its own job in our bodies. The kindergartners have created models of the human body by tracing their own bodies, drawing and labeling the major bones. Singing The Boney Hokey Pokey song is a fun way to learn many of 206 bones, starting with the skull and going all the way down to the phalanges of the toe bones.

Omar

ABOVE: Omar is using a stethoscope to listen to his heart beat.

Lochlan and Nolan

ABOVE: Lachlan and Noah are exploring the What’s Inside Me? apron to learn the main body organs.

Volunteers Needed
The Annual Art Show is on Friday, May 31st and we need volunteers to help with this amazing event! Various times and tasks are listed below. With your help, year after year this event gets better and better!! Thanks in advance for your help.

Save the Date!
Tobin School Art Show
Friday May 31st | 8-9AM

We are seeking volunteers to help the Tobin community prepare for the annual Art Show, which will take place on Friday, May 31st from 8-9am, and stay up for a few days.

We have a few different types of help that is needed:

Preparing artwork for display(labeling, checking names off etc.)
Hanging artwork for display
Day-of the event set up & clean up
After event: taking art work down, organizing and returning artwork

Please sign up here.

We also recognize that not everyone can make the time commitment to come in an volunteer, and we want you to know you can get involved too! Other ways to help: promote our Art Show on social media and word of mouth, or support us at our student-run sketchbook sale!

Thank you again for all of your support, we appreciate your willingness to help, in any capacity you wish!

Sincerely,
Yuliya Paylor & the Art Show Committee

Stop-Motion Movies
In Technology class, Tobin 3rd graders learned how to make stop-motion movies. Using paper, Model Magic and iPads, they created movies illustrating the life cycles of plants, mealworms and salmon.

Here are a few examples. For more, please email [email protected]

Salmon

Watch here: Salmon Life Cycle by Rowan

Watch here: Life Cycle of a Mealworm by Bayaan & Gabby

Plant life cycle

Watch here: Life Cycle of a Plant by Leah

Auction

The Friends of Tobin Auction
was a Success!
On Saturday, April 27, over 50 people – Tobin parents, staff, and alumni parents – attended Friends of Tobin’s annual spring auction. This year, the event was held at Olé Mexican Grill in Inman Square and included their fresh guacamole and a delicious taco bar. Over 75 items were up for auction, generously donated by many local businesses and CPS families. The community helped to raise over $8,000 to support activities at Tobin – and everyone had a great evening!

Thank you to all of our generous donors!
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Here are some more photos from the event:
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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 >>

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 >>

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
Staff Breakfast
Tuesday, May 7 | 7-9AM

School Council
Thursday, May 9 | 8AM
Art Room

Early Release Day
Wednesday, May 13
11:55 dismissal

Tobin Free Market
Tuesday, May 14 | 1:30PM
Please bring your own bags

Family Fun Day
Saturday, May 18
More Information will follow

Ball Room Dancing Performance
Tuesday, May 21 | 6PM
CRLS; 5th graders will be performing

View Tobin Calendar >>
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WONDERING WHAT TO DO WITH ALL OF THOSE GROCERY BAGS?
We could use them at the Market. Please drop them off in the main office. Thank you!

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
There is no normal life that is free of pain. It's the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.

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:
whole wheat English muffin with a hard-boiled egg

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