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Hacking Awesome
 HSEP Lead Teacher, Annjilla Rogers-Jensen and Angie UyHam from Design Lab are co-teaching a class “Hacking Awesome”. The course is a year long experience rooted in the Design Process where students design and create future content for HSEP. By working through the process and with facilitators, students will attempt to ignite self-direction and inquiry, with the goal of feeling confident and empowered. Students will also undertake the documentation and presentation of their work, culminating in a public community showcase through which they will gain confidence and experience in a range of media and techniques. Hacking Awesome was visited by Superintendent Salim, Mayor McGovern, and the Mayor’s Office Educational Liaison, Elizabeth Liss!
HSEP Designs
 Students in Ms. Robb’s Cohort “H” have been studying how to answer the question, "Where should I live?" To answer this, they researched the difference between renting and owning and found homes in different areas that fit within their budget. They studied interior design by meeting with designers at the local furniture and design store, BoConcept. After that, they used architectural and spatial reasoning skills to create floor plans from home listings and build three dimensional models of their home. Throughout the next weeks students will be using a budget to decorate their homes based on interior design principles learned at BoConcept.
HSEP at University of Massachusetts Boston
 Ms. Ferraro and Mr. Gibson of the HSEP College and Career Center brought students to the University of Massachusetts Boston for a tour. Students attended an information session about the school's history, the programs offered, admissions requirements, financial aid, and activities available to students both on and off campus including intercollegiate sports. After the information session, students toured the campus including a visit to their newly built dormitory.
Trip to Boston Public Library
 Mr. Goldman’s Cohort “S” visited the Boston Public Library and the Leventhal Map Research Center. The BPL, students were very impressed with the architecture and the quality of the library, especially the main courtyard and the WGBH News Studio and Cafe. Students met with librarians, Lynne and Michelle, who showed students several historical maps and map software to explore how Cambridge has developed and  changed over the decades. Students also saw the impact on Cambridge from the Home Owners Loan Corporation maps of the 1930's which designated certain neighborhoods as "high quality" or "hazardous," a process called "Redlining." Residents in Redlined districts were often denied loans for home ownership, severely impacting the social mobility of those areas even today. At the BPL students discussed these issues with experts and learned new tools to help with their current project, creating a map of Cambridge that represents the community and what keeps Cambridge being Cambridge.
AP Exam Registration
Registration is underway for AP Exams. This is a two-step process. First click here and "join class" using the registration code provided by your teacher. Then submit your payment to Jodi Mace in Learning Community S by November 5th at 2:30PM.
Exam fees are $94 per exam. Students who qualify for free/reduced lunch pay $13 per exam. Checks must be payable to CRLS AP Program. Include the students's full name and name of AP Exam in the memo line.
Registration Deadlines:
- I am taking a first semester or full-year AP Class: Registration is due November 5th
- I am not enrolled in an AP course at CRLS. I plan to study on my own to take the exam (must email Jodie Mace for the join code): Registration due November 5th.
- I am enrolled in a second semester class: Registration window of January 17th - March 5th.
 Halloween at HSEP
The Joyful Committee chaired by OSS Liaison, Ms. Corcoran, and Clerk, Ashley Goodwin, celebrated Halloween at HSEP with lots of candy, sugar cookie decorating, and arts and crafts!
Students of the Month
HSEP recognized the following students as students of the month for September and October:
Cohort H: Davianny Padilla Rodriguez
Cohort S: Dania Feraud
Cohort E: Janyya Daley
Cohort P: Dylan McAuliffe
Cambridge School Volunteers Tutoring
Need Help Applying to College?
CSV College and career mentoring program began last week and will take place every Wednesday in the CCRC, 2:45-4:30PM. Trained mentors are there to help students with their college essays and applications.
Stay tuned for SAT prep, coming soon...
CSV Tutoring Center: One-to-One Tutoring Before and After School, Room 2407
Volunteers serve as one-to-one tutors and mentors twice a week with high school students of all levels and needs. Volunteers provide students with individual lesson plans to improve their skills and knowledge in particular subjects. Approximately 40% of the students speak a language other than English as their first language. The Tutoring Center is open before school from 7:30 to 8AM and after school from 2:45 to 3:45PM.
CSV Tutoring Center: Academic Support Classes, Room 2403
Students are assigned to the Tutoring Center during the school day for credit-bearing individualized academic support services, covering all subjects. CSV volunteers are matched to students singly or in small groups.
Drop-in Math Center, Room 2403
Volunteers help students on a walk-in basis with math problems ranging from pre-algebra to calculus, before school daily, between 7:30 and 8AM.
College/Career Mentoring Program
Volunteers help high school seniors, some of whom may be the first in their families to apply to college, by assisting with college, job readiness, and gap year program research; understanding and following through with all stages of the application process; and developing personal statements. In addition, volunteers help students identify scholarships and complete scholarship applications and essays. The program meets on Wednesdays from 2:30 to 4:30PM. Note: The first day of service for the College and Career Mentor program (CCMP) is Wednesday, October 16, 2:30 - 4PM in the College and Career Resource Center, Room 1501.
Cambridge School Volunteers is hiring. Click here for more info >>
Athletics at CRLS: Register Now for Winter Sports
 Winter sports registration is now open until November 26th. There will be a Parent Information Night on December 10th. Click here to register. View the schedule by clicking on the link below and then on School Calendar in the upper hand right corner.
View the full athletic schedule >>
Free Flu Shots for HSEP Students
November 6 | 5:30-7:30PM | Peabody School
For more information, call the Cambridge Public Health Department’s recorded flu information line, 617.665.3855, or visit us online.
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