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 Our Next Good Morning Coffee is on March 2!
Join Family Liaison Zakkiyya Witherspoon for a casual chat over coffee to discuss, ask questions, and come together with fellow parents.
Tuesday, March 2 at 9AM | Virtual via Zoom | RSVP here!
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Celebration of the Lunar New Year
Photo - left: Annika and Zachary celebrate Chinese New Year. They made a great slideshow to teach 211.
Photo - right: Jenny Wang, whose daughter Annabelle is a Junior Kindergartener in Room 283, was our virtual guest a few days ago. Jenny told us about beautiful traditions to celebrate Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival. Jenny shared a book about various festivities such as decorating your house, eating delicious dinner with our family, giving red envelopes with money and watching traditional performances of dragon dances and lion dances. Thank you, Jenny, for your wonderful presentation!
Calling All Families of Color!
Share your thoughts on what Cambridge Families of Color Coalition (CCFC) should be doing to support our community. Join an upcoming focus group on February 17 or 25. Folx will receive $25 for participation.
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Tobin Student on Pinkalicious & Peterriffic!
My name is Shireen Potia Cross and I took part in a Pinkalicious & Peterrific segment that aired on PBS Kids TV on February 8. Here is how it works. Basically they give you two buckets full of chalk and you go to a friend’s house and draw something on their patio or driveway to show them that you care and then they come out and see that you are their close friend and then they do the same thing to you.
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Cambridge Families of Asian Descent
We invite Cambridge parents & caregivers of East Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, or multi-racial Asian heritage to join us for a virtual get-together on March 9 at 7:30PM!
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 CCFC Community Meeting
Join Cambridge Families of Color Coalition (CCFC) on February 22 at 6PM and share what you’d like to see prioritized in the next CPS budget.
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Reminder: White Caregivers Working Toward Anti-Racism
Please join us for a monthly affinity group for White Caregivers Working Toward Anti-Racism. The affinity group for White Caregivers Working Toward Anti-Racism is reading and learning from Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad. You can pick up a free copy of the book inside the Tobin Library Drop-Off Bin that is outside, just to the left of the main door at the Tobin School (it's a big covered grey tub). The audiobook is always available through OverDrive at the Minuteman Library Network.
Our next session will take place on Wednesday, March 3 from 6:30-8PM. If you would like to attend, please complete this Google Form by March 3 at 10AM. In preparation for the session all participating caregivers should read the Week 1 (pp. 75-123) in Me and White Supremacy.
There will be reading to complete before each session, and we strongly encourage families to make a commitment to attend as many sessions as possible. This group will meet virtually once each month on the following upcoming Wednesdays from 6:30-8PM: March 3, April 7, and May 19.
We hope to see you soon!
Greater Boston STEM Program (gbSTEM)
We are delighted to announce that the Greater Boston STEM Program (gbSTEM) will be offering a spring semester of gbSTEM to Tobin Montessori students, which will run from March 6th to June 19th, 2021! The registration deadline is February 23, 2021. Info about our program and the registration form can be found here. If you have any questions, please contact us. We are so excited to work with your family this spring!
Please Join! Read Against Racism –
A Book Club for Parents/Guardians
You (and any parents or guardians you know) are invited to join our book club: Read Against Racism. Read Against Racism is intended as a safe space where local parents can embrace difficult conversations and share perspectives on race and equity in Camberville and surrounding areas. Our goal is to build understanding, support a community that values all people, and cultivate shared vision for an equitable future. We know caregivers are busy and many times don't read the entire book. Don't let that hold you back from joining in our discussions-finishing the books isn't required! We meet the first Saturday of every month at 7-9PM. If you'd like to receive the virtual meeting links each month, please email us or join our Google Group. RAR is also on Facebook.
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