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Greetings
Dear RAUC families,
We hope you had a joy-filled weekend! Please watch the video or scroll down to read some updates for this week's news:
As always, if you have any questions or comments about the news or anything else, please don’t hesitate to email Family Liaison Julia Ho at [email protected] or phone at 617.352.5781.
Best,
Julie Craven, RAUC Principal
Julia Ho, RAUC Family Liaison
Reflecting on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Either this week or next week, all grades are doing a reflection and art activity to think about the ways they benefit from Dr. King’s work personally and the ways they will act to ensure his works keep moving forward. Check out this slideshow for the video students watch and then the “footprint” activity (pictured below) to creatively display student ideas.
Important information from CRLS for Rising 9th Grade Families
 CRLS is hosting a Virtual information Night on Thursday, January 20th.
- 5-6PM: Overview of the Ringe School of Technical Arts (RSTA) programs
- 6-7PM:
- Presentation from Principal Smith
- Virtual breakout rooms where you can meet with Learning Community staff.
- Check your email for the Zoom links to join.
- For more information or any questions, please contact Greta Hardina, CRLS Family Liason.
You should have received in the mail your student’s learning community assignments. If you have not received it, please reach out to either RAUC Guidance Counselor Merissa Evans or CRLS Guidance Counselor Director Lynn Williams.
Listening Conferences–please check your emails next week for an invitation from your student’s advisor!
 Families: This week, you should be hearing from your student’s advisor about signing up for a listening conference:
- When will the conferences be?
- Between February 7 and Feb. 18
- How long is the conference?
- Who should be at the conference?
- You, your student and your student’s advisor
- What will you discuss?
- Semester progress
- Any ideas you have for how to continue to support your student’s learning.
- What else?
- Please also plan an additional 5-10 minutes after the conference to take a short online survey from our school.
- We really want to hear from families about how we are doing.
- We have used family feedback in the past to help develop our schedule, adjust our back to school night, and improve our communications.
- School Council will look at survey answers to identify major themes and actionable steps we can take to make our school more welcoming and responsive.
- We will report back to you in the newsletter–likely in the spring to allow School Council time to reflect and respond.
- We look forward to hearing from you!
District Updated COVID Quarantining Protocols
The district has finalized the protocol revisions. They sent them out in a communication last Friday. You can also find them here.
FRAUC Virtual Meeting TOMORROW (1/19) @8AM
All families are invited to join Families of RAUC (FRAUC) for their monthly meeting TOMORROW, Wednesday, 1/19, morning at 8AM on Zoom. Please check your emails for the Zoom link. FRAUC will be discussing specific requests for funding for various school projects.
Courageous Conversations workshops: Jan 25 & Feb 10 (7-8:30PM on Zoom)
Join North Cambridge Courageous Conversations in the new year for a two-part workshop on social identities (e.g., how the groups you belong to identify you). We will reflect on and discuss the facets of our identities to better understand how the world around us does or does not allow us to choose which pieces of our identity are most important. We encourage folks to attend both workshops if possible, but it’s not mandatory. Register for the Zoom links: Part 1, Jan 25 and Part 2, Feb 10.
Questions? Contact North Cambridge Courageous Conversations.
RAUC Teacher in the News!
 We are pleased to announce that Tom Trainor (pictured right), 8th grade civics teacher at RAUC, was profiled in "Teaching Civics After January 6th" in US News and World Report.
Over the past three and a half years, Tom and other CPS 8th grade civics teachers worked closely with the department and Harvard's Democratic Knowledge Project to create, implement and refine a new curriculum, "Civic Education in our Democracy," that is aligned with the 2018 HSS Framework and includes the state-required student-led civic engagement project. This curriculum has been recognized by DESE for its high quality, and was one of only four core civics curriculum materials of nearly 100 reviewed that met DESE’s expectations.
RAUC-on Mr. Trainor!
New lunch and after school Chess club!
 Some students asked for it, and teachers are excited to offer it. We will be sharing information with students this week. As a reminder, all students may participate in lunch clubs; only 11 year olds or 12 and older vaccinated students may participate in after school clubs.
CPS Lunch & Breakfast Menu - January Week 3
Click here for the full menu >>
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