Cambridge Family Literacy Fun Day is Nov. 14th

The 13th annual Cambridge Family Literacy Fun Day, a free event for Cambridge families, will be held this Saturday, Nov. 14th from 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. at Cambridge City Hall, Central Square, 795 Mass. Ave.

Events include storytelling, free books, Bonaparte the Magician, childrens activities, face painting, and much, much, more.

The Fun Day is sponsored by the Cambridge Family Literacy Collaborative, which includes the Agenda for Children, The Cambridge Public Schools Title I program, Center for Families, Child Care Resource Center, Community Learning Center, Early Childhood Connections/Cambridge, Community Partnerships for Children, Parents Forum, and Cambridge Connections.  For more info, call 617 349 6492.

All City Musical Groups now forming

The all-city musical groups welcome Cambridge Elementary Schools students from fourth grade to eighth grade to join the band, orchestra or chorus.

The band, orchestra and chorus rehearsals began in the last week of September, but any interested student can still participate.  Orchestra and Band meet on Wednesdays from 3:15-4:45 and Chorus meets on thursdays from 3:15-4:30. All groups meet in the music rooms at CRLS.

The all-city drama, open to Cambridge students in grades 7&8, begins in January. Students must audition to be members of this drama group. the audition times will be advertised at each school.

The contact person for each group is:

Band: Mr. David Cross dcross@cpsd.us

Chorus: Mrs. Susan Holm sholm@cpsd.us

Drama: Ms. Alyssa Osiecki aosiecki@cpsd.us

Orchestra: Dr. Kathy Kim kkim@cpsd.us

For more information, please call 617-349-6788

CRLS September -Student Athlete of the Month Awards

Criteria for Student-Athlete of the Month

1.  Demonstrates “team before self” mentality

2.  Dedicates to the team and its mission: on time for practice, 100% engaged, serve as a role model, follows instructions willingly, unselfish

3.  Strives to excel in practices as well as in games

4.  Shows respect for coaches, teammates, and opponents at all  times

5.  Effort and excellence in academics

 

 This month’s recipients:

Barbara Soares-Volleyball

Sam Mardell- Boys Soccer

Emilie Peoples-Girls Soccer

Sylvan Sheldon-Peter-Golf

Laura Paolo Gonzalez-Cheerleading

Sam Greenberg-Boys Cross Country

Boys Crew: Jaime Leiva Cabrera

Girls Crew: Ruth Mc Cormack

Girls Cross Country- India Brown

Football-Zolan Kanno-Young~~

Learn to Sail-Rishi Patel

 *Program Sponsored by Friends of Cambridge Athletics (FOCA)

Amigos 8th graders shine in MCAS results

 

The Amigos School’s 8th grade students placed 4th in the state in science /technology for advanced and 7th in the state overall.  Here is the link, courtesy of Amigos Principal Deb Sercombe:

 

 

http://www.boston.com/news/special/education/mcas/scores09/results/cambridge.htm 

Another example of the amazing things CRLS students do

Read about how six CRLS students spent their summers in places like Argentia, the Dominican Republic and other exciting corners of the globe while going through an amazing sense of self discovery and a gaining a true appreciation of the global community.

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