Spaghetti Dinner - SUCCESS!
On Thursday, January 26th many members of our Haggerty Community came out to support our 5th grader's mission to go on a 2-night field trip to the Farm School in Athol, MA. This is an annual field trip, that they need some additional funding for so that every fifth grader can attend, regardless of their ability to pay. In this effort, our 5th graders made homemade meatballs, sauce, spaghetti, and a delicious salad - as well as brownies for dessert. There was a also a fun raffle - mainly filled with lots of highly coveted staff prizes! Thanks to all of the staff members who donate their time and energy to create these prizes! Thanks also to the many local companies who donated prizes to help support our 5th grader's cause. Special gratitude, to our local Mt. Auburn Star Market for donating all of the meat for our meatballs!
We extend gratitude to all the families who bought raffle tickets! If you happen to have won one of our prizes, you would have already been contacted by Lissa. Thanks also to those who were able to attend the dinner! Our fifth graders are very grateful and excited for their upcoming trip in February!
Library Corner
By Sarah Novogrodsky, Library Media Specialist
Grades JK-2: Discussing the American Library Association’s annual book awards. We are currently focusing on Caldecott winners, but will move on to Theodore Seuss Geisel, Coretta Scott King and the Schneider Family Book Award. Have fun looking for medal winners when you visit the public library!
Grade 1: Read The Miniature World of Marvin & James by Elise Broach. Students then wrote and illustrated more adventures for Marvin and James. Look for Masterpiece by Elise Broach for a good family read aloud.
Grade 2 - Reading Verna Aardema’s retelling of folktales from countries in West Africa. These mini-dioramas show scenes from Traveling to Tondo.
Grade 3 - We are creating Google slides to teach others about where books are located in the library. When we aren’t in library, we are busy learning Colonial America contra dances in the gym. A fun way to combine movement and social studies. Thanks FOH!
 Grade 4 - Mystery Skypes improve our knowledge of the United States map AND we meet school kids from around the country! We just skyped with Little Rock, Arkansas!
Grade 5 - Our research and learning about the 13 Colonies is coming together in the form of radio interviews, TV shows (with our new green screen!!) and journal entries.
Race Matters: Courageous
Conversations at Haggerty
Parent Workshop
The Haggerty Race Matters: Courageous Conversations group presents: "I'm a Good Person! Isn't That Enough?" by Debby Irving, author of Waking Up White on Monday, January 30, from 6-8PM at the Haggerty Gym. Register today >>
Book Club
 The Race Matters parents’ bookclub is currently reading The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Color Blindness, by Michelle Alexander. This is a book for adults.
We'll be having our first meeting on February 3 from 7 - 8PM at the Panera Bread in Fresh Pond to discuss the first three chapters. Please email Stacy Carruth if you'd like to attend. All are welcome!
Music Corner
By Shelley Irvin-Kent, Music Teacher
 January’s Secret Song is revealed!
Title: Symphony No. 3, 3rd movement
Composer: Florence B. Price
Country: United States
Date: 1940
This movement is called Juba: Allegro, named such for the strongly syncopated rhythms of the juba. Patting Juba (also called Hambone) is an African American tradition that comes from life in slavery in the United States.
 Watch Derique McGhee pat Juba here.
Listen to movement 3 of Florence Price’s Symphony No. 3.
Watch the Yale Symphony Orchestra play Symphony No. 3.
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What's Happening Outside of CPS?
Give Kids a Smile Day
February 11 | 9AM - 12Noon
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
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Housing Search Workshop
Every Wednesday | 10 - 11:30AM
Cambridge Multi-Service Center, 362 Green St. Cambridge
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MIT Science on Saturday
Saturdays | February 4, March 4, April 1
Time: Main presentation 10 - 11AM + hands-on activities 11AM - 12noon
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Be a Engineer for a Day at MIT
March 11, 2017 | 9:45AM - 1PM
Students will design and build cars with Legos to improve their team's scores in two challenges. For children in grades 1 - 7. Event details >
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