Community Service Opportunity 
Jose Mateo Ballet Theater needs your help folding letters and stuffing envelopes to raise scholarship money for children.

Between November 15 - November 30 afters school through early evening.

Location: Harvard Square, 400 Harvard Street Cambridge which is in Harvard Sq and a 4-minute walk from CRLS
for more information contact Ophelia Navarro at 617.354.7467 x113 or email us.

CRLS Food Pantry Needs Your Donations
CRLS Food Pantry is accepting donations during the fall musical. Families wishing to donate can bring a bag of the following non-perishable items to the main lobby of the Arts Building. Items needed include:

Cooking Oil, Pasta, Dried beans, Rice, Tuna, Peanut butter, Boxed milk (shelf stable), Juice boxes, Oatmeal packages, Tooth paste, Deodorant, and Shampoo.

2018-19 CIEE Global Navigator Scholarship Program 
CRLS is participating in the 2018-19 CIEE Global Navigator Scholarship program for international travel experiences for summer 2019 for students in 9-11 grades. Scholarship and program information sheets available from Room 3402 (see Mr. McGuinness). Priority Applications due Nov. 30th. Learn more about the program >>

Junior State of America (JSA) at CRLS
Do you have comments or criticisms about current government policies or regulations? How about debating your stance on popular topics such as gun control, the death penalty, animal testing, or abortion? If so, consider joining JSA discussions in room 2135 on Thursdays during OTI

Junior State of America (JSA) is a student-run, non-partisan, non-profit political awareness club. Students run chapter meetings, decide on debate topics, and organize every aspect of the chapter. JSA gives students an opportunity to voice their opinions on local, state, national, and world issues. If you have any questions please stop by room 2135 or email us.

Girls STEM Summit-Statewide 2019
The premier summit is an annual daylong event for 8-12 grade girls interested in pursuing STEM careers or exploring STEM topics. As this is a critical time in their education, and college decisions are beginning, we hope to empower these young women to see the many opportunities available to them within STEM.

The daylong event will be held on Sunday, March 31, 2019 at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, MA. The registration fee is $67 per student and includes all speakers, hands-on sessions, lunch, and a take home gift.

BlueBikes
Did you know that Bluebikes offers discount monthly and yearly memberships for individuals and families that receive or are eligible for public assistance programs? Discount memberships are available at $50 for a year of riding, or $5 for 30 days of riding. Memberships include unlimited 60-minute trips.

If you qualify for or are enrolled in one of the following programs, then you are eligible for a discount Bluebikes membership:

• SNAP/EBT
• Free or Reduced Lunch*
• Fuel Assistance (LIHEAP)
• Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8)
• MassHealth
• Pell Grants
• Public Housing (e.g. Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, or Somerville Housing Authorities)
• SSI/SSDI
• WIC

Membership registration can be completed online with an EBT, and can also be completed in-person at select locations. Click here to learn more, to register online, or to find an in-person registration location.

Join the Enroot Emerge Mentoring Program
Are you from an immigrant family or do you speak a different language at home? Would you like help exploring career paths, practicing public speaking and a chance to do new fun activities around the Boston area? If you answer yes to the two questions above, the Enroot Emerge Mentoring Program is for you!

Enroot will match you with a one-on-one mentor to help you explore career options and work with you each week on your post-secondary plans throughout the school year.
We will also invite you to join us on field trips to colleges and to explore technology and biotechnology companies around Cambridge and Boston.

When: Thursdays | 6 -  7:30PM
Where: Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Media Cafeteria

Interested? Please click here to fill out the application. Once we have your application we will contact you to arrange a meeting to give you more details.

Questions: contact Ms. Canas or visit her office in the International Center, Rm 2131.

Cambridge School Volunteers (CSV)
CSV is excited to return and support the CRLS community. For the 2018-2019 school year, CSV's high school one-to-one programs will be offered in three locations. Please read below for service details.

Subject-based Tutoring Services
Before-school Tutoring (7 - 8AM)
We are sharing space with Work Force. Our before-school tutoring will be located in room 2403 (in the middle of the hallway on the second floor).

After-school Tutoring (2:45 - 3:45PM)
After-school tutoring will be located in the College/Career Resource Center, room 1501.

Drop-In Math Tutoring
Monday - Friday | 7:30 - 8AM
CSV Tutoring Center, Room 2403

College/Career Mentoring Services (2:30PM)
SAT Prep and College/Career Mentoring will be held in the CRLS Library's Inquiry Lab (formerly known as the fiction room).

SAT Prep
SAT Prep's Session I is from 2:30 to 4:30PM on Tuesdays at the CRLS Library, Inquiry Lab. Please encourage seniors to attend- all grade levels are welcome.

College/Career Mentoring
College/career mentoring is from 2:30 to 4:30PM on Wednesdays. In support of guidance, we help seniors with personal statements/scholarship essays, and post secondary education searches and applications. We reserved the inquiry lab to 3:30PM. However, mentors will continue to work with them in the library up to 4:30PM. The kickoff date is Oct. 3rd.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Deandra Williams, CSV's High School Programs Director or James Duche, Tutoring Center Manager at 617.349.6794.

CRLS has a New uAspire Advisor
Jenny Smith is now available at the Career and College Center (CCRC) on Tuesday - Friday from 9AM - 3:30PM. uAspire works to ensure that all young people have the financial information and resources necessary to find an affordable path to – and through – a post secondary education. uAspire partners with high schools, community organizations, and colleges to provide college affordability advice to more than 10,000 young people and their families every year. Through our work, college-ready students have the support and knowledge they need to overcome financial barriers and succeed in college.

Quality Learning and Professional Time
Studies conducted last year, and meetings with diverse stakeholders since, have raised concerns about the amount and quality of learning and professional time in Cambridge Public Schools. CPS is in the midst of a study and design process examining a range of options for improving learning and professional time, with an initial focus on elementary and Upper School schedules. 

View the latest updates on this process on the CPS website, and save the dates for the following Public Forums: 

December 5 | 6PM | Morse School
January 10 | 6PM | Kennedy-Longfellow School
January 12 | 10AM | Graham & Parks School

The Superintendent will develop a proposal that will be shared for stakeholder feedback in January. In addition to the public forums, school-based meetings are being scheduled for all schools. Any changes in school schedules will benefit from a full planning year in 2019-20 before implementation in 2020-2021. 

City of Cambridge Participatory Budget Vote Week is Here!
Are you a resident of Cambridge and at least 12 years old? Come out and VOTE on how to spend $900,000 to improve the city! Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a democratic process through which community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget. The City hopes that PB will help directly involve residents in the budgeting and City-building process, foster civic engagement and community spirit, and help ensure that the City’s Capital Plan reflects the priorities of Cambridge residents. More info on when and where to vote for your favorite projects is 
available here. 

Cambridge Digs DEEP - Building Understanding on Differing Perspectives
Join us for a City-wide Community Forum as we share feedback, build trust, and engage in dialogue across difference. All are welcome! Food and child care will be provided. Presented by Mayor Marc McGovern and Councilor Sumbul Siddiqui.

Wednesday, November 28, 2018 | 5:30 - 8PM
Fletcher Maynard Academy Gymnasium
225 Windsor Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
Learn more >>

About the DYK: The DYK is a weekly publication for students and families of Cambridge Rindge & Latin School. To submit an announcement, email the DYK. Deadline for submission is Fridays at 10AM each week.