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2019 - 20 Global Navigator Scholarship
There is a CIEE family informational night next Thursday, October 24 in the Media Cafe from 6 - 7PM.
Once again CRLS has been accepted as a 2019-20 Global Navigator Scholarship school for summer study abroad by CIEE. This is very competitive process and a huge accolade for our school and students.
As a Global Navigator School, CIEE has committed at least $25,000 in scholarship funds for CRLS students (up to 100% tuition based on need and merit, excluding cost of airfare) to travel the world and have 3-4 week life changing experiences around Service and Leadership, Language and Culture, or Global Discovery programs in multiple far flung locations.
Application for scholarships are open for 9th, 10th, and 11th graders for summer 2020.
For more information and application please see CIEE High School Summer programs for more information.
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See Mr. McGuinness in room 3402. Scholarship application deadline is December 6, 2019 and February 14, 2020.
Join us on October 29 for a Teens & Vaping Workshop
 Please join us for this important workshop! Tracy Rose-Tynes, the Manager of School Health Services, who recently completed her Thesis on E-Cigarettes, is presenting a workshop for parents, students, and community members during the October 29 CRLS School Council Meeting, from 6-8PM at 119 Windsor Street, Cambridge Public Health Department 2nd Floor Conference Room. Open to all families, students, and community members.
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Join the CRLS Arts Committee
Meetings begin at 7PM and are held in the VPA office. The meeting schedule is as follows: November 4, December 2, January 6, February 3, March 2,
April 6, and May 4.
Free ESL Classes for Parents
Registration Deadline extended for ESL Classes for Families!
Do you want to learn English? Do you want to improve your speaking and comprehension, reading and writing of English? The ELL Department will offer classes for parents who are interested in learning English as a Second Language. You will improve your conversational English, vocabulary, grammar, reading and writing.
You are invited to join the English class for parents of Cambridge Public School students to be held at CRLS, 459 Broadway, 2 mornings a week. These classes are free to parents of English Language Learners in Cambridge Public Schools.
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Join the Alpine Ski and Board Club
The Alpine Ski and Board Club is one of the oldest and one of the most active clubs at CRLS. This year we have 4 day trips to Waterville Valley NH and a 3 day 3 night ski/board trip to Stowe, VT which is taking place during February vacation. We will leave Cambridge on the afternoon of Monday Feb. 17th and return the evening of the 20th. While at Stowe we will be returning to a hotel/hostel called The Round Hearth where we have stayed for the past ten years. Sign up for the overnight is on a first come, first serve bases and requires a non-refundable $100 deposit. The cost for this trip is $525 and does not include lunch, rentals, or lessons. The Club needs at least 35 students to sign up by Thanksgiving break. If there are not enough students interested by Thanksgiving, the trip will be cancelled and all money will be returned. For information please email Jon Baring-Gould.
From Thorndike to Berkshire
 After many years in rented quarters, CPS Central Administration is relocating to brand new offices, inside the new Cambridge Street complex.
You can find us behind the new Valente Branch Library, with our entrance located at 135 Berkshire Street, Cambridge, MA 02141 (see map).
Phone numbers and email addresses should remain the same, but we appreciate your patience as packing and unpacking is taking place. We will do our best to respond and look forward to welcoming you into our brand new offices!
AP Exam Registration
Registration is underway for AP Exams. This is a two-step process. First click here and "join class" using the registration code provided by your teacher. Then submit your payment to Jodi Mace in Learning Community S by November 5th at 2:30PM.
Exam fees are $94 per exam. Students who qualify for free/reduced lunch pay $13 per exam. Checks must be payable to CRLS AP Program. Include the students's full name and name of AP Exam in the memo line.
Registration Deadlines:
- I am taking a first semester or full-year AP Class: Registration is due November 5th
- I am not enrolled in an AP course at CRLS. I plan to study on my own to take the exam (must email Jodie Mace for the join code): Registration due November 5th.
- I am enrolled in a second semester class: Registration window of January 17th - March 5th.
Community Service Hours
Agassiz Baldwin Community seeks volunteers to help out at upcoming community events.
Contact: Ashley
Events:
Thanksgiving Potluck Feast | Tuesday, November 26 | 5 - 8PM
Kids Only! Holiday Sale:
Thursday, December 12 | 2:45 - 6:30PM
Friday, December 13 | 2:45 - 6:30PM
Saturday, December 14 | 9:45AM - 1:30PM
Cambridge School Volunteers Tutoring
CSV Tutoring Center: One-to-One Tutoring Before and After School, Room 2407
Volunteers serve as one-to-one tutors and mentors twice a week with high school students of all levels and needs. Volunteers provide students with individual lesson plans to improve their skills and knowledge in particular subjects. Approximately 40% of the students speak a language other than English as their first language. The Tutoring Center is open before school from 7:30 to 8:00 a.m. and after school from 2:45 to 3:45PM. Note: The first day of before and after school Tutoring Center will be September 23; the last day is June 12.
CSV Tutoring Center: Academic Support Classes, Room 2403
Students are assigned to the Tutoring Center during the school day for credit-bearing individualized academic support services, covering all subjects. CSV volunteers are matched to students singly or in small groups.
Drop-in Math Center, Room 2403
Volunteers help students on a walk-in basis with math problems ranging from pre-algebra to calculus, before school daily, between 7:30 and 8AM.
College/Career Mentoring Program
Volunteers help high school seniors, some of whom may be the first in their families to apply to college, by assisting with college, job readiness, and gap year program research; understanding and following through with all stages of the application process; and developing personal statements. In addition, volunteers help students identify scholarships and complete scholarship applications and essays. The program meets on Wednesdays from 2:30 to 4:30PM in the College and Career Resource Center, Room 1501.
Cambridge School Volunteers is hiring. Click here for more info >>
Faculty Innovation Grants for Energizing Education
 CRLS / RSTA / HSEP Teachers and Staff: Friends of CRLS invites you to submit proposals for 2020 Faculty Innovation Grants!
Find all of the Faculty Innovation Grants details and the proposal application in Google Forms here >>
Faculty Innovation Grants (up to $1,000 each) are to enliven learning for your students by sponsoring your ideas for academic exploration, community building, social development, and appreciation of arts, cultures, and diversity. Visits from accomplished guests, class field trips, special events, performances, group creations, and service learning are among the kinds of projects and experiences Faculty Innovation Grants can make possible when CPS, CRLS, and other school-related funding is unavailable.
Proposals are due Monday, October 28, 2019 at 11:59PM.
If you have difficulty with the Google Form or questions about the grants, please contact us by email or 857.235.9290 (x9290 within CRLS) or visit Friends of CRLS in Room 2136.
Cambridge Teen Health Center
The Cambridge Teen Health Center, in partnership with Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), is a school-based health clinic located in the CRLS health office. The center is staffed by a full time Nurse Practitioner, a sexual and reproductive health educator and mental health specialists – psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers.
Learn more about our services >>
Athletics at CRLS
View the schedule by clicking on the link below and then on School Calendar in the upper hand right corner.
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Aspen Student & Parent Accounts
Aspen is a secure online information resource for Cambridge Public Schools. It contains family contact information, grade information, and a variety of reports and documents that teachers, students and parents may need.
Need Aspen support? We can help >>
Medication Take-Back Event on Saturday, Oct. 26th
 Got old meds taking up space at home? Don't flush them--it's bad for our water! You can safely dispose of unwanted prescriptions, over-the-counter meds, and vitamins at the city's biannual Medication Take Back Day event on Saturday, Oct. 26, 10AM - 2PM, at the Cambridge Police Department, 125 Sixth Street. Personnel will be available to accept the medications. The event is hosted by the Cambridge Police Department and Cambridge Public Health Department.
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