CRLS Newsletter March 23, 2010
CALENDAR OF EVENTS

MARCH 2010
03/23/10 MCAS Exams Grade 10, English Language Arts
03/24/10 MCAS Exams Grade 10, English Language Arts
03/25/10 MCAS Exams Grade 10, English Language Arts
03/24/10 Friends of CRLS Meeting, 7:30-9 PM, Library Freshman Campus
03/25/10 Registration deadline, 05/01 SAT Exams
03/26/10 MA H.S.Drama Festival Finals, 8 PM, John Hancock Hall, Back Bay Center
03/30/10 School Council Meeting, 6-8 PM, Principals Conference Room

APRIL 2010
04/02/10 Good Friday - No School
04/08/10 National Honor Society Induction Ceremony, 7PM, Cambridge Public Library (next to CRLS) followed by a reception in the CRLS Main Cafeteria. 
04/07/10 Semester 2 Mid-Term Exams
04/07/10 MCAS English Language Arts Composition Make-up Exam
04/08/10 & 04/09/2010 All City Drama Performance, 7 PM, Kennedy-Longfellow
04/08/10 Semester 2 Mid-Term Exams
04/09/10 Semester 2, Marking Period 1 Ends
04/12/10 Semester 2, Marking Period 2 Begins
04/13/10 FOCA Meeting, 6 PM, Athletics Dept Conference Room
04/15/10 All City Spring Music Concert, 7 PM, Peabody School Auditorium
 04/16/10 Semester 2, Marking Period 1 Report Cards mailed
04/19/10 April Vacation Begins
04/26/10 School Resumes
04/27/10 School Council Meeting, 6-8 PM, Principal's Conference Room
04/29/10 Registration deadline, 06/05 SAT Exams
04/29/10 Student Art Exhibit Reception, 7 PM, University Lutheran Church, 66 Winthrop St.
04/30/10-05/01/10 Spring Drama Production/Senior Directing Project, 5:30 PM, CRLS R131

MAY 2010

05/01/10 SAT and SAT Subject Exams, 9th Grade Campus, 7:45 AM

05/07/10 CRLS Annual International Music Festival, 7PM, CRLS Main Campus

05/03/10 Advanced Placement (AP) Exams begin (through 05/07)

05/10/10 Advanced Placement (AP) Exams begin (through 05/14)

05/11/10 FOCA Meeting, 6 PM, Athletics Dept Conference Room

05/12/10 RSTA Senior Dinner, 5-7:30 PM, Main Cafeteria

05/13/10 35th Annual CRLS Photo Show, 6PM, Piano Factory, 791 Tremont St. Boston

05/17/10 MCAS Exams, Math

05/18/10 MCAS Exams, Math

05/20/10 Scholarship Night, 6 PM, Location TBA

05/20/10 Danceworks: Student & Staff Choreography, 5- 7 PM, Harvard University, Lowell Hall

05/21/10 Danceworks: Student & Staff Choreography, 5- 7 PM, Harvard University, Lowell Hall

05/21/10 Semester 2, Marking Period 2 Progress Reports Mailed

05/25/10 School Council Meeting, 6-8 PM, Principal's Conference Room

05/25/10 Final Exams for Seniors

05/26/10 Final Exams for Seniors

05/31/10 Memorial Day Holiday - No School


 
Come join us for the Urban Walk for Haiti on Saturday, March 27, 2010 in Cambridge, MA.
Registration begins at 12 PM at St. Paul's Church at 29 Mt. Auburn St. in Cambridge, MA (Harvard Square). The walk is a short and scenic route around the Charles River that is perfect for people of all ages. The event begins with a speech from a surprise guest from Partners In Health, Haitian performances, singing, dancing, food and a marketplace full of crafts and other Haitian goods.

WHO:

You, your friends, family, high school, university, sports team, religious organization, group of activists or concerned individuals joining together with others from around the region.

WHAT:

Beautiful Haitian entertainment, food and marketplace along with speeches from the Mayor and a representative from Partners In Health followed by a short and scenic 3-mile walk around the Charles River in Cambridge.

WHERE:

The courtyard of St. Paul's Church located at 29 Mt. Auburn St. in Cambridge, MA, a short 5-minute walk from the Harvard Square T-stop via public transportation.

WHEN:

Registration and entertainment will begin around 12 noon on Saturday, March 27th.

WHY:

To raise money and awareness for Haiti through support of Partners In Health's work following the devastating earthquake on January 12, and to show solidarity with those affected by the tragedy.

For more information go to www.WalkForHaiti.org or mail Natasha Labaze at nlabaze@cpsd.us

2010 AP Exam schedule

The 2010 AP Exams will be administered May 3, 2010 through 7, 2010 and May 10, 2010 through 14, 2010 at Cambridge College, 1000  Mass. Ave. Cambridge.
All students taking the AP Exams must attend one of the following Pre-administration Sessions to complete exam-related paperwork.
___   Pre-administration Session 1:  Tuesday, April 27 @7:15-8am  Room TBA
___   Pre-administration Session 2:  Wednesday, April 28@ 2:45-3:30  Room TBA
___   Pre-administration Session 3:  Thursday, April 29@ 7:15-8am  Room TBA


Week 1

Morning 8 a.m.

Afternoon 12 noon

Monday,
May 3

United States Government and Politics

Comparative Government and Politics
French Language

Tuesday,
May 4


Spanish Language

 

Wednesday,
May 5

Calculus AB
Calculus BC

Chinese Language and Culture (off site)

Thursday,
May 6

English Literature and Composition

 

Friday,
May 7

United States History

European History
Studio Art-last day for Coordinators to submit digital portfolios (by 8 p.m. EDT) and to gather 2-D Design and Drawing students for the physical portfolio assembly

 

Week 2

Morning 8 a.m.

Afternoon 12 noon

Afternoon 2 p.m.

Monday,
May 10

Biology
Music Theory

Physics B
Physics C: Mechanics

Physics C:
Electricity and Magnetism

Tuesday,
May 11

Chemistry
Environmental Science

Psychology

 

Wednesday,
May 12

English Language and Composition

 

 

Thursday,
May 13



 

 

Friday,
May 14

 

Latin: Vergil

 

FOR MORE INFROMATION CONTACT SHERRY MADDEN AT SMADDEN@CPSD.US

FYI ...8th Grade Parents...


The AVID program at CRLS is currently recruiting members for the class of 2014.  The goal of AVID, which stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination, is to have all students accepted to the four year college of their choice.  The appropriate AVID student has mostly A's and B's, is self motivated and has a strong desire to attend college.

 

AVID classes meet for one period every other day during the academic year.  Students are encouraged to take honors classes, and college students attend their AVID classes twice a week to offer academic support.  AVID students begin preparing for college acceptance in the ninth grade.  The first two years are devoted to strengthening their academic skills so they can be successful in their high level classes at CRLS and in college.  Junior and senior years are spent on further refining skills and on applying to college.  Students make frequent visits to colleges every year and receive individual guidance throughout the college application process.  This year students have or will visit Colombia, FIT, NYU, Harvard, Northeastern, Colby-Sawyer, UMass, Lesley, Eugene Lang, Bentley, Babson and Emerson.

 

AVID teachers contact parents regularly to share student progress.  AVID parents are invited to dinners and programs at which they learn what their students are doing in the elective and meet and talk with AVID teachers.  Parents are also actively involved in the college application process.

 If you think AVID would be a good opportunity for your 8th grade student, please contact Leslie Davis at ldavis@cpsd.us  or 617-349-6797.  You may also speak with your child's 8th  grade teacher.

Cambridge Rindge and Latin

 Winter GBL All Stars 2010  

 Congratulations!             

 

Girls Hockey Coop Team w/ Somerville

Lexi Fitzpatrick-Somerville

Laura Iovanni-Somerville

 

Boys Basketball

Ahmad Charles  

Deondre Starling 

Jason Nunes 

Jacquil  Taylor 

Paul Anderson 

 

Girls Basketball

Georgia Pinque 

 Lydia Vital  

 

Wrestling

Sanjaya Lamichhane

Makkah Tymes

Duncan Bowers

Sal Carrero

 

Boys Indoor Track

Robbie Barnes                    

Ruben Villareal-Halprin       

Sam Greenberg                     

Jacob Kasperowski              

Erwins Cazeau                      

Woodrick Clervil                   

 

Girls Indoor Track

Charmine Bien Aime    

Jasmine Bien Aime       

Nisa Chamblin              

Mikaela Boyne              

India Brown                  

 

Gymnastics

Sam Borrus

Hannah Firestone

 

Girls Swimming

Maxine DeJonge

Abby Lindsay

Victoria Hornstein

Violet Brooks Doucette 

Lulu Emmons

Hannah Gibson

Abby Russell

 

Boys Swimming

Tor Augustus

Nate Pursley

Jake Harris

Gus Castile

Josiah Boney

Nelson Dow

Calling all staff, students and parents 

CRLS Freshman Campus Art Show reception during periods 1, 2, and 4 in the 9th grade campus library on

When:

Friday, April 9.

Time:

Block 1 (8:05-9:25)

Block 2 (9:50-11:10)

Block 4 (1:10-2:30)

Where:

9th Grade Campus Library

 Students act as greeters, docents, servers, and demonstrators which count as their midterm grade.

Even if it's only 20 minutes, please consider stopping by for the reception.

 If you can't make it to the show, the exhibit will be up until Friday, April 16.
Spring Session of Drivers Education
Registration will be held Wednesday April 14th, 2010 at 2:30 PM in the main cafeteria of the high school
Choice of two classroom sessions - 2:35 PM or 6:00 PM
Class begins Monday April 26th, 2010
Sessions are 5 weeks in duration (a total of 10 classes must be attended)
Two absences are allowed but must be made up prior to last class
Classes meet twice a week - Monday and Wednesday
A state mandated 2 hour class must be attended by a parent or guardian (date to be determined)
Classes are held in the Gustave Solomon Garage located at 456 Broadway (across the street from CRLS)
Cost is $600.00 which covers the ten classroom sessions, the parent class as well as the required 12 lessons of behind the wheel instruction.
This price does not cover any fees charged by the Registry of Motor Vehicles for the permit, road test or license.
If you have any further questions, please call Bill Timmons at (339) 223 - 0163

CRLS celebrates Pi Day


With Pi Day (3/14) falling on a Sunday this year, the CRLS Math Department celebrated the unofficial holiday on Friday March 12th.  Festivities differed from classroom to classroom and included digit reciting competitions, fun facts about pi, pi songs and movies as well as the eating of pie.  Pi is arguably the most famous number in existence.  It is the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of any circle - large or small.  While pi is irrational (never ends, never repeats), most people round the number to the nearest hundredths and simply call it 3.14.       

Creative CambridgeTeens Win National Portfolio Medal:


Two students from CRLS have won Scholastic Art Awards at the National level!  Eric Macomber, an Animation student under teacher Jessie Young, won a Gold Medal.  Molly Shafer-Schweig, a Commercial Design student under teacher Michele Maxwell, won a Silver Medal for her Design Portfolio.  This is a great honor.  To  put it into perspective, 140,000 students from 81 regions around the country compete.  Of those 170, or one tenth of one percent, win gold medals.  Congratulations to these gifted students and their wonderful teachers! 


FIRST Robotics Boston Finals

Please come out to support the CRLS FIRST robotics team on Saturday March 27th from 9:00 am -4:30 pm. The event is being held at the BU Agganis arena on 925 Commonwealth Ave. If you get there before 10:00 you should be able to park under the arena. There is a great halftime show at noon. This a great opportunity to watch the robots compete and you can get up close to all the robots if you tour the "pits" where teams work on the robots between matches. Look for team 97.

For more information contact Conrad Hauck at chauck@cpsd.us

Turkish Night in Cambridge

to benefit the CRLS Student Trip to Turkey


March 27, 2010

Saturday, 7.00-9.30pm


Authentic Turkish Appetizers

          by Boston Kebab House

Live Turkish Classical Music Concert featuring Cambridge Musiki Cemiyeti

            directed by Feridun Özgören Presentation of Turkish Culture & Traditions by Turkish Cultural Center Boston Women's Club

ALSO:

 » Fashion Show of Traditional Turkish Costumes

 » Authentic Turkish Crafts for Raffle

 » Silent Auction

 » Fresh Brewed Turkish Coffee

Location:

      Morse School Auditorium

      40 Granite St. Cambridge

Entrance Fee:

      $12 Adults; $6 Students

      Ticket fee includes one raffle ticket for attendees

CRLS Movie Screening:

Join the French Club and the French Exchange Students for a screening of

The Class (French title: Entre le murs), based on a semi-autobiographical novel by François Bégaudeau,  not exactly a documentary, but more a recreation of a literature teacher's experience teaching in a multi-ethnic school in Paris. Bégaudeau stars in the film, and many of the students play themselves, capturing eloquently the reality of teenagers in multicultural France.

After the movie join us for a discussion with French and CRLS students on the education in Paris vs. Cambridge.

When: April 14 from 5:30-8::00

Where: Freshman Campus Library
SEEKING ACTORS FOR WEBSERIES TO BE SHOT IN CAMBRIDGE
Former Executive Producer for Sesame Street International is seeking phenomenally talented young teen actors to star in a pilot for a Web cooking series. Role is for diverse, sassy, urban and hip teens who can share a passion for food and cooking. Singers and Dancers who can act are welcome.
To Schedule Casting please contact: nlrogoff@fas.harvard.edu
SAT and AP PRACTICE TESTS
Did you know that there is access to online SAT and AP practice tests provided free by the CRLS library?
Just go to: www.cpsd.us/crls/library
Under "Quick Links" click on "SAT and AP Practice Tests". Make an account and specify the type of test they want to practice. For out of school access, use the password 'rindge'.

CRLS History Students Compete at National History Day Regional Competition

 

 CRLS History students and members of the CRLS History Club competed at the Greater Boston Massachusetts History Day Regional Competition at Winchester High School on March 6, 2010. The National History Day theme for 2010 was Innovation in History.

 

 The CRLS History Club performed a short play titled The Innovation of the Electric Washing Machine. History Club members that performed were Ian Adler, Esthefany Cepeda, Fahim Sinha, Fatima Taskomur, and Hannah Varden.

 

 CRLS History students entered History Poster Boards with the titles: Comic Book Superheroes: An Innovative Medium for Hope and Moral Values (Sydney Agger, Amanda Heffernan, Michael Peterson,), Transistors: Revolution in Miniature (Maggie Vo) and Innovation of the Negro Leagues (Henry Hayes, Ryan O'Connor, Shreg Regan, Ross Zamparelli)

 

 Special thanks to CRLS History Teacher, Dr. Barbara Weaver, for her encouragement and leadership.  Congratulations to all the CRLS History Students who competed!

SAT MOCK TEST FREE


Harvard CHANCE is hosting

our SAT Saturday workshop

this Saturday, March 27! The

event is highlighted by a fulllength,

mock SAT released

by the College Board. We'll

grade everything (essay

included), tell you your actual

score, provide lunch, and then

you'll get tutoring by Harvard

students in the afternoon! The

event is completely free for

all CRLS students, and

everyone from all grades is

welcome! Please register

before Saturday at

http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~c

hance/SATSaturday.html. For

questions, please visit the

website or email us at

chance@hcs.harvard.edu.

CHECK OUT CRLS ON CHANNEL 98

Learn more about what is happening at CRLS by watching student produced  programs on Smart TV 98.

 

Youth View Cambridge is a bi-monthly magazine style news program featuring updates on club activities, arts, current events,  assemblies, teacher profiles and much more.

Fri, Sun, Tue at 10pm / Sat, Mon, Wed at 8am and 5:30pm / Thu at 5:30pm and 10pm. And you can catch past episodes on the web site ceatv.cpsd.us.

 

Falcon Sports Weekly is a sports talk show featuring highlights of sports at CRLS and in the Greater Boston area - Fri, Sun, Tue at 10:30pm / Sat, Mon, Wed at 8:30am and 6pm / Thu at 6pm and 10:30pm

 

Spot-On Specials air longer versions of interviews such as our series on the future of journalism, arts production such as dance, theater and other special programs.

 

Whether you have a student at the high school already or want to see what opportunities your students will have in the future tune into Smart TV 98.


For more information contact Angelica Brisk

abrisk@cpsd.us