CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

12/23/10 Deadline to register for the January 22nd SAT Exams

12/24/10 Winter Break Begins

JANUARY 2011

1/3/11 School Resumes

1/6/11 Chamber Music Concert, 7 PM, Black Box (Rm 0601)

1/7/11 Danceworks (Student & Staff Choreography), 7 PM,

CRLS Theatre

1/8/11 Danceworks (Student & Staff Choreography), 7 PM,

CRLS Theatre

1/10/11 Piano Recital, 6 PM, Black Box Theatre (Rm 0601)

1/11/11 CRLS Fashion Design Show, 7 PM, Black Box Theatre (Rm 0601)

1/11/11 FOCA Meeting, 6 PM, Athletics Offi ce in War Memorial

1/12/11 Semester 1 Final Exams-Early Release

1/12/11 CRLS Arts Committee Meeting, 7 PM, Room 0603

1/13/11 Semester 1 Final Exams-Early Release

1/14/11 Marking Period 2 Ends

1/17/11 Martin Luther King Holiday-NO SCHOOL

1/19/11 FoCRLS Meeting 7:30-9 PM, 9th Grade Campus Library

1/19/11 Int'l Center Parent Workshop, 6:30-8 PM, Int'l Ctr, Room 1607

1/20/11 Eighth Grade Information Night, 6-8 PM, CRLS Theatre

1/22/11 SAT and SAT Subject Exams, 8 AM 9th Grade Campus

1/25/11 School Council Meeting, 6-8 PM, CRLS

1/26/11 Rindge School of Technical Arts (RSTA) Eight Grade

Information Night, 6-8 PM, Main Cafeteria

1/27/11 Winter Drama Production, 7 PM, CRLS Theatre

1/28/11 Winter Drama Production, 7 PM, CRLS Theatre

1/29/11 Winter Drama Production, 7 PM, Emerson College

FEBRUARY 2011

2/1/11 MCAS Biology test

2/2/11 MCAS Biology test

2/2/11 Parents Open House-9th Grade Campus, 6-8 PM

2/3/11 Parents Open House-Main Campus, 6-8 PM

2/4/11 Deadline for Advanced Placement (AP) Exams

2/5/11 A Cappella Jam (High School and College) 7 PM, CRLS Theatre

2/8/11 FOCA Meeting, 6 PM, Athletics Offi ce in War Memorial

2/9/11 CRLS Arts Committee Meeting, 7 PM, Room 0603

2/11/11 Deadline to Register for the March 12th SAT Exam

(SAT only, no Subject Exams)

2/15/11 School Council Meeting, 6-8 PM, CRLS

2/16/11 CRLS Scholarship Applications Deadline

2/16/11 Int'l Center Parent Workshop, 6:30-8 PM, Int'l Ctr, Room 1607

2/21/11 February Vacation Begins

2/25/11 February Vacation Ends

Middle School (7/8th Grade)Production Workshop

@ Media Arts Studio Beginning January 25th

WHEN: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 - 5:00pm

 WHERE: Media Arts Studio 454 Broadway, acrossfrom CRLS Main Campus

 CONTACT: Angelica Brisk at 617 349-6635 or abrisk@cpsd.us

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This ten-week program will bedivided into two units:  digitalstorytelling and news documentary production.

 The first unit, YouthStream is a collaborationwith the Cambridge Public Library's StoryStream project in which students willcreate and share digital stories about Cambridge while gaining valuablecommunication, listening and presentation skills.  Guest speakers and instructors will give students a chance topractice various storytelling styles while learning how to use audio and videoequipment.

 The second unit, focusing on news documentaryproduction, will give middle school students hands on experience in fieldproduction, script writing, and digital editing.  After an intensiveperiod of training students will work in groups to create their own shortdocumentaries for Youth View Cambridge - a bi-monthly student produced newsprogram, which airs on Channel 98. 

Early arrivals are welcome and are provided spaceto do homework until the workshop begins. Students can take the bus from theirelementary school to the Media Arts Studio

APPLICATIONS ARE DUE APPLICATIONSDUE JANUARY 10th

Angélica Allende Brisk

Media Journalism Assistant

CEATV

454 Broadway

Cambridge, MA

 If you get a new cell phone, laptop, electronic reader, mp3 player, GPS, digital camera, or video camera this holiday season....

Don't throw your old one away!

Donate it to the "Curtain Time in London" Electronics Recycling Drive!

We will accept working or broken:

·                      

·                   Cell Phones

·                   Laptop Computers

·                   Digital Cameras & Video Cameras

·                   MP3 Players

·                   Inkjet Cartridges (No Toner)

·                   GPS Devices

·                   Radar Detectors

·                   Electronic Book Readers

·                     *No other items can be accepted

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·                     You can drop off donations:

·                     Room 2310 (Ms. Maloney @ Rindge building)

·                     R111 (Ms. Espinosa's office, formerly Mr. Tynes' office)

·                     Room L113 (Ms. Trayer @ Longfellow campus)

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·                     All proceeds will benefit the students attending the April Break trip to London!

Ariel Maloney

English Language Arts

Cambridge Rindge and Latin School

Learning Community R - Room 2310

Group leader, "Curtain Time in London" field trip

https://sites.google.com/site/crlsinlondon2011/

NEWS from Friends of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (FOCRLS)

Behind every great school is a committed community of supporters

Become a part of that community at CRLS

We hope that our news will inspire you, during this holiday period, to give as generously as you can to support the Friends of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (FOCRLS) - As an entirely volunteer-run organization, you can be assured that the money we raise directly supports our students - not costly rentals and staff salaries.

To make a donation online, go to www.focrls.org. Or you can send a check to: FOCRLS, P.O. Box 39-1541, Cambridge, MA 02139.

Your donation will go to support these important programs: Faculty Innovation Grants, the Unsung Hero Program, Student Travel Fellowships, Faculty Distinction Awards, First Scholars Awards (Scholarships). 

FALL 2010 FOCRLS NEWS

FOCRLS Fall 2010 Faculty Innovation Grants Awarded

Since 2007, FOCRLS has sponsored the Faculty Innovation Grants program. Teachers, guidance counselors, academic club advisors, submit grant proposals of up to $1000 to enrich the academic or social development experience for CRLS students. This year our growing number of contributors made it possible, for the first time, to offer TWO grant cycles! We thank our many donors: family, friends, alumni, and business leaders, for supporting the power of the ideas of our exemplary CRLS educators.

The Fall 2010 Faculty Innovation Grant awardees are:

Kathleen Fitzgerald (Internship and Service Learning Specialist) "Storied Landscapes - Exploration and Sharing of Cultural and Natural Resources Across Urban and Rural Youth Communities"

Conrad Hauck (Engineering Instructor, RSTA)
"Funding for Robotics Club: FIRST Robotics 2011 Season"

Matt Landry (Media Instructor) "Experimental Media Lab"

Michele Watson Maxwell (Commercial Design Teacher)
"Anti-Discrimination Poster Awareness Campaign"

Deborah Milligan (Photography Teacher) "Mix It Up - Cook it Up"

Robert Ponte (Instrumental Music Teacher) "Contemporary Jazz at CRLS"

Jaci Rubin (Cooperative Education Instructor) "Create a Press Kit for Cooperative Education"

Jessica Young (Art Teacher) "Animation Sound Studio"

First Scholars Awards

Fall 2010 brought another FOCRLS "First", the launching of its First Scholars Awards. These new scholarships -- $1000 each to two academically-qualified low-income seniors who will be the first in their families to attend four-year institutions of higher learning - were just announced and will be awarded in the spring.

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Our New Website!

FOCRLS has a beautiful new website, thanks to the work of graphic designer Barby Prothro, mother of a CRLS grad. Visit us at: www.focrls.org (and please become a fan of our Facebook page as well)!

Another Successful FOCRLS House Party!

On December 5^th, 9^th grade parents Donna and Ray Erikson, held a gathering at their home on behalf of FOCRLS.  Speakers included members of the CRLS leadership team, and faculty members and students who have been recipients of grants and awards through FOCRLS. Other guests included current, prospective, and former parents of CRLS students, alumni, school committee members, and community members.  CRLS photography teacher Debi Milligan brought a slide show of faculty members who have received grant awards for innovative projects from Friends of CRLS.  Local businesses showed their support through the delicious array of food and beverages generously donated by Petsi Pies, the Middle East Restaurant, the S&S Deli/Restaurant, the Wine and Cheese Cask, and Zing! Pizza.  Behind every great school is a committed community of supporters and supporters-in-the-making such as this great group! Over $3,000 was raised from this event. 

CRLS Unsung Heroes awardee speaks

to audience of parents, alumni, and teachers

at FOCRLS December 2010 Houseparty

Upcoming FOCRLS Meeting

January 19^th  7:30-9:00 pm

We'd love to have you involved in our work. Coming up in the spring we have another house party, the Mayfair Raffle, and a "special event" in the planning, so we need many hands. We are also working on outreach to alumni, and to the Cambridge business community, and could use your help!

The next FOCRLS meeting is Wednesday January 19 (7:30-9 pm) in the Library of the 9th grade campus  in the old Longfellow School building on Broadway, corner of Antrim Street. Come and learn more about CRLS and FOCRLS, and network with other parents over conversation and snacks. 

If you can't make it to that meeting, but would like to be involved, please contact us at focrls@gmail.com or 617-275-6338

Friends of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (FOCRLS) is a 501(c)3 tax-deductible non-profit public charity founded by two parents in January '07.  The mission of FOCRLS is to raise private funds from within the Cambridge community to support and enrich the academic and social development programs at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, and in so doing,  promote achievement for all students and a greater community investment in the future of Cambridge youth.