Tobin Montessori School 197 Vassal Lane Cambridge, MA 02138 617.349.6600 Fax: 617.349.6890 tobin.cpsd.us
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Jaime Frost Principal 617.349.6600 x151 jfrost@cpsd.us Mary Frawley Family Liaison 617.349.6600 x153 mfrawley@cpsd.us Ian Kenney Adjustment Counselor 617.349.6600 x233 ikenney@cpsd.us Joseph Huber School Operations Manager 617.349.6600 x152 jhuber@cpsd.us Fay Chaisson Secretary 617.349.6600 x150 fchaisson@cpsd.us Kim Boglarski School Psychologist 617.349.6600 x235 kboglarski@cpsd.us
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NEW Morning Arrival Protocol! BIG changes are starting on Monday! As on Monday, April 4, there will be NO PARKING in the circle between the hours of 7-9AM. The circle will be reserved for handicap parking, loading, and student drop-off only. See all the details: http://bit.ly/231Umgk
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April 6 Report Cards Go Home April 7 Parent-Teacher Conferences Your child's teacher will contact you to schedule a time. April 7 Nano Jugglers April 12 | 8AM Curriculum Morning More info will be sent home next week. April 14 | 8AM School Council April 18-22 School Vacation
Mindful Parents At this month’s gathering of Tobin Mindful Parents, we started as always with a few minutes for coffee, refreshments, settling in and introductions. Because Room 129 has plenty of child-friendly features, young siblings who come can play throughout the meeting and help provide a realistic backdrop against which we work to acquire realistic Mindfulness techniques for everyday life. On March 31 we covered: –Benefits of Mindfulness –Centering Breaths –3-Minute Listening Practice –“4-7-8” Breathing Technique (inhale for the count of 4, hold for 7, exhale for 8) –A 15-Minute Guided Lovingkindness (calm.com) practice (our most ambitious yet!) –Feedback and discussion –Final 4-7-8 breath to finish Next Meeting: Thursday, May 5th | 8AM Room 129; coffee & refreshments provided; CHILDREN WELCOME. Hope to see you there, but first, remember to S.T.O.P! AKA: STOP. TAKE A BREATH. OBSERVE. PROCEED. Voila! Congratulations, you have just given your brain one Mindfulness vitamin. Hope to see you May 5th! Image: Benefits of Mindfulness
Joey and Jaime got into the fun on Mad Dress Day! Everyone got to dress up in their favorite sports team colors!
Ella Netburn, the Room 283 student teacher from Lesley University, is reading to the students.
Quote of the Week Nothing can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness. –Leo Tolstoy
Got Outdoor Toys? Outdoor toys are needed for the play area in front of the school. Cubs Corner students have been enjoying that area during the good weather. If you have any to donate, please bring them to the Main office. Thanks!
Spotlight on Julia Rosario The always smiling Julia works in our cafeteria AND the After School Program! What roads led you to the Tobin Montessori School? Well, I grew up in Cambridge and attended the Tobin School... As well as my father, siblings, nieces, nephews and cousins! Tobin is truly a family affair in my house! I started working at the AfterSchool Program about 10 years ago. I still work there but now I work in the cafeteria as well. I spend a lot of time here and love every minute of it! When school is closed because of a snow storm, what do you like to do? I love to hang out with my children, read a good book and catch up on some sleep! Who would you like to play you in a movie? Jada Smith Which do you prefer: ocean or lake? I enjoy lakes better. I have always gone to the lake with my family. Favorite sports team? Anything Boston! Coffee or tea? Coffee Favorite flavor ice cream? Chocolate chip cookie dough
Children in room 286 are studying about the human body. As you can see, you can tell the students learned all about the brain, heart and lungs!
The mathematicians of Room 210 are measuring! 1st graders measure an object with two different things (non-standard units). A glue is 1 and a half batteries long, and it is also 5 and a half pennies long. 2nd graders measure an object with a non-standard unit and with a ruler. The glue stick that is 5 and a half pennies long is also 3 inches long. 3rd graders measure an object and calculate its area with multiplication. A floor tile measures 12 inches in length and 12 inches in width. 12 x 12 = 144, so the floor tile has an area of 144 square inches.
Tobin Celebrates Languages Calendar for Remainder of SY 2015–16 (Last updated 3/24/16) Please let us know if you are willing to help us celebrate EVERY language! Using this calendar, we will have fit in all languages spoken by families (according to district statistics we have available, plus a few we have discovered), within the current school year. This requires “doubling up,” such that dates for some languages will not be repeated on the same day in SY17 (If interested, see separate calendar for SY17, in development): April 1 Nepali, Gujarati, Bengali, Tamil and Hindi Language Day April 8 Chinese Languages Day and Vietnamese Language Day *will coincide with visit of national school board association April 15 National American Sign Language Day (Note: this is a national event in the US every year on April 15th) and Korean and Japanese Language Day April 29 Tigrinya Language Day May 6 Portuguese Language Day and Crioulo Language Day (Note: International Portuguese Language Day is the prior day, May 5th) May 13 Persian-Farsi-Dari Languages Day & Hebrew Language Day May 20 Amharic Language Day May 27 Somali Language Day June 3 [Haitian] Kreyol Language Day June 10 Languages of Europe Day [aka Czech Day, Polish Day, Finnish Day, German Day, and Russian Day] (Note: UN day for Russian Language Day is June 6) *will coincide with children’s house graduation June 17 English Language Day & Spanish Language Day *will coincide with field day rain date
Prahlad Bellach and Abdulazize Seid are reading a story to their friends in Room 283. Story Time has always been a favorite activity!