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We are pleased to share some very exciting news about the future of Cambrian's Transitional Kindergarten program. Due to popular demand, Bagby and Farnham will both house their own TK classes starting in 2017-18, allowing more families to take advantage of early learning at their home school. This move will help keep siblings together, cut down on family commute times, and give students an early introduction to the school communities where they will spend much of their childhood. If you have an eligible child and would like to take advantage of our expanding program, we are still accepting TK students for enrollment! More information and all enrollment forms can be found here.
California is field testing a new website designed to help communities across the state access important information about K–12 districts and schools – including ours. Called the California School Dashboard (Coming March 2017), the site features easy-to-read reports on multiple measures of school success, including test scores, graduation rates, English learning progress and suspension rates.
Please Note:
As you may know, the majority of our schools are structured as “dependent charter schools,” which allows us to welcome students from throughout our county, not just our district boundaries. The Dashboard currently lists all charter schools as separate entities, whether they are affiliated with a district or not. As a result, a search in the Dashboard for “Cambrian School District” only brings up information for Bagby Elementary. To see other school site information, simply use the search bar and enter the name of the site. (Note also that there is no data for Steindorf, as the school is in its first year of operation).
Love kids? Cambrian School District is looking for compassionate Yard Duties at all school sites. In addition to providing a safe learning environment for all students, Yard Duties have the opportunity to develop important relationships with children that can make a lasting impact. This part-time, flexible role is the perfect way to become more involved with Cambrian School District and give back to your community. For more information, simply stop by the front office of any Cambrian school, where staff can answer your questions and assist you with the application.
The last day of school is lots of fun, but can be bittersweet as we bid fond farewell to fifth and eighth grade students who will soon be starting new adventures at new schools. Click through for links to our promotion photo album!
Steindorf students dazzled visitors at last night's STEAM fair, an event like a science fair dialed all the way up to 11! Students picked a STEAM subject to focus on (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art or Math) and developed capstone projects for presentation to the public; the presentations varied from robots, to video game models, to beautiful art work to cooking lessons. Students were on hand to answer questions about their work or demonstrate their inventions. Congrats to students and staff alike on a remarkable evening!
The hottest ticket in town was at Bagby Elementary this morning for Ms. Montes' second grade class' production of Hamilton, complete with impressive displays of both lyrical dexterity and knowledge of American history. Students rehearsed for weeks to be able to perform this morning and it showed! Click through for links to photos and a special video clip!
Last night marked our final recognition ceremony for the 17-18 school year, and it was a doozie! We were delighted to honor 26 wonderful people who have gone above and beyond to make our schools amazing places to learn, along with some truly stellar Students of the Month! Click through for a full list of honorees!
Yesterday we celebrated one of our favorite staff traditions: the annual Recognition Reception for our Classified and Certificated Employees of the Year, as well as staff who are retiring. It's always a lovely event and a wonderful opportunity to appreciate the amazing work our colleagues are doing on behalf of students every day. CLICK THROUGH FOR FULL STORY.
Beautiful tunes delighted the standing room-only crowd last night at the Elementary Band and Choir Festival! Over 150 students from across our four elementary schools displayed the results of a year of hard work and hours of practice -- and they sounded marvelous! Thank you to Music Teachers Mr. Golden, Mr. Sanchez and Mrs. Hanck, as well as the many supportive parent volunteers, for making this night possible!
At last night's board meeting, Price students Sarah Shaw and Cassie Kwan presented a proposal on behalf of the Leadership Class to donate more than $10,000 for the installation of two new hydration stations at the school. The stations serve as sensor-activated water bottle fillers and drinking fountains, such as those already installed at Sartorette and Steindorf. Leadership students decided to fund this project after breaking sales records at their student store thanks to the additional of whole-fruit popsicles and popcorn. Next year, all Cambrian schools will have hydration stations installed; because of the generosity and foresight of these Price students, the middle school will now have three to support its larger student body.
Hundreds of families and friends turned out last night for our elementary school Open Houses, an annual tradition where students and staff showcase all the learning and growth that has happened throughout the year. A highlight at Fammatre was the school's new chicken and rabbit enclosure, pictured here, where students learn about the animals' life-cycle and keeping.
Second Harvest loves Cambrian Schools! Our district recently received Second Harvest Food Bank's Platinum award -- the organization's second highest honor-- in recognition of the remarkable generosity demonstrated by Cambrian students, staff and families at food drives and fundraiser's throughout the year. And Farnham kindergarten student Nima O'Donnell received the organization's Blue Diamond Award -- the very HIGHEST honor -- for his remarkably successful Cookies for Cans Drive. Trading home baked cookies for pantry items, he collected over 410 lbs of food all on his own! Congratulations to Nima, and to all of our students who opened their hearts this year to those in need, on this remarkable accomplishment!
Meet our Students of the Month and Good Apple for May! Bagby recognized Ashley Raggio, who coordinated a series of school-wide kindness events to teach students about the importance of community involvement. Students of the month: CLICK THROUGH FOR FULL ARTICLE
This week Bagby held their third and final Kindness Night for the 16-17 school year. Students and families participated in a number of projects designed to spread compassion including: making friendship bracelet kits and cards for new Bagby students; assembling laundry packs for San Jose Homeless; writing Advocacy Postcards to CA Legislators about issues that matter to them; making paracord Survival Bracelets for deployed soldiers; creating shoe kits for children in Uganda from upcycled denim; and making environmentally friendly household cleaner to protect the environment the next time they do chores!
We were delighted to host a cohort of educators from Minnesota this week, who came to observe Cambrian School District's exemplary Guided Language Acquisition by Design (GLAD) in action. Our visitors observed classrooms at three school sites to see how our teachers incorporate academic English instruction into a variety of topics, then debriefed at the district office about what they had learned.
