Message from Christen Sohn: March 5, 2025

Message from Christen Sohn: March 5, 2025
Posted on 03/05/2025

Good Afternoon CSUS Families and Caregivers, 

It’s March, and we are hard at work at Cambridge Street! Last week, our 7th grade scholars visited scientists at Biontech, The Broad Institute, and Novartis as part of our partnership with the Netpals program. This Thursday, our 8th graders will have the opportunity to meet virtually with Dashka Slater, author of The 57 Bus.

Please see below for art work from our scholar artists of the week, slides and information from last week’s School Council meeting, and important upcoming dates at Cambridge Street.

Scholar Artist(s) of the Week
CSUS Scholar Artist(s) of the Week: February 24, 2025

"A Spring Picnic" by Audrey FentressPencil Drawing, Grade 6

CSUS Scholar Artist(s) of the Week: March 3, 2025
CSUS Minions! by 6th Graders: Afiyah, Ollie, Izzy & Adrian

CSUS PCO is looking for volunteers! 
Dear families, 

We're seeking enthusiastic volunteers to lead or co-lead upcoming events. While the dates are still being finalized, we're looking for individuals who can assist with both event planning and on-site coordination. 

April 

  • COBRA Dash (can be moved to May) 
  • Movie Night & Community Social 
May 
  • Bake Sale (will be held early morning outside Door 4) 
  • Book Swap (may be moved to June) 
June 
  • Auction (TBC) 

Please reach out to Shalini Ayre ([email protected]) or any member of the PCO Board if you have questions or just to say, 'sign me up!' (hint, hint 😉) 

Thank you as always for your support and consideration of volunteering for these events. 

CSUS PCO Board

CSUS Homework Expectations and Weekly HW Calendars 
In an effort to keep scholars, caregivers, and out of school time providers informed regarding weekly assignments, our teaching teams are sharing weekly homework calendars. These will be posted on our website for reference and easy access.

Grade 8 Weekly Homework
Grade 7 Weekly Homework
Grade 6 Weekly Homework

CSUS School Council Slides 
Last week our School Council reviewed CSUS’ midyear iReady data. We saw tremendous growth for scholars across all grades in ELA and also saw many scholars meet midyear median growth expectations in math. This data is part of the wider profile of information about scholars that we use to identify how to adjust and improve classroom instruction. 

The slides from last week’s meeting are available here. We appreciate your thoughts and feedback as we use this data to inform our next instructional work. If you have questions, ideas to share, or would like to connect to discuss this data further, please complete this survey.

Other Important Upcoming Dates

Thank you for entrusting us with your scholars’ education, and for your ongoing support of our community.

Go Cobras!
Christen

Head of School
Cambridge Street Upper School

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