Cambridge Elementary School Update:  9/14/20-9/18/20

Dear Mighty Cambridge Families,

We realize how difficult the distance learning has been for everyone. Many of you are sharing your struggles with this structure. We are hearing that parents are very overwhelmed. We hope we can support you and want to get back to school as soon as possible. Please know that we understand the challenges each student is facing while they are trying to learn remotely. We appreciate all of your efforts and support. 

We want to thank our wonderful PTA for organizing and sponsoring our virtual APEX activities this year. Many of you had fun exercising and learning about character development and keeping ourselves healthy. The PTA is collecting pictures of students participating in APEX, please send your pictures to the PTA Facebook page.

Celebrating Heritages and Cultures:

This year we will be celebrating our diversity and heritages. The intent of this is to be inclusive and represent all of the Cambridge students. Therefore, if we have left out your heritage, please email Ms. Nader, so we can add it in. We do not want to leave anyone out. Hispanic Heritage Month officially begins on September 15th.  We want to celebrate and recognize our Hispanic/Latino students and families. If you have pictures of your Hispanic family or traditions to submit to our Facebook page, please send them to kandrews@travisusd.org or submit them directly to the Cambridge Facebook page.

Each month we will celebrate the amazing heritages and cultures that make up our Cambridge Community:

• September: Hispanic Heritage Month 
• October: Filipino, Asian Americans and Bullying Prevention Month  
• November: Native American Heritage Month
• December: Combination of holiday celebrations, etc.
• January: India History Month
• February: Black History Month
• March: Middle Eastern History Month
• April: Earth and Month of the Military Child
• May: American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Distribution of supplies and books:

Schedule:

Thursday, 9/17 4:00-6:00 pm

Thursday, 9/23   4:00-6:00 pm

Thursday, 10/8   3:30-5:30 pm

Note: Beginning in October we will change our distribution to monthly. Many of our teachers put out items on other days and communicate this to you.

68 Hours of Hunger:

Non-perishable food items are available for the weekend for any of our students. If you are interested in this, please email Ms. Andrews or Ms. Nader at kandrews@travisusd.org, snader@travisusd.org

Upcoming Events:

9/17                 Distribution 4-6 pm

Sept. & Oct.  Art Reflection preparations

10/6                Progress Reports go home

10/23              Red Ribbon Week

11/16, 17, 19,20    Parent Conferences

Thank you,

Ms. Nader and Ms. Andrews

 Google Classroom

• Parent / Student Videos of logging into Google Classroom:
  • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5Y_57Vjeavy0eVe0FrrL1M6irgquHRVo
• The Youtube playlist shown above includes Google Classroom parent/student videos for every grade level.

• Parents & Student Access to Launchpad / Google Classroom
  • When you log into Google Classroom, you may not see classes yet, (this is ok, it is only a test to get in, no need to worry).
• Students will be given their usernames and passwords during supply pick up. Please go to Launchpad and try to sign in ASAP. Then, click on Google Classroom to ensure access.

Food Services for 2020-21

Starting on Monday, August 17th meals will be served every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  Meals can be bought/picked up in front of school--drive up to the curb.