Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Happy May!
We have had many great events in the past few weeks and look forward to many more before the end of the school year!
Saturday April 29, we had three fun events!
  • 9am-11am a team from MLKing cleaned up a portion of the Charles River as part of the Charle River Watershed's Earth Day cleanup
  • 11am-12pm a team from MLKing cleaned up our on school grounds
  • 12pm-4pm MLK Friends hosted the "Unity playdate", attended by an estimated 100 people from schools all over Cambridge, and we raised more than $150 for the Cambridge Backpack program! Also, Cambridge School committee members Fred Fantini and Emily Dexter stopped by to say hello.
Monday May 1, Teacher appreciation breakfast
  • Thanks so much to the parents who donated food to this event, and to Pam M. for organizing!
Wednesday May 3, Teacher appreciation lunch
  • Thanks so much to the parents who donated food to this event, and to Pam M. for organizing!
Sunday May 7, MLKing school Walk For Hunger team
  • Thanks so much to the families who walked and raised money for Project Bread to help feed hungry families, and to Kathryn C. for organizing the MLKing school team!
Saturday May 13, 10am My Neighbor Totoro showing at the Brattle Theatre
  • Open to the public- come see this lovely award-winning movie that is great for families!
May 25 All School art show
  • Come see art by MLKing students!
We look forward to the upcoming events listed on our upcoming events page here: https://yana.com/calendar?school=MLK Here are just a few of the events:




June 2 Talent show
  • Audition on May 15 in Ms. Carpenter's room for the talent show, and then come on June 2 to see our talented students! MLK Friends will sell refreshments to rise funds for scholarships for MLKing students to attend summer camps.
June 14 Field day
  • We welcome parents to come volunteer to run field day events. I have volunteered at this event and it is very fun! The students have a great time with the sack race, the parachute activity and the favorite water balloon toss. Email Christina at mlkfriendsgroup[at] gmail [dot] com if you can volunteer, and thanks!