Dear Cambrian Famiies,
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving break and that your students returned to school healthy, rested and eager to learn. As we begin December, I wanted to send you this newsletter to inform you of events and services available to each of our families in the Cambrian School District. We have two weeks left before the Holiday Break, and I know they will be packed with activity.
Free Holiday Food Vouchers Available Today
In celebration of the upcoming holiday season, we would like to offer support by providing free grocery vouchers for any Cambrian family that would like one. The Cambrian School District has partnered with the Reaching Out Emergency Food Program to help provide fresh, nutritious groceries—FREE of charge. It includes food with fruit, vegetables, canned goods, milk, eggs, and meat.
The vouchers are for ANY families, there are no specific requirements to qualify.
Today, December 2nd, we will distribute the Holiday Vouchers.
You can pick up the voucher at the District Office's Drive-Thru Pickup
Address: 4115 Jacksol Dr. San Jose, CA 95124
Date: December 2nd
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
For more information, call (408) 377-2103.
Once you have the voucher, there will be a following event at the Reaching Out Center to pick up the food:
Reaching Out Emergency Food Program's Drive-Thru Food Distribution will be held:
Friday, Dec. 23rd
Time: 9:00 a.m. -12:00 noon
Reaching Out Center (On the campus of the Cathedral of Faith) 2315 Canoas Garden Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125
Please let us know if there is anything else we can do to help, and feel free to email anselmog@cambriansd.com with questions.
Thank you to our wonderful district staff and families who go above and beyond every day to provide the best possible learning experience for our students. Have a wonderful weekend!
Educational Services
CSD Biliteracy Pathway Recognitions Program Information for Parents & Families
Achieving advanced levels of knowledge and proficiency in another language takes many years and must start early with young children. The CSD Biliteracy Pathway Recognitions Program establishes a system of "pathway" awards from elementary through middle school recognizing benchmarks towards biliteracy. These awards are designed to recognize student engagement in the pursuit of language skills in two or more languages, affirm positive attitudes towards multilingualism, and validate the use of multiple languages for all students. Additionally, these awards promote the need for students to continue in long-term, sequential world language study in high school. For more information, please visit our district website at https://www.cambriansd.org/Page/3386.
You are invited to a Zoom Meeting to find out more information about the CSD Biliteracy Pathway Recognitions Program:
When: Dec 14, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Hosted by Linh Nguyen, Assistant Superintendent of Ed Services
Please register in advance for this meeting via the following link: REGISTER HERE!
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Helping Children Learn Monthly Newsletter - December
Cambrian School District is excited to share the following resources with our families. Every month, we will be providing a monthly newsletter packed full of information and resources to support your child. This resource is a monthly newsletter from the Parent Institute called Helping Children Learn.
Helping Children Learn is written with today's fast-paced parents in mind. Every monthly issue delivers lots of advice families could use to speak with your children about. Published in age-specific versions, Elementary School and Middle School, this monthly two-page, quick read newsletter is packed with proven, evidence-based, ready-to-use school success ideas for parents, tailored to the ages of their students!
In every issue, families get guidance to help their children succeed, including:
Building reading, language and math skills
Establishing effective study habits
Promoting regular school attendance
Goal-setting to achieve academic results
Developing persistence, resilience and enthusiasm for learning
Instilling respect for rules, authority and other people
Forming a school-home connection
Plus much more!
To access the Helping Children Learn December Monthly Newsletter, please click on the following links:
Technology
There are many resources out there to help parents create healthy habits for their children when it comes to tech use. Over the next few newsletters, we’ll review a few of them.
Let’s start with Common Sense Media. This is an excellent “goto resource” for finding objective information and reviews on all kinds of media including gaming, books, and movies. You can also learn more about important topics such as screen time, social media, and cell phones.
Family Code Night
Hello Cambrian Families! Cambrian School District and the Cambrian Education Foundation (CEF) invites you to attend Family Code Night!
Family Code Night is a FREE family event held at each school site, where you will play in parent-child teams to complete fun Code.org puzzles and challenges at your own pace, and learn core concepts in coding at the same time!
No coding experience is needed and laptops will be available for use. This is a great experience to share with your kids. This event is inspired by the Hour of Code from Code.org®.
We have one remaining event at Price Middle School on Dec 7, 6:30-8 p.m. - Please register here! All grades are welcome! If you missed the event at your child’s school, please feel free to register for the Price event!
CAMBRIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT
Email: klavond@cambriansd.com
Website: www.cambriansd.org
Location: 4115 Jacksol Drive, San Jose, CA, USA
Phone: (408) 377-2103
Facebook: facebook.com/CambrianSchoolDistrict
Twitter: @CambrianSDist01