Cambridge Elementary

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Oct 23-Oct 31 Red Ribbon Week. Please see information in Focus.

Nov 1, 8, 15, 22 and Dec 6 2:30 dismissal (Make up time from hurricanes)

Nov 7 Middle School information Night 5:30 (for 6th gr families)

Nov 11 Veterans Day No School

Nov. 14 Picture Day (wear uniform) This is a make up for the Sept date.

Nov 25-29 Thanksgiving Holiday No School

One of our areas to work on is fluency- the rate of words read correctly in a minute. We need YOU to help your child increase their fluency by listening to them read, encouraging them to read EVERY night.

When we read fluently, we can understand what we are reading.

Teachers will be sending home passages with students to practice each night. This should take LESS than 5 minutes. Each night your child's prosody (expression) should improve as well as the rate as which they read (fluency)

You child should be able to tell you how many words they can read correctly in a minute NOW and what the target is for the end of the year.

November’s trait is active participation in the community. To support this as a school, we are sponsoring two drives. We have our “Be the Change” veteran and active military change drive which will benefit “Wreaths Across America” and Operation Gratitude, which has sent over 4 million Care Packages containing carefully chosen items meant to boost the morale and resilience of our service members.

Next, we will support a local charity organization, Matthew’s Hope. It is in Cocoa which offers a hand-up to people in need. They support community members in need by providing food, clothes, transitional housing, and other services. Cambridge will be collecting food and toiletry items for this Matthew’s Hope in November.

Please join us at 5:30 on Nov 7 for our Middle School Expo. Come learn about the educational opportunities for your child for 7th grade.

Students may arrive starting at 7:30. There is no supervision before that time.

Dismissal- if you need to make a change to your child's way home, we must have a handwritten note from the parent. We cannot take transportation changes over the phone or email. This is for your child's safety.

If you are walking up to the bike rack to meet your child or walking to the office to check a child out, please use our sidewalks as we have cars, daycare vans and school bus all moving out the gate. Your safety is important to us.

VPK-grade 5 students who are not yet reading on grade level can apply to receive free books and reading activities each month during the school year. Students can choose books that match their interest. Books are available in English and Spanish. Visit https://www.newworldsreading.com/en/ to see eligibility requirements. It takes 5 minutes to apply!

Huddle up with your kids and ask:

What is your goal for Fluency this year (How many words can you read correctly in a minute)? How can I help you meet this goal?

What is one thing we can do as a family to help our community/neighborhood?

When your K-5 child completes a Lexia level (reading), they receive a certificate. At the bottom of the certificate you will see a section called AT HOME. This gives you some ideas of how to practice and support your child.

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), requires that a Local Educational Agency prepare and disseminate an annual Local Educational Agency report card and provide information on state, local, and school performance and progress in an understandable and uniform format.

District and School grades provide an easily understandable way to measure the performance of a school. Parents and the public can use the grades and their components to understand how well each district and/or school is serving its students. District and school grades for the 2022-2023 school year serve as an Informational Baseline using the new assessment cut scores.

Use the links provided below to view either the 2022-2023 Brevard School District Report Card or Cambridge's School Report Card. If you would like a printed copy or need translation assistance, please notify the front office.

Cambridge’s Report Card Link: Cambridge Elementary Magnet School Report Card (fldoe.org)

District Report Card Link: https://edudata.fldoe.org/ReportCards/Schools.html?school=0000&district=05

We are a UNIFORM school. Students wear a plain red, black or white tshirt (no writing or logos) and black, khaki, or blue jean shorts, pants, skorts. Students may also wear shirts with the Cambridge logo embroidered or printed on them. LEGGINGS may NOT be worn as pants, but MAY be worn under pants, dresses, shorts. Crocs, slides, flip flops, and sandals without a back are not part of our uniform or the BPS elementary dress code. Please have your child wear tennis shoes as they have recess and PE.

The Brevard County School Board approved Cambridge’s School Improvement Plan which also serves as our Title I plan. Please take a minute to review our school’s plan under the "About Us" section of the school website. We also have the plan in our Title I notebook in the front office. Copies of this document will be made available upon request and if you would like the document translated please contact the front office.

SpeakOut Hotline is designed to help you anonymously report any threatening behavior or situation that endangers you, your friends, family, community, or your school campus. Reporting isn't "snitching", reporting is when you need to keep yourself or someone you know safe from threats, harmful behaviors, or dangerous situations. By guaranteeing a caller's anonymity, SpeakOut allows the caller to give information without the fear of retribution.

Fortify is a suspicious activity reporting tool that allows you to instantly relay information to appropriate law enforcement agencies and school officials.