Thanks to your generosity, our Grocery Gift Card Drive received nearly $1,000 in gift cards and over $16,000 to the CRLS Food Pantry fund in less than three weeks. These funds go directly to food support for CRLS students and families, especially important while SNAP benefits were paused this month.

The drive was organized by CRLS Family Connection, with CRLS managing pantry funds and gift card distribution.

💯 Every dollar donated to Falcon’s Pantry goes to food. If you’d like to help further, please consider a year-end gift to focrls.org to support their operating costs.

If you need help, confidentially contact our family liaison Tabithalee Howard (thoward@cpsd.us; 617-349-6660)

See the slides presented at the event, which covered

• ParentSquare, Aspen and  Google Classroom

• What to exepct in high school

• Understanding courses and graduation requirements

• Class expectations and how to succeed

• Where to get help (academic support)

• Clubs, sports, community involvement

• College and career planning, early steps

• Special education and 504 accommodations

High school (CRLS) parents gave advice and answered questions for rising 9th grade parents. This was a co-presentation with Families of RAUC and CRLS Family Connection.

• Read the notes from this meeting in English | Amharic | Spanish | Haitian Creole | Arabic |  Hindi | Bengali

• See ASPEN, Parent Square & Google Classroom Tips for Middle and High School Parent/Caregivers  in English:

Audio recording by some presenters:

June 2025: Pia (6:14) speaks about special education at CRLS

• CRLS School culture

• Learning how to ask for help

• Academic supports at CRLS for students with IEP/504 or anyone (teacher office hours, Cambridge School Volunteers)

• Who to contact

• Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) as a resource https://cambridgesepac.org