2025-26 Summer Assignments GRADE 6 - GRADE 7 - GRADE 8 Grade 6 Class of 2028 6th Grade Slide on Google Classroom. Your job is to create a fun, informative "About Me" slide and turn it in to us before August 5. We will then share out everyone's slides with you so that you can get to know your classmates and teachers a bit before we start school in September. 6th SCHOOL SUPPLY LIST Grade 7 Class of 2027 ELA/READING MATH 7th SCHOOL SUPPLY LIST Grade 8 Class of 2026 Humanities (ELA/Civics) MATH 8th SCHOOL SUPPLY LIST PE Gear Needs (All Grades) Rain jacket, closed toed shoes, a water bottle

Family Resources Family Resources for Cape Cod Families Child and Family Services Established in 1843, CFS has become one of the oldest nonprofit organizations in Southeast Massachusetts. Starting our journey helping whaling families, we have now expanded our services and outreach to offer a variety of programs. Located across Massachusetts CFS has 11 locations servicing clients of all needs. Child and Family Services Support Resources for Families in Crisis Support Resources for Families and Guardians in Crisis Cape Cod Family Resource Center The Cape Cod Family Resource Center is one of eighteen such centers spread across Massachusetts. As part of this statewide network, we offer evidence-based parent education programs, parent support groups, early childhood services, information and referral resources and education for families from every community on Cape Cod, regardless of insurance or income. Website: https://www.frcma.org/about Family Continuity Supporting family success in every community by empowering people, enhancing their strengths, and creating solutions through partnerships to achieve hope, positive change and meaningful lives. Because our focus has always been on Family, our programs and services target a spectrum of emotional, developmental and behavioral problems for children, adolescents, adults, couples and seniors. With over 20 programs, our portfolio of services encompasses community and home-based services, as well as outpatient clinics providing individual and family therapy. Website: www.familycontinuity.org Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity is planning to build nine new houses in the Lower and Upper Cape. Click here for more information. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) SNAP is the program formerly known as food stamps. It is a federal nutrition program that helps you stretch your food budget and buy healthy food. Website: www.gettingsnap.org Women, Infants and Ch ildren ( WIC) WIC is a free nutrition program that provides healthy foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and referrals to healthcare and other services to Massachusetts families who qualify. WIC stands for Women, Infants and Children. WIC’s goal is to keep pregnant and breastfeeding women and kids under 5 healthy. To apply for WIC, call 1-800-WIC-1007 or contact a WIC Program in your community . Click to see a list of WIC Offices on Cape Cod

STEM/STEAM Our STEAM Projects The goal of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) is to “foster the true innovation that comes with combining the mind of a scientist or technologist with that of an artist or designer.” – Rhode Island School of Design At CCLCS we feel that ideally a STEAM project will incorporate at least three of the disciplines, one of which must be science or technology. By connecting these areas, students become creative, inventive thinkers, who ask questions, solve problems and produce outcomes. Students engage in STEAM projects in the classroom and may choose 8-week seminar courses in the fall, winter and spring. The list below highlights some of our projects and courses. We are continuously adding to our STEAM curriculum. Math Math in My World - STEAM Scale of Universe - SAM Body Biology project - SAM Science Bridges - STEM Body Biology - STAM Adaptation project - STEA Earthquake project - STEAM Exploration Egg drop - SEAM Adaptation Coding project - STA Mars Design & 3D Printing - STEA Engineering Mini-Challenges - STEM Art Illuminated Manuscripts - STEA Wampum Belt projects - TEA Design Your Dream Shoe - SEA Color Wheel Construction - STA Body Biology project - SMA Creative Printmaking - TEA Girls in the Trades Past and Present Seminars Amazing Mobiles - SEAM Dreamweavers - TMA Bubble Forts - SEM Engineering Wars - STE Robotics - STEM Figure This - STEAM Museums and Mucking - SAM CCLCS Design Squad - STEAM Yearbook - TAM Total Irresponsible Science - STEM Giving Winter Warmth - TEM Bird Houses - STEM Fashion Design - TEAM Figure This - STEM 3-part Animal Systems - SAM Girls in the Trades - STEM (partnered with Cape Cod Technical High School) Lunar Bubble Seminar STEAM/STEM OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS ON CAPE COD The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History http://www.ccmnh.org/John-Hay-Room Jr. Tech https://juniortech.org Cape Cod Regional STEM Network https://capecodstemnetwork.org Chathan Marconi Maritime Center https://www.chathammarconi.org

March Fourth Alumni Giving Day CCLCS has been open since September 1995, serving thousands of Cape Cod Students since its inception. In 2024, it takes a lot of money to operate a school: staff salaries, school supplies, field trip expenses, etc. As most of you know, charter schools in Massachusetts are also responsible for paying their building costs out of their operating budget. Our school has always prided itself for doing more with less, filling the halls of our strip mall / movie theater school with innovating and passionate programming. This is where our alumni come in. On March 4th, we challenge each of our alumni to contribute in a small way. If every charter school alumni donates $10-$20, thousands of dollars would be raised to help our community continue to offer field trips, seminars, extra curricular activities, and more. March 4th has always been a special day for CCLCS. A day where, inspired by founder John Stewart, we march forth into the future with enthusiasm, purpose and optimism. Your small donation will help ensure that CCLCS will keep “marching forth” to give all of its students the education they need and deserve. This year, we hope you think back fondly at your time at CCLCS and consider donating. Ways to Donate Venmo us! (@cclcs) Donate via Pay Pal Send cash or check (195 Route 137, East Harwich MA 02645) Stop by and visit! Pay Pal

6th Grade: Outdoor Classroom September 23 & 24 Yarmouthport, MA Registration Form (CCLCS) Registration Form (Outdoor Classroom) Pick up at 7:20pm at CCLCS Both Days No Chaperones Needed! Please Register by Wednesday, September 18th 7th Grade: Boundless Adventure September 24 Berlin, MA Registration Form (CCLCS) Waiver (Boundless Adventure) Estimated Return: 4:45pm at CCLCS *Chaperones not needed, but would be welcome - email hkast@cclcs.info to register interest. Please Register by Wednesday, September 18th 8th Grade: White Mountains October 9-11 Bretton Woods, NH Registration Form (CCLCS) Registration Forms (3) (Appalachian Mountain Club) Packing List Med Form (Must be returned to nurse by 10/2) Interested in chaperoning ? Fill out the form here by 9/19 Pick up at CCLCS around 6:30pm at CCLCS Please Register by Friday, September 20 Questions about Field Trips? Email Hkast@cclcs.info

Alcohol Awareness Assembly Assembly Information Parent Information Packet On Tuesday, February 7, 2017, our 7th & 8th grade students attended a program about alcohol and other drug abuse prevention presented by the Improbable Players, a theater company of young professional actors who are in long-term recovery. “I’ll Never Do That!” has been welcomed in schools for over 32 years. It was a light-hearted play with a spectrum of scenes that explore stereotypes and issues about substance abuse and depicts a family and how they deal with drinking in their family. After the performance, the actors share their own stories and engage in a question/answer session with the audience. Students are encouraged to talk among themselves and with you, about the issues raised. The school counselor will announce resources available in the community. What you can do to follow-up with your child You can play an active role in supporting your children through these years when they or their friends may be experimenting with substances. We would encourage you to use this program as an opportunity to have a conversation about alcohol and drug use in our community. Think about a few issues you may want to discuss regarding alcohol and drug use. For example, you might: Ask about their impressions of the program. Listen to what your child has to say and try to follow his/her lead. What did they find interesting about the presentation? What did they find troubling or surprising? (Often students are most interested in the life experiences of the actors.) Ask them if the program felt relevant to them, given their own experiences. Take time to discuss your family’s values and rules about drinking and drugs. Does your child know where you stand on these issues, and why? Discuss the legal and school consequences of underage alcohol use and of drug use. School-based consequences are outlined in the school’s alcohol and drug policy. If needed, remind your child that there are local resources in addition to those on the list provided (if provided). Encourage them to contact a guidance counselor, the school adjustment counselor or psychologist, a teacher, a coach, a relative or a religious organization. From www.underagedrinking.samhsa.gov : “Real kids are curious about alcohol. 40% have tried it by the time they reach 8th grade. Talking to your children early and often can make a difference.” More information about Improbable Players, their plays and workshops can be found at this website www.improbableplayers.org

English Learners Education Our Commitment CCLCS is committed to providing an excellent educational experience for all students and actively seeks to recruit English Learners (ELs). CCLCS offers a Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) program. A highly qualified ESL teacher provides direct instruction and collaborates with classroom teachers to help English Learners access content as they are learning a new language. CCLCS works to ensure that all core academic teachers have received their SEI endorsement and many non-core academic teachers have received this endorsement as well. CCLCS encourages its educators to continue professional development on effective teaching practices for English Learners. CCLCS works closely with families and sending districts to provide incoming students with varying levels of English proficiency programming appropriate to their needs. Translator and Interpreter Services are provided to families when needed. If you would like to learn more about our English Learner program, please contact Director of Student Services, Jennifer Hyora.

Music Overview CCLCS is proud of its excellent music department, which offers a wide selection of vocal and instrumental opportunities for musicians at all levels. Many of our students participate in our music programs. CCLCS Music Program 2022-2023 Monday - Percussion Ensemble 7:45-8:30 a.m. in Multipurpose room Wednesday - Jazz Band 7:45-8:30 a.m. in Multipurpose room Wednesday - Strings 7:45-8:30 a.m. in Classroom TBA Thursday - CCLCS Chorus 7:45-8:30 a.m. in Multipurpose room Thursday - Brass sectional 2:03- 2:55 p.m. upstairs (starts Sept. 22) Thursday - Band 3:15-4:00 p.m. in Multipurpose room Friday - String Ensemble 7:45-8:30 a.m. in Multipurpose room Friday- Strings sectionals 8:48 a.m. & 9:43 a.m. Classroom TBA Friday - Musical Theater Show Choir 3:00-4:00 p.m. in Multipurpose room String Ensemble - Elizabeth Schultz ecelloduo@verizon.net Band, Jazz Band and Percussion - Mark Prall prallmr@comcast.net Chorus, Brass and Musical Theater Mark Girardin mgirardin@cclcs.info PARENTS : Please help us by getting your musician to school for these early rehearsals. Semi-Private Lessons Group instruction is offered free once a week, on a rotating pull-out schedule. These are voluntary lessons. but we strongly urge your childʼs participation. This is the time we work on fundamentals.

6th Grade Lottery 6th Grade Lottery Results The 6th Grade Lottery for School Year 20 23-2024 was held on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. via Zoom. Students whose numbers were picked will receive a confirmation letter and a registration form. Please make sure you fill the form out completely and submit it to CCLCS by the deadline stated in the letter. Wait list enrollment in the Class of 2026 is filled on an on-going basis based when a spot opens up. Below are the results: 2023 -2024 Sixth Grade Lottery Results by Waitlist Number Opening the lottery results file may require the free Acrobat Reader software.

The Butterfly Project Butterflies of Brundibar Each year, the seventh grade at Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School engages in an interdisciplinary study of the Holocaust across the social studies, art and language arts curricula. Each January, we have a day-long Holocaust memorial program which culminates with our participation in the Butterfly Project, an international memorial project to honor the 1.5 million children who perished in the Holocaust. Each student paints a ceramic butterfly in honor of a young victim whose story they read on identity cards distributed by The Butterfly Project as part of the kits. The Butterfly Project was inspired by the art and poetry created by the children interned by the Nazis at the Terezin Concentration Camp; ultimately their work, which was discovered upon liberation, was published in a book entitled I Never Saw Another Butterfly. The book’s title draws its name from a poem written by Pavel Friedmann. While imprisoned in Terezin, many of these children also were enlisted to perform the Czech opera Brundibar for the International Red Cross' visit to the camp as well as for a propaganda film later used by the Nazis. In post-liberation interviews, the performers explained that they felt empowered by the music which they sang as a form of resistance. Since the opera was performed in Czech and the Nazis spoke German, they did not realize that the children were singing about the end of tyranny. The opera’s finale is a celebration of victory over Brundibar the tyrant and a symbol of hope for the victory that those interned hoped and prayed for. “We’ve won a victory over the tyrant mean, sound trumpets, beat your drum, and show us your esteem! We’ve won a victory, since we were not fearful, since we were not tearful, because we marched along singing our happy song, bright, joyful and cheerful.” Ceramic butterflies in honor 1.5 million children who perished in the Holocaust hanging in our multipurpose room. Thanks to funding from the Cape Cod Arts Foundation, Cape Cod Five and Am Hayam, we are able to create and install a mural honoring the children who perished in the Holocaust. Our mural gives these children a voice through the opera’s finale and wings through their representation as butterflies. Each butterfly represents a music note in the finale of Brundibar. The last butterfly in our mural was painted by Martin Owens, the grandfather of three Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School graduates. Mr. Owens escaped Austria and spent several years at a boarding school for refugees in England. Mr. Owens was reunited with his mother after the war and eventually emigrated to the U.S. The Butterfly The last, the very last, So richly, brightly, dazzlingly yellow. Perhaps if the sun’s tears would sing against a white stone… Such, such a yellow Is carried lightly ‘way up high. It went away I’m sure because it wished to kiss the world goodbye. For seven weeks I’ve lived in here, Penned up inside this ghetto But I have found my people here. The dandelions call to me And the white chestnut candles in the court. Only I never saw another butterfly. That butterfly was the last one. Butterflies don’t live in here, In the ghetto. ~ Pavel Friedmann 4.6.1942 Listen to the NPR coverage of the unveiling of the Butterflies of Brundibar mural We plan to add additional butterflies each year and to continue expanding the mural throughout the school as a reminder to our students of the importance of taking a stand in the face of injustice and helping those being persecuted. The mural is also a celebration of the power of the arts in times of despair. May 10, 2022 will be the 77th anniversary of the liberation of Terezin by the Soviets. We will honor the 150,000 Jews who were interned at Terezin, 15,000 of whom were children. The program will include musical performances as well as several speakers before the unveiling of the The mural was dedicated at CCLCS on May 10, 2022, the 77th anniversary of the liberation of Terezin. The Mural Flyer

Forms and Publications Calendar 2025 -26 School Cal en dar Athletics Family ID Information Head Injury Clearance Form Insurance Student Accident Insurance Lunch Online Lunch Program Free and Reduced-Meals Application Free and Reduced-Meals Instructions Medical Medical Policy Medication Permisson Form Allergy Action Plan Form Authorization for Over Counter Meds Immunization and School Health Physical Policy Photography Hayward Photo Form Do Not Photograph/Video at School Policies 25-26 Student Handbook 25-26 Student Handbook (Portuguese) Wellness Policy Student Record Policy Parent/Student Responsibilities School Business CORI Information Walkers Permission Slips Records Release Form to CCLCS Records Release Form from CCLCS Student Resources Blanket Permission Slip* Technology Responsible User Policy/Code of Conduct RUP/Code of Conduct Google Workspace for Education Agreement *Forms in green are required at the start of the school year.

Special Education Our Commitment CCLCS is committed to providing an excellent educational experience for all students. Our Special Education Department works closely with families and sending districts to ensure incoming students with disabilities receive programming appropriate to their needs. CCLCS is required to follow the same state and federal special education laws and regulations as all public schools. Services The services offered at CCLCS are similar to those offered by traditional public schools. They include, but are not limited to: special education teachers and assistants at each grade level a speech/language therapist an occupational therapist a school psychologist a school social worker a literacy instructor a full-time school nurse Parent Resources Parents and guardians can learn more about the referral, evaluation, and IEP process by visiting the links below. Parents Notice of Procedural Safeguards - English and Translated Versions Massachusetts Referral, Evaluation, and Eligibility Determination Guidance New IEP Form The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MA DESE) made improvements to the IEP form for use beginning in School Year 2024-2025. This quick reference guide will share ways you can: • Prepare for IEP meetings, • Collaborate with school professionals to use the new form during IEP meetings, and • Partner with the school throughout the year to put the IEP into action. What Parents Need to Know About the New IEP QRG SEPAC What is a SEPAC? Special Education Parent Advisory Councils (SEPACs) are a part of every Massachusetts school district’s special education program. SEPACs have tremendous potential to have a positive impact on special education programs in a school. SEPACs can provide invaluable resources for parents and add an important voice to a school’s dialogue and decision-making. Who may join? The CCLCS SEPAC is open to all parents/guardians of students with special needs and any other interested parties. What does the CCLCS SEPAC do? We help the school organize expert speakers, workshops and other information sessions for both parents and staff. We act as an informal support network for parents and families. In the past, SEPAC members have held monthly early morning coffee discussions. We meet with CCLCS school leaders to provide feedback and input toward continual improvement of special education programs and services. SEPAC Meeting Schedule 25/26 -Tuesday, October 28, 2025 - Parent's/Guardian's Rights in Special Education -Tuesday, February 10, 2026 - DESE sponsored webinar: Reimagining and Recalibrating the Massachusetts State Complaint System -Tuesday, April 14, 2026 SEPAC Meetings are held remotely via Zoom at 6PM. Remote meeting codes are posted in Notes to Home and upon request. Please contact Jennifer Hyora , Director of Student Services, for details.