Thanks to Tamar Aharoni, Natalia Sesma-Boussios, and the members of the International Potluck Committee, as well as everyone who brought a dish for what was a wonderful event! Tamar said, “I had a great time meeting new families and came to quickly see how many cultures are represented in our school.” Visit our Instagram page (linked below) for a few pictures from the evening.

Our Science Fair has been rescheduled to Thursday, February 29 at 8:30AM, and I hope you can join us. In that spirit, here are a few out-of-this-world book recommendations in case you have reading time over the break: The Little Book of Aliens, a non-fiction exploration about the likelihood of finding evidence of alien life, is science-based, detailed, and thought provoking. How many exoplanets are habitable, and how many might produce intelligent, space-faring life? If that kind of question whets your appetite, this is a fun read. This Time Tomorrow, is time-traveling fiction, featuring a woman whose father is dying and whose high school crush can be her husband in an alternative NYC reality. Surprising and emotionally honest. Finally, another space-based non-fiction book, Moonshot, by NASA astronaut and MIT alum Mike Massimino. Drawing on his experiences as a shuttle astronaut and spacewalker, Massimino shares some life lessons for building purpose, functional teams, and achieving what might seem like the impossible.

And at the next Parent Coffee on March 5, I’ll tell you about the time I met an astronaut who was working behind the counter at his daughter’s bakery on the Cape. An amazing guy who has flown on the International Space Station and whose exploits form a subplot in The Perfect Storm.