10/23/15 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to Waverly Kidd for her work with scheduling ELL students. This has been a complicated process especially with the notification of the change in regulations after school started. Thank you for your attention to detail and for caring about more than just compliance.

Shout out to Ali Hyde, formerly know as Ali Chisholm, one of our PACE teachers who got married over Columbus Day Weekend! Congrats to her and her new husband!

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Curley Staff Shares

We have PD next week for ALL staff on Thursday, October 29th from 3pm-4pm in the auditorium. All staff must attend. We will be focusing on school safety protocols. We will also be recognizing colleagues so please think about nominating a colleague for a Curley Cares Award! The link will be emailed soon.

Heat

It is that time of year again! The heat is on in the building for the foreseeable future. If you do not have heat after 8am please contact the main office and let Kathy and Madeline know EACH DAY this happens. We are in regular contact with facilities and we want to make sure we are on top of any issues.

Picture Day

Picture Day this year will take place October 27 for grades K-5 and October 28 for grades 6-8. We will have a make up day for elementary grade students on October 28 and for middle school students by appointment. Middle School families can make arrangements with Jennifer Connelly at (781) 696-1138. We encourage all students to fill out their picture forms and take individual pictures. This year, we will also take homeroom pictures for grades 7th and 8th for $10 a picture. If your students would like to order one, please write it on the order form and attach $10. Click here for the Picture Day Schedules for grades K-8. Please bring all elementary grade students through the Lower School main office and then they'll proceed to the front court yard. Middle School students need to be brought in front of the school through the main office Upper School. They'll have their picture taken in front of the school on Centre Street. Please let Mr. Diaz know ASAP if you have any scheduling conflicts, questions, or concerns. 

Progress Reports Middle School

There was a misprint in previous bulletins and the Middle School Progress Reports are due on Due 11/4. We apologize for this error.

Movie Night Fundraiser for PACE

PACE will be holding a Family Movie Night Fundraiser on Tuesday, November 10th from 5-7pm (There is no school the next day). This event will help raise money for field trips which provide very important social and community experience for students on the Autism Spectrum. Tickets will be $3 a person and will include the movie ticket, popcorn and water. The movie will be Big Hero Six rated PG and all students must be accompanied by an adult. Staff is welcome to stay and help support PACE either by enjoying the movie, helping to supervisor or run concessions. Staff family members are welcome as well free of charge. Please email Kristen Mitchell for further details kmitchell@bostonpublicschools.org.

ANet

Thanks again for your patience during our first online testing session. This week is our A1 math session. Please check the schedule in the ANet folder which is located on the Google drive. Please email the names of any student that needs to makeup the ELA session to Adrian Ward-Jackson. The ELA data is ready for review. Please submit your ELA reteach plans to your evaluator by Friday October 23rd.

ABA PD

Please refer to the ABA PD Calendar for information about ABA Professional Development opportunities. There are 2-3 offerings each month. You can find learning objectives and target audience information on the corresponding tabs. You can also RSVP for individual sessions (hover over the "RSVP Link" cell, then click the hyperlink).  Sessions are available both live (most at the Bruce C Bolling Building) and remotely via Google Hangouts.