Shout Out
Shout out to Rose Rodriguez of the birth of her twin boys! Elías and Agustín Pearson were born this past Sunday, December 6th at 3:34 and 4:17 in the afternoon. Elías measured 18 in and weighed 6lbs 5 oz, while younger brother Agustín measured 19 in and 6lbs 7 oz. Congrats to Rose and her family!
A2 ANet Testing
The assessment dates for the A2 are fast approaching. ELA assessments will take place the week of December 1st. Math assessments will take place the week of December 7th. All action plans are due to teams administrators by Monday, December 14th (ELA) and Friday, December 18th (math).Safety Plan
We will be having our first Safe Mode Drill on Wednesday, December 16th. We wanted to communicate this so that staff had time to practice this with their students. While the drill is going on no staff or families will be able to enter
or exit the building. We hope that when we practice this we will be able to
work out any kinks in our plan. Some families have asked for the language that
teachers will use when practicing with their students. Here is a sample specifically directed at early childhood aged students, “ We are practicing for an
emergency outside the school. Just like a fire drill is practice for an
emergency, like a fire, inside, the school, this is practice for an emergency
outside. An example of an outside emergency I've given is if a truck
spills something dangerous, like a chemical, into the street. It is not real and we have to show Ms. Grassa that we can be safe inside and stay quiet if we need to be.”
We hope this language helps to support the conversation you have at home with
your students. This language will be shared with families in the Paw Prints this weekend and we will also announce the date of the drill to them as well.
It is crucial that staff practice this with students before next Wednesday and that everyone listens carefully to the announcement once it is made. Students may be transitioning, in bathroom, outside, at lunch and we will look forward to feedback from staff on how to tighten protocols. It is most important that staff remain calm during this time. Also we are aware that facilities are not fully in place to follow all procedures. We are asking that staff do what they can do and we look forward to any creative ideas that may come from this practice. Here is a direct link to our safety plan for your review.
ELT Planning Meeting
Today 4 staff volunteered to attend the ELT Planning Meeting. We met at the BTU from 8:30am-3:30pm with 7 other schools that will be adding 40 extra minutes to their day in SY2016-2017. We want to be sure to communicate with staff after each meeting to assure that this process is transparent.Here are some key messages we would like to share from today's learning:
- Our Extended Learning Time initiative is about building a better school day for our students, teachers and families.
- With more time, our school will have more opportunities to provide targeted learning time for students, increase small group instruction, provide enrichment opportunities in order to increase student engagement and academic outcomes. At our first session we identified these urgent needs:
- African American and Hispanic males do not perform on standardized tests at the same level as their White and Asian peers.
- ELL and SPED students do not perform on standardized tests at the same level as their general education peers.
- Overall as a school we struggle with reading and writing skills according to standardized tests.
- We are just at the beginning and we need you to play an active role in the process of developing a new school experience for our community.
- Between January and June the ELT Team will implement a community engagement process moving forward, stay tuned for meeting dates and other pertinent updates.
- In the coming weeks you can get involved by reaching out to a member of the ELT team with questions and ideas (Ciardi, Grassa, Kidd, Peters, Wright). Click Here and you can submit your ideas and questions anonymously.
Field Trips
Thanks to all the staff for letting us know about upcoming Field Trips. Letting the Nursing Office know at least 2 weeks in advance gives us time to check for student medications and medical conditions staff and chaperones need to be aware of to keep everyone safe once they leave the building. Just a reminder, please let Kathy Powers or Madeline Vazquez know about your field trips so they can put it on Google Calendar. These are the field Trips that we are aware of for the remainder of December and the month of January.
12/10 Petmezis
12/11 Tefera/Javaloyes
12/14 Burke
12/15 Redden/Silverstein
12/18 Pradas/Wright
12/18 DaSilva/Higginbottom
1/22 Entire 5th Grade and Ms Iatrou
IMPORTANT: A few days before the field trip could you remember to check the permission slips and notify the nurse's about any student whose parent checked off that they require medication during the trip. This gives us time to call the parent about any medication that we were unaware of or do not already have in the nurse's office. The morning of the field trip please send a student or staff member down to pick up student medications from the nurse's office. A staff member should be designated to carry and be responsible for student medications unless alternative arrangements have been made with the nurses and parent. Also, please remember to return medications to the nurse's office once you are back in the building. Feel free to email or stop by the nurse's office with any questions or if any of the information we have is incorrect.BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT PD OPPORTUNITY
The Applied Behavior Analysis Department will be hosting a three-part Behavior Management Professional Development Series in 2016. See attached flyer.RSVP for these sessions here:
Session 1: Behavior Assessment
Session 2: Behavior Support Plans
Session 3: Advanced Problem Solving
Tenacity
Attention Curley Staff! Tenacity’s Annual Mid Year Ceremony is next Thursday, December 17, 2015 in the lower school café! The invitation is open to ALL Curley staff who wish to come by and support Tenacity students’ hard work this semester! Please feel free to stop by (even if just for a quick hello J ) to check out our student work displays and mingle with Tenacity’s students, families, and staff! There will also be tennis activities and fun videos of students in action and playing tennis! A short presentation/awards ceremony will follow dinner and begin around 6:25pm. We hope to see you there!Coat Labeling
Please encourage students and families to label coats with student's names. There are many coats placed each day in the lost and found and we want to try to return them to the rightful owner.Door Painting this Thursday
Come join the Climate Team, City Year and a few of our students this Thursday for door painting. Let's get a fresh coat of paint on our 1st floor doors! We'll have music and pizza and to assure the time passes quickly. Email Jesse Cardoso with your RSVP or any questions.Curley Holiday Shopping Night
Buy your presents on Thursday, December 10th from 4pm-8pm and our wonderful local businesses will donate 10% of their sales during that time period. So far, businesses include Streetcar, On Centre, Kitchen Witch, Boing and Stella and Dot.Artifacts
Just a friendly reminder to all staff that artifacts must be uploaded to EDFS by December 15th. Administrators need time to review artifacts prior to writing Formatives. Please remember that 2-3 items should be uploaded for each goal (Student Learning & Professional Practice) AND each standard (I, II, III, IV). This means around 12-18 artifacts, we know you are doing many amazing things but uploading more than that makes it challenging to review each item thoroughly. Be sure that there is evidence tagged to each goal and standard. Also note that it is just as important to include a thorough description of what you uploaded. Do no assume that the evaluator will know why you choose to upload a particular document. Please let your evaluator know if you have any questions.PARCC Data
Please used this LINK to find PARCC data that you can manipulate to sort by any of the categories in the top row. To do so click on the triangle in the top right corner in each cell and choose how you want to filter the data. You can manipulate on Google Sheets or download the document into Excel. If you download into Excel please highlight the top row and click Data, Filter, Auto Filter to be able to sort through data. Please invite an administrator to attend this meeting if you need support. All teams should review this before the winter break.ILT
Please join us for ILT on Wednesday, December 9th from 3pm-4:15pm in Room 111.SSC
Budgets are due out this week to schools and therefore the SPC meeting has be postponed until Tuesday, December 15th from 5:30pm-7pm in room 101.Grades 6 – 8 Term 2 Progress Reports
The term 2 progress grading window for students in grades 6-12 will open from December 3rd to December 14th.Reminder: After entering or editing progress grades in the scores tab, teachers must click Post Grades to write the grades to the progress reports. Grades will be saved as you enter them but they will not appear on the progress reports until you click Post Grades.
School Showcase
We have three more showcase sessions Friday, December 11th from 9-10am, Friday, December 18th from 9-10am and Thursday, January 14th from 3-4pm.Fall Term Report Card Grading Window for Grades 1-5
The fall grading window for students in grades 1-5 is will open from November 23rd to December 11th. Please refer to the materials below for instructions on entering grades.Reminder: After entering or editing grades in the scores tab, teachers must click Post Grades to write the grades to the report cards. Grades will be saved as you enter them but they will not appear on the report cards until you click Post Grades.
Entering Grades Handout
Elementary Comment Codes Handout
How to verify that your grades are posted
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