3/28/16 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to Heide Signes and Katelynn Coveney for their strength and support of students all last week. You provided a safe space for student to grieve as well as a balance with keeping to routines and learning. Our students are lucky to have you in their lives! We all hope you took time to care for yourselves this weekend! Thanks!

Curley Silent Auction

Please join us on Tuesday, March 29th from 6:30pm-8:30pm at Canary Square for the Annual Silent Auction. This is a great opportunity to meet parents and show your support for the Curley K-8 School. Also here is the link to the online bidding www.biddingforgood.com/curleyk8. Feel free to bid for something or share it with your social networks!

School Climate

There will be a School Climate Team meeting on Wednesday, March 30th from 3:00pm-4:15pm in room 212. All are welcome!

Wake Up The Earth

Please bring your family, friends, schools, whatever; join us in the Parade that will kick off the 2016 Wake Up the Earth Festival, May 7. Please forward our flier to your families and friends.   For more information please see spontaneouscelebrations.org or google Wake Up the Earth Parade.

PARCC Update Teacher grades 3-5

As we are moving closer to the testing date, I am going to start sharing more information with you regarding PARCC. I know that there is a lot of information out there but I am checking with Mark Racine the District's Director of Technology regularly to make sure that you have all the necessary information. Please take time to revise the following documents :

5 Steps to Preparing you School for the PARCC Assessments 

• Familiarize yourself with the changes from paper-based to online assessments. Compare traditional question types to online assessments using this question mapping tool for elementary students and middle-school students. 
• Give staff & students a practice test in the testing platform. Visit the PARCC Practice Test site to take samples for ELA or Math 
• Familiarize staff & students with accessibility and accommodation features. View the full accessibility manual here or take a practice test using large print, TTS, accommodated screen reader, ASL, or Braille versions by visiting the practice test page. 
• Prepare students by walking them through the PARCC tutorial prior to the actual assessment. Visit TestNav tutorial page to practice in the TestNav app.
• Encourage students to practice typing at home and at school. Visit the Typing page to find free typing resources for elementary or middle grades.
• Please note for step 4, students should be able to log on the TestNav app (located on the lower side corner) using the Chrome books. Students do not need a password and they are able to see their scores when they complete the practice test. The links work best with Safari and Firefox. 

SAVE THE DATE!!!!

Reserve the date, Mark your Calendar, Let's Celebrate - End-of-the-year celebration and retirement party

Thursday, June 9, 2016

5:00-10:00 p.m.

The Florian Hall

55 Hallet Street, Dorchester, MA 02124

Buffet, Music, Surprises

More information in the coming weeks

Curley Cares Funds Committee

AWC for All

Please join us for an open community meeting regarding AWC for All. We will meet on March 31st from 3pm-4pm.

Trauma PD

Many staff have been talking about getting support for students who have experienced trauma and ways to best support them in the classroom. Check out this amazing PD opportunity through UMass Boston. I personally know some of the facilitators who are educators in Boston and I strongly recommend the course. Click here for more information.

Bulletin Board

It is time to switch our boards again. All bulletin boards must be changed by Friday, April 1st. (This is not an April Fool's Joke ;) Click here for the link to the bulletin board template.

PARCC

Here is the PARCC Draft Schedule for May. Please take time to review this and send all ideas, questions and concerns to David Diaz on how to best improve this schedule. It is important that we solidify these dates on the calendar. We will need "All Hands On Deck" during this testing window.