4/5/16 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to the Curley K-8 ABA Team, Corey Edmiston, Christopher Smith, Amanda Quimby, Ena Daniels, Monica Vanegas, Erin Moylan and Kafunda Banks. You work hard each day supporting our students with Autism. We appreciate your willingness to support teachers outside of PACE and we value the expertise that you bring to our team. Thank you for taking ACE data regularly and assuring that our students can have a safe learning experience at school. Thanks!

School Climate Survey

Please make sure that the BPS School Climate Surveys go home with students and encourage families to complete them. This information is important to our school! Also we are asking teachers to complete the survey with their students and for themselves as well. We use this data as we plan for next school year! Your voice and opinions matter so please complete it. If families want the online link it can be accessed here: http://www.bostonpublicschools.org/Domain/737 WE ARE TRYING TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF RESPONSES. WE ARE OPEN TO CREATIVE IDEAS TO HELP FAMILIES COMPLETE THESE i.e. homework assignment, bonus points

Parking Lot

Today several staff were blocking in cars in the Lower School Parking Lot. This is a friendly reminder that we should never block in others in the lot. Also some cars have parked along the driveway entrance at the Lower School Lot and this is also not allowed. Last week an emergency vehicle was unable to pull into the parking lot. We need make every effort to clear spaces for cars to enter and exit. Also it is now April and street cleaning has begun! Here is the link the see which weeks our abutting streets get cleaned http://www.cityofboston.gov/publicworks/sweeping/?streetname=MORAINE

Staff Social

The monthly staff social will be happening this Friday, 3 pm at Costello's. Hope to see you all there!

PARCC

Here is the PARCC Draft Schedule (THIS IS A NEW SCHEDULE - OPEN UP AND CLICK THE TABS BELOW) for May as well as the small groups including the adults and location for grades 3-5 & grades 6-8. Please review ASAP. We will need "All Hands On Deck" during this testing window. All PARCC questions/comments should be sent to David Diaz & Laurie Ciardi.

Health and Wellness

Please join us for the April Meeting at 7:30am in room 208. All are welcome!

ILT

ILT will take place this week in room 111 from 3pm-4:15pm. All staff are welcome!

Plant Sale

Don’t let the snow get you down.  Spring is just around the corner: The 16th Annual Curley Plant and Bake Sale is April 30th!  This much loved event is the Curley’s longest running fundraiser.   If you are interested in helping, please email Kristin Jurkoic at kjurkoic@yahoo.com.  Green thumbs are not necessary.

Doors Propped Open

Twice this week doors were found propped open. Staff immediately reported this to the main office. We would like to remind everyone that no doors should be propped open and if you find a door propped please closes it and then report to the main office. Thanks

Autism Awareness

April is Autism Awareness Month! We are proud to say that we educate 70 students with Autism in our school. We are grateful for all the students have taught us and all the adults that support the students in being successful. Be sure to stop by and check out the great work in our PACE  as well as Inclusion classrooms. For more information check out https://www.autismspeaks.org/wordpress-tags/autism-awareness-month

Middle School Progress Reports for Students on IEPs

Middle School Special Education Progress Reports (Grades 6-8) are due on by the end of day on Thursday, April 21st.  Please inform Jessica or Joyce if you are not able to complete them.  It is mandatory that all SPED Progress Reports are completed in SEIMS.

LGBTQ Picnic

The Curley K-8 School will be hosting our first LGBTQ Picnic for families, faculty and allies. Please join us, bring your friends, spread the word, open to all BPS. More information to follow. Please contact Leida Arroyo (LARROYO@BOSTONPUBLICSCHOOLS.ORG) or Sue Trotz for more information 

> Date: Thursday May 19, Place: Curley Play area. Rain date:Thursday May 26 : Time 6:00 pm. Members of City Year will help with activities for the children. (BRING YOUR OWN PICNIC).

Hiring

We have put many candidates forward for hire however we still need some support interviewing. We will host interviews for the SPED/ESL position on Tuesday, April 5th from 3pm-6pm. If you are available to assist please email Katie Grassa. 

School Climate Survey

Please make sure that the BPS School Climate Surveys go home with students and encourage families to complete them. This information is important to our school! Also we are asking teachers to complete the survey with their students and for themselves as well. We use this data as we plan for next school year! Your voice and opinions matter so please complete it. If families want the online link it can be accessed here: http://www.bostonpublicschools.org/Domain/737

Artifacts

All artifacts must be uploaded on EDFS by Friday, April 15th. Everyone should be uploading the most up to date data for your student learning goal. Also please reread your Formative Evaluation and see what else your evaluator said you need by the Summative Evaluation.

April 7, 2016 Curley Cares Student Awards

 Click on this link and fill out the form to recognize the students we work with who exhibit consistent or improved understanding of the Curley Cares rules as demonstrated by a specific deed, general conduct, overall academic perseverance and/or improvement, or some other form of participation.


Awards will be presented during the next Curley Shares assemblies scheduled for Thursday, April 7, 2016. Submissions are due by 4:00pm Tuesday, April 5, 2016 Thank you!

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To receive email confirmation of your submission, please do the following:

Check the "send me a copy of my responses" box before clicking "submit". You should receive an email confirmation that your submission was received. In addition, email me (kdavis3@bostonpublicschools.org) with any questions or concerns.

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