5/18/16 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to David Diaz who has organized the PARCC and MCAS window. One can't imagine the level of detail that goes into this process and we are grateful that David took on this challenge. The testing windows were less frequent this year but lasted for a longer time and we appreciate David's continued commitment to assuring a smooth testing window for all. Thanks!

Bring a Book – Take a Book

A Summer Reading Book Swap is scheduled for Friday, June 17th! Students will be able to choose a “new to you” book or two from the donated collection, as part of Field Day activities. Over the next few weeks, a visit schedule will be developed, with teacher input. Look for notices in your mailboxes to send home with students, in both English and Spanish.

WE NEED BOOKS! 

Flower-covered donation boxes will be located in the upper and lower school lobbies. This is a great opportunity to review classroom libraries and donate gently used books that you no longer need. The deadline for donating books for the book swap is Thursday, June 15th. Please contact Caitlyn Gable (lower school) or Eileen Cronin (upper school) with any questions.

Excellence for All

Please join us on Thursday for the next Excellence for All meeting. We will meet from 3pm-4pm in room 111. All are welcome to attend.

K-4 Field Day

The K-4 Field Day will take place on Thursday, June 16th with a rain date of Friday, June 17th. Please email Mark Righini with and questions.

Term 4 Progress Reports

The Term 4 Progress Grading window for students in grades 6-8 will open May 16th to May 26th.

SPED Progress Reports

The Final round of SPED progress reports will open Monday, May 16th.  They will close on Thursday, June 9th.

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

School Climate

Our school climate meeting will take place on Wednesday, May 18th from 3pm-4:15pm. All are welcome!

Curley Shares

Out final Curley Shares for the year will be on Thursday, June 2nd. Thanks to those who share feedback about the change in days.

Finger Printing

Just a reminder to all staff that finger printing must be completed by July 30th. Please see the BTU Reps if you have any questions and here is a website for your reference as well www.identogo.com/fp/massachusetts.aspx

BTU Vote

The staff have voted to convert 6 hours of PD on 1/3/17 to after school hours for SY 2016-2017.

PARCC/MCAS

We are back to MCAS this week! :) Be sure to review the documents below for all grade 5 & 8 test administrators. PARCC is starting back up and we want to remind everyone that teaching should be happening leading up to the test and after the test as well. We understand that some students may need time to decompress but this should not last all day long. Here are some important documents that will be updated daily for PARCC.
PARCC Schedule
Small Groups Grades 3-5
Small Groups Grades 6-8
Mobile Cart Schedule
Make Up List
Logging into the PARCC Test
Starting, Pausing, Resuming and Stopping the Test
MCAS Science Groupings
Science MCAS Rules & Suggestions

Retention

Please email Katie Grassa if you are considering retention for a student. She will meet with you and map out next steps. This meeting must occur by Friday, May 27th.

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.
Florian Hall
Please pay $45 if you plan on attending by Friday, May 27th. (You can pay Ms. Mundo, Ms. Iatrou, Ms. Kidd, Ms Davis)

Outside Use

Secretaries, counselors, and others need to know where students are for various reasons. With the continuing good weather we need to remind teachers that if they leave their classroom to go outside or to another classroom they need let the front office know and put a sign on your door. Also, if teachers are interested in going outside, they have to wait until all recesses are over at 1:20pm. If you would like to request field use go to the blog (www.curleyk8.blogspot.com) and under the Helpful Links tab click Book Playing Field.

K-2 Teachers

Teachers should move their students on the Lower School data wall by May 26th. There will be one more final move in June. The EOY BAS window is May 16th - June 16th. Teachers need to find instructional and hard levels for all students. The EOY Dibels window is May 23rd - June 10th.

Curley Cares

If you know about a staff member who is out on a leave of absence, lost a family member, had a baby or recently got married please contact Candida Mundo. We want to make sure all staff know that we are supportive of them in times of happiness or sadness.

Field Trips

Spring is here and many classes are signed up for field trips in the coming weeks. Please do not forget to give the nurse's office and cafeteria staff 2 weeks notice for any field trips.