5/25/16 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to to Sharon Pina Pitts for organizing the after school cleaning of our field. Thanks for caring about our school!

Shout out to Payne Schanski, Curley Tenacity Site Director, who was recently named the  “Under 30 Pro of the Year—2015” by the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA)—New England Division. This is a huge honor and we feel lucky to collaborate with Coach Payne and have him supporting our middle school students! Congrats!

Shout out to Liz Spring and Cassie Mountain for supporting a family with a tough decision today. You compassion and care for this child helped to build a trusting relationship between home and school. Your clear language and data to support your findings proved that we were recommending something we believe is best for a child. Thank you for the added time and attention you put into supporting a student and the family!

EOY Assessments for grades 3-8

The End of Year Assessments are due June 15, 2016. Please schedule your EOY testing dates for Math and ELA by grade level and enter the information on the following link EOY Schedule Spreadsheet. I will prepare bins by homeroom and I will have them ready the day before your administer the assessment. Please contact Mr. Diaz if you have any questions.

ELA Spring Benchmark Period – Grades 3-8

The ELA spring benchmark assessment for grades 3-8 should be conducted between May 31^st and June 10th.  Grades 3-6 will administer DIBELS/DAZE Benchmark 3, and grades 7 and 8 will administer MAZE Benchmark 3. All testing materials will be distributed to teachers this week, and assessment results should be entered into the WIN Data spreadsheet on the Google drive as soon as possible, but no later than June 10th. Please contact Eileen Cronin for any questions regarding the upcoming benchmarking activities.

Health and Wellness

We are looking for a Health and Wellness co-chair for next year. There will be a stipend for the staff member who wants to take this work on in collaboration with families. Some of the responsibilities include:

Facilitate meetings with a parent and work on the following issues

Recycling

Environment- bathrooms, windows

Cultural proficiency

Exercise/ yoga

stress reduction and mental health

Access to nature

ILT

The next ILT meeting will be Wednesday, May 25th from 3pm-4:15pm in room 111. 

Notes from the Nurse

We are seeing a large number of students with seasonal allergy symptoms in the nurse's office. The pollen count is very high and effecting even people who do not usually suffer from seasonal allergy symptoms. We have been giving children a "seasonal allergy" letter to take home to parents/guardians. These letters contain some helpful information on how to manage seasonal allergy symptoms. Some children may need medication that can be given at home with the advice of their pediatrician.  Seasonal allergies can be uncomfortable for some children but generally not dangerous, and they are not contagious. If you suspect a student is having allergy symptoms it can be helpful to send the child to the bathroom to wash their hands and face, especially if they have just come in from outside. Attached is Seasonal Allergy handout for teachers to read. As always if you suspect a student is having difficulty breathing or you have other concerns, please send the student to the nurse. 

Investigations 3

For those of you who were not able to participate live in the Investigations 3 webinar on May 6th, that material has now been recorded, and can be found on the youtube link below. For those of you who were able to participate live, you may remember that power went out toward the end of the webinar, and this link takes you to an edited and complete version of that material. Here is the youtube link: Investigations 3rd Edition Thanks to Laurie Ciardi for sharing.

BTU Representation SY 2016-2017

We have some changes in the voting for BTU Reps. We will be voting now in May for Building Reps due to changes in the BYLAWS with the BTU. We will be taking names of any and all staff who wish to run for BTU Reps now through Monday, May 23rd. The election will be held on Tuesday, May 24th. You may vote throughout the day and announcements will be given on Wednesday the 25th. Please submit your name if interested in an Email to any of our current reps.

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.

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.

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. Also the code you need is 00350000.

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

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.