Shout Out
Shout out to all of our teachers on Teacher Appreciation Day! We are lucky to have so many incredibly dedicated staff members who come to work each day to support our students. The Admin Team has a sweet treat that we will deliver to you all. "Every child deserves a champion – an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be." -Rita Pierson (https://www.ted.com/talks/rita_pierson_every_kid_needs_a_champion?language=en)
Here are some important documents that will be updated daily for PARCC.
PARCC Schedule for May as well as the small groups including the adults and location for
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
Here are the Rules & Suggestions for the testing window. Each teacher should read this ASAP and reach out to Mr. Diaz with questions. Here is a Tech Trick graphic organizer created by Craig Melzer to support students in navigating an online test. Please use if you find this helpful for your students. Thanks for sharing Craig!Here are some videos created by Alissa Ferro to support her students in taking PARCC. Please use if you think it is helpful! Thanks for sharing Alissa.
PARCC
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 for May as well as the small groups including the adults and location for
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
Here are the Rules & Suggestions for the testing window. Each teacher should read this ASAP and reach out to Mr. Diaz with questions. Here is a Tech Trick graphic organizer created by Craig Melzer to support students in navigating an online test. Please use if you find this helpful for your students. Thanks for sharing Craig!Here are some videos created by Alissa Ferro to support her students in taking PARCC. Please use if you think it is helpful! Thanks for sharing Alissa.
Appreciation Week
Happy Teacher and Nurse Appreciation Week to all of our staff! Throughout this week we will show you all appreciation and have some "surprises" planned. Save time on Wednesday afternoon to have free tennis lessons lead by our 6th-8th grade students on the playing field (Thanks Tenacity). Also the SPC will host a luncheon for all staff on Friday from 11:30-1:30 in the Teacher's Room.
Curley Cares Student Awards
Please fill out this 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 FRIDAY, May 6, 2016. Submissions are due by 5:00pm Wednesday, May 4, 2016. If you have trouble viewing or submitting this form, you can fill it out in Google Forms.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.
Health and Wellness
Our May Health and Wellness Meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 3rd from 7:30am-8:15am in room 208. All staff are welcome to attend. Also we are looking for a co-chair for next year. If you are interested please speak to Katie Grassa or Sue Trotz.
School Climate Team
Our next Climate meeting will be on Wednesday, May 4th from 3:00pm-4:15pm in room 212.
AWC for ALL
Our next AWC for ALL meeting will take place Thursday, May 5th from 3:00pm-4:00pm in room 111. All staff are welcome to attend. We will be transitioning to call this Excellence for ALL (EFA).
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.
Teach Next Year Interns
Next year we will partner with Teach Next Year (TNY) which is a one year masters program from UMASS Boston. The interns do an internship for 180 days and take summer and night courses. We will have students across K-8 in classrooms where teachers volunteer to mentor a new teacher. We will host an afternoon of interviews for potential interns on Friday, May 13th from 3pm-5pm. If you are interested in attending please let Jessica Burque know. Thanks!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.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=MORAINELGBTQ 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).
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
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