6/10/16 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to Candida Mundo and Maria Amy-Moreno for hosting a FABULOUS end of the year party honoring our retirees! There was food, dancing and great company! I know our staff who are retiring truly appreciate the effort you put into this evening! Thanks!

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.

Deloitte Visit Friday

On Friday, June 10, Deloitte volunteers will be spending the day in our building as part of their annual Impact Day. They will be working on clearing the outdoor classroom, organizing some storage/office rooms, and helping with some tasks in the upper school library. This will help free up some unused space in our building, and we'll be able to use it for teaching and learning. We are very grateful for their support!

End of Year Checklist 

Here is the EOY Checklist for all staff. Please print this out and follow the steps. We have 13 days remaining. Please let Mr. Diaz know if you have any questions.

Tenacity

The ceremony is Thursday, June 16th (also our last program day) from 5:30-7:00, starting in the back courtyard area and moving to the lower school gym for awards and an 8th grade send-off. Dinner and dessert will be provided and all staff are invited to stop by.

Girls on the Run

For our community impact project the Girls on the Run girls decided to make cards and jewelry for people that are sick in the hospital. They are asking for help from our Curley Community. These signs will be posted near both offices. Thanks!

SY 2016-2017

Attached you will find some important documents for next year. We are asking staff to take time to review these documents and share feedback by Monday, June 13th. We know that these changes can feel stressful but please know that changes are being made to benefit the whole school not individuals. 

• Room Assignments - Share questions and suggestions for improvement with Katie. Keep in mind that this document accounts for changes based on the need for acoustically treated classrooms, keeping grade level teams close together, assuring that SPED and general education peers are in the same location for more inclusion opportunities. Some questions that remain are trying to find space for Speech and OT that is more centrally located and more spaces to work with students.
• Schedule -  Share questions and suggestions for improvement with Waverly, Laurie and Olivia. We have tried to create schedules which are more equitable particularly for specialty teachers. Also you should be able to find SPED and ESL Schedules for staff as well. 
• Thank you in advance for your attention to detail and ideas!

Bulletin Boards

It's time to change our bulletin boards one last time!  During art class this week all classes will be participating in a contest to design our Curley T-Shirt for next year.  Next week, you will be asked to display the designs created by your students on your classroom bulletin board.  They must be up by June 13th so that the judges can choose a winner.  We can't wait to see the halls filled with reasons why the Curley is caring!

EOY Math Assessments

For students in Grades 3 - 12 who are taking the ATI end-of-year assessments:

EOY testing is scheduled from June 6-17. ODA will be posting the policy and procedure guides by the beginning of this week. Briefly, schools should return the assessments by June 17 at 4:30pm. For paper tests that are returned by that date, we will make every effort to have assessments scanned (and scores available) by Monday, June 20. For tests taken online, scores are instantaneous.

For students in K2, Grade 1, and Grade 2, there is an end-of-year assessment created by the Math Office that you can find on Aspen/SIS.  These are intended to provide your school with information about how students are performing relative to the math standards at those grade levels and we are not currently collecting those data centrally.

Lead Teacher Position Posting

Below is some information from BPS Central Office regarding this position. Please let Katie Grassa know if you are interested in applying. We are launching the Lead Teacher program for 2016-2017 at this time. The current description includes co-facilitation of the ILT as a key element of the Lead Teacher position. A key piece of our Theory of Action (TOA) is that all schools have effective ILTs guided by a shared vision of collaborative adult learning that engage in CDTs themselves. Including Lead Teachers as co-facilitators of ILT is an important step in building the vision of collaborative adult learning. Please review the Lead Teacher Information Sheet and Lead Teacher position description (also attached below). These documents will provide more information about the role and include guidance for selecting Lead Teachers and a selection process checklist.

Lead Teacher Information Sheet 

Lead Teacher Position Description 

Outdoor Log

Please help us collect information about our outdoor spaces.  If you see something dangerous (needles, dead animals, etc) please use the Environmental Safety Concerns binders in the main offices to log what you found.  Thanks for your help!

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.

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.

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.

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 also from 1:30-2:20 each day PACE uses the play structures. 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.