6/15/16 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to City Year on their last day of service at the Curley K-8! They have worked extraordinarily hard this year to support students both during the day and after school. We will miss their morning greeting, energy and daily support throughout the school building. We wish you all the best of luck in the future and do not forget to stop in and visit the Curley! We hope to see you all here for Red Jacket Weekend in September.

Early Release Schedule

The last two days of school we will release students at 12:30pm. All students should be ready by 12:20 in case all buses are present. Click here to find the schedule for these last two days.

Supplies for Next Year

We know that we are wrapping up this year but we want to know what you would like for supplies upon arrival in September. This year teams will be submitting their supply orders using the attached google spreadsheet. Please review the guidelines below, click on this link to see spending allocations and submit your order by June 24th.  One person from each team will get access to upload the information. Please reach out to Laurie Ciardi or Laura Shea with questions. Please refer to the following guidelines when submitting orders:

• Each classroom teacher (homeroom & specialty) can spend $250 
• Each non-classroom teacher (ESL, Resource Room, Coach, COSESS etc...) can spend $125
• Please order from the vendors below. Catalogs are available from Ms.Vasquez's office if you need them. 

                     W.B. Mason (wbmason.com)

                     School Specialty (store.schoolspecialty.com)

                     Lakeshore (lakeshorelearning.com)

• If you need items from another vendor, and have ordered from them in the past, you may include that information in your order. All orders MUST be from BPS-approved vendors.
• SAR and SEI classrooms, and SPED and ESL service providers, should include their supply needs with the appropriate grade level team.
• If you need furniture, please enter that information on the “Furniture” tab on the spreadsheet. This is separate from your allotted money.  
• One person from each grade level will enter the information for that grade. That person will receive a link that allows them to edit their page of the spreadsheet.

Spring Term Report Card Grading Window for Grades K2 - 5

The spring grading window for students in grades 1-5 is will open from June 6th to June 17th. Please refer to the materials below for instructions on entering grades. Reminder: After entering or editing grades in the scores tab, teachers must click Post Grades to write the grades to the report cards. Grades will be saved as you enter them but they will not appear on the report cards until you click Post Grades. Entering Grades Handout

Elementary Comment Codes Handout

How to verify that your grades are posted

Please see Mr. Diaz if you have any questions or concerns.

Spring Term Report Card Grading Window for Grades 6-8

The spring grading window for students in grades 6-8 is will open from June 14th-June 23rd.

Class Coverage Payment

If you are a para or a teacher and are owed money for missing a P&D or covering a class please see Madeline and Kathy by Monday, June 20th. 

Moving Directions

Due to new room assignments for SY 2016-2017 Draft of SY 2016-2017 Room Assignments, we will have a lot of movement in the next two weeks. Please adhere to the following guidelines: 

• The window for moving is Monday, June 27-  Wednesday, June 29, 2016
• The building will be open from 8 am to 2 pm during those days
• The district is sending movers to move all furniture and boxes
• Please label all boxes and furniture with your name and next year's room assignment
• Mrs. Ward-Jackson will provide moving boxes to all staff moving to a new classroom
• Priority will be given to staff who are moving, and Mrs. Ward-Jackson will come by your room to deliver boxes by Friday, June 17
•  We recommend that you start packing but please wait until June 27 to move your boxes into your new classroom

Please do not prop any exit door open on Pershing Rd. or Centre St. when your are moving. This year we have our Id's to access the building, and you are able to use more than one door to move stuff in and out . Please let an administration know if you have any questions or concerns regarding this matter. 

Book Swap Schedule Sign Up

Be sure to sign your class up to visit the Book Swap this Friday, June 17th using the schedule posted on the Google drive: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/cmcsheffrey%40bostonpublicschools.org/1553a756c7b65a29 Please contact Caitlyn Gable (K-2) or Eileen Cronin(3-8) if you have 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 mrighini@bostonpublicschools.org. 

Grades 1 & PACE 1, 2, 3: 9:00am-10:30am

Grades 2-3: 10:30am-12:00pm

Grades 4 & PACE 4, 5, 6: 12:30pm-2:00pm

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.

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.

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.

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.