Shout Out
Shout out to April Pumphret and Candida Mundo for their support this week of families and assuring that all of our students had the necessary vaccines to be safe in school. Thanks!
Shout out to Ms. Prieto for taking in a student today so adults could have a meeting. The student left saying, "That teacher doesn't play! Those kids were all doing their work!" Your expectations were clear even to a visitor! Thanks!
Shout out to Ms. Prieto for taking in a student today so adults could have a meeting. The student left saying, "That teacher doesn't play! Those kids were all doing their work!" Your expectations were clear even to a visitor! Thanks!
FINAL PAYMENT
This is the last chance for you to pay for the EOY party honoring our retirees. Cash or checks are accepted and the cost is $45. This will be an unforgettable evening with live music, DJ, delicious food and great company. Don't miss out!Staff Social
Just a reminder our final staff social will take place on Friday, June 3rd starting at 3pm. We hope to see you at Costello's on Centre St.
Boston Herald
The Boston Herald will join us for all of our Curley Shares on Thursday. They want to do a feature about our school and the work we have done around Curley Cares. Tomorrow Madeline and Kathy will hand out copies of releases to send home with each student. In case you need more here is the English version and the Spanish version.
Sharing Fun Memories and Kind Thoughts
We are collecting staff memories, thoughts, and words of wisdom to be shared with our retirees and school partners. Please think back over your time working with each of our retirees and school partners and share a few thoughts about their contribution to your life, the lives of our students and families, and/or the larger Curley community across the years.
- Please share your fun, funny, or just plain memorable moments and kind thoughts about one or all of our retirees or our partners.
- Consider your everyday interactions with these colleagues and how their contributions (big or small) have supported you, our students, or our school. All comments will be shared ANONYMOUSLY during our final PD on June 2, 2016.
- If you have trouble viewing or submitting this form, you can fill it out in Google Forms.
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.
Curley Shares
We will hold our June Curley Shares on Thursday, June 2. Below is a reminder of the schedule for the day:
- 2nd/7th 9:00-9:30 - Redden, Silverstein, Higginbottom, Burke, Mountain, DaSilva, Clark, Mylett, 7A, 7B, 7F, 8F
- K0&K1/4th 10:10-10:40 - Cullen, Goldstein, Merdkhanian, Maiden, Mitchell, Chisholm, Guzman, Pradas, Tefera, Wright, Javaloyes
- 1st/6th 11:15-12:00 - Ciardi, Banks, Craman, Kidd, 6A, 6B, 6C, Quarterson
- K2/5th 12:00-12:40 - Solimini, Cronin, Smith, Shea, Rand, Daly, Moran, Quatrale, Davis, Iatrou, Mundo
- 3rd/8th 1:25-2:10 - Ferguson, Petmezis, Signes, Rivera, 8A, 8B, 6G, 7G, 8G
ACCESS Scores
Here are our ACCESS Scores by grade level. There has been good progress since last year across all grade levels! Kudos to you all!
PD
Our last ALL staff PD will take place on Thursday, June 2nd from 3pm-4pm.
Hat Day
We are scheduled to have our first annual Curley K-8 School Hat Day to support our 8th Graders’ Moving On Ceremony on Friday, June 3. All students and staff members who purchase a bracelet for $1 will be permitted to wear their favorite hat all day next Friday. Mr. Melzer is putting envelopes in your mailboxes which should include enough fliers and bracelets for the students in your homeroom class. If a mistake was made or if you need more for the adults in your class, please contact him directly at cmelzer@bostonpublicschools.org. Please consider marking bracelets with a sharpie to distribute on Friday so no students lose theirs. Thanks for supporting our 8th Graders’ celebration!
Hat Day 2016
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.
School Climate Team Meeting
Our next meeting will take place on Wednesday, June 1st from 3:00pm-4:15pm in room 212.
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 31st 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.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.
SPED Progress Reports
The Final round of SPED progress reports will open Monday, May 16th. They will close on Thursday, June 9th.
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