Shout Out
Shout out to our 8th graders! Tomorrow they will move on from this school to high school! This is an exciting and nerve-racking time for everyone. We are proud of what the students have accomplished thus far at the Curley and thankful for all the staff who have supported them along the way.Discharging Students
If you know of a student who is not returning to the Curley next year please email their full name to Madeline and Kathy for discharge. Please only submit names of students who you are 100% positive that they moved.EOY PARTY FOR STAFF
We are hosting a final end of year party for all staff (teachers, paras, secretaries, ABA, custodian, OT, PT, SLP, lunch monitors, cafeteria staff, administrators, Amika, etc....) on the playing field Thursday, June 23rd from 1pm-3pm. There will be lunch provided for all (we have veggie, vegan, gluten free and dairy free options)! We will have cafeteria tables set up outside and staff can feel free to bring a beach chair or blanket for a picnic. We are also not opposed to any games happening on the field! We are going to communicate to families that this space is off limits on this afternoon.Summer Dates/Next Year Dates
Here are some important dates for this summer and the start of next year:- TBD ILT Meeting
- 8/15-8/19 August Leadership Institute - Admin Team - All Day
- 8/17-8/19 New Teacher Institute - All Day
- 8/17-8/18 Secretaries Institute - All Day
- 8/22 Tentative date for the building to open to staff for classroom set up
- 8/30 New Staff Welcome - 8am -12pm
- 9/6 PD for ALL staff - 8:15am-2:45pm
- 9/7 ALL staff report for classroom set up - 8:15am-2:45pm
- 9/7 Kindergarten Family Welcome Potluck Picnic - 4pm-6pm
- 9/8 First day of school for all students grade 1-grade 8
- 9/12 First day of school for all students in K0, K1&K2
- 9/22 Open House for Families - 5pm-7pm
- PD PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR
CORI/SORI MANDATORY for ALL Staff
In follow-up to the communication sent to all employees on Friday, June 17, 2016 regarding employee background checks, you will find attached your:- Employee authorization sign-off sheet
- link to electronic authorization form
- Employees must either complete the electronic authorization, or sign-off on the paper authorization form attached in this email. Do NOT submit a new CORI form.
- Please scan and return the paper authorization form to cori@bostonpublicschools.org no later than Friday, June 24, 2016.
- Notes: Employees who do not sign, or are unable to sign due to Leave of Absence will receive a notification from OHC during the summer months with options for providing authorization.
- Employees who are dispatched centrally will not appear on your roster. This includes some bus attendants, custodians, one-to-one paras, etc. Those employees may write their First and Last Name, Employee ID number, and signature on the bottom of your sign-off sheet and OHC will record the authorization.
- Employees who do not have a BPS email account will need to sign the paper authorization form
SY 2015-2016 Top Ten List
To conclude each year we like to share the Top Ten Highlights from the school year. There is so much to celebrate this year and here is a glimpse across our school!
Top 10 Highlights of SY 2016-2017
10: We have 5 staff moving on to retirement this year, Sue Trotz, Florine Cooper, Lucy Torrejon, Layla Hijab Cable and Elizabeth Delgado Prieto. These women have worked incredibly hard to support our students and community for many years. We wish you all a long and healthy retirement!
9. We began the school year with a full time music teacher and budgeted for two full time music teachers next year. This was a successful first year of music because of a large donation to our music program from Ernie Boch Jr. and the Music Drives Us Foundation.
8. Back in October we had a visit from Chelsea Clinton who worked with our middle school students and talked with them around the importance of service learning.
7. The Climate Team led an initiative to transform our hallways. Bulletin Boards were purchased for each teacher and student worked filled our hallways and celebrated student success.
6. Thanks to the SPC we were able to increased Technology throughout our building. We have a total of 16 Chromebook carts that are used daily by our students!
5. Our PACE team helped us to revive the use of our auditorium by hosting Movie Nights! Students loved eating popcorn, sipping water and watching a favorite film after hours with friends and family.
4. This spring we hosted our 1st Annual LGBTQA Picnic on the playing field. It was a beautiful evening filled with fun and friends. We look forward to more opportunities to celebrate the diversity of our community.
3. We were chosen to participate in the Excellence For All (EFA) initiative next year as part of Dr. Chang’s 100-Day Plan. We created a collaborative process between families and teachers to assure that our students will all have opportunities to learn about complex ideas.
2. As a way to make our large school feel more like a K-8 the School Climate Team presented a plan to have upper grade teachers “buddy” with a lower grade teacher. These Big/Little Buddies attended Curley Shares together monthly and found ways to build relationships across the school this year.
And the number one highlight of SY 2015-2016 was our participation in the Wake Up The Earth Parade. It was a beautiful moment to march down Centre Street with approximately 100 Curley staff, students and families. We are thankful to have a strong arts program and the support of families who helped our students create the Flying Lion float! Thank you to all who made this possible!
CASP
The last day of CASP is Wednesday, June 22nd.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 6-8
The spring grading window for students in grades 6-8 is will open from June 14th-June 23rd.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
End of Year Checklist
Here is the EOY Checklist for all staff. Please print this out and follow the steps. Please let Mr. Diaz know if you have any questions.
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!
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