Shout Out
Shout out to all staff who work with our kindergarten students. It was a great first day of K! Parents and students were smiling as they went home and excited to share about their day. Staff went about and beyond assuring that each student had clear labels about where they should dismiss and what their name was. Thank you for your support in making this a successful start!
K2, 1st and 2nd grade teachers
The BOY BAS window will be open from September 19th to October 21st. Caitlyn Gable will be creating a schedule of testing coverage TBA. Please email her with any dates that you won't be in the building during the testing window.
Documents to Collect
All staff should be tracking the return of the following items:
- Blue BPS Guide Books
- Emergency Cards
- Health Records
- Supply $ (Grades 3-5)
Attention K2-5 Teachers
Please Sign Up for Class Game Time (CGT) with Playworks
Coach C. needs teachers in grades K2-5 to select a time for Class Game Time (CGT) with Playworks. Each classroom teacher should choose ONE time slot on either Schedule A or Schedule B on the shared CurleyCGTschedule doc. Class Game Time will meet every other week based on Coach C's final schedule. If you have any questions, please check in with or email Coach C (crystal.rosa@playworks.org).
Health and Wellness
We are pleased to invite you to join the Health and Wellness Committee. Our first meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 13th from 7:30-8:15am. We will meet in the Guidance Office located in the Upper School, room 203. At this first meeting, we will introduce ourselves and review the purpose and general goals of the committee. Please come join us on Tuesday, and every first Tuesday of the month.
ILT
Please join us for our first ILT meeting of the year on Wednesday, September 14th from 3pm-4:15pm location TBD.
Lower School Bathrooms
The first floor lower school bathrooms are for K classrooms only. Many of the PACE students need adult supervision when using the bathroom therefore we are asking students first grade and up to use a different bathroom. 1st -4th grade home rooms who use the lower school lunch room should review with their class the location of the closest bathroom before going to lunch. Lunch moms have already been informed of the changes. Also the second floor male staff bathroom will continue to be a PACE only bathroom. There is a male staff bathroom located directly below it on the first floor. Thank you everyone for being flexible with these changes, our students and their families greatly appreciate it.
Kindergarten Start
Tomorrow is the first day of Kindergarten! We are excited to welcome our youngest students. For the first week of school teachers will meet families outside on Pershing Rd. Having parents remain outside on first week helps students to transition into their new school setting. Starting Monday, September 19th families can walk their child to class starting at 8:15am. All staff who work with K students are asked to wear their new blue t-shirt tomorrow.
T-Shirt Video
Last year Curley Art teachers in collaboration with our School Climate Team led an art competition to design a new Curley t-shirt for this school year. There were 936 submissions and only one winner! Congrats to Warren Yang in Grade 1 for being chosen and for helping us to create a new school shirt! Watch this video to see the student work submitted by our students and finalists.
Open House
Our Open House for all families will take place on Thursday, September 22nd from 5pm-7pm. Please encourage families to attend.
SPED PD Options
Below are some PD options being offered at the Curley during our contractual PD dates. Staff may want to include one or more of these into their team PD plan.
Sept 29th --- Understanding and Implementing IEPS (A--Specialists, B--Classroom Teachers)
Oct 20th --- Goal Writing for Special Education Teachers
Nov 17th --- The IEP Process/Meeting Expectations
Jan 19th --- Paperwork/IEP Progress Reports
Feb 16th --- Tier 1 and Tier 2 Interventions/curriculum modification
March 16th --- Behavior Supports
April 27th --- Understanding Disabilities and Services available
May 18th --- Middle School Transition/Life Skills
June 1st --- Inclusion
Parking Lot
The parking lots are for Curley Staff ONLY. Please speak to all student teachers to assure they know this policy. Also when you arrive please pull all the way in so those that follow you can see if there are spots available. Just a reminder that no one owns a spot
Keep it Clean, Curley!
Check out our 7 new garbage cans outside! Most classrooms received Keep it Clean posters this morning. If you did not get one, more are on the way and one will be delivered to your room as soon as they arrive. As you are teaching your classroom routines and the expectation We Care About Our School, please talk to your students about how to Keep it Clean. Using this language, modeling for students and noticing those who are putting their trash in the can or who pick up litter will help bring attention to our new initiative. It takes a Curley village and we thank you for your support!
Positive Press
We made the news Friday! Thanks to WBUR for coming by and sharing the great work our teachers do each and every day! http://www.wbur.org/edify/2016/09/08/bps-curley-advanced-work-accessAlso thanks to the Globe for featuring us as well!
Note from our Nurses
Hi, Hope you all had a great summer. BPS Health services require that all staff must complete two training modules.1. Blood Bourne Pathogens (slide show and test)
2. Epipen (training module and staff quiz)
This email contains the link for the staff Epipen Training and a short quiz. All staff should click on this link and first complete the "School Staff Training Module" on the left. After you have completed the training module please click on the "School Staff Quiz" link on the right. Once you have completed the quiz please print out your certificate and bring it to the nurse's office. You will be "signed off" once you have the certificate and participate in a brief Epipen demonstration in our office. We ask that all staff have this completed within the first two weeks of school. We have many student's here at the Curley with life threatening allergies. It is important that they are safe in school.
There is also a link for the Blood Borne Pathogen Slide Show and another for the Blood Borne Pathogen Test. Please view the slide show. Once you have completed the slide show, print out the test, complete it and return it to the nurse's office with your epipen certificate.
Also, it is very important that the nurses receive a copy of emergency forms as soon as they come in. Often these emergency forms are how we become aware that a student has a certain medical condition that needs attention. All medications and medical forms should be sent to the nurse's office. It is against HIPAA Privacy Policies for medical information to be left in classrooms. Please feel free to stop by the nurse's office across from the lower school gym if you have any questions or concerns. Thanks, April & Marilynn
https://bpshealthservices.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/microsoft-powerpoint-bbp_ppt_09.pdf
http://www.allergyhome.org/schools/management-of-food-allergies-in-school-what-school-staff-need-to-know/
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