September 6, 2016

9/7/16 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to Cathy Drakes and her husband on the adoption of their son James Thomas this summer. James is ready for the school year to begin and is so excited to have a Mom and Dad. Congrats!
 

Shout out to City Year and Playworks for their support helping us all get energized for our morning and afternoon sessions. We look forward to using some of these techniques with students as well build our classroom culture later this week. Thanks!

Bulletin Boards

Please make sure that all bulletin boards are covered in paper tomorrow. We want to the space to look bright and welcoming for the first day of school. This a great task for your student teacher, City Year Corps Member or paraprofessional as you work to set up your classroom space. There is paper for boards located in the Teacher's Room 110 (Upper School).

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


Blog

This blog will go out each day with information important dates and other necessary information for staff. If you have a staff member you would like to "shout out" or important information to communicate to the whole staff please email Katie Grassa with the exact language that can be used when published.

Climate Check List

The Climate Team has created a helpful checklist to support staff in preparing their classroom space for the first day of school.

Red Jacket Weekend & Family Field Day

City Year will kick off their program year by hosting a day of service at the Curley K-8 School on Saturday, September 17th. If you are interested in signing up for service work please click here to register for the day of service. When prompted, please write "Curley parent"/"Curley staff"/etc  in the "other" space in the City Year Affiliation section so that we can track how many sign ups we have from the school. We just ask that students are accompanied by a parent/guardian or are chaperoned by a Curley staff member.
Join us for a family field day with City Year Boston on Saturday, September 17th from 1-4 PM! Activities will include face painting, games, a food demonstration by Fresh Truck, and more. All ages are welcome to attend, but children under 18 should be accompanied by an adult. Click here to register for the Field Day event.

Kindergarten Potluck Picnic

All Kindergarten (K0, K1 & K2) are welcome to join us on Wednesday, September 7th for a potluck picnic. From 3-4pm teachers will be in their classrooms to welcome families and show your child his or her new learning space. From 4-6pm there will be a potluck picnic outside by the play structures for all families.

Summer Reading Challenge

We sent a reminder to students about bringing the appropriate Summer Reading Challenge materials on day one. Please be sure to let Caitlyn Gable and Eileen Cronin know who in your class completed the challenge so we can recognize his or her efforts.

Staff Handbook

The Curley Staff Handbook will be used as part of professional development tomorrow. All teachers are expected to read this handbook and use as a reference for important information throughout this school year. The assessment portion is incomplete due to district and state pending decisions regarding testing. Staff will be notified and the handbook will be updated once the information becomes available to schools.

Google Drive

The SY16-17 Curley K8 Google Drive folder has been shared with all Curley K8 staff via the listserv. You will need access to this tomorrow during professional development.

CASP

Torri Canada, the Director of the Curley Before and After School Program (CASP) would like to share the following information with you. CASP Before and After School begins the first day of school, Thursday, September 8th. Before school begin at 7:00am. A CASP before school application must be on file on the first day of school for a child to attend.  Students attending CASP after school on the first day must have an application on file by noon. For more information, please visit CASP’s webpage here: http://www.curleyk8.com/school-information/after-school-program/.

Wednesday, September 7th

Full day for ALL staff. Staff will use this time to complete classroom set up as we prepare for the first day. Teachers 8:15-2:45 and paras 8:20-2:30

Thursday, September 8th

First day of school Grades 1-8!!!!!! Be on the look out as we will be visited by Superintendent Tommy Chang and Mayor Marty WalshThey will be asking staff about the Curley Instructional Focus.

Friday, September 9th

2nd day of school for Grades 1-8

Monday, September 12th

1st day of school for all K0, K1 and K2 students!!!!!

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