Shout Out
Shout out to Mr. Melzer, Ms. Stokes, Ms. Fleming, Ms. Peters, Ms. Ferro, Mr. Meyer, Mr. Carvalho, and City Year for being creative and coming up with an alternative plan to their original plan of having a field day to celebrate students that have been displaying behaviors that are in alignment with our Curley Cares values. Due to the snow storm last week 7/8th grade teachers had students doing minute to win it games with students in class. It was great to see students and teachers having fun with each other.BTU Vote
The votes about the January 2nd PD date and either reporting to school that day for PD or converting it to hours to be used throughout the school year results have come in. 89.8% of staff voted to redistribute the PD hours from January 2nd over the course of the year and 86.6% of staff voted to move to trimesters across the whole school*.
* the trimester vote now needs to be voted on at SPC as well as SSC to make it official.
ILT
Please join us for ILT on Wednesday, March 22nd from 3:00pm-4:15pm in Room 214.MCAS (Changed as of 4pm on 3/17/17)
Below you will find the NEW MCAS testing schedule. We had to make some changes to the Math and Science testing dates. DOE is requiring all schools to test in the following sequence: ELA, Math, and Science. As a result, testing dates have been adjusted. Please print and save this calendar. Let David Diaz know if you have any questions. Please look at the new schedule by clicking on the following link:MCAS 2.0 Testing Schedule
In preparation for the MCAS please take a look at the MCAS google slides. The administrative team will be visiting grade level meetings to go over MCAS logistics. Please take a look at the MCAS google slides so that you will be prepared to ask any questions you may have when the admin team comes to your grade level meetings. Below is the schedule of when the admin team will be at your grade level meetings.
MCAS Google Slides
Lion King Performances
The Lion King performance dates have been announced:
School Shows
· March 21st and 22nd at 9 a.m. Curley Auditorium
· March 21st at 1 p.m. Curley Auditorium
Evening Shows
· March 23rd and 24th at 6:30 p.m. Curley Auditorium
*****April 6 Shubert Theatre Doors open at 5 pm & Show starts at 5:30. (This is an amazing opportunity for all of our students!!!!!)· March 21st and 22nd at 9 a.m. Curley Auditorium
· March 21st at 1 p.m. Curley Auditorium
Evening Shows
· March 23rd and 24th at 6:30 p.m. Curley Auditorium
Families are welcome to come to either performance and all students will attend one of the daytime performances.
Here is the link for the Lion King schedule:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15CezwWnrjIk8g5avYF30Wkkx02yoV0GCowuFERHrmXs/edit?usp=sharing
Here is the link for the Lion King schedule:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15CezwWnrjIk8g5avYF30Wkkx02yoV0GCowuFERHrmXs/edit?usp=sharing
We Care About Our Community!
The Curley Community is excited to announce that we are launching a Community Caring Project this spring. We will kick off the project by hosting a school-wide Caring March on April 12th at 1:30pm. All staff and students will participate and families will be invited to march with us.
Many of our students have participated in marches for various causes over the past few months and there have been discussions in many classrooms about the rights of different groups of people in our community. There is some inspiring work already happening at the Curley. Ms. Strait’s 4th grade class is doing a Hunger Project, Ms. Mylett and Ms. Moran’s class is spreading kindness by making kindness rocks, and Ms. Merdkhanian’s K1 class had their own march after several students attended the Women’s March in February.
We would like for all classes to gather with their buddy classrooms to collaborate on this project. Students should think about what they care about, and work with their buddies to create signs and posters for the Caring March. There are lots of things that we care about in our community. The possibilities are endless!
Here are some things that students may care about and want to put on signs:
- Animal rights
- Illnesses
- Hunger
- Access to school
- The environment
- Immigrant rights
- LGBQ rights
Timeline for the Curley Community Caring Project
- March: prepare for the Caring March by talking to your students about what they care about and creating signs and posters with your buddy class
- April: March with your buddy class on April 12th at 1:30.
- May and June: Create and complete a community service project. Ideas, lesson plans, resources and support will be provided.
STAR Reading Progress Monitoring (Grade 3-8 Only)
Progress monitoring is scheduled for March 20th - 24th for all students reading below grade level, including students ranked “On Watch”, “Intervention” and “Urgent Intervention” for the winter STAR Reading Benchmark.Progress monitoring is completed independently by focus students, and can be scheduled during the WIN block or other convenient time. To begin the assessment, students log into “STAR Reading”, and begin testing. Progress monitoring should take no longer than 20-25 minutes per student.
Please contact Eileen Cronin if you have any questions.
Winter Term Report Card Grading Window for Grades K2-5
The elementary grading (Grades K2 - 5) window is open from March 7th to March 24th. Please refer to the materials below for assistance entering your grades. After entering grades, teachers need to click the "Post Grades" button to write the grades to the report card.Entering Grades Handout
Elementary Comment Codes Handout
How to verify that your grades are posted
Instructional Focus Review - POSTPONED TILL 3/28/17
On Tuesday, March 28th from 8am-1pm representatives from BPS will join us for a walkthrough of classrooms and look for evidence of our Instructional Focus "Teachers will vary demands and resources, to optimize challenge, so students can express a clear, organized idea." Visitors may enter any classroom during this window.10th Annual Curley Silent Auction
The Curley School Parent Council (SPC) will be hosting their 10th Annual Silent Auction at Canary Square on Tuesday, March 28th from 6pm-9pm and would like to extend an invite to all staff, friends and families. The money raised from the Silent Auction goes to directly supporting our school such as Playworks, BalletROX, Arts supplies, science supplies, staff luncheon, Chromebooks etc... There will be more information that will follow about the online auction. Any donations or specific questions can be directed to Ann DeGeorge (ann.c.degeorge@gmail.com) or Eyleen Iraola (eiraola@gmail.com).
Hiring
Hiring season is here! We have 10 jobs posted on www.teachboston.org. We need your help in hiring the best teachers to join our team. Please sign up to be on the interview committee ASAP. No previous experience is necessary but we value your opinions.
Position
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Interview Date
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Interview Time
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K0/K1 ASD
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Wednesday, March 22
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3pm-6pm
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K1/K2 ASD
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Wednesday, March 29
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3pm-6pm
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Grade 1
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Thursday, March 23
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3pm-6pm
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Middle School Math
| Thursday & Friday March 23 & 24 | 3pm-6pm |
K-8 Theatre Arts
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Monday, March 20
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3pm-6pm
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Save the Date
Please reserve Friday, June 2nd for our End-of-the-Year and Retirement Party.
Place: Florian Hall
Time: 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Appetizers, Buffet, Music, Dance, Celebrations!Field Trips
Are you going on a field trip soon? Have you shared this information with the nurses and the cafeteria? This is a friendly reminder that the nurse's and cafe should be notified 2 weeks in advance of scheduled field trips. Teachers should also be carefully checking the returned permission slips. They should notify the nurse's office when a parent checks the "yes" box stating that their child requires medication while on the field trip.
Using ESS
If you wish to request a day off (medical appointments, religious holidays, professional day, bereavement, personal day etc...), sign on to Boston Employees Self Service (ESS, Please bookmark this page). When possible, request a personal day at least two weeks in advance. Staff members will request sub coverage through SubCentral (https://subcentral.bostonpublicschools.org/logOnInitAction.do). Please do not decide whether you think a sub is needed and submit the request as soon as you know a day you will be absent. We have many unexpected coverage needs that might need sub help. We are attaching a list of subs who usually work at the Curley upon request.
Sick Day Procedure (teachers and paraprofessionals)
- Call/Text Katie Grassa at 857-265-4954 immediately, no matter how late/early
- Enter the absence in SubCentral (teachers only). Link: https://bostonps.eschoolsolutions.com/logOnInitAction.do
- If it is after 6:30am, also send an email to Katie Grassa, David Diaz and the secretary.
If you wish to request a day off (medical appointments, religious holidays, professional day, bereavement, personal day etc...), sign on to Boston Employees Self Service (ESS, Please bookmark this page). When possible, request a personal day at least two weeks in advance. Staff members will request sub coverage through SubCentral (https://subcentral.bostonpublicschools.org/logOnInitAction.do). Please do not decide whether you think a sub is needed and submit the request as soon as you know a day you will be absent. We have many unexpected coverage needs that might need sub help. We are attaching a list of subs who usually work at the Curley upon request.
Sick Day Procedure (teachers and paraprofessionals)
- Call/Text Katie Grassa at 857-265-4954 immediately, no matter how late/early
- Enter the absence in SubCentral (teachers only). Link: https://bostonps.eschoolsolutions.com/logOnInitAction.do
- If it is after 6:30am, also send an email to Katie Grassa, David Diaz and the secretary.
Buddies Update
Are you struggling to think about what to do with your buddy classroom during these cold, snowy, winter days? Check out this link for ideas and feel free to add any fun ideas you may have!
Are you struggling to think about what to do with your buddy classroom during these cold, snowy, winter days? Check out this link for ideas and feel free to add any fun ideas you may have!
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. Here is the link to sign up https://goo.gl/forms/
- April 27th --- Understanding Disabilities and Services available
- May 18th --- Middle School Transition/Life Skills
- June 1st --- Inclusion
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. Here is the link to sign up https://goo.gl/forms/
- April 27th --- Understanding Disabilities and Services available
- May 18th --- Middle School Transition/Life Skills
- June 1st --- Inclusion
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