11/16/17 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to Ms. Rodriguez, Ms. Craman, Ms. Silverstein, Ms. Quatrale, Ms. Davis, Ms. Tefera and Ms. Ferro for leading the class shares today in the auditorium! All of today's shares had a writing component and directly tied to our instructional focus!

Shout out to Rose Rodriguez and the entire Rodriguez family for sponsoring the Billy B. show yesterday! Students (and teachers) had a great time learning about Science through song and performance!

INTERNATIONAL WEEK REMINDER

K2-Grade 6 teachers: please send passports to specialists with your students this week — including Playworks Coach Jacqui! 
PLEASE TAKE PHOTOS of International Week activities and add 2-3 of your best to our Google Drive (SY 2017-2018 > International Week > Photos). The JP Gazette would like to do a photo spread of International Week at the Curley in their next issue, so please post only photos of students with media permissions.

Suffolk University Course Scholarships: Due November 28th

BPS Educators (teachers, paras, counselors, psychologists, and librarians) are eligible to receive a Suffolk University course scholarship. Winners will be selected via lottery to receive a scholarship that can be used for an in-person OR online graduate course. If you would like to be considered for one of the Suffolk University course scholarships, please complete this form by November 28.

Early Release - November 22nd

Wednesday, November 22nd will be an early release day for students. We will operate on a modified schedule for the day. You may view the Early Release Schedule for more information. Please note that there are several changes from the regular schedule, so please be sure to check your scheduled times for lunch and specials. Please also note that dismissal will begin at 1:00 pm. Contact David Diaz or Laurie Ciardi with questions or concerns.

Safety Drill

We appreciate all of the work you have done preparing our students for the safe mode drill. Please take a few moments to fill out the safe mode drill feedback form. We will share the responses from this form and make any necessary changes to our safe mode process.

Staff Text - Free Copies in Upper School Main Office

ALL STAFF (teachers, paras, lunch monitors etc...) can sign out their free copy of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain by Zarretta Hammond. This will be an anchor text for our community throughout this year and possibly next year as well. Your ILT representatives will be checking in with you about reading the Introduction and Chapter 1. They will lead each team through a text protocol discussion as well. If you are not a part of a team we encourage you to join a team for this learning experience. The books belong to the school however staff may put their names in them and highlight/take notes in the text.

Thanksgiving Recess

We will dismiss at 1:10pm on Wednesday, November 22nd. Please check with families and make sure you know how each student will get home. We will NOT have any after-school programming. Schedule will be published soon.

WELCOME TO INTERNATIONAL WEEK!

We hope you will enjoy learning about your chosen country and sharing what you learn with your buddies. Please take photos of your buddy activities and share 2-3 of the best pictures in the Photos folder on the Google Drive. Don’t forget to send passports with your students to specialists!

Door Locks, Keys, and Intercoms Survey

We are collecting facilities information on classroom/office keys and intercoms. All staff need to complete this Door Locks, Keys, and Intercom survey to let administration know who needs keys (this is only if you have NO keys) and whether or not your intercom is working. Please submit the form by Monday, November 13, 2017. Administration will follow up with individuals as needed to verify information. If you have any questions, please contact Adrian Ward Jackson (awardjackson@bostonpublicschools.org) directly. Thank you!

MCAS Data

Here are some slides showing our overall 2017 MCAS data as well as some subgroup results by grade level. MCAS 2017 Data
There is now a Data/Assessment folder on the Drive. I will be continuing to upload data for teams to review and we will be looking more in-depth at the data at CPT the week of 11/13-11/17, but feel free to go through the documents already uploaded. In each grade-level folder, there is:

• Item Analysis which shows the results for each item on the MCAS 
• Item Analysis graph which shows the results in graphic form, compared to the district and state 
• Released test items for all MCAS tests at that grade level 
• Rosters that show individual student scores and SGPs from May 2017

Shades

After speaking with the contractor last night we have an update on shades! They will start to be installed across the building starting on Friday 11/3!!!! He stated that it may take up to two weeks to have them all installed.