11/27/17 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to the middle school staff for hosting a Thanksgiving feast for the 2nd floor. Students and families made delicious food to share and all the students pitched in to help set up, serve and clean up. It was a true bonding experience for students and staff and helped us all appreciate one another. Thank you!

Principal Partners

On Monday, November 27th we will welcome two Principal Partners for the day. They will tour the school and be visiting classrooms. Please help me welcome:

• Alison Schonwald, Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician, Boston Childrens Hospital 
• Elizabeth Pauley, Senior Director, Education to Career, The Boston Foundation

Harvard Visit

On Wednesday, November 29th we will welcome a team from the Harvard Graduate School of Education School Leadership Program. One of our visitors, Dr. Mary Grassa O'Neill, is the Director of the School Leadership Program and is also my Aunt. I am honored to have her come see the amazing work we have been doing as a community for the last five school years! We will be walking through classrooms in the morning.

Staff Social

Our December Staff Social will take place on Friday, December 1st at Costello's on Centre Street from 3:45pm-6pm. All staff are welcome to attend and mingle!

Artifacts

Please be sure to upload your artifacts on EDFS by Friday, December 15th. You should upload 1-2 artifacts for each goal (two goals) AND each standard (four standards) for a total of 6-12 artifacts. Be sure to upload the data to support your progress with your Student Learning Goal.

Professional Development For Teachers

We will have our 2nd afternoon PD session on Thursday, November 30th from 3:45pm-5:45pm. This is for all teachers. It is the 5th week of the month so there are no leadership team meetings on Wednesday. There will be various sessions taking place:
K1- NAEYC
K2-Grade 2 - Literacy Collaborative
Grade 3-8 & Specialist - Capstone
PACE - ACE Data

School Preview Dates

School Preview Time: It is time for school previews and will we will have perspective families in the building on the following school days:
Tuesday, November 28th, 9am-10am
Tuesday, December 19, 9am-10am
Tuesday, January 23rd, 9am-10am
On Saturday, December 9th from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m there will be a citywide Schools Showcase at TD Gardens.

Spring 2017 MCAS Data 

On Monday you will receive MCAS data for your students from Spring 2017 as well as envelopes. Please send this home to families by Tuesday at the latest.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS MCAS TEST DESIGNS  The test designs, number of sessions, question types, and other information related to the ELA MCAS tests are now available: 2018 ELA Test Designs: Grades 3 - 8 Mathematics MCAS Test Designs Please review the following documents that describe MCAS Math test designs, question types, and other information related to the mathematics tests: 2018 Mathematics Test Design: Grades 3-8

Curley Cares Gift Drive

We would like to run a gift drive here at the Curley for the month of December. Please let Kristen Mitchell, know if you are interested in helping to organize this year's gift drive. Please email her at KMitchell@bostonpublicschools.org.

Secret Snowflake

The climate team is running a secret snowflake event. This is a great way to spread cheer around the Curley. Don't worry if you don't know many people outside of your grade level team. We have a Snow Flake Interest Google Form you to fill out. Everyone who fills out the form will be entered into a name drawing. You will then collect your snow man's interest sheet and start planning goodies and surprises for them. For more information please look here.

Fall Term Report Card Grading Window for Grades 1 - 8

The fall grading window for students in grades 1-8 is will open from November 20th to December 10th. Please refer to the materials below for instructions on entering grades.
Reminder: After entering or editing grades in the scores tab, teachers must click Post Grades to write the grades to the report cards. Grades will be saved as you enter them but they will not appear on the report cards until you click Post Grades. (Note: Online it will say Grades 1-5 because we changes to that grading schedule)
Entering Grades Handout
Elementary Comment Codes Handout
How to verify that your grades are posted

Health and Wellness

The Health and Wellness committee will be performing an environmental audit on Dec 11 (7:30-10am) at the school library. The purpose of the audit is to look for areas in which is in need of environmental and health improvements at the school. To help with the audit, please complete the survey. This will help the committee narrow down specific areas to focus in on during the audit. Please complete the survey by Dec 5th and your name will be entered to win a special Dunkin Donuts treat!

The Health and Wellness Committee will email the results of the survey, the audit, and suggestions for improvements as soon as both are complete. If you would like to be apart of the Environmental Audit of our school please sign up via Al Vega at al.vega@masscosh.org or Nina Wessen at nly@bostonpublicschools.org.

Bulletin Boards Updated by Friday, December 1st

Bulletin boards communicate the values of our school. Bulletin boards are a window into our classrooms that allow us to share the teaching and learning happening inside. Bulletin boards send a message to students that their work is important and valued here. Please update your bulletin board by Friday, December 1st. You must also include the Curley template which describes the learning your students are doing that links to the instructional focus.

Special Education Progress Reports

1. K0/K1 and K2 do not have to complete progress reports this round. This is due to the fact that they do not receive report cards in December.
2. Progress Reports for Grades 1-8 are due by the end of the Day Tuesday, November 28th.
3. Video Progress report: https://youtu.be/1QB2NUuXtVU
4. When entering progress reports please make sure you a entering in your domain/goal area. There are no headings and you will see all goals for all providers when you log in.
5. Do not click Finalize. Click Save and Move On. Karen and I will do the finalization. If you finalize before all providers have entered they will be locked out.

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.