6/12/18 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out for the Curley students who are the finalist in the International Writing Bee:
Lorenzo Jacks
Nico Hiranyaket Johns
Joaquim Lombos
Nalexi Ordonez
Alexa Soto Sanchez
Clare Connolly 

Shout to Eileen Cronin for being featured on the Playworks website. 

I want to take a moment to give a huge shout out to Laurie! THANK YOU so much for taking the time to create the schedules for the visits and the Fun Run. I know it wasn’t easy but i just want to let you know that I honestly appreciate your help with Curley’s first Fun Run.

Partnership Appreciation Breakfast (Date change to 6/12/18)
Please join us in celebrating the hard work and generosity of our dedicated partners: City Year, Teach Next Year Interns,Tenacity, Playworks, Ballet Rox, and Guidance Support Staff on Tuesday, June 12th @ 7:30 a.m. in the auditorium. Please click on the link to contribute a breakfast item for this event. Thank you for your support in recognizing our amazing partners. 

LBGTQ+ Ally Breakfast
Please remember that the LBGTQ+ and Ally breakfast is Tuesday, June 12th from 8-9 in Ms. Bourgealt's room. Interested students and staff in attending should enter through the CASP door (there will be signs) and students will be given a pass and should only be in Ms. B's room (not in the hall or a classroom). Attendance will be taken and given to the office and students will be given a pass to enter late to their class or homeroom. Given the possibly sensitive nature of attending for some students, if there is a doubt or issue about attendance or tardiness-please let one of us know and we will follow up with the students quietly. (Julie Feeney, Adrian Ward-Jackson, Melanie Bourgeault, Leida Arroyo, Erika Mercado, etc.). 

If you are able to make a breakfast item to share-we would appreciate it! Please bring it down to Ms. B's room.
If you are interested in stopping by-please do! We are trying to make this student focused -but it would be nice for students to see potential allied adults in the building.

ILT 

Please join us for our last ILT on Wednesday, June 13th from 3:45-5:00 in Room 101 US

Field Day - Save the Date

Grades K-4 Field Day is Tuesday, June 19th - more information to come

Nurse Interviews

If you're interested in being on the interview committee for our open nurse position, please email Lindsey at lmorgan4@bostonpublicschools.org 
Interviews will take place either Monday, June 18th or Tuesday, June 19th from 3:30PM-6:00PM

Katie's Absence Plan 6/11-6/15

I wanted to remind you all that I will be out all next week at a training at the University of Virginia. I certainly wish it was not during such a busy time of year and I am sad to miss so many amazing events that will take place here next week. I wanted to communicate a coverage plan so you are all aware what will continue to take place in my absence. Also please note that I am not allowed to be on school email or phone during my learning sessions and I will be putting up an away message.

Cari Lopez, K2 teacher, will be supporting David, Adrian and Lindsey on the radio next week. Cari has her principal certification and is a teacher leader on our staff. We will have her class covered for the week and notify all her families of this shift.

If you need to contact an administrator here are their numbers (please save in your phone)

David Diaz - 617-719-5240 (Call/text David if you are calling in sick)
Adrian Ward-Jackson - 781-492-7610
Lindsey Morgan - 617-438-7434
Cari Lopez - 508-816-6515
Below is a list of items and who the point person will be next week:

Arrival Centre St 6/11-6/15 - Cari Lopez
Dismissal Centre Ste 6/11-6/15 - Lindsey Morgan
Announcements 6/11-6/15 - Cari Lopez
Boosterthon 6/11-6/15 - Lindsey Morgan/Cari Lopez/Laurie Ciardi
Absence Call 6/11-6/15 - David Diaz (Call/Text 617-719-5240 if you are absent)
Blog 6/10-6/14 - Lindsey Morgan/Cari Lopez
Tenacity EOY Ceremony 6/14 - David Diaz/Adrian Ward-Jackson
Partner Breakfast 6/14 - Kim Daly
GSA Breakfast 6/12 - Adrian Ward-Jackson/Melanie Bourgeault/ Julie Feeney
EFA Capstone Presentation 6/15 - Eileen Cronin
SPC & CASP Celebration 6/15 - Lindsey Morgan
ILT 6/13 - Cari Lopez/Sara Silverstein
Nurse Hiring - Lindsey Morgan
Art Hiring - Adrian Ward-Jackson
SPED/ESL Hiring - David Diaz

Boosterthon

Here is the link to the Boosterthon Schedule.

Teachers should receive T-shirts this week. Keep encouraging students and parents to register and pledge on funrun.com.    

Seeking Capstone Panel Members

Grade 5 will conduct an in-school panel review of their capstone projects next Wednesday, June 13th from 9:00-12. We are seeking faculty who may have some availability during these hours to serve on a panel. Please contact Eileen Cronin for more details.

Mr. Paulling's Final Shows
Here are the dates and times for the final week. All will be in the theatre arts room, except the June 15 performance of Redden and Garcia. I'm going to rehearse with those students on the stage to see if we can make it work, because both classes are performing together. Performances should last about 40 minutes.

Let me know if you foresee any conflicts.
Wednesday, 6/13: Burke 10am, Signes 1:30pm
Thursday, 6/14: Signes 1:15 pm
Friday, 6/15: Garcia/Redden 9am, Petmezis/Rivera 1:30 pm

June Curley Cares Awards!

The last Curley Cares assembly of the 2017-2018 school year is rapidly approaching (YAY!) and we have given close too 1,110 awards to students so far this year. Curley Cares awards are intended to reinforce positive student behaviors in support of the Curley Cares rules and the expectation/hope is that every Curley K8 student should earn at least one award each year so reach out to members of your grade-level team, paras, specialists, and other staff to help try and make this happen (any staff member with a BPS Google login can access the form). Please ​refer to THIS LIST to see those students who have already received award(s)​ this school year​. 

With this in mind PLEASE take a moment (perhaps during CPT) to recognize students who​ are doing their best to support the Curley Cares way. Please use​ the​ JUNE 2018 FORM to ​submit names in order for students your work with ​to receive an award at our Wednesday, June 20, 2018 Curley Shares assemblies.

If you'd like to give more than 3 awards, please coordinate with your grade-level colleagues such as specialists or other staff or (if necessary) email Kate (kdavis3@bostonpublicschools.org) directly. 

Please SUBMIT awards by 7:00pm Friday, June 15, 2018.

Student Surveys Grades 4 - 8 (March 12 - June 15)
Please have all students Grades 4-8 complete this as part of class. All student surveys are online. The survey is available in students’ Digital Backpack as well as through the following student link:

Student link: https://cce.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1BP2eCYEA5pZT37

Shortened Link: https://tinyurl.com/bpsclimate

Students can complete the survey using chromebooks, other technology at their school, and even smartphones.

Spring ELA STAR Assessment Reminder: (Grades 3-8 Only) 
Just a reminder that the STAR ELA assessment window is open this coming week, June 4-8th. ALL students should take STAR Reading at this time. In addition, students who have been assessed using STAR Early Literacy should take the spring benchmark of this assessment as well.

Please remind students of the importance of the assessment in understanding their reading progress over the past school year. Also, check that no background programs are running while students take the assessment (e.g. "Google Read/Write").
Please Eileen Cronin if you have any questions.

Summer Reading - 2018 
We are finalizing expectations and guidelines for summer 2018 reading program. As last year, all students will be asked to take a pledge to read daily over the summer months and to maintain a log of this reading. In addition, students entering grades 4 through 8 will be expected to read one additional book, in coordination with the BPS and Boston Public Library initiative, “Summer Reading Together”. Packets of information, including the summer a reading pledge, reading bingo activity, and logs are now being finalized and will be distributed to classroom teachers the week of June 11th.

Please contact Eileen Cronin (Gr. 3-8) and Caitlyn Gable (Gr. K-2) if you have questions regarding summer reading expectations.

Spring Term Report Cards K2-Grade 5
The spring grading window for students in grades K2-5 is open from June 4th to June 24th. 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.
Entering Grades Handout
Elementary Comment Codes Handout
How to verify that your grades are posted 

ACCESS Testing Results 
As you know we are required to meet in Grade level teams to discuss ACCESS test results and ELD levels for students. Results were delivered to the school today and Waverly will need a couple of days to sort through the paper work. We are asking teams to give me 30 minutes of their CPT time either next week (week of 6/4) or the week after (week of 6/11) to discuss students scores, overall academic growth and English language development. I realize this is in addition to what is being asked of you at this time of year but it is necessary prior to student placement. All meetings need to take place prior to Friday June 15th as all ELD levels are due in SIS by this date. Please Contact Waverly @wkidd@bostonpublicschools.org to set up a time to meet.

Student Profile Information
Student Profiles will be entered in the Journals tab of SIS by Monday, June 18. Every student (K1 - 8) will have a journal, even if they are leaving the Curley School. SPED and ESL teachers should support and provide input for students. Teachers can work amongst themselves to determine who is the most appropriate person to fill out for each student. 

• Please be concise, specific, and use discretion. Families have a right to request this information. 
• How to log onto the Journal tab: Log into SIS > Find student and click on their name > Click on Journals tab at the top > Click on Add button > Type Student Profile SY 2017-18 then a paragraph of the information (see below) > Click Save 
• For each student, log a Journal titled Student Profile SY 2017-18: 
• Academic strengths/supports? (Include interventions i.e. reading recovery)
• SEL/Behavior strengths supports? (Include behavior plans/important rapport-building info)
• Relevant family information
• Ex. mom prefers email, prefers morning meetings
• USE DISCRETION families have a right to request this info

Examples: 

• Student Profile SY 2017-18: Student was performing at grade level in all subjects by end of year. Works best academically with a small group. Student likes one-on-one talks to build relationship. Student received counseling SY 2017-18. Check in with Sugeily Santos for further information. 
• Student Profile SY 2017-18: Student has grade-level reading fluency and math skills. He needs support with reading comprehension and generating ideas in writing. Student likes to follow the rules and has trouble when others do not. This sometimes causes conflict between him and other classmates. See IEP. Mom and dad are easy to reach through email and/or text.

EOY Checklist and CPT Information
The End of Year Checklist is updated for this year. Please review the document and reach out to the admin team if you have any questions.

We have updated the CPT at a glance schedule to allow time for these action steps to get completed. Click link or see below.

6/11		Week A	EOY - Data Analysis - Norming/Grading of Interim 3 and Reflection
6/18		Week B	Create and upload classlists

How to reserve the Curley K8 playing field (and other shared spaces)
Learn how to view various Curley K8 School calendars and reserve shared spaces (like the playing field) by watching this video.

BTU Voting Results 

• We voted to redistribute the 6 hours from 1/2/19
• We voted to hold our Fall Open House on Thursday, September 27th from 5pm-7pm
• We voted for Option 2 (24 hours): Professional Development on August 28th and 29th from 8am to 3pm (14 hours) AND five (5) 2-hour sessions on the following Thursdays from 3:45 to 5:45 pm: 10/4, 11/1, 12/13, 1/31, 3/7 with a make-up day on 4/4 (in case of snow).
• Please feel free to contact your BTU representative with any questions!

New Field Trip Request Procedure 

Starting Monday, 3/12/28, all field trips requests should be submitted in the following way. If you have already submitted a paper previously, that is ok, but all new requests should be done in this way. Check out this powerpoint for additional information on the steps.

1. Fill out electronic form at least 2 weeks in advance. This link will be available in the blog daily. Field Trip Request Form
2. Print your form submission.
3. Email list of students attending to nurses.
4. Get nurse and cafeteria signature at least 2 weeks in advance. They can sign anywhere at the bottom of your page.
5. Turn in to either main office.
6. Pass out permission slips and have students return. (English p.12, Other Languages)

CPT at a Glance

Thanks to the staff who have provided feedback we will have a weekly update about what should be covered at CPT. The CPT at a Glance document will be updated each week.