6/27/18 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to Charles Tewksbury, Lesley Peck-Oser, Maria Amy-Moreno, Nina Wessen, Kiki Iatrou, Amy Lieberman, Sylvia Rua, Sharon Ennis, Noraa Ricketts, Rose Rodriguez, Olivia Peters, Annette Beaudrault, Rozelta Boyd, Craig Melzer, Alissa Ferro and Adrian Ward-Jackson for organizing and accompanying all our middle school students to Canobie Lake. It is a great end of year event for our students! Thank you!

Top Ten Highlights of SY 2017-2018

10. Partnering with BTU and BPS Central Office to train teacher facilitators. Having teachers lead portions of CPT and PD as well as reading and learning through a common text, Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain.

9. Our early childhood team collaborating and prepping for NAEYC Re-accreditation. We had a perfectly submitted portfolio and the assessor was impressed with classroom instruction!

8. We survived a full year of a longer school day. Adding 40 minutes to our day changed our schedule, planning time, commutes home from school etc...

7. Watching our library transform from a room with leftover furniture and boxes piled high to a room filled with new books, fresh paint and our newest staff member leading the charge to open this space for all our students. We even had a visit from a Caldecott Award Winning Author, Javaka Steptoe. We look forward to the opening day in September!

6. Adding additional SEL supports across our school such as Open Circle, and acceptance into CBHM, an additional guidance counselor and an Advisory pilot in middle school. Putting SEL in the forefront of what we do to best serve our students.

5. Halfway to last day party on day 90 of school this year. Great to see so many staff out enjoying each others company and dancing and singing to their favorite 90's tunes!

4. Hosting our (first in a while) Black History celebration that included our school talent in art, music, dance and fashion. It was a collaborative plan between teachers, paraprofessionals, administrators, students and families.

3. Middle school overnight trips to building trust and teamwork amongst students and staff. This year all students had an opportunity to earn a space to attend Thompson Island or a NH camping trip. This is a great opportunity for our students to grow and learn with one another outside of our building.

2. Our new windows and doors have restored the Curley back to its 1931 charm. We love having shades to block out the sun too. We survived the dust, moving of furniture and fall without shades!

The number 1 highlight from SY 2017-2018 was our fall fundraiser for Puerto Rico and other hurricane victims. Our community showed how much they CARED when we raised thousands of dollars to donate to those in need and shipped thousands of dollars worth of items as well. We modeled, We Care About Each Other, as a whole school community!

Early Release June 27 & 28

Students will be dismissed at 1:00 pm on the last two days of school -- June 27 and 28. Teachers and paras work a full day on Wednesday & Thursday, and lunch will be served on both days to students. Please take a moment to review the schedule for those two days, and reach out to David Diaz with questions or concerns. We will host a staff event on Wednesday at 1:30pm details will follow. (Hint: It is edible and their will be gluten free and vegan options.)

PD Certificates

Madeline and Kathy have you PD certificates, please stop by to pick up yours for your records.

Reflections from UVA Training and SRA

Please click to read my reflections from training in Virginia as well as the feedback and next steps from our School Readiness Assessment. (This is only 1 page long.)

21st Century Furniture Delivery

There was not a delivery of furniture last week, as was expected. We have contacted the office and are awaiting a response. Before you leave for the summer, you can make sure your room is prepared to receive new furniture by taking the following steps:

• Place all items to be removed on the corridor wall (touching the hallway) 
• Place items to stay on window wall 
• Place surplus tag on all items to be removed (see email from Lindsey with tags, extra copies available in office) 
• Place surplus tag on outside of door

Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain

Please be sure to bring this home with you over the summer. We will have summer reading to prepare for PD in August. More details will follow.

Summer Reading - 2018

Summer Reading packets, including the Summer Reading pledge, Reading Log, and Summer Reading Bingo are now being distributed to all classroom teachers. Please contact Eileen Cronin (Gr. 3-8) and Caitlyn Gable (Gr. K-2) if you have questions or have not received packets by June 20th.

Updated Room Assignments for SY 2018-2019

Thank you all for your thoughtful feedback and ideas around space in this school. We have made adjustments to the spaces based on this feedback. Please know that we are also requesting some facilities updates to improve the conditions in many of these spaces as well. Please reach out to Katie Grassa with questions. SY 2018-2019 Room Assignments

EOY Checklist 

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. This should be completed, signed and submitted to Katie Grassa before staff leave on June 28th.

How to reserve the Curley K8 playing field (and other shared spaces)

Learn how to view various Curley K-8 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.

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