October 24, 2018

10/25/18 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to Emily Beck for adapting the Asset Based Feedback Model (ABFM) organizer to further help us plan this process and implementation with students. It was really helpful to me and I will use one of them in my planning! I am sharing it as a shout out so other can have access too! ABFM with Sentence Stems & ABFM with Bullets

Shout out to Nelly Rivera for opening her classroom and co-planning and teaching with a colleague. The experience has been fun and a great adult learning opportunity!

Shout out to Linda Solomon-Key and Marquel Norton for their support and quick response to help a 5th grade class have an important Restorative conversation.

CPT this Week

You can track the work of the school year on the Curley Work Plan Calendar.  You can click on the hyperlinks and it will bring you to agendas/ppt and information by week of the school year.
Here you will find the agenda for CPT this week. All staff agenda Climate - BIMAS Training.

ELA Interim Assessment 1

Next week (Oct. 22-26) all students in grades 3-8 should take the BPS Interim Assessment #1 in ELA on the Illuminate platform. You should budget at least one full block for the assessment on these days Tuesday Grades 3 & 6, Wednesday Grades 4 & 7 and Thursday Grades 5 & 8. Students can re-log in and finish the next day if you think they need additional time. Teams will have time at the after school PD on 11/1 to norm/score the open response.

Testing Groups - Please check these groupings and contact Lindsey Morgan if you have any suggestions or see any errors.

* Grades 3-5 default start time for testing is 9am. If you are testing at a different time please reach out to the other staff who are testing your students in small group or one to one settings. 
* Grades 6-8 will test in ELA class.

Resources:

BPS Interim #1 Assessment Student Directions
1. Go to illuminate.online
2. Enter your BPS email and Access Code. (Click here to find access codes by grade level and test on Page 3)
3. Make sure it says your name and the right assessment.
4. Only click “Finish” if you are completely done.

• Copies of graphic organizers will be available in the Upper School Main Office. Make sure to check the accommodations for students you are testing and provide graphic organizers if needed.

Accommodations for EL students:
◦ Bilingual word-to-word dictionary and glossary
◦ Text to speech for Mathematics and STE tests
◦ Human scribe or speech-to-text for Mathematics and STE tests
◦ Test administrator reads aloud/repeats/clarifies general administration directions
◦ Test administrator reads aloud/repeats/clarifies general administration directions in student’s native language (if native language speaker is available)


Picture Day SY 2018-2019

Individual and class photos will be taken on the following dates:
  • October 25: 6 - 8 and make-ups
Please take a minute to review the Picture Day Schedule and reach out to David Diaz or Laurie Ciardi with any questions. Forms will be coming soon!
Note:  In case of rain, the Photographers will set up inside and take pictures in the auditorium. Mrs. Powers will also make an announcement at the start of the day. Please call the main office lower school if you have any questions or concerns.

Special Education Professional Development Offerings

November 8th 3:45-5:15 Progress Report Writing RSVP Here
February 7th 3:45-5:45 Behavior Management RSVP Here

Attendance Update

Homeroom teachers are responsible for marking student absences excused or unexcused. The office will no longer be handling this process. Also, It is important that homeroom teachers are logging calls related to student attendance. We can not move forward in the attendance process if there are no calls logged. If you have attendance questions about a specific student and/or parent letter please email Lauren Jones-Forbes at curleysuccess@gmail.com.

Beginning Monday, October 29th a member of the Attendance Team will be sending an email around 12pm to all teachers who have a student marked absent that day. This is to ensure that our records are accurate as sometimes a student misses homeroom and is marked absent when they are physically present in school.

Family ESL Classes

We are looking to offer ESL classes to Curley families one evening a week for 10 weeks. This will be funded through the Office of English Language Learners. The teacher will be paid the BTU teacher hourly rate for this work for 4 hours per week. Please email Katie if you are interested in this opportunity!

BIMAS

The Behavior Intervention Monitoring Assessment System (BIMAS) is a measure of social, emotional and behavioral functioning in children and adolescents ages 5 to 18 years. It includes 34 change-sensitive items that are used for universal screening of behavioral health and for assessing response to intervention.

At the Curley, members of the Climate Team are training you in using the system during CPT during October 22nd. There will be optional times in CPT for you to complete the data entry. The due date is November 21st.

The Climate Team and Grade Level teams will be using this data to inform whole-school practices, culture/climate, and supporting your usage of current Tier 1 and eventually Tier 2 interventions.

Marquel Norton (mnorton5@bostonpublicschools.org) and your Climate Team Rep will be available to answer any and all your questions about BIMAS.

Attached are FAQs and the Powerpoint presentation.
 Curley BIMAS Presentation

Acceleration Academy

We are most likely hosting an Acceleration Academy in February (2/19 - 2/22). We are looking for teachers in grades 3-5 to plan and teach a literacy unit and teachers in grades 6-8 to teach math. We will have about 15 students per class, the days are 6 hours in length, and teachers will be paid $2,000. Questions? Reach out to Adrian.

Halloween

We are again hosting Pajama Day on October 31st. We would love to see our entire Curley Community wearing pajamas. We are asking everyone to donate $2 as a way to raise funds for our Curley Cares student initiatives throughout the school year. The Curley K-8 will not have a Halloween celebration during the school day. As a community we are focused on health and wellness and therefore we ask that all candy remain at home. We are also asking that students leave all costumes, masks, face painting and clown paraphernalia at home as well. Thank you in advance for your support around this matter.  Attached is our Celebrations Policy

Disney Musical 2018

If your student wants to participate in this year's fabulous musical, "Winnie the Pooh" please fill out this short survey.

Curley Shares

It's time to celebrate our amazing students and showcase their work at our first Curley Shares of the 18/19 school year on Friday, October 26, 2018. 
Please take a look at the following linked documents to see: Buddy Classroom pairings, the Schedule of Class Shares / Presentations, and Curley Shares Rituals for you and your students to review. If you are new to the Curley and/or have any questions about Curley Shares, please contact your Climate Team representative during CPT. Thank you!!! Please be sure to meet with your buddies prior to the first share.
• 1819 Buddy Rooms (w/Curley Shares Schedule)
• 1819 Schedule of Class Shares / Presentations
• Curley Shares Rituals

Sweatshirt Order

First of all thank you so much for the quick and overwhelmingly positive response to my inquiry into staff hoodies. Below you will find a spread sheet to input your order.
Sweatshirt order form
All sweatshirts are full zip, with a hood and will have the green Curley logo on the left lapel. See attachment below for style of sweatshirt, shown in grey, as well as logo.
Color: You may choose grey or black.
Size: SM, MED, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL . $22.30
Please add $2,50 to base price for 2XL
Please add $3.50 to base price for 3XL

Payment: You can bring Sharon Ennis cash in room 213 in the Upper school or venmo @sharon-rusconi-ennis. Please do your best to bring exact amount if paying in cash, I can't make change during the day while teaching. If you choose to round the amount up via cash or venmo all extra monies will be given to the climate team to put towards our holiday party.

The current turn around time from College Hype is 3ish weeks. I would like to submit the order no later than next Thursday October 25th. I will place order that evening.

INTERNATIONAL WEEK IS COMING!

This year at the Curley we will be celebrating International Week from November 26-30. This is an opportunity to introduce students to the world beyond classroom, school, and community — more details will be coming soon. In the meantime, you might reach out to families to find out the cultural background/ancestry of your students and talk with your classes/colleagues about countries you might like to study — perhaps collaborating on one country as a grade level team. Please let Amika know your country choice by Friday, October 26th.

If you’re new to the Curley, or interested in helping, please come to a meeting with members of the International Week Planning Committee tomorrow — Monday, October 15th — from 3:45-4:15 PM in Upper School Room 201. We’ll watch a 3-minute slideshow, answer questions, share resources, and exchange ideas to help make this year’s experience an integral part of your teaching rather than an “add on” with no connection to your daily routines. All are welcome and refreshments will be available!


REMINDER — International Week country choices are due this Friday! Please send yours to amika45@gmail.com. Check out our 3-minute slideshow, guidelines, and an updated list of countries selected so far on Google Drive (link sent separately).

PD Dates

See information below clarifying the remaining PD dates for teachers and paras. If there is a * next to these dates/times staff will be paid for these per BTU contract.
Teachers
  • Thursday 11/1/19 3:45-5:45
  • Thursday 12/13/19 3:45-5:45
  • Thursday 1/24/19 3:45-5:45*
  • Thursday 1/31/19 3:45-5:45
  • Thursday 3/7/19 3:45-5:45
  • Thursday 3/28/19 3:45-5:45*
  • Thursday 4/4/19 3:45-5:45 PD MAKE UP DATE IN CASE OF SNOW CANCELLATION
  • Thursday 4/11/19 3:45-5:45*
  • 4 additional hours to be used by Grade Level/Content teams to pre-plan a curriculum unit of study - dates must be submitted by 10/9/18 to Katie Grassa*
Paras
  • Thursday, 10/25 3:45-5:45pm*
  • Thursday, 11/8 3:45-5:45pm*
  • Thursday, 12/13 3:45-5:45pm*

Playworks

Attached is the Playworks Bi-weekly (every other week) Class Game Time Schedule. Please email Coach Jessika with any questions.

Field Trip Request Procedure

All field trips requests should be submitted in the following 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)
  • The SPC has allotted each grade level $500 to put towards field trips; any questions should be send to treasurer@curleyk8.com.

Sick Day Procedure (teachers and paraprofessionals)

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