October 3, 2018

10/4/18 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to Leida Arroyo on her last day working before retirement! We wish her a long, healthy and happy retirement! Thank you for all your years of service to the students in BPS and for empowering our ELLs and Students with Disabilities. You will be missed! Thank you!

Introducing Marquel Norton


My name is Marquel Norton. I'm the school-based School Psychologist at the Curley School this year. I actually went to graduate school with Vlad, the School Psychologist from last year. I attended Tufts University for both undergraduate education, majored in Clinical Psychology and Child Development, and graduate education. I did my practicum experiences in Boston Public Schools at the Margarita Muniz Academy, Boston Arts Academy, and the Rafael Hernandez School. I also interned at the Conservatory Lab Charter School.
I was the School Psychologist at the Neighborhood House Charter School in the previous school year working with all grades. I'm incredibly excited to be back in the district, especially at the Curley. I also teach young adults and adolescents with ASD ballet through the Boston Ballet Adaptive Dance program.
In my free time, I enjoy baking, playing kickball, tv-binging, pretending I'm an Olympic weightlifter, and endlessly smiling.

Fun Fact:
1. I was born and raised in Texas, people question if I'm truly a southerner
2. I have a fraternal twin brother with cerebral palsy

Terranova Testing SY 2018-2019

During the period of October 9 ‐ 16, 2018, students in grades 3, 4, and 5 will be administered the TerraNova, third edition, in Reading and Mathematics in order to determine AWC eligibility for the 2019‐2020 school year. For the last two years our Excellence for All (EFA) schools have made clear that students would have access to the same level of rigor and enrichment through EFA programming. They have also made 5th grade parents aware that the TerraNova scores are used to identify students for the Exam School Initiative along with AWC eligibility. We will start administering the Terranova at Curley K-8 School test on Wednesday October 10 2018. Please Mr. Diaz if you have any questions or concerns. 

Emergency Cards

Secretaries and nurses are still missing some copies of the homeroom emergency cards. Please drop them off by the end of the week.

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. - ILT - Setting Goals for Focus Students & Middle School Content Meeting

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 10/4/19 3:45-5:45
  • 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*

Picture Day SY 2018-2019

Save the date! Photo forms are on their way and we are working on a schedule. Picture day dates are as follow:
  • October 23rd K-2 + Siblings
  • October 24th 3-5 + make ups
  • October 25th 6-8 + make ups
Please see Mrs. Powers at the Lower School main office if you have any questions.

Introducing Chris Panarese 

Christine Panarese, is the Network I Assistant Director for Special Education for Boston Public Schools. She has over 20 years experience serving the needs of urban and suburban public education institutions in Massachusetts as a special educator, regular education teacher, math coach, assistant principal, principal and central office administrator. Christine earned her doctorate in Educational Leadership from Boston College in 2014 and possesses multiple MADESE educator licenses for teaching, special education administrator, principal/administrator, and director for mathematics curriculum. Her experience includes time spent in higher education as a full-time lecturer for special education and the coordinator of pre-service teacher practicum experiences for the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth as well as working as an adjunct professor for AIC and a collaborator/trainer for MADESE. Christine’s research interests include investigating the relationship among teachers and paraprofessional teams working in inclusion and sub-separate classroom environments. In addition to her research, she is currently collaborating on a book that explores the structures and similarities of professional sporting franchises and educational institutions.

SST

SST liaisons will be visiting CPT for ~15 minutes the week of Oct. 8 (as scheduled on the Curley Work Calendar) to review the process for this year. Grade level liaisons are listed below. If you have a Monday CPT, please reach out to reschedule since it is a holiday.
  • K0/K1: Meg Nason
  • K2: Liz Spring
  • 1st: Cassie Mountain
  • 2nd: Cristina Silva
  • 3rd: Jessica Burque
  • 4th: Renee Ward
  • 5th: Renee Ward 
  • 6th-8th: Sugeily
  • Specialists: Lindsey Morgan

School Climate

Please join us for the Climate meeting on Wednesday, October 3rd from 3:45pm-5:45pm in Room 219.

Health and Wellness

Please join us for the October H & W meeting on Wednesday, October 17th from 7:15am-8:15am in room 209.

PD

Just a reminder that there is PD for all teachers on Thursday, October 4th from 3:45pm-5:45pm. We will all begin in the auditorium.

Staff Social

Please join us for our first Staff Social of the year on Friday, October 5th from 4pm-6pm at Costello's. All staff are welcome!

Flu Shots at Curley K-8 10/5/18

We will be offering Flu Shots for staff in the Teacher's Room on 10/5/18 from 12pm-3pm. Please bring your insurance card and complete this attached form. If you have questions please reach out to nurse April Pumphret.

BTU Elections

We will hold BTU Elections for the additional PD hours on Monday, October 1st. As well as a vote for the remaining open BTU Representative positions. Please see your BTU Reps with any questions. We will be voting for SSC at the end of next week. There is a total of 6 seats, we have 4 returning members who will be on the ballot. All are welcome to run for seats. We are asking that there be 1 BTU REP. Please submit your name if interested to anyone of your Building Reps the deadline to submit is Wednesday Oct. 3rd.

Teaching Schedules on Master Schedule

All homeroom teachers should submit their weekly teaching schedules to the scheduling committee by next Friday, Oct. 5. Your schedule should be created in Google Sheets. Make sure it has editing access and is shared with assigned point people below. It should have times down the left side and days of the week across the top. Here is an example: Example Teaching Schedule.
K1 - 2nd: Waverly Kidd
3rd - 5th: Laurie Ciardi
SAR and PACE: Jessica Burque

Superintendent's Circular

There is a new Superintendent's Circular Titled: School Access Control. Please read this document. Also note that we will hold an Active Shooter Training for all staff on Thursday, December 13th from 3:45pm-5:45pm in the Auditorium. There have been many questions about IDs and keys. We are working with Central Office on this matter and expect to hear this fall about a new key plan rolling out across the district.

Playworks

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

Lexia Rapid

The Fall Testing window for MAP Growth and MAP Reading Fluency begins September 17th and ends October 5.
Student access to Lexia RAPID
1. Students log on to the Chromebook with their BPS email and password*
2. Go to the Clever Backpack Login
3. Click the Lexia app
*You may use badges to log in younger students. For more information on badges through Clever, see Digital Backpack/Clever FAQs.

Teacher access to Lexia RAPID
1. Go to the Clever Backpack Login
2. Click the myLexia app
3. You are now signed in!
Please note that all of the information in Lexia originates in ASPEN and syncs nightly with Clever, so some updates may take a day to appear. If you do not see all of your students in your class, or if a student does not have an account, check to see that the student is assigned correctly in ASPEN. For additional questions regarding log in information and access, please contact formatives@bostonpublicschools.org. School leaders, instructional coaches, etc., who do not see accounts in myLexia should also contact this email in order to receive access.

Transportations Issues

Please submit any transportation issues or concerns to this Google form. This is for issues families report to the school and ones staff have identified as well. Transportation Issues and Concerns Form

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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