10/5/18 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to Mr. Hill, our new lunch monitor. Your enthusiasm and smiles are inspiring! Our students love you and look forward to seeing you at recess every day.


Monica Cawley thanks for caring about all students and riding with students when buses were short in monitors!

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.

Last Call - Gr. 3-8 Reader Leaders

Please return any bulletin board Reader Leader response forms to Eileen Cronin as soon as possible so we can recognize everyone who has completed summer reading assignments.

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!!!
• 1819 Buddy Rooms (w/Curley Shares Schedule)
• 1819 Schedule of Class Shares / Presentations
• Curley Shares Rituals

October, 2018 Curley Cares Student Awards

The first Curley Cares assembly of the 2018-2019 school year will be held in Friday, October 26, 2018. 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. Throughout the year, 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).

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 OCTOBER 2018 FORM to submit names in order for students your work with to receive an award at our Friday, October 26, 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 4:00pm Monday, October 22, 2018.

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

Guidance

The Curley K-8 School and the Rosie’s Place School Collaborative Program have partnered to bring resources and support to moms and/or female caregivers of Curley students. Rosie’s Place Staff provide a wide range of services and support, including:

• Utility Assistance: apply for protections, affordable payment plans, funding to avoid shut-offs
• Housing: eviction prevention funds, security deposit, housing applications
• Referrals: free clothing, furniture, funding assistance
• Funding for MA IDs, birth certificates, uniform assistance
• Resources for food assistance and access
• Transportation
• Monthly groups/workshops

If there is anything you need assistance with or have concerns about, please contact Stephanie at (617) 320-4117 or speak with Guidance, Cristina Silva (K-3) or Sugeily Santos (4-8) , for a referral. We will also have a representative coming to the Curley once a month. We will provide staff with dates and times soon. Advocacy services are offered in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Cape Verdean Creole. We can connect with translators for all other languages.

Curley Ambassadors of Dance (CAD)

Next week we begin our ninth year of Curley Ambassadors of Dance, on Tuesday, October 9th from 3:30 to 4:30. Students should meet Ms. Knight in the walker yard and at dismissal will be released from the CASP entrance. For more details, or to register your 2nd through 4th grader email Kim Taylor Knight at storyinabox@gmail.com.

Disney Musical

In two weeks rehearsals for the Disney Musical will begin on October 17, at 3:30 to 5:00 pm. No need to pre-register. You must be able to pick up your child at 5:00 or if they are in CASP, they will be escorted back to the appropriate classrooms after rehearsals. Rehearsals are Wednesday through March. Students should meet Ms. Knight in the walker yard at dismissal. Pick up at 5 pm is at the CASP entrance. If you want to be on the email list for updates, please email Kim Taylor Knight at storyinabox@gmail.com.

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. 

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 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.

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

Health and Wellness

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

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.

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)

• Call/text Katie Grassa at 857-265-4954 immediately, no matter how late/early Enter the absence in SubCentral (teachers only). Link: https://bostonps.eschoolsolutions.com/logOnInitAction.do
• Enter absence on Boston Employees Self Service
• If it is after 6:30am, also send an email to Katie Grassa, David Diaz and the secretary.