November 28, 2018

11/29/18 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to Leondre in grade 4 for reaching 100% of his Accelerated Reader Goal. If you see him tomorrow be sure to give him a high five! Way to go Leondre!

Curley Shares

It's time to celebrate our amazing students and showcase their work at Curley Shares on Friday, November 30, 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

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 -LASW.

Fall Term Report Card Grading Window for Grades K0 - 8

The fall grading window for students in grades K0-8 is open from November 19h to December 9th. Please refer to the materials below for instructions on entering grades.
K0-K2 grades are expected to be posted in Aspen. However, they are op
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

ESOL Classes

All Curley families are welcome to take free adult ESOL (English for Speakers of other Languages) classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm starting on December 11, 2018. The classes are designed to help adults learn English as a Second Language by developing the four domains of language (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) for work, education, and everyday communication. Registration is required. Please contact Josefina or Renee at the Office of English Learners at (617) 635-9435 or email jperalta2@bostonpublicschools.org. The course runs for 10 weeks and classes will be taught by Mr. Luis Gallegos in room 107 at the Upper School building located at 493 Centre St. Jamaica Plain. Mrs. Powers and Mrs. Vasquez will put flyers in staff mail boxes for students to take home.

 

INTERNATIONAL WEEK UPDATE

International Week is here — November 26-30! The expectation has been that all participants exchange visits with at least one other class, usually on Friday, to learn about one another’s country and to do an activity together. Many classes exchange with their cross-grade buddies; others will exchange with grade level peers. Please check, add to, or correct the Google document (insert link) to let us know with whom you plan to exchange and when.
  • Please send passports to specialists with your students during International Week!
  • Please take pictures! Also, please let Amika know when — and with whom — you plan to exchange. Thanks! 

Preference Sheets

We are beginning the planning process for SY 2019-20 and would like to take into consideration teacher preferences for next year. We are sending these out earlier than the schedule required by the contract so that we can better prepare for the budget process and for meeting the needs of our students for next year. We anticipate that the Curley will have the same grade configuration as this year. Please fill out the attached form to indicate your preferences for SY 2019-20. Please complete by Friday, November 30, 2018. 


Special Education Progress Reports

  • 1st round of Progress Reports are due in Edplan by 9 am December 5th for all grade levels. Please enter under Progress Report 1. Please make sure your name and title appear after the entry.
  • Progress Report Video please review the guidelines below as well. 
  • When entering progress reports please make sure you a entering in your domain/goal area. There are no headings and you will see all goals for all providers when you log in. Please be careful not to erase information in the text box. You can label your entry "1st Marking Period 12.2018" or "Progress Report 1 December 2018". Please make sure your name and title appear after the entry.
  • Do not click Finalize. Click Save and Move On. Karen and I will do the finalization. If you finalize before all providers have entered they will be locked out.
  • We will not be completing progress reports for K0/K1/K2 for Round 1. 
  • Progress Report Power Point included the Power Point from the training a few weeks back.



ACCESS Testing

Staff, it is that time of year again to prepare for ACCESS: This year all teachers need to retrain for administering the test. You will need to log into to www.wida.us, read the information and take a quiz for each section you need to take. You must score at least 80% on the section in order to be certified to administer the test. All students grade 1-8 will be taking the test on-line. Grades 1-3 will take the writing section on paper.
New Staff or those who did not takes the training last year.
  • You will need to create an account on www.wida.us using username Massachusetts, password patriot. Create an account and follow the steps below. 
All Staff
• Teachers in Kindergarten: sign into www.wida.us your account and take the Kindergarten training module and quiz.
• Teachers in Grades 1-8: sign into www.wida.us and take the online administration test.
• All teachers that have or service students that are ACCESS ALT will need to sign into their account and take the testing listed above as well as the Alternate ACCESS quiz.
• Any non-teaching staff and administrators need to take kindergarten, speaking 1-6, paper and online. Once you have taken and passed the quizzes please bring in the completed certification to Kathy or Madeline by Friday January 4th 2018.
If you have any questions feel free to ask Waverly.

School Preview Time

It is that time again! Families will be choosing schools for SY 2019-2020. We will host three events here at Curley for perspective families. Current Curley families will support these three events and provide guided tours throughout the building.
  • Friday, November 30th 9am-10am
  • Friday, December 14th 9am-10am
  • Friday, January 18th 9am-10am

Artifacts

Please be sure to upload your artifacts on EDFS by Friday, December 21st. You should upload 1-2 artifacts for each goal (two goals) AND each standard (four standards) for a total of 6-12 artifacts. SLG and PPG - Upload your tracker of student conferences with your focus student & evidence of relationship building with the focus students
Standard I - Upload a Unit Plan created with your team and a sample of student work
Standard II - Upload evidence of differentiation (or modification if applicable) and a sample of students work to match this
Standard III - Upload a sample call log or documentation of communication with families
Standard IV - Upload evidence of your professional collaboration such as a minutes from a team 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 12/13/18 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, 12/13 3:45-5:45pm*

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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