November 4, 2018

11/5/18 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to Mr. Hill for going above and beyond and caring about the students. Thank you for helping with challenging situations and making sure all students are safe.

Shout out to Ms. Badiali and the 3rd grade inclusion team for welcoming a student into their classrooms for the day. Your help with supporting this student was very much appreciated, especially on such short notice!

Shout out to the team from Ms. Clark's room for being so supportive today when a student needed to spend time in his buddy room. I could see how hard he worked throughout the day and that he felt welcomed back in with his old crew. You are all appreciated immensely!


Shout out to the 2nd grade team for always being available to support a coworker.  So happy to be a part of the team.

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 ILT- Adult Learning Cycles. Coaches and admin will be leading meetings for teams this coming week.

Climate

Please join us for our school climate meeting on Wednesday, November 7th from 3:45pm-5:00pm in Room 219.

Election Day

Tuesday, November 6th is Election Day and our Upper School Cafeteria is where the community votes. All voters must enter and exit through the doors by the Upper School parking lot. Be prepared for this at arrival and dismissal time.

Election Day Bake Sale

On Tuesday, November 6th, the Curley SPC will hold a bake sale during polling hours from 7am-8pm. We need people to make or buy food, drinks and paper goods. We will also need volunteers to set up, sell items, and clean up. If you are interested in helping, please email or text Leah Barcan (lbarcan@gmail.com/617-599-0592).

EdVestors Arts Visit

A team (approximately 20 visitors) from EdVestors will be here to observe and learn from our exceptional arts programming on Thursday, November 8th from 8am - 10am.

INTERNATIONAL WEEK COUNTRY CHOICES DUE!

Thanks to all who chose their countries by last Friday’s deadline. If you haven’t yet done so, please email your choice to amika45@gmail.com by the end of this week at the latest. If you do not plan to participate in this year’s International Week (Nov. 26-230) please let us know so that we can make other exchange arrangements for your buddy class!

BPS Math Interim #1

Grades 3-8 will administer the BPS Math Interim the week of Nov. 5-9. Grade levels will administer the same days as the ELA Interim. Click here for Access Codes.
Please fill out the Accommodations groupings document with your students' accommodations for Math (You can use the ELA Testing Accommodations Info as a guide). Ms. Morgan will coordinate space and add it to the document.
Tuesday: 3rd and 6th
Wednesday: 4th and 7th
Thursday: 5th and 8th

FYI - Helpful Tool

October is Emotional Wellness month and the perfect time to practice meditation and mindfulness. We are pleased to announce that in a partnership with the popular meditation app, Headspace (Meditation and Mindfulness made simple), all BPS employees will have access to an annual subscription. Click here and breathe.

Copy Machine Etiquette

Please do not send any wireless copies from your classroom to the copier machine. You may print wireless if you are in the teacher's lounge. This will prevent work documents from being mixed up and copier from being emptied so quick. This had become particularly challenging for those who are personally at the copy machine and a job is sent to the copier remotely which interrupts the person at the machine. Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.

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.

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. There will be optional times in CPT for you to complete the data entry. The due date is November 21st. 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.

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, 11/8 3:45-5:45pm*
  • 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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