November 7, 2018

11/8/18 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to  Ms. Negoshian and Ms. Badiali for being such supportive teammates❤️

 Shout out to all the teachers, paras, itinerants, interns, student teachers, lunch monitors, CASP Staff and partners who make our work here at Curley possible! Our students love you and learn each and everyday from your modeling and explicit teaching. Thank you for caring about others! Teacher Appreciation may only take place one day a year but we appreciate you all 365 days a year! We hope HALFWAY TO TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY was enjoyable and we are grateful for all you do for our students day in and day out! Thanks!


Shout out to Denzel Mai in 4th grade who singlehandedly planned a surprise going-away celebration for a classmate. He secretly planned this event and card writing during his break-time each day. He even brought a special snack from his house to share with all of the students in the class - AND he made sure it was peanut-free so that all of his classmates could enjoy the snack! His compassion for others that he shows every single day is the most amazing sight to see!

Shout out to Bernice DeVoe for being a great big buddy and reporting bullying of a younger student on the school bus. Thank you for caring about others and not being afraid to stand up for what is right! You truly care!

Shoutout to Kristen Mitchell for going out of her way to help out another classroom yesterday that was understaffed. Your support was very much appreciated - thank you!

Shout out to Dierdre Anderson, Emily Beck, Kimberly Daly, and Candida Mundo-Arboleda for completing their BIMAS Rosters! You did it! Thank you for taking Care in the Curley data! AND Konstantinos Petmezis, Julia Badiali, Alissa Ferro, Kate Davis, Janet McDavitt, Craig Melzer, Carolyn Silva-Brisbin, Helenia Solimini, Konstantinos Petmezis, and Theresa Brophy for starting their BIMAS Rosters! They're almost done, go raters go!

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.

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.

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

November, 2018 Curley Cares Student Awards

The next Curley Cares assembly of the 2018-2019 school year will be held in Friday, November 30, 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 NOVEMBER 2018 FORM to submit names in order for students your work with to receive an award at our Friday, November 30, 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 Tuesday, November 27, 2018.

BIMAS Announcements!!

INTRODUCING THE BIMAS COMPLETION COMPETITION! The first grade level to complete the BIMAS will have coffee and baked goods from the Climate Team! Lindsey Morgan and Marquel Norton will be hosting a BIMAS rating R&R time in Rm 213 in the Lower School on Tuesday 11/13 at 3:45! There will be snacks, baked goods, listening ears, and a great working space!

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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