December 19, 2018

12/20/18 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to Amy Lieberman who found a student who had been separated from his brother and babysitter and she happened to be in the office and was a huge help. She was the older brothers teacher and reached out to the parents and coordinated reunification!

Shout out to Ms. B and the Curley School Band for kicking off the day with a fab performance in the main lobby! It really got us all in the mood for the holidays and students and families enjoyed it too!
 








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. Some teams have mentioned they are behind it is expected that both of these ILT meetings are also completed before we leave for winter break. ILT - Reflection or ILT -LASW or  Climate - Grow the Green Protocol.

EOY 2018 Staff Breakfast

Please join us for a staff breakfast on Friday, December 21st at 7:15am in the auditorium! We will celebrate the end of 2018 before we all head off to vacation! Get ready there will be some great prizes if you attend and enter your name into the raffle!

Safety Training Follow Up

Attached you will find a google form to submit your questions from our safety training last week. We will share the questions with Rick Deraney and Kim Pellatreau and then share the responses back with the staff. Also for those who are interested in the numbers and documents they referenced they are listed below:

ELA BPS Interim 2

All students grades 3-8 who take MCAS will take the 2nd BPS ELA Interim the week of December 17 - 21. Click here for access codes: SY18-19 Interim Assessment #2 Access Codes. Here are the Accommodations Groupings. Please edit as needed, and reach out to Ms. Morgan if you have any questions and/or need support!
  • Tuesday (12/18): 3rd & 6th
  • Wednesday (12/19): 4th & 7th
  • Thursday (12/20): 5th & 8th


Curley Shares

It's time to celebrate our amazing students and showcase their work at Curley Shares on Friday, December 21, 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


Early Retirement Incentive

In an effort to assist in early planning and hiring for the 2019-2020 academic year, the district offers a $1,500 incentive to eligible members of the teachers unit who inform us of their intent to terminate at the end of the school year. The application for the incentive must be submitted by Jan 11, 2019. See attached circular for more details. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
Raecia T. Catchings
Director of Employee Services
rcatchings@bostonpublicschools.org
Phone: 617-635-9619

December, 2018 Curley Cares Student Awards

The next Curley Cares assembly of the 2018-2019 school year will be held in Friday, December 21, 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 to recognize students who are doing their best to support the Curley Cares way. Use the DECEMBER 2018 FORM to submit names in order for students your work with to receive an award at our Friday, December 21, 2018 Curley Shares assemblies. You can use this list of students to review which students have already received awards this school year.
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, December 17, 2018.


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, 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 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*

    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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