2/25/19 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to Connie Redden, Paola Locke, Patty Garcia, Waverly Kidd and Christina Burke for hosting our first ever grade 2 debate! Classes had topics to research, they picked a side and shared evidence for the Pros and Cons of each topic. The audience had an opportunity to listen and vote on which side had the strongest argument. This was all a part of their new argument writing unit.

 

 

Shout out to Adrian Ward-Jackson, Leslie Peck-Oser, Rozelta Boyd, Leah Hassler, Krista Kovatch, Jennifer Fein, Keliah Santana, Mark Righini, Christine Cronin and Aron Boros for leading a middle school math acceleration academy for four days over the February break! 50 students attended over the four days and learned so much mathematics and had some fun getting to further know staff and some of their friends! Thank you for your efforts in making this week a HUGE success!

 

 

 

NAEP and BPS Interim #3 Dates

Below are the scheduled dates for the ELA Interim #3 and NAEP. We are working around NAEP and all students need to take the Interim prior to PD on 3/7. Please contact Ms. Morgan with questions/concerns.

• Monday 2/25 - 4th grade NAEP (~40 students)
• Tuesday 2/26 - 8th grade NAEP (~65 students)
• Wednesday 2/27 - 6th grade ELA BPS Interim #3
• Thursday 2/28 - 3rd grade ELA BPS Interim #3
• Friday 3/1 - 5th grade ELA BPS Interim #3
• Tuesday 3/5 - 4th grade and 7th/8th grade ELA BPS Interim #3

Special Education Progress Reports

• 2nd round of Progress Reports are due in Edplan by 9 am March 20th 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. Progress Report Power Point
• 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 "2nd Marking Period 3.2019" or "Progress Report 2 March 2019". Please make sure your name and title appear after the entry.
• Do not click Finalize. Click Save and Move On. Renee and I will do the finalization. If you finalize before all providers have entered they will be locked out.
• It is important to be mindful of recent IEP meetings and pending parent response to a proposed IEP. If a new IEP is signed and entered during this period it will erase previously entered progress reports.
• Please make sure you are writing progress on all benchmarks including level of support needed to accomplish that goal.

ILT

Please join us for ILT on Wednesday, February 27th from 3:45pm-5:00pm

2nd Annual Half Way to Last Day Party

We are pleased to announce our 2nd Annual Half Way to Last Day Party! Please join us at Doyle's to celebrate day 90 of school on Friday, March 1st from 4pm-8pm. The cost is $20 per person and includes foods, prizes and the best 90's playlist!

This is a great opportunity to relax and enjoy time with your colleagues!

You can give cash to Madeline/Kathy or Venmo Laura Merdkhanian @Laura-Merdkhanian. Please pay by Friday, February 15th. If you already paid and cannot attend please let Katie know and we will reimburse you.

MCAS Calendar grades 3-8

We have updated the Testing Schedule for the 2018-2019 Spring ELA, Math, and Science MCAS MCAS Calendar. Please revise the new dates and session times with your grade and content teams.
You also need to update your password to access the Pearson Access Next website. You should have received an email from Pearson requesting that you activate your username and password. Mr. Diaz, Jessica Burke, and Renee Ward are working on the list of small groups, proctors, and testing locations. Please let Mr. Diaz know if you have any questions.

Educator of the Year

The Educator of the Year award recognizes the exceptional educators who go above and beyond to impact the lives of Boston Public Schools students. The program celebrates educators who exemplify a commitment to the profession by selecting educators who are worthy of representing the positive contributions of our educators district wide.

• Nomination Period: January 28th - March 4th
• Who may be nominated: All BPS Educators in good standing with the BTU (teachers, paraprofessionals, librarians, guidance counselors, other school support staff) *school leaders may not be nominated.
• Who can submit a nomination: All members of the BPS community
• Where to go for additional information: Website or nomination form
• Flyer: Here is a printable version
• Contact for Questions: EOYBoston@bostonpublicschools.org (or talk to Tess or Shakera)

African American History Assembly

The African American History assembly is scheduled for Thursday, March 14th at 9am. We especially would love to have classroom teachers participate with essays, historical figure reenactments or other kinds of celebratory contributions. If you are interested please contact Kim Taylor Knight at storyinabox@gmail.com. We are making this a "no meeting" committee to participate you only need to let us know.

CPT Cycle January 3rd - March 1st

Thank you to the teachers who provided feedback from the first 70 days of school regarding CPT time. We have heard that you are supportive of the structure but need more time to implement the CPT Cycles within the Curley Work Plan. We would like to propose that from 1/3/19-3/1/19 that teams will complete a CPT Cycle based on Interim 2 data (ELA for everyone but middle school math and science) as well as hold one climate meeting. Everyone will begin with CPT 1 in 2019. This will give teams between 6-8 CPT meetings (depending on days off) as well as one 2 hour PD on 1/24/19 to complete these items. Below are sample agendas for each CPT meeting. Team have the autonomy to map out these weeks so they can complete the full cycle by 3/1/19. See ILT representatives for more details.

• CPT #1 - Looking at Data/Focus students - Review most recent forms of data (ELA Interim 2, Lexia etc…) in order to understand where your students are in connection to the grade level learning standards. Choose a focus standard/area for the upcoming unit plan.
• CPT #2 - Unit Plan Overview - Preview the upcoming unit, specifically focus on where within this unit the focus standard/area you choose during CPT 1 and where it can be explicitly taught.
• CPT #3 - Plan Lesson - Collaboratively plan one lesson as a team that relates to the focus standard/area chosen during CPT 1.
• CPT #4 - LASW - All team members bring focus student work for the collaboratively planned lesson (CPT 3) and complete the protocol.
• CPT #5 - Reflection - Take time to reflect on this CPT cycle. 
• Climate Meeting - TBD

Here are the week of dates for this cycle to assist you in your team planning:

• 1/3/19 (Thurs/Fri Only)
• 1/7/19
• 1/14/19
• 1/21/19 (No school - Monday MLK)
• 1/24/19 (2 hour after school PD)
• 1/28/19
• 2/4/19
• 2/11/19
• 2/25/19

Assessment Dates

The following assessments are coming up. We wanted to send them ahead so teams are aware and can plan. Please see dates below and look out for more information.

Assessment	Students/Grades	Date
ACCESS	All ELL	1/7 - 2/8
BPS Math Interim #2	All students grades 3-8	1/21 - 1/25
BAS	All students below benchmark in K-2	1/28 - 2/15
STAR Reading	All students grades 3-8	2/4-2/8
BPS ELA Interim #3	All students grades 3-8	2/27-3/7
NAEP	Grade 4 and 8	2/25 - Grade 4 2/26 - Grade 8

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 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*

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.