3/14/19 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to Liz Spring and Meg Nason for staying late on Tuesday evening to present to the SSC. Thank you!

Shout out to Alissa Ferro for being brave and leading her friends through I3 data!

Shout-out to Princess Ortega for knowing, caring about, and supporting all of the children and adults at the Curley.

Shout out to Jordi Lotito on getting married earlier this week! She will now go by Mrs. Langsford or Mrs.L. We are so happy for you and your husband and wish you both a lifetime of happiness!

Interim 3 Data

There is lots to celebrate with the Interim 3 data. Teacher teams are working hard to narrow down the clear next steps to support our students moving forward. This data is helpful for all staff to review and further understand. Please see Lindsey if you have any questions.

Winter Term Grading Window

The winter term grading window for students in grades K0-8 is open from March 4 to March 24. Please refer to the materials below for instructions on entering grades. If you have any questions please contact Lindsey Morgan Grades K0-2, David Diaz Grades 3-5, and Adrian Ward-Jackson Grades 6-8.
Entering Grades Handout
Elementary Comment Codes Handout
How to verify that your grades are posted

Detention

Students in Middle School should be submitted on the Google Form for Detention if they are tardy without a pass, missing from class, or in the hallway without a pass. Adults should ask to see the pass to make sure it has the accurate date and time. Any adults in the building can assign detention if they find students in the hallway without a pass. Please see Ms. Jackson if you have further questions.

Hiring Updates and Support

We are looking for staff to support us in hiring the best new staff members to join our team next year. Below are the open positions. If you are interested in helping with one of these committees please email the admin responsible. Thanks

Job	Lead	Interview Date	Interview Time
.5 Art	Lindsey	March 18th	3:30-6:30pm
⅞ Science	Adrian	March 14th	3:30-6:30pm
Grade 4 Inclusion	Katie	March 18th	3:30-6:30pm

MCAS ELA Groupings - (PLEASE READ AND SHARE FEEDBACK BY FRI)

Here is a draft of the MCAS groups and locations. Please let Jessica know if there are any concerns by the end of the week Friday, March 15th. All small offices and spaces are being used along with some classrooms so please pay attention to everything on the grid. 
ELA MCAS 2019 Grades 3, 7, 8
ELA MCAS 2019 Grades, 4, 5, 6

African American History Assembly

The African American History assembly is scheduled for Thursday, March 14th at 9am. Email Kim Taylor Knight for more details.

Curley SPC Winter Social: March 14th

Join the Curley community on Thursday, March 14 from 6-9pm for our first Winter Social at Bella Luna (284 Amory Street, JP). Mark your calendars now! This adults-only event includes dinner, cash bar, and a small number of silent auction items and raffles. Tickets are $25 and can be pre-ordered at www.paypal.me/curleyk8. Childcare will be available onsite for a fee. Email spc@curleyk8.com if you have any questions. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AS MANY CURLEY TEACHERS AS POSSIBLE ATTEND THIS EVENT!

CPT Cycle March 3rd-May 3rd

Thank you to the teachers who provided feedback from the first 109 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 3/4/19-5/3/19 that teams will complete a CPT Cycle based on Interim 3 data (ELA for everyone but middle school math and science) as well as hold one climate meeting. Everyone will begin with CPT 1 starting the week of March 3, 2019. This will give teams between 6-8 CPT meetings (depending on days off) ato complete these items (The additional PDs can be for planning MCAS reviews in Math and ELA). 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 5/3/19. 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. This lesson should be based on the data from your assessment and be a highly assessed standard.
• 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 - Week of 3/11

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

• 3/4/19 
• 3/11/19 - Climate Meeting Updates
• 3/18/19
• 3/25/19 
• 4/1/19
• 4/8/19
• 4/22/19
• 4/29/19

Curl Up and Read, Curley! - Update

Grade 5 is off to an early lead in the independent reading challenge, achieving 8.5% toward their reading goal for the marking period, followed closely by Grade 4 at 5.7% and Grade 3 at 4.7%. Way to go!
Shout out to the following students who made at least 10% of their personal goal:

• Grade 3: Julia Boros, Isaac Autler, Maxwell Ruth, Analise Smith Knapp, Zoe O’Grady
• Grade 4: Nora Boatright, Joseynis Guerrero Mateo, Naomi James, Nora Kaplan, Adam Canney, Gabriela Acevedo, Lucas Bailey, Natacha Crespo, Ananda Gutierrez, Junior Heredia Leyba, Elianny Hernandez Espinal, Eliza James, Sam Matousek, Leondre Mothersill Daly, Hazel Orouke, Lisette Smith Knapp, Anjuli Szydio, Joshua Castro Castillo, Lyra Kirouac, Max Medina Murray, Andrea Pineda, Christopher Torres, Naszier Bailey, Fitzgerald Bellange, Robert Brisbane, Riley Gamble, Denzel Mai, Cameron Palmer Britton, John Pena, Anthony Robinson, Carliel Torres Vazquez, Joshua Vargas
• Grade 5: Conor Carlson O’Fallon, Susan Chahwan, Gabriella Drake, Khyjanae Jolleybarrows, Joaquim Lombos, Atticus Scovel, Jayshawn Brooks, Samuel Gall, Jack Shapiro, Alexa Sanchez, Nico Hiranyaket Johns, Matthieu Small, Abraham Barcan, Griffin Blochjones, Rania Vasquez Guerrero, Kevin Zimmer, Tayjanae Flowers, Jaon Williams

Curley Cares Student Awards

The Next Curley Cares assemblies will be held Friday, March 22, 2019 so take a moment to recognize students who are doing their best to support the Curley Cares way.
Use the MARCH 2019 FORM to submit names so students you work with can receive an award at our Friday, March 22, 2019 Curley Shares assemblies. If you'd like, please check out the list of students to review which students have already received awards this school year.
Please SUBMIT awards by 4:00pm Monday, March 18, 2019.

Math Facilitator Update

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) has hundreds of free lessons plans and interactives at the Illuminations Web site. Lesson plans are organized by grade band: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12 and brain teasers. The Interactives are free online games. Calculation Nation is particularly good and challenging for developing number sense and strategies - you need to register for Calculation Nation, but it’s free. https://illuminations.nctm.org/Default.aspx

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.
In addition, please review the slides about Monitoring Test Sessions and as well as the your Test Administrator Manual
Mr. Diaz will attending grade 3-8 CPT meetings through the month of March to review dates, schedules, access, and protocols. Please let Mr. Diaz know if you have any questions.

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.

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 3/28/19 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.