3/20/19 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to Deirdre Anderson, Lindsey Wright, Laura Strait, Bello, Peter Pizzi and Leah Travers for helping us interview candidates for our teaching positions for next year! It means so much to candidates to see future colleagues taking an active interest in the hiring process! Thank you!

Shout out to Ms. B for leading the electives transition! My first week of class was calm and relaxed due to your efforts!

Shout out to Angie O’Neil, Mr. G, Erin Fitzpatrick, and Jeanette Ellis for supporting each other and the students. Thank you for all that you do!

Shout out to Laura Shea and Matthew Tallent for taking excellent data for a team member!

Shout out to April Pumphret for organizing a visit from Boston Police Commissioner William Gross. Our 7th and 8th graders asked him impressive questions and the audience was moved by his message of inclusion and leadership! Thank you for bring this opportunity to our students!

 

Math Interim 3 Information

Math Interim #3 will be administered the week of March 25-29. Please double-check the Accommodations Groupings Information and send all feedback to Lindsey by the end of the week (March 22). (**The doc has been changed, please read everything!)

• Friday 3/22 and Monday 3/25: 2nd grade
• Tuesday, 3/26: 7th/8th grade
• Wednesday, 3/27: 3rd grade and 6th grade
• Thursday, 3/28: 4th grade and 5th grade

ELLs should receive accommodations listed here: MCAS ELL Accommodations 2019 Headphones and dictionaries can be signed out in the Lower School Main Office. Please check your list ahead of time and know how many you need.

Please note: The following locations will be used for testing small groups and will be unavailable for events:

• Lower School Conference Room
• Library
• CASP Office
• Katie/Lindsey/David/Adrian Offices

Curley Shares

It's time to celebrate our amazing students and showcase their work at Curley Shares on Friday, March 22nd. 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

Reminder: Classes Presenting at March 22, 2019 Shares

• 9:00 - 9:40 Strait/Wright
• 10:00 - 10:40 Iatrou
• 11:00 - 11:40 Lotito
• 1:00 - 1:40 Bryson/Daly
• 2:10 - 2:50 Peck-Oser

School Climate Team

Please join us for the Climate meeting on Wednesday, March 20th from 3:45pm-5:00pm in the Library.

Upcoming Assessments

Assessment	Students/Grades	Date
BPS Math Interim #3	All students grades 2-8	March 25-29
ELA MCAS	All students grades 3-8	MCAS Testing Schedule April 1-5 Grades 4,5,6 April 8-12 Grades 3,7,8
Math MCAS	All students grades 3-8	MCAS Testing Schedule May 6-10 Grades 4,5,6 May 13-17 Grades 3,7,8
STE MCAS	All students grades 5 and 8	MCAS Testing Schedule May 20-24
BPS ELA Interim #4 (EOY)	All students grades 2-8	June 3-7
BPS MAth Interim #4 (EOY)	All students grades 2-8	June 10-14

Winnie The Pooh

This year's Disney Musical, Winnie the Pooh, is coming to the Curley Auditorium. March 26th and 27th and April 1, are school performances. Please look for times, and class schedules soon. Two evening performances are scheduled for Thursday and Friday, March 28 and 29th at 6pm. Winnie the Pooh features over 50 singers, dancers and actors from grades 3rd-5th. It is about 50 minutes in length and is supported by parents, teachers, and the elective stage crew.

Math Teacher Survey

Thank you to the 18 of you who have completed the math teacher survey. The data is very helpful (more updates coming soon!) and we would love more. If you teach math, lease complete the survey if have not yet: https://goo.gl/forms/YEHsgmL5hkTKv38o1

Curl Up and Read Curley - Week 2 Update

Grade 4 made a valiant effort this week to take the lead, coming in at 13.4% of goal, with Grade 3 chasing the pack with 7.3% of goal, but Grade 5 still remains on top, achieving a whopping 15.7% of goal. Special recognition to Grade 4 with 90% of students participating in the independent reading challenge! The race is heating up and students in Grades 3-5 are not wasting a spare minute and can be seen reading in their homerooms, in the hallway, in the cafeteria - even at recess!

Shout out to the following students who have reached at least 20% of their personal goals: 

• Grade 3: Nathaniel Burga, Christopher Desir, Zoe O’Grady, Ricky Thurmond
• Grade 4: Nora Boatright, Brandon Guerra Osorio, Joseynis Guerrero Mateo, Naomi James, Nora Kaplan, Suleiny Mordan Percel, Karina Saariaho, Eleanor Scharfenberg, Tallula Sullivan, Amelia Tunick-Staab, Gabriela Acevedo, Lucas Bailey, Natacha Crespo, Ananda Gutierrez, Samuel Matousek, Leondre Mothersill Daly, Lisette Smith Knapp, Anjuli Szydlo, Orson Giblin, Liliana Kidd, Lyra Kirouac, Andrea Pineda, Maya Szydlo, Christopher Torres, Lleyton Warren, Naszier Bailey, Fitzgerald Bellange, Robert Brisbane, Riley Gamble, Denzel Mai, Cameron Palmer Britton, John Pena, Anthony Robinson, Carliel Torres Vazquez, Joshua Vargas
• Grade 5: Abraham Barcan, Griffin Blochjones, Lorenzo Jacks, Tayjanae Flowers, Jaon Williams, Conor Carlson O’Fallon, Susan Chahwan, Gabriella Drake, Robert Fitzgibbon, Atticua Scovel, Jayshawn Brooks, Clare Connolly, Samuel Gall, Noah Rand, Jack Shapiro, Marielys Suazo, Nico Hiranyaket Johns, Mathieu Small

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

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

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
Student Groupings listed below:
ELA MCAS 2019 Grades 3, 7, 8
ELA MCAS 2019 Grades, 4, 5, 6
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.

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.

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.