4/1/19 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to Mr. R for leading the Jumpathon to support the American Heart Association.

Shout out to Cándida Mundo for speeding up plumbing fix so we have 3 toilets again!!

Shout out to Jenn Cuartas Cano on passing your BCBA! We are so excited and proud of you! 

Shout out to tennis doubles partners, Samiya Mohamed/Zoe Gillispie & Frank Rojas/Christopher Muzac. They beat team Frederick in our doubles tennis match. This was also Samiya and Zoe’s first tennis match and they did GREAT!

MCAS Calendar grades 3-8

We have updated the Testing Schedule for the 2018-2019 Spring ELA, Math, and Science MCAS MCAS Calendar & Daily Schedule. Please review the daily schedule for the testing days. Click on the sheets at the bottom of the page. Please let Mr. Diaz know by Friday 3/29 if there is an issue. 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.

Artifacts

Artifacts are due April 13th. Please update the date for your goals and reread over your formative evaluation. If your evaluator has indicated that you are missing an artifact please add that artifact.

Climate Team

Please join us for the School Climate Team Meeting on Wednesday, April 3rd from 3:45pm-5:00pm in the Library.

BPS Math Interim Feedback Survey (BE HONEST PLEASE)

The district is asking teachers to fill out this survey with feedback on the Math Interims: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfCD4sN8abU7fj7rqrUSq46Y3KPusA3qiSXOJWSY668gdYPFA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1

This week’s math resource, TRU Math, is a site I was introduced to at the math facilitator training.  TRU stands for Teaching for Robust Understanding.  TRU math was created through a partnership of the Shell Center for Math Education,  UC  Berkeley, and the University of Nottingham in the UK.  Together, they identified and defined the Five Dimensions of a Powerful classroom: content; cognitive demand; equitable access to content; agency, authority,  and identify; and formative assessment.  The centerpiece of their work is a series of tasks and lessons, and a framework for using each.  I have really enjoyed engaging with the cognitive demand of the tasks during training! Though the tasks and problems are only available for grades 6-12, the presentation framework for lessons and tasks is applicable for all grades.  They also offer free online PD.  If you’re interested in forming a group to do a PD module as a group, let me (Emily Beck) know, and I’ll see what I can do to figure out scheduling and identify which module generates the most interest.  

https://www.map.mathshell.org/index.php

Street Cleaning

Just a reminder that start April 1st Street Cleaning begins again in Boston. Please read the signs when parking on the street.

Curl Up and Read, Curley!  Week 4 Update 

The days are getting warmer, and so is our reading challenge! Motivated by the stiff competition, Grade 4 soared ahead this week, taking the lead by just a hair, coming in at 39.2% of goal, beating out Grade 3 at 38% of goal and Grade 5, a respectable 35.1 % of their target for the third marking term.
Shout out to the following students who have reached at least 40% of their personal goal:
• Grade 3: Isaac Autler, Kiran Rao, Andrea Rodesno Mejia, Julia Boros, William Seaton, Xavier Gonzalez Feliz, Amal Martillo, Hailey Ortiz, Analise Smith Knapp, Nathaniel Burga, Max Burnet, Ada Karl, Zoe O’Grady
• Grade 4: James Brice, Summer Desmarteau, Yoskar Dume Andujar, Orson Giblin, Kaitlyn Herrand Valdez, Liliana Kidd, Lyra Kirouac, Angel Martinez, Madison Medina Murray, Jennaiza Padilla, Andrea Pineda, Brandol Reyes Rosario, Maya Szydlo, Christopher Torres, Lleyton Warren, 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, Omar Aguilar, Lucas Bailey, Viviana Batista, Natacha Crespo, Ananda Gutierrez, Elianny Hernandez Espinal, Samuel Matousek, Leondre Mothersill Daly, Hazel O’Rourke, Lisette Smith Knapp, Anjuli Szydlo, Jayline Torres, Naszier Bailey, Fitzgerald Bellange, Robert Brisbane, Riley Gamble, Denzel Mai, Cameron Palmer Britton, John Pena, Anthony Robinson, Joshua Vargas,
• Grade 5: Conor Carlson O’Fallon, Susan Chahwan, Gabriella Drake, Robert Fitzgibbon, Evangeline Litonjua, Joaquim Lombos, Atticus Scovel, Nico Hiranyaket Johns, Matthieu Small, Griffin Blochjones, Lorenzo Jacks, Kevin Zimmer, Clare Connolly, Alexander Demaio, Samuel Gall, Ankaa Holister Carlson, Noah Rand, Jack Shapiro, Tayjanae Flowers, Eddie Melendez, Imani Rogers Galloway, Jaon Williams

2019 Summer Learning Programs (Summer School)

BPS is offering summer learning opportunities (Non-Credit Bearing) to our 3rd – 8th grade students. District-wide student enrollment for these programs will open April 1st. If you have students that would benefit from BPS funded summer programming, please email Ms. Santos at ssantos2@bostonpublicschools.org (4-8) or Ms. Silva atcsilva4@bostonpublicschools.org (K1-3). Student names must be submitted to us by Friday, April 5th. We do have limited space, so not all students will be able to attend. However, students not selected to a BPS funded program will be placed on a waitlist. After April 5th, you will receive an email from Shirley Li (Guidance Intern) with what the next steps are in the process. This may include following up with families about applications that we will be sending home with students.

Summer Stuff
If you have families in need of summer programming, but not summer school, please refer them to the Summer Stuff 2019 newsletter.

Retention

As we prepare to close out the school year, we must begin thinking about those students who may not meet the requirements to move on to the next grade level. The district acknowledges that a student may have to repeat a grade following review by the principal, teacher, parent and support staff (Special Ed Coordinator, if applicable; Guidance Counselor). For additional information regarding the BPS Promotion Policy please refer to the 2018-2019 Guide to BPS For Students and Families (extra copies can be found in the Guidance Office). Once you review the promotion policy, and determine that a student is a strong candidate for retention, please email Ms. Silva (K1-3) at csilva2@bostonpublicschools.org or Ms. Santos (4-8) at ssantos2@bostonpublicschools.org (grades 4-8). Please note, Ms. Grassa has the final authority to make decisions on retention. 

Winnie The Pooh

Please view the Schedule of School Performances to see the date and time that your class is scheduled to attend the performance. Please reach out to Kim Taylor Knight with questions about the production, or Laurie Ciardi with questions or concerns about the schedule. 

Student Led Clothing Drive

8th grader Nakeyla Lopez is participating in a service leadership program called Project 351 and is organizing and leading the drive as part of her service year. Please donate any and all new or gently used clothing! The clothes will benefit children with unstable housing throughout the Great Boston area through the organization Cradles 2 Crayons! Please support by donating and new or gently used clothing of all sizes!
When: Monday, March 25th to Wednesday, April 3rd
Where: Lobbies in the upper and lower school 

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

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

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 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.