Shout Out
Shout out to Leah Hassler, Principal Intern, for her support and time during this Spring Semester. We wish you luck at your new job as an Assistant Principal in DC! Congrats!Shout out to Laura Shea for your inspiration and leadership. Thank you for helping bring recycling back to the Curley and modeling for all our students taking care of the Earth.
Shout out to Sharon Ennis, Amy Lieberman, Noraa Ricketts, Sylvia Rua, Colin MacDougall and Sarah Quatrale for all your hard work pulling together the Grade 6 Capstone project - "After Earth". The QPA team reviewed your drafts yesterday and were really excited by the scope and content of the project! We're all looking forward to collaborating with you to bring this plan to reality.
Climate
Please join us for the School Climate Meeting on Wednesday, May 1st from 3:45pm-5:00pm in the Library.2019 Curley Plant + Bake Sale
Join us on Saturday, May 4th from 10am-2pm as we transform the parking lot across from the school into a pop-up nursery where the JP community buys top quality annuals, herbs, and vegetables. The Plant Sale is fun and a treasured community event. In addition to the plants, there are activities for the kids, a raffle, and a fabulous bake sale.If you can help the day of or donate a bake sale item (water/drinks are appreciated too) please sign up here.
Monday 5/6
9:10-9:40 Grades 6/7/8
9:45 -10:15 Grade 5
10:40-1:10 Grade 2
Thursday 5/7
10:40-11:10 Grade 1
12:15-12:45 K2
1:15-1:45 Grade 3
Friday 5/31
12:30-1:00 K1
1:05-1:35 4th
Shout out to the following students who have reached at least 70% of their personal AR goal:
We are excited to open the flower sale to the entire Curley community! Monday, all homeroom teachers will find an instructions sheet, a class order form with a money envelope, and a flier to go home with students. Please encourage students to place orders. Orders must be placed and all money turned in with the envelope by this Friday, May 3. Teachers, on Friday please place the order form in Amy Lieberman's mailbox or bring it to her room, Upper School 211. Flowers will be delivered to your classroom on May 10. This is right before Mothers' Day so please remind students that this is a great gift for any mother in their life! Thank you in advance for your support.
Small classroom bins that staff indicated they needed on an earlier survey will be distributed soon. They just arrived Friday afternoon. New locations for large barrels with tops have been labeled and there will be 2-3 bins on every floor of both buildings. We are asking for your help and support in modeling correct recycling and teaching all students about correct recycling. Here is a FAQ sheet to answer some of your questions. In the Reducing to Zero Waste drive folder, you will find other resources such as the signage that will be posted and the BPS Zero Waste Guide. We plan to start small and become very successful at creating good habits around recycling so that when we start the next school year, we can come in strong! If you have any questions or would like to join our team, please let someone on the Zero Waste team know.
The Zero Waste Team
(Laura Shea, Jenny Goldstein, Melanie Barone, Connie Redden, Carolyn Silva-Sanchez, Jordi Lotito, Rachel Harris, Gloria Herrara, Adam Marks, Stephanie Doyle, Lily Montagna, and Nina Ly Wessen)
Terc workshops: https://investigations.terc.edu/professional-development/
EDC Fractions workshop: http://www2.edc.org/accessmath/about/teachercourse.asp
It is that time again, please make sure to have your bulletin board updated with student work by Friday, May 3rd. All bulletin boards should have the Curley template posted with it. This is a great project for a student teacher and/or a set of responsible students. It is important that things are stapled up in all corners. Please note that you can share whole group learning (number talk, sample of writing process, response to reading etc....) The work does have to be perfect we prefer authenticity. Bulletin Boards make our hallways feel warm and welcoming and help us celebrate our students.
Two sessions are planned - Monday, April 29th from 3:45-4:45 PM and Tuesday, April 30th, from 7:00-8:00 AM. Here is the link to sign up for the session of your choice. Lexia Data Training . Please sign up as soon as possible so we can get a sense for the number of participants for each session. Note, both Core 5 and PowerUp program data will be reviewed at each session.
Also, Lexia trainers will be available both days to work with individual teachers or teacher teams to provide additional support. Please contact Eileen Cronin immediately if you'd like a Lexia trainer to work with you.
Elks Lodge
248 Spring Street
West Roxbury, MA
Price: TBD
Retirees: Leida Arroyo, Maria Santos, Karen Wiesen Chan, Reina Guzmán Vivas, Lourdes Vasquez, Pat Freeman, Arleta Faulkner
Math 2019 3, 7, 8
Math 2019 4,5,6
Boosterthon
The SPC is leading the Boosterthon Fundraiser for the 2nd year. The Boosterthon team needs to come in for 10-15 min to meet with each team and explain the process. Boosterthon Fun Run will take place on Wednesday, June 12th.9:10-9:40 Grades 6/7/8
9:45 -10:15 Grade 5
10:40-1:10 Grade 2
Thursday 5/7
10:40-11:10 Grade 1
12:15-12:45 K2
1:15-1:45 Grade 3
Friday 5/31
12:30-1:00 K1
1:05-1:35 4th
Curl Up and Read, Curley! Week 7 Update
Grade 3 made an impressive come-back this week, reaching 70.1% of goal, but Grade 4 continues to lead the pack, soaring to 75.1% of their AR independent reading target! Grade 5 showed real grit, increasing their total by a remarkable 12.6 points, rounding out the field at 62.5% of goal.Shout out to the following students who have reached at least 70% of their personal AR goal:
- Grade 3: Isaac Autler, Isaac Gail, Kiran Rao, Julia Boros, William Seaton, Amal Martillo, Hailey Ortiz, Analise Smith Knapp, Nathaniel Burga, Max Burnet, Ada Karl, Zoe O’Grady.
- Grade 4: Orson Giblin, Katherine Hamilton, Kaitlyn Herrand Valdez, Liliana Kidd, Lyra Kirouac, Angel Martinez, Jenaiza Padilla, Andrea Pineda, May Szydlo, Lleyton Warren, Nora Boatright, Flavio Gonzalez, Brandon Guerra Osorio, Joseynis Guerrero Mateo, Naomi James, Nora Kaplan, Suleiny Mordan Percel, Yumila Moreta Cedeno, Karina Saariaho, Eleanor Scharfenberg, Tallula Sullivan, Gabriela Acevedo, Omar Aguilar, Lucas Bailey, Viviana Batista, Natacha Crespo, Ananda Butierrez, Elianny Hernandez Espinal, Eliza James, Samuel Matousek, Leondre Mothersill Daly, Hazel O’Rourke, Lisette Smith Knapp, Leo Smothers, Sanuli Szydlo, Jayline Torres, Leah Ahmed, Noah Ahnallen, Adam Canney, Konstantine Harris, Samantha Jenkins, Audrey Kollett, Quintana Lowd, Chloe Mura, Julian Nesoff, Sincere Richards, Nami Roquet, Delila Wardwell, Lucas Whittle, Asa Witte Parad, Nazier Bailey, 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, Atticus Scovel, John Woo, Nico Hiranyaket Johns, Robert Waxman, Griffin Blochjones, Lorenzo Jacks, Kevin Zimmer, Claire Connolly, Alexander Demaio, Samuel Gail, Ankaa Hollister Carlson, Noah Rand, Jack Shapiro, Tayjanae Flowers, Jaon Williams.
Flower Sale
The 6th grade and SEI students are holding another flower sale to raise money for a bus for our overnight Appalachian Mountain Club hiking trip next month. We are taking flower orders by pre-order only this time!We are excited to open the flower sale to the entire Curley community! Monday, all homeroom teachers will find an instructions sheet, a class order form with a money envelope, and a flier to go home with students. Please encourage students to place orders. Orders must be placed and all money turned in with the envelope by this Friday, May 3. Teachers, on Friday please place the order form in Amy Lieberman's mailbox or bring it to her room, Upper School 211. Flowers will be delivered to your classroom on May 10. This is right before Mothers' Day so please remind students that this is a great gift for any mother in their life! Thank you in advance for your support.
Go Green at the Curley
We hope you all are ready to help us all Go Green at the Curley. Students were told about how we will be reviving our recycling efforts starting tomorrow!Small classroom bins that staff indicated they needed on an earlier survey will be distributed soon. They just arrived Friday afternoon. New locations for large barrels with tops have been labeled and there will be 2-3 bins on every floor of both buildings. We are asking for your help and support in modeling correct recycling and teaching all students about correct recycling. Here is a FAQ sheet to answer some of your questions. In the Reducing to Zero Waste drive folder, you will find other resources such as the signage that will be posted and the BPS Zero Waste Guide. We plan to start small and become very successful at creating good habits around recycling so that when we start the next school year, we can come in strong! If you have any questions or would like to join our team, please let someone on the Zero Waste team know.
The Zero Waste Team
(Laura Shea, Jenny Goldstein, Melanie Barone, Connie Redden, Carolyn Silva-Sanchez, Jordi Lotito, Rachel Harris, Gloria Herrara, Adam Marks, Stephanie Doyle, Lily Montagna, and Nina Ly Wessen)
Weekly Math Resource
This week’s math resources are two different summer professional development opportunities recommended by BPS math department head, Linda Davenport. Unfortunately, BPS does not have funds for these workshops. However, you will get graduate credits that count towards the salary scale. The first workshop, run by EDC for teachers in grades 5-7, focuses on making fractions more accessible. Register by April 30 (Tuesday) for the best rates. The second set of workshops are run by Investigations. There are four different options: Using K-5 Investigations, Computational Fluency, Practice Standards 1, 3, 5, and 6, and another on Practice Standards 2, 4, 7, and 8. Unlike the initial trainings provided three years ago, these summer sessions are all run by actual Investigations authors. Discount pricing until Wednesday, May 1.Terc workshops: https://investigations.terc.edu/professional-development/
EDC Fractions workshop: http://www2.edc.org/accessmath/about/teachercourse.asp
Bulletin Boards
Register Today - "Using Lexia Core 5 and PowerUp Data to Inform Instruction"
Plans are now finalized for on-site training focused on interpreting Lexia Core 5 and PowerUp data and using this data to differentiate instruction for your students. All are welcome, even if you have not participated in the introductory Lexia trainings held during February.Two sessions are planned - Monday, April 29th from 3:45-4:45 PM and Tuesday, April 30th, from 7:00-8:00 AM. Here is the link to sign up for the session of your choice. Lexia Data Training . Please sign up as soon as possible so we can get a sense for the number of participants for each session. Note, both Core 5 and PowerUp program data will be reviewed at each session.
Also, Lexia trainers will be available both days to work with individual teachers or teacher teams to provide additional support. Please contact Eileen Cronin immediately if you'd like a Lexia trainer to work with you.
School Visit & Observations
I would like to introduce Dr. Claire White and Karen White from EFA. Both Karen and Claire will be visiting classrooms to conduct an instructional inventory of the practices we use here at Curley across K-8. They will be collecting data the week of April 30. Please welcome them into our community.
Save The Date - Curley EOY Party to Celebrate Retirees
Friday, June 7, 2019Elks Lodge
248 Spring Street
West Roxbury, MA
Price: TBD
Retirees: Leida Arroyo, Maria Santos, Karen Wiesen Chan, Reina Guzmán Vivas, Lourdes Vasquez, Pat Freeman, Arleta Faulkner
Math MCAS Groupings
Here our the DRAFT Math MCAS Groupings. If there is a red block we are still trying to figure out space and/or a proctor.Math 2019 3, 7, 8
Math 2019 4,5,6
Inclusion Film
Join BPS Students, Families & Educators for a Screening & Post-Film Discussion of Intelligent Lives Tuesday, April 30th from 5-7pm at the Boston Teacher’s Union (180 Mt. Vernon St. Dorchester) Light Dinner & Childcare Provided.
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.
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.
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
April 1-5 Grades 4,5,6
April 8-12 Grades 3,7,8
Math MCAS
All students grades 3-8
May 6-10 Grades 4,5,6
May 13-17 Grades 3,7,8
STE MCAS
All students grades 5 and 8
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
Assessment
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Math MCAS
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All students grades 3-8
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May 6-10 Grades 4,5,6
May 13-17 Grades 3,7,8
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STE MCAS
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All students grades 5 and 8
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May 20-24
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BPS ELA Interim #4 (EOY)
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All students grades 2-8
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June 3-7
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BPS Math Interim #4 (EOY)
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All students grades 2-8
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June 10-14
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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 Updates3/18/193/25/19 4/1/194/8/194/22/19- 4/29/19
- 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
3/4/193/11/19 - Climate Meeting Updates3/18/193/25/194/1/194/8/194/22/19- 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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
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