5/24/19 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to Erika Mercado for jumping in with enthusiasm to help revive recycling! Your willingness to help in any way and reaching out to custodians to make a plan is very helpful. I appreciate you.

Shout out to Laura Shea for taking on the recycling initiative at school. It is a huge task, and an important one. Thank you!

Shout out to Emily Beck for always being available to help colleagues with last minute needs! We appreciate it!

Shout out to Brandi Phillips, Debbie Bryson, Alicia Green and Danielle Moran for opening their Caspstone work to BPS principals and central office staff. There was a lot of excitement around expanding the work beyond just the Curley! Thank you!

Curley K-8 End-of-the-Year and Retirement Party

Please join us for the End of the Year Party where we will honor our 7 retirees! This is a great event to celebrate the end of our year and everyone's hard work!

• Friday, June 7, 2019 Place: ELKS Hall in West Roxbury
• Time: 6 to 10 p.m. Cost: $40.00 pp
• Appetizers, Buffet, Music, Dance, Gifts, Cash Bar
• Please make check payable to CURLEY CARES FUNDS, send cash to Ms. Mundo, Ms. Iatrou, Ms. Davis, Ms. Ciardi or Ms. Kidd, or pay via Venmo: type Candida Mundo (Candida-Mundo-CurleyK8)
• Retirees: Leida Arroyo, Maria Santos, Karen Wiesen Chan, Reina Guzmán Vivas, Lourdes Vasquez, Pat Freeman, Arleta Faulkner
• You can use this form to RSVP to the party.

Art Show

The Curley Art Showcase is a day to celebrate the visual art creations of all the students at The Curley. Please join us May 23rd from 5-7pm to view works and honor our creative students. Art work by every student will be on display in the lower level of the upper school. This evening will include a dance performance and music. Food, refreshments and an arts themed raffle will also be part of the evening festivities. More information about the event will be sent home with each student very soon. If you have any questions please contact Mr. Pizzi at ppizzi@bostonpublicschools.org or Ms. Bello at abello@bostonpublicschools.org. We are extremely excited to share the creative works from this school year!Thank you & see you there!

Attention Middle School teachers and staff

The Curley 2019 Middle School Spring Dance is this Friday, May 24, 2019 from 1:50 to 2:55 in the Upper School gymnasium. The admission fee is $4.00 and students will pre-pay it by purchasing a wristband from their homeroom teachers. Remember to give those out on the same day of the dance. Keep the money with you and I will come by and collect it. The proceeds of the entrance fee will be used to pay for some expenses for our moving-on ceremony and the end-of-year trip to Canobie Lake.

• Please remind students to bring in the money for the wristbands. Also---tell them we will be selling refreshments at the dance. Any questions, please----e-mail me. Thanks. Maria Amy-Moreno (room 210)

Graduate Credit for Summer Planning

Just a reminder that a representative from Dominican University will be at the Curley on Tuesday afternoon, May 28th, from 3:45-4:30, to share information regarding this year's summer course offerings.
Last year, many Curley teachers earned up to three college credits through Dominican working on projects that included writing calendar mapping and open response alignment with MA curriculum frameworks. Please indicate on the google doc below if you are planning to attend and contact Eileen Cronin if you have any questions.
Dominican Info Session Registration

K2, 1st and 2nd grade teachers

The end of year window for BAS is open from May 20 - June 14. Be sure to find the highest instructional level and a hard level for each child. All data must be uploaded to the BAS Spreadsheet by June 17th. Caitlyn will communicate coverage ASAP.

LGBTQ+ Picnic

Come join us for our annual LGBTQ+ Picnic on Thursday, May 30th at 6PM! All families are welcome to come and bring their own picnic and share in our celebration! The picnic will take place on the Curley field; in case of rain we will be in the upper school cafeteria.

EL Summer Program Forms 2019

Summer school registration for ELL's begins next week. Attached are the applications for ELL'S in every language. If you want students to attend please give them the registration form and have them return it Waverly no later than May 24, 2019. Seats on a first come first serve basis so the quicker students return the forms the quicker we can enroll them. This programming is for all ELL'S 1-5 enter grades 3-12. Let Waverly Know if you have any questions. EL Summer Program Form 2019

CPT Cycle May 6th - June 19th

As we close out the school year we want to map out the remaining weeks of CPT for teacher teams. Please check the Curley Work Plan Calendar for all your links to meetings and documents.

Meetings week of

• 5/20/19 - SUPPLY LISTS (End of Year Check Out)
• 5/27/19 - STUDENT PROFILES (End of Year Check Out)
• 6/3/19 - TENTATIVE CLASS LISTS (End of Year Check Out)
• 6/10/19 - Coming Soon
• 6/17/19 - Coming Soon

STAR ELA Spring Benchmark May 28th -31st (Grades 3-8 Only)

Spring ELA benchmark testing for Grades 3-8 will take place from Tuesday, May 28th through end of day Friday, May 31st. Testing should be scheduled during WIN block or other convenient time. All students, regardless of performance level, must take the spring STAR Reading benchmark assessment. Students can access STAR Reading through Clever under the blue "R" tile. Testing should take no longer than 20 minutes and is group administered. The data we collect provides valuable insights into a child's growth as a reader. Please remind your students of the importance of this testing and be sure to provide a quiet, distraction-free testing environment, so all students can do their best. To assure consistency, all benchmark testing must occur during the prescribed testing window. Please contact Eileen Cronin if you have any questions or concern.

ANNOUNCING International Week Dates for SY 2019-20!

Based on data from the 2018 International Committee Feedback survey, International Week for the upcoming school year has been scheduled for the week of December 2-6, 2019. The expectation is that all 56 homerooms will participate in this cultural exchange, sharing what they learn with their buddy classes. As you make plans for next year, we encourage you to start thinking about a country to study and how it might connect to your curriculum

Curley Arrival Changes 6/1/19

Starting June 1st we will be changing our arrival procedures and families will no longer be allowed to walk their child to class. This is a pilot to help us prepare for the start of next year. To ensure that our implementation of this new policy goes smoothly, we will be doing the following:

• Communicating with families about the upcoming changes. This flyer will go home to families to explain the policy change. Please be proactive in reaching out to families you anticipate will struggle with this new policy.
• Families will be able to give feedback using this form when implementation begins in June.
• We will also be sending out robocalls over the next month to prepare families.
• For staff members who encounter families at the door, please use this language to frame and describe our new arrival policy.
• Finally, please review this arrival document to see revised morning duty posts. It is especially important that those staff members who are posted at doors are able to communicate our new policy to families. 

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.

Friday 5/31
12:30-1:00 K1
1:05-1:35 4th

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-May 25. Please welcome them into our community.

Upcoming Assessments

Assessment	Students/Grades	Date
STE MCAS	All students grades 5 and 8	MCAS Testing Schedule May 20-24
STAR Reading Benchmark	All students grades 3-8	May 28-31
BAS	All students grades K-2	May 20-June 14
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

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.

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.