1/23/20 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to the 1st Grade teachers. When I did my pre-assessment for Opinion Writing, the result for this cold assessment was so impressive! Thanks for all of your hard work last year!

Shout out to Ms. Iatrou, Ms. Mundo and all who contribute to the Curley Shares Fund, for the beautiful get well flowers and gift card while I was out sick.

Shout out to Ms. Jen and Ms. Gloria for checking up on me with text messages and phone calls. I truly felt loved and appreciated.

Shout out to K2 and Grade 1 for already submitting a family engagement plan, date and time for trimester 2! We look forward to celebrating students with you and their families!

Due Dates

This Week:   ACCESS TESTING ALL WEEK

Next Week:  ACCESS TESTING ALL WEEK 1/27-1/31 Math Interim 2 1/30 - PD

Looking Ahead: ACCESS TESTING ALL MONTH 2/7 Half Way to the Last Day Party 2/17-2/21 VACATION

Bulletin Boards

All Bulletin Boards must be updated by Friday, February 7th.  All bulletin boards should have the Curley template posted with it. Please be mindful that the boards should have grade level work posted that connects to a content learning standard. This is a perfect time to update board prior to families attending a Family Engagement event. 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.

SST

The SST team has been fielding questions from different grade levels for the process in referring students this year. This is a quick reminder that the referral process this year has changed! In order to submit a referral, please complete the google form. All materials can be found in the drive. Once a referral form is submitted, you will hear from a member of the SST team regarding next steps.

An Appeal

The African American History month celebration is a yearly event which is vitally important to our community. To make it happen this year, we need someone to organize the event. Online meetings, hallway talks, whatever you can do to get the ball rolling. As one of 6 performing arts teachers, I am able to support both administratively (flyers, announcements, other) and provide a tech team, but I need someone to get things going. You have two other performing arts teachers (Ms. Alves, Ms. Untermyer) who already have pieces ready to go. Ms. Brown and Mr. Bashir have ideas too. It just takes an organizer and Ms. Knight simply can't be that person this year. It is important that we keep this tradition alive. It has been running in some form since 2006 and I don't want to see the light go out now. Thanks for listening...

Save the Date: Half Way to the Last Day Party

Please join us on Friday, February 7th from 5 to 9 pm to celebrate the halfway point in the school year! More details to follow later this week.

ACCESS

Thank you to everyone for a smooth first week of testing. We have completed Listening, Reading and Writing in Grades 1-2 & 6-8 Great Job!. Grades 3-5 will complete testing in those domains this week.
Schedule: There have been changes to the schedule for this week please make sure to look at the updated changes as well as the lunch changes.

Speaking test:
Each Grade Level will have one person who has all of the speaking tickets for that grade level.
1-Ciardi
2-Kidd
3-Signes
4-Bowsky
5-Davis
6-Ennis
7-8 Peters

We are asking that these teachers collect their Grade level tickets from Mr. Mullin as well as headphones (if needed) and the team will test their students in small groups. Students can test in groups no larger than 5. Space can be provided if need be contact Waverly. Please make sure to let us know if you have any questions or concerns.

All testing should be completed by January 31st.

On-Line Testers 1-8:
First all lap tops need to be rebooted in order to make sure that the DRC insight APP is loaded on the chrome books.
see image below: 

You need to make sure to pick up your ticket and materials for testing from Pete Mullin in the lower school main office after 8:00. As well as ensure you have enough computers and headphones. (Extra will be available when you pick up your tickets). Each student has a different password for each session. Their username is the same but the password changes for Reading, Listening and Writing.

• Each student has their own computer. They should not log-in to the computer they need to click on the DRC App. See picture above.
• Verify the ticket contains the correct Student Name and Date of Birth.
• Students should login to the assessment using the Username and Password on their test tickets. Once this information is correctly entered, the test becomes active. Test tickets need to be collected at the end of each session and returned to Pete.
• Once students have completed the three sessions they will be able to do the speaking sessions. More information to follow on that testing.
• On testing days Pete Mullin will be the point of contact if you have any questions or concerns and Dawn Durant is who you contact regarding technology.
• Schedule 1/21-1/24 - PLEASE READ IT HAS BEEN ADJUSTED BASED ON FEEDBACK
• 2020 ACCESS for ELLs Testing
• ACCESS Reading/Listening & Writing testing list...

Climate Team 2020 Plan & Prize

Big 6 Refresher - During the month of January all staff will be reviewing The Big 6 Rules at the Curley with their students.  This can happen at specials, homerooms and during small group learning time. We will be completing a BINGO Board. The first team to receive BINGO (5 horizontal, diagonal, vertical) in each grade band (K-2, 3-5 & 6-8) will receive a lunch for the adults in February. The first class in each grade band (K-2, 3-5 & 6-8) to complete the whole board will get a class party sponsored by the admin team. Reach out to your Climate rep if you have any questions.

SAVE THE DATE – Lexia Training

Back by popular demand, one-hour Lexia trainings will be held Tuesday, February 11th. PowerUp training will take place from 7:00-8:00 AM and Core5 training will take place from 3:45-4:45 PM. All training will be held in Room 109 in the upper school. Register for the trainings here: 
Lexia Training 2/11/20 
The Lexia training consultant will also be available to work with you in your classroom during the school day or meet with you one-on-one during a prep or lunch period. 
Please contact Eileen Cronin with any questions or to schedule a time to meet with the Lexia consultant.

Math Interim

The math interim 2 is scheduled for the week of January 27, 2020. Please find the dates of testing in this link Math Interim 2 Schedule. The link will be updated with testing proctors and locations for students requiring small group and separate settings soon. Please let Dawn Durant know if you have any questions.
** UPDATED** We appreciate you previewing the schedule and planning ahead for our upcoming testing. Please double check to make sure we have not missed any students, especially new students, that may require small group, 1:1, text to speech (TTS) and/or speech to text. (STT) Students requiring TTS are highlighted in blue students requiring STT are highlighted in pink and students requiring both are highlighted in purple. The link to the schedule and accommodations page is here Math Interim 2. The dates have been posted in the blog for the past few weeks, there have not been any changes made. If you have any questions about groupings/accommodations please email Dawn Durant and Meaghan Ohrenberger.

Middle School Detention

Middle School Detention is every Tuesday from 3:15 - 4:15. Please use this link to record students assigned to detention. Students will earn detention for the following reasons:

· Refusal to turn in their cellphone

· Being in the hallways without a pass

· Arriving late to class without a pass

If there are any questions, please email awardjackson@bostonpublicshools.org

CPT this Week

Please review the Work Plan Calendar weekly for CPT topics and information to cover. 

SY 19-20 Interim Calendar

Below is a list of ELA and Math interim assessment dates for your planning purposes:

Assessment	ELA	Math
Interim 1	Week of Oct 21	Week of Nov 4
Interim 2	Week of Dec 9	Week of Jan 27
Interim 3	Week of March 2	Week of March 23
Interim 4 (EOY Assessment)	Week of June 8	Week of June 15

PD Dates for SY 2019-2020

Next year we will hold 30 hours of professional development for teachers and 6 hours for para professionals. Below are the dates and times for the year. You can also find info on next years Draft Work Plan Calendar. The PD are not a draft but other information will be added throughout the summer and school year.

Teacher PD Dates

• Thursday, 1/30 3:45pm-5:45pm
• Thursday, 2/6 3:45pm-5:45pm (6-8 Math Only)
• Thursday, 3/12 3:45pm-5:45pm
• Thursday, 4/2 3:45pm-5:45pm* make up date in case of school cancellation & (6-8 Math)

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.