Shout Out
Shout out to Linda Solomon-Key, Charles Tewksbury, Christina Santos, Olivia Peters, Jim Carvalho, Leida Arroyo and Maryclare Moran for completing all the make up MCAS assessments with students. Thank you for making this a priority, supporting students and ensuring we had clear tracking on absent students. We are finished with ELA make ups thanks to you!Shout out to Caitlyn Gable and Meg Nason for stepping in to help out in new roles since break. Thank you for caring about students first and for your willingness to help out your colleagues. Our students are thrilled to work with you both and truly appreciate your efforts!
Shout out to Madeline Vazquez, Kathy Powers and Jo-Ann Tuohey for their outstanding work everyday supporting the Main Office and SPED Office. We want to recognize how important you are to our whole school community and we want you to be recognized for Administrative Assistant Week!
Teach Next Year Interns
If you are interested in hosting a graduate full year intern, please complete the attached survey by Tuesday, May 3rd. Interviews will take place on Monday, May 8th from 4-5:30pm.TNY InterestTeachers’ Room Update
Vases found! :) Still missing paper cutter and hole punch… if you borrowed either one, please bring it back so your colleagues have access. Thanks!
MIDDLE SCHOOL & SPECIALIST TEACHERS
Many of you know that I am working on a yearbook for our 8th graders, with help from a small group of homeroom representatives. We are looking for PHOTOS! If you have any good photos of 8th graders in action — in class, with buddies, on field trips, at dances, during after school activities or sports events, with guest speakers, etc. — please send them via email to amika45@gmail.com in the highest resolution possible. Only send 2-3 of your best shots! Muchas gracias!Notice from Specialists
Please remember to notify specialists when your class will be out of the building for the day on a field trip. This is a very busy time of year and it is important to know when a class will be missing. Thank you!
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MCAS 2.0 Roles and Responsibilities
MCAS Schedule - Overall schedule & daily schedules please be sure to click on each sheet and check daily
Look for Survey from MCIEA
The Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Education Assessment (MCIEA) is conducting a survey regarding the use of assessment in all member schools. Please look for this survey in your email this Wednesday, April 26th and respond as quickly as possible. All replies are anonymous and will be used to better understand how to use assessment in ways that inform instruction and provide an authentic understanding of student learning.School Climate Survey
BPS TEACHER CLIMATE SURVEY - THE SPRING 2017 TEACHER SURVEY IS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE !!!
Please remind teachers to location the surveys in their email inboxes and complete the survey online by May 15, 2017.
BPS PARENT CLIMATE SURVEY- THE SPRING 2017 PARENT SURVEY IS NOW AVAILABLE IN ALL LANGUAGES ONLINE !!! Please communicate with your families the importance of completing this!
BPS PARENT CLIMATE SURVEY- THE SPRING 2017 PARENT SURVEY IS NOW AVAILABLE IN ALL LANGUAGES ONLINE !!! Please communicate with your families the importance of completing this!
Professional Learning By Teachers, For Teachers
The Collaborative is a set of free teacher-led professional learning courses that connect you with fellow teachers from district, charter, and Catholic schools throughout the City of Boston. Together, you will share best practices and refine your instructional practice over five weeks.
What course will you take?
Literature Circles 101: Teaching Students to Read Like Adults (Grades 6-12)
Culturally Responsive Teaching: How Does Culture Play a Role in Learning? (Grades K -12)
Every Behavior Tells a Story: Modeling Social Emotional Skills in Academic Contexts (Grades Pre-K - 6)
Anything but Standard: Creative Ways to Engage Students in CCSS Writing (Grades 3-6)
How to Read like a Historian: Using Document Based Analysis in the Classroom (Grades 5-12)
How to Use Student Talk and Differentiated Checks for Understanding to Elevate Mathematical Thinking for All (Grades 1-5)
Questions? Contact Sasha Zuflacht at szuflacht@teachplus.org
School Safety
Just a reminder that as the weather gets warmer that we should never prop doors open. Staff should be wearing their ID badges throughout the day. If you see someone in the hallway without a badge or visitor tag you can stop them and ask who they are. You may also direct them back to the main office. reporting suspicious behaviors asking visitors to see their bad be proactivesafety in numbers and have support with you
City Year
The City Year End of Year survey window is open! A unique link has been sent to all the teachers that have City Year corps members serving in their classroom. The survey will be live until May 12th. If you have any questions or concerns please reach out to Francesska Jean-Pierre at fjean-pierre@cityyear.org.BTU Vote
Both paras and teachers voted to convert afternoon hours of PD into summer hours. Teachers will report for PD on Wednesday, August 30th and Thursday August 31st for PD from 8am-3pm. Paras will report on Wednesday, August 30th from 8:00am-2:00pm.LGBTQ+ Picnic
Please join us for the LGBTQ+ picnic on Thursday May 18th from 6:00-7:30pm. All families and community members are welcome!!!MCAS Update
We are taking a break this week after vacation! Some students may be completing Make Up Sessions. We will resume testing next week!
MCAS 2.0 Quick CheckMCAS 2.0 Roles and Responsibilities
MCAS Schedule - Overall schedule & daily schedules please be sure to click on each sheet and check daily
Curley Family Arts Night
Families, students and staff please join us for arts and community building as we prepare for Wake Up The Earth (WUTE) on May 3rd from 5pm-7:30pm in room 014. Please bring drinks and snacks to share as well as an open mind as we prepare for the WUTE Parade. The parade will take place on Saturday, May 6th and the theme is “Water is Life.” We would like to have a large showing of Curley families to march and share artwork. Please reach out to Curley Art Teacher, Jesse Cardoso with any questions jcardoso@bostonpublicschools.org.Middle School Dance
We will have lovely Spring Dance 2017 in the gym on Friday, April 28, 2017, right after April vacation. The kids will enjoy it and we will raise $$ for Canobie Lake. Your team can take advantage of this great opportunity of manning a table where you may sell healthy and nutritious goodies including beverages. If you are interested, please e-mail me. The $ you raise from the sales of the goodies will be yours to keep for your team. The $ from the sales of the wristbands will be collected by Ms. Wessen and will be used to pay for the buses for Canobie Lake. As always, I will have wristbands available and they will be sold for $3.00 each. Your team will be responsible for sending those students that have met certain criteria. I will need chaperones that will actively supervise the students in the gym. If you have suggestions, please let me know. Thanks in advance.
Capstone Project - Thinking about assessments beyond standardized test
The Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Education Assessment (MCIEA) is a partnership of MA public school districts working to create a new state-wide school accountability model. A cross-grade team from the Curley is currently participating in the MCIEA sponsored, “Quality Performance Assessment” project, working to create a capstone project that will become a required part of the 4th Grade “Excellence for All” curriculum. It is our hope that this year’s capstone project development process will serve as a model for other grades to embrace in the future, so that all our students will have the opportunity to demonstrate their learning in ways other than a computer-based test. If you have any question about the work reach out to one of the following team members: Patricia Garcia, Laura Strait, Danielle Moran, Sharon Ennis, Craig Melzer, Eileen Cronin
Curley Cares Fund
We care about our STAFF! Our funds are very low to care for future moments in our lives at the Curley. This is a humble opportunity to care for our colleagues in moments of happiness, worries, and grief. PLEASE MAKE A CHECK PAYABLE TO THE CURLEY CARES FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $20.00 or submit cash to Ms. Mundo, Ms. Kidd, Ms. Iatrou, Ms. Davis.
Autism Awareness Month
April is Autism Awareness Month! Please help promote awareness by "lighting it up blue" every Friday in April by wearing your blue Curley shirt or your Autism Awareness Curley shirt. Thank you!Substitute Teacher Folders
Please make sure that your sub folders are up to date and have explicit instructions about what duties they have to cover and what procedures they should be following. There have been miscommunications with substitutes where duties have not been covered and students have been unsupervised. This has created safety issues.Save the Date
Please reserve Friday, June 2nd for our End-of-the-Year and Retirement Party.
Place: Florian Hall
Time: 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Appetizers, Buffet, Music, Dance, Celebrations!SPED PD Options
Below are some PD options being offered at the Curley during our contractual PD dates. Staff may want to include one or more of these into their team PD plan. Here is the link to sign up https://goo.gl/forms/
- May 18th --- Middle School Transition/Life Skills
- June 1st --- Inclusion
Below are some PD options being offered at the Curley during our contractual PD dates. Staff may want to include one or more of these into their team PD plan. Here is the link to sign up https://goo.gl/forms/
- May 18th --- Middle School Transition/Life Skills
- June 1st --- Inclusion