Shout Out
Shout out to Team 7/8, Rose Rodriguez, Annette Beaudrault, Olivia Peters, Craig Melzer, Alissa Ferro and Rozelta Boyd for taking the led around school Climate with our oldest Curley students. Our opening days were positive and many new systems were put into place (advisory, recess, passes, online tracking, agenda books etc...) to have a higher level of consistency. Thank you for caring about our middle schoolers and helping us all find ways to support their success!
Shout out to Ms. Alves for getting lunch for a colleague on Thursday. It was so busy trying to figure out the schedule, that lunch was an afterthought. This meal was fuel for the rest of the day! Thank you!
Welcome K0, K1 & K2
On Monday morning we will welcome our youngest students to our community! This will be a busy day supporting students and families with this transition. We are asking all K staff to wear their YELLOW Countdown to Kindergarten t-shirt so families know who to ask for help from. We will also do a call to families as a reminder about areas where they should not park (i.e. school parking lots, along side the school on Centre St and Pershing Rd. Please join us in welcoming our K students on Monday!
Health and Wellness Committee
The Health and Wellness Committee want to remind everyone that we will have our first meeting on Tuesday September 12 at 7:30 am. We will meet in the guidance office as usual.ILT
Please join us for our first ILT meeting of the year on Wednesday, September 13th from 3:45pm-5:00pm. Location TBD.
SPC
The first SPC meeting of the year will take place on Wednesday, September 13th from 6pm-8pm in the Lower School Cafeteria. All families are encouraged to attend.
Self assessment
All teachers must submit their self assessment* on EDFS (http://eval.mybps.org) by Friday, September 15th. Please be sure to click the SUBMIT button when you finish. You will receive a response from your evaluator by 9/22/17. *Teachers on the 2nd year of a 2 year plan do not need to complete this step.
Curley Cares Fund
BE A MEMBER OF THE CURLEY K-8 CARES FUNDS! (Contribution of $20.00 per year) By becoming a member of the Curley K-8 Cares Funds, your donation will help the Social Team take care of our community (gifts, flower arrangements, cards, fruit baskets) during different times in our daily lives (i.e. Adoption, Bereavement, Long-term Sickness, New Baby, Retirement Wedding).
Please give your contribution to
- Ms. Mundo, Room 107- Upper School
- Ms. Davis-Upper School
- Ms. Iatrou-Upper School
- Ms. Kidd-Lower School
CASH and/or CHECKS are welcome, payable to Curley K-8 Cares Funds.
Thanks to your contribution, last academic year 2016-2017, the Curley Cares Funds had the opportunity to honor 38 Curley Staff Members. They received either a plant, fruit basket, flowers, gift certificates, cards or a monetary contribution. Records and statements of deposits and withdrawals are available for you to view in Ms. Mundo's classroom.
BE A MEMBER OF THE CURLEY K-8 CARES FUNDS! (Contribution of $20.00 per year) By becoming a member of the Curley K-8 Cares Funds, your donation will help the Social Team take care of our community (gifts, flower arrangements, cards, fruit baskets) during different times in our daily lives (i.e. Adoption, Bereavement, Long-term Sickness, New Baby, Retirement Wedding).
Please give your contribution to
Thanks to your contribution, last academic year 2016-2017, the Curley Cares Funds had the opportunity to honor 38 Curley Staff Members. They received either a plant, fruit basket, flowers, gift certificates, cards or a monetary contribution. Records and statements of deposits and withdrawals are available for you to view in Ms. Mundo's classroom.
- Ms. Mundo, Room 107- Upper School
- Ms. Davis-Upper School
- Ms. Iatrou-Upper School
- Ms. Kidd-Lower School
Thanks to your contribution, last academic year 2016-2017, the Curley Cares Funds had the opportunity to honor 38 Curley Staff Members. They received either a plant, fruit basket, flowers, gift certificates, cards or a monetary contribution. Records and statements of deposits and withdrawals are available for you to view in Ms. Mundo's classroom.
Theatre Arts Announcement - Mr. Paulling
Note to LS teachers, please send students with a pencil to theatre class. I don't have enough pencils for students right now, and they will be doing some writing and journaling each class.
Note to LS teachers, please send students with a pencil to theatre class. I don't have enough pencils for students right now, and they will be doing some writing and journaling each class.
STAR Assessment Update
Access to STAR assessments has been delayed. Therefore you will not be able to begin testing students beginning Monday as planned. We will update you daily as to when assessments will be ready for students and will extend the testing window accordingly. Please contact Eileen Cronin with any questions.
Introducing Heela Roshan
My name is Heela Roshan and I am so excited to be at the Curley for my principal internship! I am currently in the School Leadership Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Prior to this year, I taught third grade at the Sarah Greenwood School in Dorchester, where I was also a Literacy Collaborative coach for the intermediate grades. I started my teaching career in Maryland where most of my family still lives. Thank you for giving me such a warm welcome into the Curley community!
My name is Heela Roshan and I am so excited to be at the Curley for my principal internship! I am currently in the School Leadership Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Prior to this year, I taught third grade at the Sarah Greenwood School in Dorchester, where I was also a Literacy Collaborative coach for the intermediate grades. I started my teaching career in Maryland where most of my family still lives. Thank you for giving me such a warm welcome into the Curley community!
21st Century Funding
In order to collectively determine our furniture and technology needs as a school, Heela Roshan will be coming in to take pictures of classrooms next week. The purpose of this is just to get an idea of what we have so that we can work as a school to determine priority areas for the BuildBPS funds we received. Email Heela with any questions at hroshan@bostonpublicschools.org.
In order to collectively determine our furniture and technology needs as a school, Heela Roshan will be coming in to take pictures of classrooms next week. The purpose of this is just to get an idea of what we have so that we can work as a school to determine priority areas for the BuildBPS funds we received. Email Heela with any questions at hroshan@bostonpublicschools.org.
Propping Doors
Doors should never be propped open in our building. This is a safety concern and if you see a door open please close it immediately and notify the office. Staff should use their ID badges to enter the building.
Front Door
Many students, staff and families were admiring our beautiful front doors on Centre St. today! Please make sure to help us keep them looking great and do NOT tape signs or notes to the door. Thank you!
Many students, staff and families were admiring our beautiful front doors on Centre St. today! Please make sure to help us keep them looking great and do NOT tape signs or notes to the door. Thank you!
Announcements & Tardy
We will hold off on morning announcements and marking students tardy for the next few days. We need to work out the kinks with the buses and that may take us about a week.
We will hold off on morning announcements and marking students tardy for the next few days. We need to work out the kinks with the buses and that may take us about a week.
Student Who Have Not Reported To School
Did you have students who have not reported to school yet? Please reach out to families and find out if they are planning on attending. Students will be DNRd (Did Not Report) if they miss the first 7 days of school. We know that some of our families are stranded due to Hurricane Irma and we do not want them to be dropped from our list. Please email Sugeily Santos (ssantos2@bostonpublicschools.org) if you know of families in this situation so we can support them. If you reach out to a family and they are not sending their child please let Madeline and Kathy know so we can discharge students.
Did you have students who have not reported to school yet? Please reach out to families and find out if they are planning on attending. Students will be DNRd (Did Not Report) if they miss the first 7 days of school. We know that some of our families are stranded due to Hurricane Irma and we do not want them to be dropped from our list. Please email Sugeily Santos (ssantos2@bostonpublicschools.org) if you know of families in this situation so we can support them. If you reach out to a family and they are not sending their child please let Madeline and Kathy know so we can discharge students.
Tenacity
Tenacity is currently seeking to recruit 6th and 7th grade students into our free after-school program (Monday through Thursday from 3:15 until 6pm). Our program combines academic support with a daily tennis and fitness program, along with life skills, field trips, and a unique social community. Please send students our way that you feel would be a great addition to our group! For more information, including registration, please feel free to visit Room 221 and speak to either Cathy AuGuste or Payne Schanski. Their emails are CathyAuguste@Tenacity.org and PayneSchanski@Tenacity.org
Tenacity is currently seeking to recruit 6th and 7th grade students into our free after-school program (Monday through Thursday from 3:15 until 6pm). Our program combines academic support with a daily tennis and fitness program, along with life skills, field trips, and a unique social community. Please send students our way that you feel would be a great addition to our group! For more information, including registration, please feel free to visit Room 221 and speak to either Cathy AuGuste or Payne Schanski. Their emails are CathyAuguste@Tenacity.org and PayneSchanski@Tenacity.org
Explain Blog
The Daily Bulletin posted in our blog is our central means of communication. It is meant to be helpful to staff and will be sent out each evening with information for the following day. If you have information that needs to be communicated to staff please email Katie Grassa with the subject line "Blog." The information sent should be written how you want it published in the Daily Bulletin.
What is a Shout Out?
Shout outs are an opportunity to thank a colleague and/or student who has doing something to help you, our community or has a personal celebration! Please email any shout outs to Katie Grassa with "Blog" written in the subject line. Also please write the shout out as you want it to appear in the blog.
Celebrations Policy
On January 1, 2017 we adopted a Celebrations Policy that was created by our Health and Wellness Committee. Copies of this will be placed in mailboxes to go home on Monday for all students. Here it is for your reference. This is a transition for many families so please let an administrator know if birthday items continue to be sent it in, we can support you with this matter.
On January 1, 2017 we adopted a Celebrations Policy that was created by our Health and Wellness Committee. Copies of this will be placed in mailboxes to go home on Monday for all students. Here it is for your reference. This is a transition for many families so please let an administrator know if birthday items continue to be sent it in, we can support you with this matter.
SIS Training
We will send a representative to each team meeting to explain SIS and walk you through the conduct and journal tabs. Please make sure to add time to the agenda. We expect that this should not take more than 30 minutes. Your point person will coordinate an exact time with you.
Team
Day/Time
Admin
K1
T 12:20-2:00pm
Katie
K2
W 12:20-2:00pm
Lindsey
1
Th 9:50-11:30am
Katie
2
W 9:50-11:30am
David
3
T 9:50-11:30am
Katie
4
F 1:15-2:55pm
David
5
Th 1:15-2:55pm
Adrian
6-8
F 9:20-9:50am
Adrian, Lindsey, David
PACE 0,1,2,3
T 10:45-11:30am
Cassie & Liz
PACE 4,5,6,7
T 12:20-2:00pm
Cassie & Liz
K-5 Specialists
F 10:45-11:40am
Lindsey
6-8 Specialists
M 1:00-1:55pm
Adrian
We will send a representative to each team meeting to explain SIS and walk you through the conduct and journal tabs. Please make sure to add time to the agenda. We expect that this should not take more than 30 minutes. Your point person will coordinate an exact time with you.
Team
|
Day/Time
|
Admin
|
K1
|
T 12:20-2:00pm
|
Katie
|
K2
|
W 12:20-2:00pm
|
Lindsey
|
1
|
Th 9:50-11:30am
|
Katie
|
2
|
W 9:50-11:30am
|
David
|
3
|
T 9:50-11:30am
|
Katie
|
4
|
F 1:15-2:55pm
|
David
|
5
|
Th 1:15-2:55pm
|
Adrian
|
6-8
|
F 9:20-9:50am
|
Adrian, Lindsey, David
|
PACE 0,1,2,3
|
T 10:45-11:30am
|
Cassie & Liz
|
PACE 4,5,6,7
|
T 12:20-2:00pm
|
Cassie & Liz
|
K-5 Specialists
|
F 10:45-11:40am
|
Lindsey
|
6-8 Specialists
|
M 1:00-1:55pm
|
Adrian
|
T-Shirts
Happy new year! This is a reminder to wear your brand new WE CARE ABOUT ALL PEOPLE t-shirt for opening day tomorrow. This will send a welcoming message to our students and families and will help them to identify staff. In keeping with Curley tradition, we will continue to wear our Curley shirts every Friday (old or new shirts). New staff, wear your Curley shirt tomorrow and feel free to skip spirit Friday this week.
Happy new year! This is a reminder to wear your brand new WE CARE ABOUT ALL PEOPLE t-shirt for opening day tomorrow. This will send a welcoming message to our students and families and will help them to identify staff. In keeping with Curley tradition, we will continue to wear our Curley shirts every Friday (old or new shirts). New staff, wear your Curley shirt tomorrow and feel free to skip spirit Friday this week.
Bus Rooms
Guide to the Boston Public Schools (Formerly Blue Guide Books Handed to Families)
The following is a message going out to families:
In an effort to reduce paper waste and create a more efficient system, BPS has decided to move the guide online. Families and students will view the guide and fill out necessary online at www.bostonpublicschools.org/family guide.
The guide is available in English and nine other languages. It outlines many of the district's policies, programs, and services. A separate booklet contains forms needs to be completed at www.bostonpublicschools.org/contact.
A limited number of paper booklets will be provided to each main office for families of students who are new to BPS or do not have access to the internet. We encourage you to go online and complete the form for each of your students as soon as possible. Thank you for your cooperation.
The following is a message going out to families:
In an effort to reduce paper waste and create a more efficient system, BPS has decided to move the guide online. Families and students will view the guide and fill out necessary online at www.bostonpublicschools.org/family guide.
The guide is available in English and nine other languages. It outlines many of the district's policies, programs, and services. A separate booklet contains forms needs to be completed at www.bostonpublicschools.org/contact.
A limited number of paper booklets will be provided to each main office for families of students who are new to BPS or do not have access to the internet. We encourage you to go online and complete the form for each of your students as soon as possible. Thank you for your cooperation.
In an effort to reduce paper waste and create a more efficient system, BPS has decided to move the guide online. Families and students will view the guide and fill out necessary online at www.bostonpublicschools.org/family guide.
The guide is available in English and nine other languages. It outlines many of the district's policies, programs, and services. A separate booklet contains forms needs to be completed at www.bostonpublicschools.org/contact.
A limited number of paper booklets will be provided to each main office for families of students who are new to BPS or do not have access to the internet. We encourage you to go online and complete the form for each of your students as soon as possible. Thank you for your cooperation.
"Lunch/Recess" Duty on the Master Schedule
Make sure that you have checked the Master Schedule Lunch/Recess tab. Teachers have a 40-minute lunch break, then they will go relieve lunch monitors for the times in the chart (shown below). It may just be 5 minutes of transitioning your students or it may be monitoring recess (6-8 grade).
Make sure that you have checked the Master Schedule Lunch/Recess tab. Teachers have a 40-minute lunch break, then they will go relieve lunch monitors for the times in the chart (shown below). It may just be 5 minutes of transitioning your students or it may be monitoring recess (6-8 grade).
Backpacks
We had 110 backpacks donated to us. If your students are in need of a backpack, please email Cristina (K-3rd) at csilva4@bostonpublicschools.org or Sugeily Santos at ssantos2@bostonpublicschools.org (4th-8th). We want to make sure that all students are ready to learn so keep an eye out for students without backpacks. Please note, the backpacks are on a first come, first serve basis. Thanks!
ID Badges
Please remember to wear you badge tomorrow and also to let yourself in the building. If you have lost or misplaced your badge please let Kathy Powers know. We recognize that not all new staff have their IDs yet and we are working on this.
Emergency Cards
In your mailbox ( upper and lower school) is a copy of the English/Spanish Emergency card, instructions for volunteers on how to do CORI forms online and your bus tags and labels. We need emergency cards from all students. Once you receive one from everyone please make a copy for the main office and the nurses office as well.
In your mailbox ( upper and lower school) is a copy of the English/Spanish Emergency card, instructions for volunteers on how to do CORI forms online and your bus tags and labels. We need emergency cards from all students. Once you receive one from everyone please make a copy for the main office and the nurses office as well.
Pearson Textbooks
Each grade level's workbooks were placed in the corresponding grades' book room. If you have questions, ask Madeline Vazquez, Adrian Jackson, or Lindsey Morgan.
Epi-Pen Training
Hi, Hope you all had a great summer. BPS Health services require that all staff must complete two training modules.
1. Blood Bourne Pathogens (slide show and test)
2. Epipen (training module and staff quiz)
This email contains the link for the staff Epipen Training and a short quiz. All staff should click on this link and first complete the "School Staff Training Module" on the left. After you have completed the training module please click on the "School Staff Quiz" link on the right. Once you have completed the quiz please print out your certificate and bring it to the nurse's office. You can also email the certificate or leave it in the nurse's mailbox in either office. We ask that all staff have this completed within the first two weeks of school. We have many student's here at the Curley with life threatening allergies. It is important that they are safe in school.
There is also a link for the Blood Borne Pathogen Slide Show and another for the Blood Borne Pathogen Test. Please view the slide show. Once you have completed the slide show, print out the test, complete it and return it to the nurse's office with your epipen certificate.
Please take the time to print off Nurse's Passes from the link noted in the handbook. All students who come to the nurse should have a pass with full name, time and the reason for visit to the nurse.
Also, it is very important that the nurses receive a copy of emergency forms as soon as they come in. Often these emergency forms are how we become aware that a student has a certain medical condition that needs attention. All medications and medical forms should be sent to the nurse's office. It is against HIPAA Privacy Policies for medical information to be left in classrooms. Please feel free to stop by the nurse's office across from the lower school gym if you have any questions or concerns. Thanks, April & Marilynn
https://bpshealthservices.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/microsoft-powerpoint-bbp_ppt_09.pdf
http://www.allergyhome.org/schools/management-of-food-allergies-in-school-what-school-staff-need-to-know/
1. Blood Bourne Pathogens (slide show and test)
2. Epipen (training module and staff quiz)
This email contains the link for the staff Epipen Training and a short quiz. All staff should click on this link and first complete the "School Staff Training Module" on the left. After you have completed the training module please click on the "School Staff Quiz" link on the right. Once you have completed the quiz please print out your certificate and bring it to the nurse's office. You can also email the certificate or leave it in the nurse's mailbox in either office. We ask that all staff have this completed within the first two weeks of school. We have many student's here at the Curley with life threatening allergies. It is important that they are safe in school.
There is also a link for the Blood Borne Pathogen Slide Show and another for the Blood Borne Pathogen Test. Please view the slide show. Once you have completed the slide show, print out the test, complete it and return it to the nurse's office with your epipen certificate.
Please take the time to print off Nurse's Passes from the link noted in the handbook. All students who come to the nurse should have a pass with full name, time and the reason for visit to the nurse.
Also, it is very important that the nurses receive a copy of emergency forms as soon as they come in. Often these emergency forms are how we become aware that a student has a certain medical condition that needs attention. All medications and medical forms should be sent to the nurse's office. It is against HIPAA Privacy Policies for medical information to be left in classrooms. Please feel free to stop by the nurse's office across from the lower school gym if you have any questions or concerns. Thanks, April & Marilynn
https://bpshealthservices.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/microsoft-powerpoint-bbp_ppt_09.pdf
http://www.allergyhome.org/schools/management-of-food-allergies-in-school-what-school-staff-need-to-know/