Principal Grassa’s Pawprints 10/21/18

Fall Fling Thank You: Thank you to all the families who helped organize the Fall Fling for students on Friday evening! It was a fabulous event and students has so much fun with one another. We are grateful to have so many families who participated, volunteered time and donated to this amazing event! Thank you!

Another huge thanks to all those who sold raffle tickets. We raised a record amount this year!

Congrats to the raffle winners:
Visa Card: Bracken King, X-Box: Jack Shapiro, Bike: Layla Rand

We are also so appreciative of the Tenacity team, our eighth grade volunteers, CASP, Ms. Taylor-Knight, Ms. Untermyer and Mr. Hill for putting on a great dance show as well as many of the parents and caregivers in our community who donated items and their time to help make this event a success! A special shout out to the Flyin’ Lion BBQ (parents Ian Whittle and Nisha Basu and friends) who donated and prepared an amazing BBQ spread for the event as well as parent Vinh Nguyen who DJ’ed the event.

We also want to thank the following donors. Please support these generous local shops and businesses!:

Mario’s Pizzeria
Penguin Pizza
Bella Luna
Whole Foods
Comella’s West Roxbury
The Real Deal JP
Chilacates
Interstate Rental
Allendale Farm
Ferris Wheels
Boing

Picture Day: Next week we will host Picture Day for all students! Individual and class photos will be taken on the following dates:

• October 23: K – 2 and siblings
• October 24: 3 – 5 and make-ups
• October 25: 6 – 8 and make-ups

Please reach out to your child’s teacher and/or Ms. Powers with questions at kpowers@bostonpublicschools.org

October SPC Meeting Minutes: Thanks to the many caregivers who joined us for this month’s SPC meeting last Wednesday. The meeting minutes are now available online for anyone interested who wasn’t able to attend.

Please mark your calendar now for November’s meeting: Wednesday, November 14th from 6-7:30pm in the Lower School Cafeteria.

Daffodil Planting: Come plant daffodils at the Curley on Saturday, November 3rd , anytime between 10am-12pm. We’ll plant 100 bulbs along the wall in front of the lower school courtyard, on Pershing Street. Contact Rebecca Cline at rebecca@rebeccaclinemusic.com for more info.

Halloween: We are again hosting Pajama Day on October 31st. We would love to see our entire Curley Community wearing pajamas. We are asking everyone to donate $2 as a way to raise funds for our Curley Cares student initiatives throughout the school year. The Curley K-8 will not have a Halloween celebration during the school day. As a community we are focused on health and wellness and therefore we ask that all candy remain at home. We are also asking that students leave all costumes, masks, face painting and clown paraphernalia at home as well. Thank you in advance for your support around this matter. Attached is our Celebrations Policy Curley K-8 Celebration and Reward Policy_memo (1)
SPED PAC: Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SPED PAC) monthly general meeting on October 25th – How to Support Your Unique Child and Presentation on Accessing State Services

Meeting time: 7-8:30
Richard J. Murphy School
1 Worrell St
Dorchester, MA 02122
Childcare and Spanish translation available upon request at all meetings and light refreshments will be served. Further information can also be found at:
http://bostonspedpac.org/
All parents and caregivers are welcome. If questions, please feel free to contact BPS Outreach at (617) 635-1384 or Curley SPED PAC representative Lisa Walker at walkerlm1@outlook.com

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