Principal Grassa’s Pawprints 1/27/19

ACCESS Testing

During the month of January all of our English Language Learners will taking the ACCESS test. This test assesses students reading, writing, listen and speaking abilities in English. Students being present each day is essential for student success.

Principal Breakfast This Friday

Please join us for the February Principal Breakfast on Friday, February 1st from 8:45am-9:45am in the CASP Office. We will hear from Curley parent Arusha Hollister regarding math instruction. Arusha also works for the developers of out math curriculum, TERC Investigations.

Excellence For All (EFA) Feedback Sessions

BPS is conducting an assessment of EFA at 13 schools and is looking for family input. We would like to encourage families in grades 4-6 to attend and share your thoughts.

• Dates/Times: Monday, January 28th from 6-7pm or Tuesday, January 29th from 10-11am
• Location: Connolly Branch Location of BPL at 433 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
• Contact Danielle Perry (danielle.perry@nyu.edu; 609-832-4240) if you want to participate
• Light refreshment will be served

Help the Curley Turn Markers Into Energy

The Curley School is participating in the Crayola ColorCycle program. Students and teachers will be collecting used markers that are ready to be discarded. The markers will be sent to a facility where they will be converted into clean fuel.

Please help support our efforts by sending your kids in with any used markers you may have around your house—even non-Crayola brands. Drop-off boxes are located in the Upper and Lower School Offices.

Thank you for participating! Together, we can keep tons of plastic out of landfills each year. Learn more at: www.crayola.com/colorcycle.

Grade 4 Excellence For All Open House

We will host an Excellence For All (EFA) open house for rising 4th grade families (current 3rd grade) on Friday, March 8th from 8:45-9:45am for families to learn about our model in grades 4–6. More info will be sent home to families.

Arrival/Dismissal Parking

We are asking families to pay attention to the parking signs at arrival/dismissal and make sure that you are not blocking driveways when you come to school. The Boston Police will ticket if you are found in violation of this on the surrounding streets

February Vacation

We will be on vacation from school the week of February 18th–22nd. School will resume on Monday, February 25th. During this week we will be offering Acceleration Academy for middle school students who will earn the opportunity to participate in accelerated math programming here for the week. If you have questions please reach out to our Ms. Jackson, Curley administrator (awardjackson@bostonpublicschools.org).

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