Principal Grassa’s Pawprints 6/9/19

Pride Shout Out!

Thank you to all the Curley staff, students and families who marched at the Pride Parade on Saturday! It was a great showing and a beautiful day for the City of Boston!

School Site Council: Tuesday, June 11th

Please join us for our final SSC meeting on Tuesday, June 11th from 5:30-7:00pm in Room 209. Please enter through the CASP doors.

Curley Fun Run Fundraiser: June 3rd-12th

Thank you to all the families who already donated to the Boosterthon Curley Fun Run! Our Fun Run will take place on Wednesday, June 12th. If you are interested in volunteering please email Jess London Rand (jlondonrand@gmail.com).

If we hit are goal on $17,000 I (Ms. Grassa) will get pied in the face for all the students to see! There is still time to donate! Please go to www.funrun.com to support our school. Click HERE to find out what it’s all about and how you can help make it a big success.

Amazing Race: Wednesday, June 12th

Please join Playworks Coach Jessika for a Curley K-8 event, The Amazing Race! This is a family fun event on Wednesday, June 12th from 5-7pm here at school. For more information please contact Coach Jessika by email at jessika.sickey@playworks.org.

Curley Arts Team: Thursday, June 13th

Join the Curley Arts Team for our final meeting of the school year, Thursday June 13th, 8:00am sharp to 8:30am in room 012 (lower level of upper school – ring bell at Centre Street entry). We’ll be reflecting on a remarkable year of student arts experiences, and making plans for next year.

The Arts Team needs more parent/caregiver volunteers to help lead Family Art Club events, help choose next year’s musical, and support other activities visual and performing arts.

We welcome your energy and creativity! For more details contact Ben Carlson, co-chair, benmcarl@yahoo.com or 617-959-4667. 

Last Day of School

The last day of school will be Wednesday, June 19th and we will have an early release from school on June 18th and 19th. The last day of CASP will be Monday, June 17th.

Summer Reading 2019

We are finalizing expectations and guidelines for Curley’s summer 2019 reading program. As last year, all students will be asked to take a pledge to read daily over the summer months and to maintain a log of this reading. In addition, students entering grades 4 through 8 will be expected to read one additional book, in coordination with the BPS and Boston Public Library initiative, “Summer Reading Together”. Packets of information, including the summer reading pledge, reading bingo activity, and logs are now being finalized and will be sent home the week of June 10th.

Curley SPC 2019-20 Elections

We held our first round of elections for School Parent Council leadership roles this past Thursday evening, June 6th. Read the meeting minutes to learn about what additional positions we have open to be filled at our September 2019 SPC meeting. Please consider volunteering—many hands make light work as we build our caring Curley community!

To learn more about SPC roles and the election process visit the BPS Office of Engagement website (https://www.bostonpublicschools.org/school-councils).

And thanks to the many Curley caregivers who volunteered their time in innumerable ways this past school year!

Curley Ambassadors of Dance (CAD)

For ten years, Curley Ambassadors of Dance (CAD) has:

• reached approximately 300 students grades 2nd – 6th
• rehearsed more than 400 hours
• performed on more than ten different stages
• created 30+ performances in and around community
• showcased 1st Choreography Performance-by students for students in 2013

Curley Ambassadors of Dance is a FREE PROGRAM for serious dance students, eager to work on creative projects and performances. In 2019-20 CAD will be divided into age appropriate groups:

• CAD 1 (2nd-5th) Tuesdays from 3:30-4:30 (Ms. Taylor Knight)
• CAD 2 (6-8) Wednesdays from 3:30-4:30 (Ms. Untemyer)

Pre-register for CAD by sending your Name/Email/Phone and Child’s Name to Kim Taylor Knight (storyinabox@gmail.com)

Footwear for Students

The weather is getting warmer and students will start to wear sandals to school. We want to encourage families to have their student wear sneakers. This type of footwear is safer for recess and physical education classes as well. Thanks.

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

Social Media

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