Principal Grassa’s Pawprints 11/3/19

Student Safety at Arrival & Dismissal

Our school year has started strong and we need your help to continue to keep students safe. If you are driving students to and from school, please do not use the parking lots.  Please drop off and pick up from the sidewalks.  This will cut down on the traffic and ensure that students who are walking on the sidewalk into the building are safe. Staff will be stationed near the lots asking you not to park there at arrival and dismissal. We appreciate your support and attention to this important safety matter. Thanks!

Art Club: Thursday, November 7th

Join us for Art Club this Thursday, November 7th from 5:30–7pm. Come as a family to work together on a project that you will be able to take home that night!. All grades are welcome.

• Dinner: 5:30–6pm
• Family art project: 6–7pm

Enter through the lower school entrance at 5:30pm. After signing in follow signs to the upper school cafeteria. Register today so we make sure to have supplies and food mollykbrigham@gmail.com.

Principal Breakfast: Friday, November 8th

Please join us for the Principal Breakfast on Friday, November 8th from 8:45am-9:45am in the CASP Office. We will be discussing math and strategies to help our students at home. Families should enter at 493 Centre Street starting at 8:40am.

Curley Art & Music 80s Night: Friday, November 8th

Get your babysitter secured…the countdown begins…Friday, November 8th is the Curley’s annual art and music benefit night at the Midway Cafe!

Keep art and music in our public schools while getting to know more folks in our school community!! Doors @8:30pm $10 cover, 21+. All proceeds this year will go towards the auditorium’s curtain fundraiser!

(Curley Dad) DJ Eugenius will be spinning 80s records all night long. Come hang out! Photo booth, costume awards, raffle, cash bar.

www.midwaycafe.com | 3496 Washington Street (across from English High School)  Questions? 617-519-0167 or mollykbrigham@gmail.com

No School: Monday, November 11th

There will be no school on Monday, November 11th in observance of Veteran’s Day.

School Site Council: Tuesday, November 12th

Please join us for School Site Council meeting on Tuesday, November 12th from 5:30–7pm. All families are welcomed.

Family Engagement Committee: Tuesday, November 12th

The Family Engagement Committee is meeting on Tuesday, November 12th from 4:30–5:30pm for all interested to get updated on what we are working on this year. Please RSVP to Jocelyn Stanton (jocelyn.stanton@gmail.com). Location: Lower School Cafeteria. Enter through the lower school entrance and sign in before heading to the meeting.

Schoolyard Improvement Update: Thanks & Playground Cleanup: Sunday, November 17rd

Thank you to all who participated in this morning’s daffodil planting and cleanup! See picture below of families planting daffodil bulbs along Pershing Road wall. We also planted daffodils along both sides of the front staircase, and along the front fence on either side of the front gate. Can’t wait to see the flowers popping up in April! A special shout out to The Real Deal for donatine 10 pizzas for lunch.

K1 Cleanup Committee: Rachel King and David Sandak led a team of K1 parents this morning in cleaning out the shed, raking leaves, moving logs, and generally tidying up. They are working hard to support the K1 team’s vision of their outdoor space!

Next Cleanup: Looking forward to our final cleanup of the year on Sunday, November 17th, from 10am-12noon at the playground, where we will rake and bag leaves. Pizza and Kick the Can to follow at noon!

Please sign up for specific roles here, or just come whenever you can. If you do plan to sign up, it is helpful for us to know as far in advance as possible. So please, sign up today!

School Parent Council: Wednesday, November 20th

Save the date for this month’s School Parent Council meeting on Wednesday, November 20th from 6–7:30pm in the Lower School Cafeteria. Dinner, childcare, and Spanish translation will be provided.

Early Release: Wednesday, November 27th
Thanksgiving Recess: November 28th & 29th

We will have an early release day on Wednesday, November 27th starting at 12:30pm and no school on November 28th or 29th. Please note that there is NO afterschool programming on the early release day.

Volunteering at the Curley

All volunteers need to complete and pass a CORI check prior to volunteering at school. CORI forms are submitted online only. After submitting please show the main office a copy of your picture ID. It can take up to 2 weeks for approval one the form and ID have been submitted.

Here is the online link for the CORI Forms.

After School Arts Programming

All of these after school arts programs are open to all students and families!

• CAD 2 (Mondays from 3:30-4:30pm)
• Willy Wonka (Tuesdays from 3:30-5pm)*
• CAD 1 (Thursdays from 3:30-4:30pm)

If you would like to participate, please email Ms. Taylor Knight at: storyinabox@gmail.com.

*Please note that there will NOT be rehearsal on Tuesday, November 5th for Willy Wonka, the school musical.

October Guidance Newsletter

Each month our guidance team will be communicating with families through the Pawprints. Ms. Santos and Ms. Silva are a support for our whole community.

Guidance Newsletter in Spanish | Guidance Newsletter in English

826 Boston Free After School Tutoring Program

In our program, students work one-on-one with trained tutors to complete homework in all subjects, read, and write. Twice a year, participating students also publish their original work in a themed creative book project!

There are currently openings in the 3:00 PM-4:30 PM session of after school tutoring at our center in Egleston Square. (3:30 arrival is okay.)

What: 826 Boston’s Free After School Tutoring and Writing Program
Who: Students ages 6-18
When: Monday-Thursday from 3:00-4:30 PM (students can register for up to four days per week based on their schedules)
Where: 3035 Washington Street, Roxbury, Boston MA

If you are interested in signing up you can call our center at (617) 442-5400 or send an email to annie@826boston.org. 

Social Media

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