Principal Grassa’s Pawprints 1/5/20

Happy New Year!

We hope you had a restful and enjoyable break and wish the whole Curley Community a Happy and Healthy New Year. May 2020 be your best year yet! We look forward to all students and staff returning on Monday, January 6, 2020.

School Site Council: Tuesday, January 7th

Please join us for School Site Council (SSC) on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 from 5:30–7:00pm in Room 116. This is our budget meeting for school year 2020-2021 and all community members are welcome to attend. Please enter at the Lower School/40 Pershing Road entrance.

School Parent Council: Wednesday, January 15th

Are you the parent or guardian of a Curley student?
Then you are a member of the Curley School Parent Council (SPC)!

Our next SPC meeting will take place Wednesday, January 15th from 8:45-9:45am in the CASP Office. Families who are attending should enter on Centre Street starting at 8:40am, sign in at the main office, and walk down to the CASP Office.

All families are welcome; snacks, coffee, and Spanish translation will be available.

If you were unable to join us for any of our three fall meetings you can read the meeting minutes and learn about the many ways you can volunteer to support the students and teachers at the Curley.

Art Club: Thursday, January 16th

Join the Art Club on Thursday, January 16th from 5:30–7pm and help with set production (painting, building, design) for the school play Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This art club will be led by Ms. Taylor Knight and other parent volunteers. Sign up now so we have enough tools and food! Dinner @5:30, set design begins at 6pm.  curleyartclub@gmail.com  617-519-0167

Free Eye Exams & Glasses For Students

On Wednesday, January 8th and Thursday, January 9th a program called 20/20 will be at the Curley School offering eye exams for students in grades 4-8. Any students found to need glasses can choose a pair at no cost.

A consent form can be found HERE which is only for students in grades 4-8 that needs to be filled out if the student is to be examined. Students who do not need to be examined can still pick out a pair of glasses at no cost if they bring in a recent prescription for eye glasses. 

Students in grades K0-3rd Grade cannot be examined but can still get a free pair of glasses if they bring in a current prescription.

Please see the school nurses with any questions.

Save the Date!
100th Day of School Winter Family Fun Night: Friday, January 31st

Join the Curley community on Friday, January 31st from 5:30–9pm for a winter family fun night at Spontaneous Celebrations celebrating the 100th day of school. Music, food, dancing, art activities + showcase, 1960s/70s attire, cash bar, raffle.  54 Danforth Street, near Stony Brook t-stop. Family friendly!

Winter Pride Gear

Show your Curley Pride while staying warm during the chilly winter months! The students and teachers of S.P.A.C.E. (Safe Place And Caring Environment) are pleased to offer two new items with the Curley Pride logo—a BLACK long-sleeve t-shirt ($25) and BLUE hooded sweatshirt ($35). The Curley Pride logo features rainbow wings on the flying lion on top of the blue/pink/white trans flag. 

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• To order use this LINK.
• Submit payment: VENMO (@Melanie-Bourgeault) OR CASH (to Jon Hatch, Laurie Ciardi, or Melanie Bourgeault)
• Orders are due on January 20th, and all items will be delivered to the Curley during the week of February 3rd. 
• Payment must be received by January 20th to complete your order. 
• Mark your calendars! This year the Boston Pride Parade is on Saturday June 13th! Information will be sent home this spring if you would like to march with us in the 50th anniversary of the Boston Pride Parade.

Caregiver Volunteers Needed to Lead School Preview Tours

It’s school preview time again when prospective families come to tour the Curley!

For many years, parents have played a significant part in showing the school to other parents, and the Curley is noted for our level of parent participation at these tours. Many of you may remember your own tour of the Curley. Now as a member of the Curley community we would love your help as tour guides.

New families are encouraged to participate as you give the most valuable feedback to incoming parents. Don’t worry if you feel like you don’t know the school yet – we’ll pair you up with a parent who has done tours in the past.

This last preview tour at the Curley this year is Thursday, January 16th from 9-10am.

If you are able to help out leading tours on at least one of these dates or even if you can not help out on this years’ dates but would like to help out with tours in the future, please email Arusha Hollister at arusha_h@yahoo.com.

We greatly appreciate any help you can give!

Curley Family Volunteer Directory

The Family Engagement Committee is pleased to share the new Curley Family Volunteer Directory! This directory, which will be updated each month, is an attempt to organize names of Curley parents and guardians who have expressed an interest in volunteering at the Curley. To add your name to this directory, please fill out the following survey:

• English: https://forms.gle/Ngz3fbPMnjLjUBNC8 
• Espanol: https://forms.gle/cwvLeE7J9GwWJoaBA

Questions? Email Jocelyn Stanton (jocelyn.stanton@gmail.com)

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.

Social Media

For up to date information about the Curley K-8 School please sign up for email alerts by joining the Mailing List. You can also follow Principal Grassa on Twitter @principalgrassa and be sure to always use the hashtag #curleycares when sharing/posting/tweeting information about our school.