Principal Grassa’s Pawprints 2/23/20

Welcome Back!

We hope all our students and families had an enjoyable break! We look forward to welcoming students back to school tomorrow: Monday, February 24th.

Curley Auditorium Campaign Update

We are thrilled to announce to our community that the auditorium and both music classrooms have been acoustically treated! This could not have been done without the leadership of the Curley Arts Committee, SPC, and the support from the many donors in our community. We would also like to thank Dr. Cassellius and BPS Facilities for their continuous support of our performing arts programming!

Winter Illness Update

Please read the attached notice regarding winter illness issued from the Boston Public Schools Office of Health Services. We want to work together to keep our community healthy!

School Site Council: Tuesday, February 25th

Our February School Site Council (SSC) meeting will take place on Tuesday, February 25th from 5:30–7:00pm in room 216 in the Upper School. Families should enter at 40 Pershing Road (Lower School) for this meeting.

Family Art Club: Thursday, February 27th

The next FAMILY ART CLUB will be Thursday, February 27th at 5pm with a light dinner. We will be working on the WILLY WONKA set design led by Deb Sullivan and Ms. Taylor Knight. Please enter through the Pershing Road entrance before 6pm.

We will meet for dinner at 5pm in the Upper School cafeteria and then head to the auditorium at 5:30 to work on the set. Please RSVP to curleyartclub@gmail.com or 617-519-0167 so we can make sure we have enough food!

District SPED PAC Meeting: Thursday, February 27th

This month’s Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SPED PAC) monthly general meeting will be held on Thursday, February 27th from 7-8:30pm at the Richard J. Murphy School, 1 Worrell Street, Dorchester. The topic of discussion will be:

Advocacy, Bullying Prevention, and Open Discussion

Childcare and interpretative services are available upon request at all meetings by contacting Lisa Connor, Parent Support Coordinator at lconnor2@bostonpublicschools.org. Interpretive services must be requested no later than 5 business days before the scheduled meeting. 

Further information and previously recorded meetings can also be found at: http://bostonspedpac.org/

All parents and caregivers are welcome. If you have questions, please feel free to contact BPS Outreach at (617) 635-1384 or our Curley SPED PAC representatives Kae Santos at cincykae@yahoo.com or Lisa Walker at walkerlm1@outlook.com.

Save the Date!
Curley Winter Social Dinner & Auction: Thursday, March 19th

Join the Curley community for an evening of grown-up fun at Bella Luna Restaurant on Thursday, March 19th from 6:00-9:00pm. Bid on great items donated by area businesses and Curley families and help raise money for enrichment programs, arts activities, field trips, and new technology at the Curley.

Tickets are $25 each and include a pizza buffet dinner with salad. Cash bar.

Childcare will be available upstairs at the Children’s Music Center of JP for $12 per child (ages 4 and up) and includes pizza and veggies for dinner.

You can purchase advance tickets and register for childcare (space is limited) by filling out THIS FORM and submitting your total payment at  www.paypal.me/curleyk8.

See you on the 19th!

We can always use help organizing the event. Contact SPC leadership at spc@curleyk8.com. Many hands make light work for a great cause—our caring Curley community!

Nominate a Teacher for BPS Educator of the Year

The Boston Public Schools (BPS), the Boston Teachers Union (BTU), and the City of Boston are pleased to announce the 2020 BPS Educator of the Year Awards. The Educator of the Year award is the highest honor given to Boston Public Schools educators.

The Educator of the Year award recognizes the exceptional educators who go above and beyond to impact the lives of Boston Public Schools students. The program celebrates educators who exemplify a commitment to the profession by selecting educators who are worthy of representing the positive contributions of our educators district wide. 

We invite all of our community (teachers, administrators, students, families, community members, and partners) to nominate exceptional educators and to honor their work and dedication.

Submit a Nomination
Nominations will close at 5 PM on March 6th, 2020.
Contact EOYBoston@bostonpublicschools.org with questions

Support the Curley with Amazon Smile

Do you shop on Amazon? If so, did you know that you can give back to the Curley K-8 with your shopping? Amazon Smile is an easy way to give money to the Curley via the Student Parent Council (SPC) (no fees, no extra charges—nada).

If you shop amazon.com just change to amazonsmile.com, choose the charity “The Friends of the Curley K-8 School”, and that is it. Amazon will donate a percentage of your purchase to the Curley.

The funds raised by the SPC can be used to support many of the initiatives and resources we currently use in or classroom or those we wish to deploy in the future. Please note that the SPC is not able to see the items that you purchase on Amazon; they are only able to see the dollar amount donated.

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