Paw Prints – September 20
Welcome Back: We would like to welcome back all students, families and staff for SY 2020-2021. We look forward to a great start to school and just want to remind you that Monday, September 21st all students K-8 will begin learning remotely. If you want to get excited for back to school please check out our video we made! One that introduces our leadership team and one that introduces our specialists team.
Updated Contact Information: It is imperative that the school has your correct and up to date contact information.
- The BPS Family Guide including media release can be found at https://www.bostonpublicschools.org/familyguide
- The parent & student agreement form including media can be filled out online at BPS Emergency Contact. You can also update your emergency contact information here. Again correct contact information will be essential during this time.
Learn From Home Site: We have a website with all the information necessary to get your child ready to learn from home. To access the links and information follow these steps:
- Go to www.curleyk8.com
- Click Learn From Home – red font located in the top right corner
- Click on your child’s grade level ban
- Click on your child’s grade/teacher
Hybrid Learning Timeline: Students will all start school learning remotely and we will slowly phase in the hybrid model based on the timeline below.
- September 21 : All Students in grades K0-8 begin with remote-only instruction.
- October 1: Students with the highest needs may begin instruction on their assigned cohort days (Cohort A – M/T or Cohort B – TH/F).
- October 15: All Cohort B students KO, K1, K2 begin hybrid instruction.
- October 19: All Cohort A students KO,K1, K2 begin hybrid instruction.
- October 22: All Cohort B grades 1-3 may begin hybrid instruction.
- October 26: All Cohort A grades 1-3 students may begin hybrid instruction.
- November 5: All students in Cohort B students grades 4-8 may begin hybrid instruction.
- November 9: All students in Cohort A grades 4-8 may begin hybrid instruction.
Who should I contact: If you have questions and you are not sure who to contact please use the chart below to support you.
Classroom related questions | Classroom teachers: (Contact information can be found at www.curleyk8.com) |
K-2 Support | Dawn Durant ddurant2@bostonpublicschools.org or Cristina Silva csilva4@bostonpublicschools.org |
Grades 3-5 Support | David Diaz ddiaz@bostonpublicschools.org or Justina Levey jlevey@bostonpublicschools.org |
Grades 6-8 Support | Adrian Ward-Jackson Awardjackson@bostonpublicschools.org or Sugeily Santos ssantos2@bostonpublicschools.org |
Health Questions | Keilah Santana ksantana@bostonpublicschools.orgApril Pumphret apumphret@bostonpublicschools.org |
Curley K-8 School Parent Council & Family Liaison | Manny Hernandez ehernandez@bostonpublicschools.org spc@curleyk8.com |
Technology Related Questions | BPS Helpline 617-635-8873 – Please have families call the BPS Family helpline Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm for questions about technology and other resources available to BPS families.Help is available in Arabic, Cape Verdean Creole, Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, and Vietnamese. |
Urgent Priority Questions | Principal Katie Grassa kgrassa@bostonpublicschools.org |
Paw Prints: Each Sunday I will send out the Paw Prints to the website. It is an opportunity to share information with our entire community.
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.