Paw Prints – April 4

5 Day Return to School
We return to school for 5 days in person starting Monday, April 26th. Families still have the option to choose either fully remote or 5 days in person. Thank you to all the families who joined our call on Wednesday evening. Below you will find links to our presentations as well as a visual of which masks are NOT allowed in school.

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Curley Pride Apparel:
Since last Spring, we have been working with the 6th-8th grade students in SPACE (Safe Place and Caring Environment) to learn about the history of and importance of intersectionality in the queer community. The students led the charge in updating our original Pride logo to represent and include Black and Brown identities.  The inclusion of the statement “Black Trans Lives Matter” on our apparel this year is to amplify the voices of those who have led much of the work for LGBTQ rights but have, at the same time, been the most marginalized within and outside the LGBTQ community. We are excited to release our new logo and apparel!  You can order using this link.

Orders close on Friday, April 16th. We hope to have apparel by the first week of May for distribution. T-shirts are $18 Crewneck sweatshirts are $30. If you have any questions about the apparel or SPACE, please contact Danielle West (dwest2@bostonpublicschools.org), Melanie Bourgeault (mbourgeault@bostonpublicschools.org), Marquel Norton (mnorton2@bostonpublicschools.org), Jon Hatch (jhatch2@bostonpublicschools.org)

Free MBTA Passes:
Boston is offering FREE MBTA passes to workers in several Boston Neighborhoods. Click here to learn more. 

Curley Family Yard Clean Up:
Curley Families are hosting three school yard clean up dates. Families interested in helping out can email Rebecca Cline rebecca@rebeccaclinemusic.com. These events will take places from 10 am – 12 noon, no food provided, masks and social distancing required.

• Sunday 4/25 
• Sunday 5/16 
• Sunday 6/6 

BPS Working Group:
BPS has convened a work group to discuss the future of the Advance Work Class program. The work group will make a recommendation to the Superintendent in late May. Curley parent Aron Boros is on the workgroup, representing the Citywide Parent Council (CPC). The CPC is hosting a conversation about AWC and Excellence for All on Wednesday, April 7th at 4:30 p.m. For more information or to join the conversation, please contact citywideparentcouncil@gmail.com.  Translation will be available in Spanish, Mandarin, and Cantonese. 

Voluntary Student COVID Testing:
We have begun to offer weekly COVID testing for our students. Below are that paper & electronic copies of the consent forms to be completed by families who are interested in participating.  Consent for testing can be received at any time, there is no deadline.  The consent form only needs to be filled out once. Please contact our school nurses if you have any questions. Keilah Santana – ksantana@bostonpublicschool.org or April Pumphret apumphret@bostonpublicschools.org 

Here is a video with further information on testing for students.

Language	Paper	Electronic
English	English Paper	English Electronic
Spanish	Spanish Paper	Spanish Electronic
Chinese	Chinese Paper	Chinese Electronic
Haitian Creole	Haitian Creole Paper	Haitian Creole
Cabo Verdean	Cabo Verdean Paper	Cabo Verdean Electronic
Vietnamese	Vietnamese Paper	Vietnamese Electronic
Portuguese	Portuguese Paper	Portuguese Electronic
French	French Paper	French Electronic
Arabic	Arabic Paper	Arabic Electronic
Somali	Somali Paper	Somali Electronic

Jamaica Plain COVID Testing for Families:
The testing site is free and available to everyone, regardless of insurance. This is a walk-up site with on-site registration.

ANNA M. COLE COMMUNITY CENTER

Mon. – Thurs. 3pm – 7 pm & Sun. 11am-3pm

Mildred Hailey Apartments

24 Heath Street

Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

You can find more information about free testing sites across the city here.

Safety Supports:
Each classroom is equipped with an air purifier, hand sanitizer and cleaner. Additional custodial staff has been hired to clean high touch spaces and all community members will be wearing masks. We also have additional PPE on site in case back up is needed during the school day.

Meal Distribution Update:
Meal sites are open on Mondays and Thursday 10am-6pm. We are excited to announce that the Curley is now a distribution site again! For more information please contact project Bread’s Food Source Hotline at (800) 645-8333 or the School Food number at 617-635-9144. For a full list of distribution sites please visit the BPS free meals page. At our Curley food site there will also be free books available for families.

School Councils:
Check out our School Site Council (SSC) and School Parent Council (SPC)! We have a  wonderful group of new and returning council members who are all excited to meet with Curley families. SPC and SSC are great ways to get involved in school planning and have your voice be heard. Please join us on any of the following times, come to one or come to all! (Registration required)

SSC Every Second Tuesday of the month 5:30-7:00PM

• 4/13/21 Zoom Link
• 5/11/21 Zoom Link
• 6/8/21 Zoom Link

SPC on Wednesdays during alternating times

• 5/12/21  6-7PM Zoom Link
• 6/9/21  6-7PM Zoom Link

Classroom	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 Support	Keilah Santana ksantana@bostonpublicschools.org or April Pumphret apumphret@bostonpublicschools.org
Urgent Priority Questions	Principal  Katie Grassa kgrassa@bostonpublicschools.org

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.