Paw Prints – April 18

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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Plant Sale:
The 2021 Curley Plant Sale is back and almost here! We had to take a year off due to the pandemic, but we’re happy to do it this year!!! Put on your masks and join us on Saturday, May 1st from 10am-2pm as we once again transform the parking lot across from the school into a pop-up nursery where the Boston community can buy top-quality annuals, herbs, and vegetables. Everyone is welcome!

The Plant Sale is a fun and treasured community event and after such a tough year, we need this more than ever! In addition to the plants, there will be COVID-safe activities for the kids. Sorry, there won’t be a bake sale due to COVID restrictions ☹

If you can help the day of or donate water/drinks, please sign up here. No plant experience necessary to help with this event and kids can help too! If you can’t volunteer, please spread the word to friends and family or just come and buy plants. As with all school events, the proceeds help fund arts and other enriching experiences for all our kids at the Curley.  Questions/ideas: email/text Jess Ortham (SPC tri-chair) at jessica.orthman@gmail.com/860-559-6198 or Keeana Saxon (SPC tri-chair) at Keeana.saxon@gmail.com/617-816-5753. 

Educator of the Year Awards:
We are calling to inform you that we are now accepting submissions for the 2021 Educator of the Year Awards. The annual Educator of the Year Awards recognize the exceptional educators who go above and beyond to impact the lives of Boston Public Schools students. BPS Educators can be teachers, paraprofessionals, nurses, librarians, or guidance counselors. We invite all members of the BPS community, including fellow staff, students and families, to nominate an exceptional educator to honor their work and dedication, particularly during this challenging year. Please visit bostonpublicschools.org/eoy for all of the details. Again, for more information, and to nominate an educator, please visit bostonpublicschools.org/eoy. The deadline for entries is Friday, April 30, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. We look forward to reading your submissions!

Food Site Changes:
pril 15th will be the last day of the Curley K-8 Food Site, due to construction. We will start to let families know as they pick up their bags this week and next. The closest site to Curley K-8 are: 

• BCYF Hennigan, 200 Heath Street, Jamaica Plain, M-Friday 9AM-12PM
• BCYF Curtis Hall Community Center, 20 South St. Jamaica Plain Mon-Friday 9AM-12PM

SY 2021-2022 Calendar:
BPS has just realised the calendar for next school year. Here it is for your reference.

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 5/2
• Sunday 5/16 
• Sunday 6/6 

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.

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

• 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.