Paw Prints – May 16

Hello Curley Family!

It goes without saying that this school year has been one of the toughest years we have experienced in a long time. How the Curley Family has managed to keep putting one step in front of the other is a testament to our collective humanity and strength. 

Our teachers definitely embody this resilience. During this year’s Teacher Appreciation Month, let’s take a pause, turn on our cameras, click here, and give a warm and heartfelt THANK YOU!!!! Click submit and you’re done! Teachers will receive this tribute on Monday, May 24th, so please submit your video by Sunday, May 23, 2021.

Here are a couple of question prompts to get your thoughts going:

-What do you love/like/respect about Curley teachers (past or present)?

-What is your favorite memory of a Curley teacher?

We aim to have the highest participation of students in recent history. Let’s do it because our teachers deserve it!

Summer Reading: BPS is launching a summer reading initiative called One Book One Grade Summer Reading Together 2021. We have copies of each book to go home with students in the coming days.

Emergency Broadband Benefit: The FCC is pushing out communications for the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB). Please share this info in newsletters, Tweets, etc.

Infographic (PDF | Spanish)

Newsletter Blurb (Word | Spanish)

Press Release (Word)

Twitter and Facebook Posts (Word | Spanish)

Fact Sheet (8 1/2″ x 11″ Word; PDF | Spanish: Word; PDF)

Flyer I (8 1/2″ x 11″ PDF | Spanish)

Poster (8 1/2″ x 11″ PNG | Spanish PDF)

Consumer Handout (9″ x 5″ PDF | Spanish)

Consumer Handout (4″ x 5″ two-sided PDF | Spanish)

Consumer Handout (4″ x 5″ one-sided PDF | Spanish)

Audio PSA (MP3 | Spanish)

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 5/16 
• Sunday 6/6 

Last Days of School: Our last day of school is Friday, June 18th. We will have a 12:30pm dismissal on Thursday, June 17th and Friday, June 18th.

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

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

• 6/8/21 Zoom Link

SPC on Wednesdays during alternating times

• 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 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.