Paw Prints 1/9/21

Paw Print  1/9/2022 

Check out our new Event page on our website, events added this week, you need to apply to this events with time in advance:

• FREE TUTORING AND MENTORING/ TUTORÍA GRATUITA EN LÍNEA Y APOYO DE MENTORES
• Latinx Heritage Celebration- Afro-Caribbean Diaspora Film and Web Series- Febrero 17th
• Parent-Child Reading club- Starts March 3rd- You can apply now
• Reading and Reasoning Workshop- Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 by Helaine Becker – Starts March 7
• Latinx Heritage Celebration- The Power of Women in the Arts- March 10th 

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Thank you: Thank you to all the families who helped us last week by giving a rapid test to your child(ren) before returning to school! Your efforts helped to ensure we had a safe and healthy learning environment for our community!

• Please continue to use the BPS Health Checklist each day to monitor for symptoms of your child(ren) and do not send them to school if they do not feel well.

COVID Close Contact Protocol Updates: Updates have been made to the protocol for students who are fully vaccinated. 

• If your child is fully vaccinated (at least 2 weeks past the 2nd vaccine) and is a close contact to someone at school who tested positive for COVID 19 they will not participate in the Test & Stay program (DESE Guidance pg. 3). You will be notified that your child is a close contact and your child can continue to come to school unless they develop symptoms. 
• Fully vaccinated students will continue to participate in weekly pool testing and symptomatic testing.

Test & Stay Reminder: Please remember that Test & Stay is only if your child is a close contact to someone within our school during school hours. Test & Stay cannot be used for students who are close contacts to anyone outside of the school day.

ACCESS Testing: All English Learners (EL) will be participating in DESE mandated ACCESS testing from now through February vacation. This assessment is used across the state to help determine a student’s English Language Development (ELD) Level. Families will receive results of this assessment in June.

SSC: The School Site Council Budget Meeting will take place on Zoom on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 from 5:30pm-7:00pm. You can use the link below to participate. Zoom link: https://k12-bostonpublicschools.zoom.us/j/6811715457?pwd=NXdmeEVVWnA3VWUwWnA2cTNkQnFaZz09

Meeting ID: 681 171 5457 

Passcode: 440068 

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School Parent Council (SPC) Meeting: Our next SPC meeting will be on Wednesday, January 12, 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. All families are welcome and encouraged to attend! Log in here.

Celebrating 100 Days of Student Learning through the Arts: EVENT ALERT!!! Please join the Curley School community as we celebrate 100 days of learning!  Our students continue to learn and create, despite the challenges of the pandemic. To mark this achievement the students, art, music and dance teachers are creating a large outdoor art installation along both the Centre Street and Pershing Road entrances.  The students will be working on this in art class/electives this January. We are so excited to share their work with our school and local communities! The grand opening will be held virtually in early February – more details to follow soon.  

THE KIDS NEED YOUR SUPPORT! The Arts Committee is helping each grade to raise $300 to support this project and the school. Any donation amount is helpful!!  A flier with additional information will go home with students.  Please consider donating today through our Paypal link and in the comments section put your student’s grade level. Feel free to pass this link along to friends and family! https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/curleyk8 If you have questions or would like to get involved email Katrina katrina.brink@gmail.com.

Martin Luther King Jr Day: We will not have school on Monday, January 17th in observance of MLK Day!

February Vacation: February vacation will take place starting Monday, February 21th -Friday, February, 25th. Staff and students will return to school on Monday, February 28th.

BPS Department of Behavioral Health Services:  Are you seeking additional ways to support your child’s social, emotional, and behavioral development? Check this new resource for all families “Wellbeing Digests!” https://mailchi.mp/335927fe1429/bps-weekly-wellbeing-digest-5691474?e=9533f83113

Free COVID-19 Testing Sites in Boston:

https://www.boston.gov/departments/public-health-commission/covid-19-testing-sites

COVID-19 emails or calls: If you get an email from bpscontacttracing@healthcareitleaders.com or a phone call from them, it is legit. Some parents have been confused about these emails from the way it is sent. Please follow the instructions on that email and if you have any questions do not hesitate to contact us. 

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.