Paw Prints  2/6/2022 

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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Celebrating 100 Days of Student Learning through the Arts: 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! Check out this video of our families, teachers, and kids at work!

The grand opening will be held on Zoom on Wednesday, February 9th. 

Here is the link:

https://k12-bostonpublicschools.zoom.us/j/81298425197

Meeting ID: 812 9842 5197

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THE KIDS NEED YOUR SUPPORT! The Arts Committee is helping each grade to raise $300 to support this project and the school. So far we have raised $1445 with contributions from EVERY grade! 6th grade is the top contributor with $306 raised.  Congratulations 6th grade on being the first to reach our fundraising goal! Any donation amount is helpful!! 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 

Spirit Week: The Curley K-8 Student Government Elective is excited to announce our first Spirit Week! We encourage staff and student participation and this event is lead by our middle school leaders! Any questions please contact Ms. Reider (mreider@bostonpublicchools.org) the teacher leading this elective.

Family COVID Protocol Visual: We recognize that processing and understanding COVID protocols is incredibly overwhelming. The Curley Family Engagement Committee created a visual to try to support and help families to better understand what is happening at school and if your child tests positive for COVID 19. We hope you find this useful! If policies change we will update these visuals. 

Visual  –  English Version                Visual  –  Spanish Version

Update to Families & Staff: Indoor Air Quality Sensors: This letter was sent to families and staff outlining an Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) update. BPS Staff, families, and the larger community are now able to search IAQ sensor results by district, school, and classroom: IAQ sensor dashboard.

• Questions or concerns: please email indoorairquality@bostonpublicschools.org.

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.

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.

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!” 

Free COVID-19 Testing Sites in Boston:

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

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