Paw Print 10/30/2022

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Paw Print  10/30/2022 Para esta información en español, haga clic aquí

Save the Dates: 

• October 31st: Pajama Day at the Curley 
• November 6th: Schoolyard committee @ the Curley (See below for more information)
• November 8th: School Site Council Meeting (more information to come) 
• November 11th: No school  
• November 23rd: Early Release @ 12:30 
• November 24th-25th: No School 

The Curley is Hiring:

Do you know someone interested in being part of the Curley Community? The Curley is looking for paraprofessionals to support our amazing classrooms. If you know someone interested in applying, please reach out to Ms. Hernandez at yhernandez@bostonpublicschool.org  

School Parent Council: 

The School Parent Council (SPC) wants to better understand how best to communicate with our school community. Please take two minutes to fill out the survey below. If you have questions or additional comments, contact the SPC tri-chairs (Yesenia, Brian, and Meghan) at chair@curleyk8.com. Thank you for your time! 

Please fill out the following google form:  Communication at the Curley School 

We are still looking for a District English Learner Advisory Rep. If you are interested in learning more about this position. Please get in touch with the Family Liaison, Ms. Hernandez, by email yhernandez@bostonpublicschools.org 

Book/Storage Room Volunteer Sign-up:  

We are looking for parent volunteers to help us organize and clean the three book rooms/storage spaces for our Grade 3-5 teams. This work will include the following: preparing bags of books for students to take home, boxing up books to donate, clearing out old materials, working with teacher teams to figure out how to reorganize their storage spaces, and creating an organized book room for new books/materials. If you are interested, please fill out the following form: here. 

Library Curley Team: 

Please read the Welcome Letter from Curley’s very own librarians. Read letter here

Schoolyard Improvement Committee-Come Plant Daffodils!

We have received 200 daffodil bulbs from the city of Boston to help beautify our campus! Let’s meet in the front yard (Centre Street) on Sunday, November 6th, at 10am to distribute and plant the bulbs. Note: It can be helpful to use a bulb planter like this one (link), though a trowel or shovel will also work. The Curley has a few shovels on hand, but please bring one if you can. 

Volunteers Needed for School Musical

Parents are needed for the school musical. Please email Ms Taylor Knight if you can help! ktaylorknight@bostonpublicschools.org

Support now during Wednesday rehearsals (next 2 weeks)

• Taking headshots of each child during casting rehearsal, Oct 26 (3:30-?) 1 time only
• Moving groups around during rehearsal next week (from music, to dance, to Ms Taylor Knight’s room) 3:30-4:30 1 time only
• Helping students get to lower school by 5 for dismissal (Oct 26th) 4:45-5 November 2nd

The Curley Performing Arts Team is proud to announce the 2023 3rd-5th grade musical:

       Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim

Into the Woods has over 20 parts, including Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, Jack, the Wolf, and more. We will begin casting on October 19th at 3:30. The production team will double cast the show, and the performances will be in April 2023. If your child is registered, you will begin to receive a company email each Sunday with updates and casting news. 

Your Production Team, 

Kim Taylor Knight (Director), Emanuela Alves (Music Director), Erin Doherty (Choreographer)

Curley Website Update: 

The Website Committee is underway with their work. The committee will revise content and reformat the dropdown menu in the coming weeks. We wanted to give everyone a heads-up if you noticed things looked different. We hope to create a staging site (a separate domain that functions as a website but has a different URL) to avoid altering the current website as we tinker, but we haven’t yet figured out if this is possible.  We appreciate your patience as we begin our work!  We’ll update you again in the next Paw Prints! 

   District Events: 

Exam Schools Admissions Information Session: 

City of Boston students currently in grades 6, 8, and 9 and are eligible to apply to the BPS exam schools (BLA, BLS, and the O’Bryant). To learn more, please join us at this community info session on Wednesday, November 9, 2022 6-7:30pm, Zoom link

After-School Opportunities:

• Tenacity Grades 6-8 – Tenacity’s Ace Academy is an intensive program for students in grades 6-8 that focuses on improving students’ academic, tennis, and fitness skills, while simultaneously nurturing social/emotional development and engaging families. Tenacity has been at the Curley K-8 for over 10 years and is a FREE after-school program Monday-Thursday from 3-6 pm and Fridays from 3-5 pm. We are accepting new students and encourage students to apply. Please reach out to our Site Director, Kimberly Salazar, via email kimberlysalazar@tenacity.org or by phone at 857-350-7175

Contact: If you would like to add any information to the Paw Prints, please fill out the following Google Form by Thursday’s 11 am. If you have any questions, please contact Yamile Hernandez – Family Liaison at yhernandez@bostonpublicschools.org