Paw Print 11/6/2022

Paw Print  11/6/2022 Para esta información en español, haga clic aquí

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Save the Dates: 

• November 8th: School Site Council Meeting @ 5:30  zoom (more information below)
• November 8th: Schoolyard Committee Meeting @ 8:00 pm (more information below) 
• November 11th: No school  
• November 16th: School Parent Council @ 7 PM via zoom 
• November 16th: Communication Commitee @ 8 PM via zoom 
• November 17th: Arts Committee @ 8 am on the Curley Track 
• November 23rd: Early Release @ 12:30 
• November 24th-25th: No School 

COVID-19 and Flu Update: 

We have seen an increase in respiratory illnesses, including flu and COVID-19 cases, in our school this week. Please keep your student home if they feel sick, including if they have a fever. Masking is strongly encouraged for all, good hand hygiene is important and don’t forget to get vaccinated! You can get your free flu and covid vaccine for the whole family at the bolling building this weekend (2300 Washington St. Roxbury) from 12pm to 8pm – walk-ins are welcome! 

Please also make sure you use your COVID test on Sunday evening or Monday morning before returning to school, regardless if your student is experiencing symptoms or not. 

Thank you for helping to keep our school healthy and safe! 

School Site Council (SSC): 

Curley is hosting the School Site Council meeting via zoom Tuesday, November 8th, at 5:30 PM. 

The School Site Council is comprised of parent representatives, teachers, the principal, and associate members. School Site Council meetings are public meetings and follow open meeting law. They are open to all. 

Half Way to Teacher Appreciation Week Breakfast: 

The School Parent Council is hosting a Half Way to Teacher Appreciation Breakfast on Thursday, November 10th at 7:30 am for our Curly Staff. If you are interested in supporting with this event, please get in touch with the Parent Council at k8curleyspc@gmail.com. 

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 k8curleyspc@gmail.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: 

This Sunday, November 6th, was supposed to be a daffodil planting day. However, the daffodils shipment has yet to arrive, so we will schedule another day for planting once we have the bulbs in hand. No SIC event will occur this Sunday (despite what the well-intentioned Curley November calendar says).

Our monthly cleanup will occur on the third Sunday of the month, November 20th, from 10 am-12noon. Let’s make it a bake sale as well! Details to follow.

Our monthly planning meeting will take place over Zoom next Tuesday, November 8th, from 8-8:30 pm. Join us! Share your questions and concerns.

The Poured-In-Place surfacing that was coming to the Curley from BPS Facilities this fall has been canceled due to budget constraints. 

We (SIC) are applying for a CPA grant of $1 million to rehabilitate the Curley playground and asphalt recreation areas. Part of our proposal includes poured-in-place rubber surfacing throughout the play area. We will find out if we will be awarded the funds in the spring. If awarded, community design meetings would take place during fall 2023, and the construction would be finalized before the start of school in September 2024. 

Arts Committee: 

Save the date for the Potluck and Paint Night on Thursday, December 8th. More details to come. 

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