Principal Grassa’s Pawprints 1/20/19

MLK Day

We will not have school tomorrow, Monday, January 21, 2019, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

ACCESS Testing

During the month of January all of our English Language Learners will taking the ACCESS test. This test assesses students reading, writing, listen and speaking abilities in English. Students being present each day is essential for student success.

Student T-Shirts

On Friday all students received a new Curley t-shirt! There are different colors for grades K-2, 3-5 & 6-8. This was an exciting day for our community and we are grateful to the SPC for helping us making this dream come true! We want to encourage students moving forward to wear their shirt every Friday. Please reach out to Katie Davis kdavis3@bostonpublicschools.org if you have any questions.

Arrival/Dismissal Parking

We are asking families to pay attention to the parking signs at arrival/dismissal and make sure that you are not blocking driveways when you come to school. The Boston Police will ticket if you are found in violation of this on the surrounding streets

Excellence For All (EFA) Feedback Sessions

BPS is conducting an assessment of EFA at 13 schools and is looking for family input. We would like to encourage families in grades 4-6 to attend and share your thoughts.

• Dates/Times: Monday, January 28th from 6-7pm or Tuesday, January 29th from 10-11am
• Location: Connolly Branch Location of BPL at 433 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
• Contact Danielle Perry (danielle.perry@nyu.edu; 609-832-4240) if you want to participate
• Light refreshment will be served

BPS Special Needs Resource Fair

Thursday, January 24th 6:30-8:30pm

Leahy-Holloran Community Center Cafeteria
(next to the Murphy School)
1 Worrell Street, Dorchester MA 02122

All parents and caregivers are welcome. Childcare and translation available upon request prior to meetings. For more info see: BPS Special Needs Resource Fair.

If you have questions, contact BPS Outreach at (617) 635-1384 or Curley Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SPED PAC) representative Lisa Walker at walkerlm1@outlook.com.

Winter Music Performances

Please join us for our Winter Music Performance on Friday, January 25th at 9am in the auditorium. The following grades/homerooms will be performing: 3rd/4th/5th Grade, Quarterson, Clark, Maiden. We will also host a concert on Tuesday, January 29th featuring the Curley Band at 6pm. Please reach out to Ms. Bourgeault (mbourgeault@bostonpublicschools.org) with any questions.

Help the Curley Turn Markers Into Energy

The Curley School is participating in the Crayola ColorCycle program. Students and teachers will be collecting used markers that are ready to be discarded. The markers will be sent to a facility where they will be converted into clean fuel.

Please help support our efforts by sending your kids in with any used markers you may have around your house—even non-Crayola brands. Drop-off boxes are located in the Upper and Lower School Offices.

Thank you for participating! Together, we can keep tons of plastic out of landfills each year. Learn more at: www.crayola.com/colorcycle.

Grade 4 Excellence For All Open House

We will host an Excellence For All (EFA) open house for rising 4th grade families (current 3rd grade) on Friday, March 8th from 8:45-9:45am for families to learn about our model in grades 4–6. More info will be sent home to families.

February Vacation

We will be on vacation from school the week of February 18th–22nd. School will resume on Monday, February 25th. During this week we will be offering Acceleration Academy for middle school students who will earn the opportunity to participate in accelerated math programming here for the week. If you have questions please reach out to our Ms. Jackson, Curley administrator (awardjackson@bostonpublicschools.org).

Social Media

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