Dear Curley Families,

I am writing today in response to the tragedy at the Boston Marathon last week. As a school community, we recognize that our entire city has been profoundly affected by the events that occurred on April 15th. While we sincerely hope that none of our families were personally impacted, we do know that events such as these can impact everyone differently. Therefore, we want you to know how our school community is prepared to respond:

• Our Administrative/Safety Team communicated over school vacation week to coordinate our response efforts in consultation with the district.
• An all-call was made to families before school resumed.
• This notice and a guide on how to talk to children about tragedy were sent home to families.
• Our faculty met this morning to discuss our response as a community.
• Our school counselor has freed up her schedule to be available to students who may require individual support.
• Our Administrative/Safety Team will meet again later this week to debrief our response.

We would like to reassure you that we will NOT be holding discussions in classrooms about the events that occurred last week- teaching and learning will continue as usual. We do not want to further traumatize students and/or share information that parents/guardians may not want them to know. However, if individual students express anxiety or concern, we will make our counselor available to them. In the event that this occurs, we will also make sure to contact you so that we can work together to support your child.

​If you are concerned with how your child is responding, please reach out to your child’s teacher and/or our school guidance counselor/Susan Trotz. Additionally, please refer to the guide from Superintendent Johnson that was published earlier about how to talk to children about tragedy for families, if you feel this is appropriate for your family. As always, please feel free to contact me if you have questions or concerns.

Sincerely,

Mirna Vega-Wilson
Interim Principal