This week’s Paw Prints from Principal Katie Grassa:

• PARCC: PARCC Performance Based Assessments will be given in grades 3-8 in both ELA and Math this month and each grade will complete 5 sessions. The ELA test will take place on Monday, March 23rd, Tuesday, March 24th and Wednesday March 25th and the math will take place Monday, March 30th and Tuesday, March 31st. We are asking all families to assure that their student arrives to school on time, gets a good night sleep the night before and eats a healthy breakfast. City Year made this video to get students excited about this week. All students viewed this video at the Curley Shares Assemblies and several asked if they could watch it at home this weekend! Here is the link so you can watch with your child: https://youtu.be/_xft5Z_zj-k
• 8th Annual Silent Auction Fundraiser: This year’s auction is taking place THIS Tuesday, March 24th, 6 to 9pm, at Canary Square in Jamaica Plain. It’s an adults-only event, so book your childcare in advance. This year there will also be a new online bidding option. To make an online bid, visit www.BiddingForGood.com/curleyk8. We also need volunteers. Think you might be able to help out either during the night of the event or before? Please email us at curleysilentauction@gmail.com.
• Arrival and Dismissal: The school hours are 8:30am-2:30pm. We open each morning at 8:15am for breakfast and students may proceed to homeroom. All parents are welcome to escort their child to class if they arrive before 8:35am. Anyone who arrives after 8:35am is marked tardy. Also we are asking that families do not dismiss their child after 1:45pm to assure a safe dismissal transition.
• Open Teaching Positions: BPS has posted all open positions for SY 2015-2016 at www.teachboston.org. The Curley has several openings on this site and we encourage families to share this information with their networks. We are seeking top candidates who believe in the K-8 model and align with our Curley Cares Initiative. We are also interested in having families participate on our hiring committees. Interviews are scheduled thus far for the following dates. All of the interviews will take place from 3pm-6pm and we need families to commit to the entire time block. We can assist with day care for families that volunteer on those specific days.
  • Wednesday, March 25th 3pm-6pm: PACE K1/K2 and Instructional Coach grades 3-8
  • Thursday, March 26th 3pm-6pm: K1 regular education and inclusion
  • Monday, March 30th 3pm-6pm: grade 4

  Please let Katie Grassa know if you are interested in helping us with this process and if you need day care as well: kgrassa@bostonpublicschools.org.

• Snow: We are asking all families to talk with their children around throwing snow. We want all students to be safe and we are asking that all adults and students leave the snow on the ground during arrival and dismissal. We are also asking that families and students use the shoveled spaces to walk and not to walk through the snowy yard. This is to help assure that no one falls and gets hurt. Thank you!
• Social Media: If you are on Twitter be sure to follow me @principalgrassa. This is a great way to share up to date information about the Curley.