This week’s Paw Prints from Principal Katie Grassa:
- Thank You: Thank you to all the families and students who volunteered at our Annual Plant Sale on Saturday. It was great to see everyone collaborate in making our communities beautiful and see so many smiling Curley faces during the parade.
- 6th-8th Grade Report Cards: Report Cards were sent home with students on Friday. Families should be on the look out. If you do not receive anything please contact Adrian Ward-Jackson at awardjackson@bostonpublicschools.org.
- School Parent Council: The next SPC meeting will be this Thursday, May 7th from 8:45am-10:45am in the Upper School Library. All families are encouraged to attend.
- Curley Bike Challenge: The Get Biking Challenge is a city-wide competition to encourage more K-8 students to bike more during May, National Bike Month. Students and teachers will track how many minutes they ride each day. Prizes will be awarded to participants as well as schools and classes based on the percent of students that participate and the amount of days ridden. Prizes include the coveted Golden Pedal Award, free bike raffles, a bike field trip and more! We will provide all of the materials and support resources for the program to be successful in our school, including this calendar to log your student’s hours. Please email Danielle Moran for more information dmoran3@bostonpublicschools.org.
- School Climate Survey: We want to hear what you think about your child’s school! BPS offers parents the opportunity to fill out a survey every year. Students and teachers also fill out surveys at school. Please let us know what is good, and what needs to be changed or worked on to make your school better. Your feedback is very important and results from the survey will be incorporated into a school’s Quality Score. If you would like to participate, please fill out a survey by May 15, 2015. Paper copies have been sent home, or click this link to complete it online (offered in all languages as well): http://www.bostonpublicschools.org/Domain/737. Please help us improve our school. We need families to participate!
- End of Year PARCC for Grades 3-8 (and MCAS for 5th and 8th Grades): There is another round of PARCC testing coming in May (See dates below). 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. Here is the link so you can watch with your child https://youtu.be/_xft5Z_zj-k. We are all proud of each and every student and we want to ensure that students work hard and do their best and that is what matter most!
- 5/5 Science MCAS (5th and 8th Grades)
- 5/6 Science MCAS (5th and 8th Grades)
- 5/11 PARCC ELA EOY (Grades 3-8)
- 5/12 PARCC ELA EOY (Grades 6-8)
- 5/18 PARCC Math EOY (Grades 3-8)
- 5/19 PARCC Math EOY (Grades 3-8)
- 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.
- 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.
