This week’s Paw Prints from Principal Katie Grassa:
- 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.
- 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!
- 5/18 PARCC Math EOY (Grades 3-8)
- 5/19 PARCC Math EOY (Grades 3-8)
Many families have been inquiring about PARCC and its future in Massachusetts. I will be attending one of the upcoming state forums about testing and I encourage families to join me. You can find more information by clicking this site: http://www.doe.mass.edu/news/news.aspx?id=17901 I will be attending the meeting at Bunker Hill Community College on Monday, May 18th from 4pm-7pm. I hope to see you there!
- New Student Welcome Session: On Friday, May 22nd from 9am-10am we will welcome our new kindergarten families. If you are interested in helping out please email Katie Grassa: kgrassa@bostonpublicschools.org. We are excited to meet the students and families!
- Memorial Day: There is no school on Monday, May 25th in observance of Memorial Day.
- 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.
- Parents Picking Up On Centre Street: Parents who pick up students who leave by the CASP entrance on Centre Street are kindly asked not to stand in the circular driveway of the residential building next to our school while they wait, or to allow their children to play on the trees on their property. Parents are instead encouraged to wait for their students inside the school’s gates. 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.
