This week’s Paw Prints from Principal Katie Grassa:

• City Year: We want to thank our City Year Corps for finding a creative way to energize our students for the PARCC exam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atRcyUT6qTk. All students watched this prior to taking the test. We encourage families to check it out as well. We do not want students to be nervous taking the PARCC exam, we want our students to do their best work and we will all be proud of them. Reminder that grades 5 & 8 are testing this coming week.
• PARCC Information: The PARCC testing window has started for grades 3-8 and we will be testing from April 25th through May 25th. Please check this attached schedule and see which days your child will be testing. It is very important that all students are present on testing days. Please check any appointments (doctors, dentist, etc…) to make sure that your child is present for testing. If you want to learn more about PARCC please visit this site: www.bostonpublicschools.org/PARCC.
• Curley Water Fountains: Boston Public Schools (BPS), as a proactive and precautionary measure, tested all sites with active water fountains in April 2016. In response to the results we will be hosting two family information sessions for members of the BPS Community on Monday, May 9 at 6:30 pm, which is open to media, and Tuesday, May 10, at 8 am, which is closed to media, at the Bruce C. Bolling Building in the School Committee Chambers, 2nd floor. Please join us.

  Further information in the following language is below:

  • English – BPS Community Meeting Letter
  • Spanish – BPS Community Meeting Letter
  • Capeverdean – BPS Community Meeting Letter
  • Chinese – BPS Community Meeting Letter
  • Haitian – BPS Community Meeting Letter
  • Portuguese – BPS Community Meeting Letter
  • Vietnamese – BPS Community Meeting Letter
• Thank You: Thank you to the SPC for hosting a fabulous staff luncheon for Teacher Appreciation Week on Friday! The staff truly appreciated the time and effort you put into this and are thankful for your support. Also thank you to everyone who helped us to participate in the Wake Up The Earth Festival! It was great to see so many students and families representing our school. Thank you to the following talented and dedicated artists for working long hours after school on the 2016 Lion:
  
  • Teacher: Jesse Cardoso
  • Parent Volunteers: Tom Stenquist and Dave Hamilton
  • 7th and 8th Grade Students: Paola Torres, Caroline Benhaga, Nayah Jacobs, Jorge Soto, Whitney Etienne, Jen Cotzojay, Melvin Nina, Wilsi Taveras, Ricardo Canales, Elda Sapon, and Noelia Rosario Hernandez
  • 4th and 5th grade students: Winona Wardwell, Josephine Stenquist, Violet Waddell, Jada Evans, and Ella Hamilton
• School Site Council (SSC): Our May School Site Council meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 10th from 5:30pm-7:00pm in the Upper School Room 101. All are welcome to attend and should enter through the CASP doors.
• RockMonitor5: Please join us for the 5th Annual Rock Monitor to Keep Art and Music at the Curley K-8 School! This will take place at the Midway Café on Friday, May 13th at 8:30pm.
• Playing Field: The field will be open for public use from 2:30-3:00pm and then will be used by Curley teams from 3pm – 5pm. We are offering many extra curricular activities during that time such as girls soccer, boys soccer, Girls on the Run, Track, CASP, and Tenacity. This is a wonderful space and we want to make sure that many students have access to this. Thanks!
• LGBTQ Picnic: The Curley K-8 School will be hosting our first LGBTQ Picnic for families, faculty and allies. Please join us, bring your friends, spread the word, open to all BPS. More information to follow. Please contact Leida Arroyo (larroyo@bostonpublicschools.org) or Sue Trotz for more information.
  Date: Thursday May 19
  Place: Curley Play area
  Rain date:Thursday May 26
  Time 6:00 pm.
  Members of City Year will help with activities for the children. (BRING YOUR OWN PICNIC).
• Social Media: For up to date information about the Curley K-8 School please sign up for email alerts by joining the Mailing List. You can also follow Principal Grassa on Twitter @principalgrassa and be sure to always use the hashtag #curleycares when sharing/posting/tweeting information about our school.