This week’s Paw Prints from Principal Katie Grassa:

• Principal Breakfast: Our first Principal Breakfast will take place this year on Friday, October 2nd from 8:45am-9:45am in the Upper School Library. All families are welcome to attend.
• Terra Nova Testing: Between September 28 – October 6, 2015, the TerraNova (3rd edition) in Reading and Mathematics will be given in grades 3, 4, and 5 to determine eligibility for AWC. You will receive your child’s results later this fall.
• Open House: Open House will take place at the Curley K-8 School on Thursday, October 1st from 5:00pm-7:00pm. All families are invited to the school to meet their child’s teacher and see their classroom. This is not a time for an individual student conference but rather a time to learn about the overall learning experience your child will have this year.
• Community Music Center of Boston (CMCB): We are excited to share a new Community Music Center of Boston opportunity taking place in our neighborhood at the Mission Hill School in Jamaica Plain this year. The choral satellite program called Sing It! will have weekly rehearsals on Thursday afternoons from 3:30-4:45 in the Mission Hill School auditorium. This is a community chorus that is open to all members of the local community, including Curley students in grades 4-6. The chorus is also open to motivated and mature 3rd graders who love to sing. The first rehearsal will take place on October 8th and we hope to see you there! Please contact Jennifer or Matt at 617-482-7494 or email Matt at bailin@cmcb.org for information on how to register. Walk-in registrations with payments will also be accepted on our first day. Be sure to ask us about financial aid and payment plan options–our goal is to make this opportunity accessible for all who want to participate. Feel free to forward to your friends and neighbors–the more the merrier!
• School Site Council (SSC): The first School Site Council meeting will take place in the Upper School Library on Tuesday, September 29th from 5:30pm-7:00pm. The SSC is the governing body of the school. All are welcome to attend but only elected school staff and parents are able to vote on items.
• School Parent Council (SPC): The first School Parent Council (SPC) meeting will take place on Wednesday October 7th from 6pm-8pm in the Lower School Cafeteria. All families are members of the SPC and are encouraged to attend these meetings. Principal Grassa will welcome all families and speak at the start of the first meeting this year.
• Picture Day: School pictures will be taken on October 27th (K-5) & 28th (6-8). More information will be sent home to families. Click here to print your order forms in advance (K-5 here, 6-8 here) and contact Mr. Diaz with any questions ddiaz@bostonpublicschools.org.
• Arrival and Dismissal: Please keep in mind that the doors open at 8:15am and the official school day begins promptly at 8:30am. Please make sure to have your child arrive on time for the start of the day. Dismissal begins at 2:25pm. We are asking all families to remain outside at dismissal. We are also asking families to not release students after 1:45pm. It makes for a hectic dismissal and is disruptive to classroom learning.
• Fall Fling: The School Parent Council (SPC) will host the 9th Annual Fall Fling on Friday, October 16th. We are looking for volunteers to help sell raffle tickets both within their network as well as at local JP establishments. If you are interested in volunteering please email Jessica London-Rand at jlondonrand@gmail.com.
• 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.