This week’s Paw Prints from Principal Katie Grassa:

• Curley Holiday Shopping Night: Buy your presents on Thursday, December 10th from 4pm-8pm and our wonderful local businesses will donate 10% of their sales during that time period. So far, businesses include Streetcar, On Centre, Kitchen Witch, Boing, and Stella and Dot.
• School Site Council: The SSC was changed this month to better align with the release of the budget for SY 2015-2016. We will meet on Tuesday, December 15th from 5:30-7:00pm in Room 101 Upper School. You can enter through the CASP doors until 6pm and all are welcome to attend.
• School Showcase: Thank you to the families who volunteered time on Saturday to help perspective families make informed choices about schools for their child next year. We have three more showcase sessions Friday, December 11th from 9-10am, Friday, December 18th from 9-10am and Thursday, January 14th from 3-4pm. Please email Arusha Hollister if you are interested in helping out or sign up here.
• Health and Wellness: Please join us for our January Health and Wellness meeting, Tuesday, January 5th, from 7:30am-8:30am in the library. All families are welcome to attend.
• SY2016-2017: Our school is one of several schools selected to implement Expanded Learning Time (ELT) as a part of a commitment the district, in partnership with the Mayor and the Boston Teachers Union, has made to extend the school day by forty (40) minutes. The school day will be expanded to 6 hours and 40 minutes, providing more time for students to learn and participate in enrichment and intervention programs. Our new school day will begin at 8:30am and end at 3:10pm. There are many benefits for students and families including:
  • More time for students to learn
  • Increased opportunities for enrichment
  • More time for small group interventions or accelerations
  • More time for teachers to collaborate and improve the quality of instruction

  Families are critical to the success of Expanded Learning Time at our school. We will keep you informed about Expanded Learning Time through community meetings, calls and letters home, school website, and social media.

• Lost and Found: A lost and found bin has been established outside of the nurse’s office. If your child has lost or misplaced an item please have them check the bin. Starting in November the bin will be emptied on the first of the month. Unclaimed items will be donated to Good Will or washed and kept in the Nurse’s Office as extra clothing for Curley students. Thanks in advance for your support!
• Arrival: 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. Families are welcome to accompany their child to the class each morning between 8:15-8:35. After 8:35am all students will be marked tardy and cannot be escorted by families members to class.
• Dismissal: 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. Also to assure the safety of the 300+ students who participate in afterschool activities we will not be able to allow families back into the building to use the facilities after dismissal. There are not staff on duty to supervise this past 2:45pm.
• 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.