Health and Wellness Committee:
Please join us for our October Health and Wellness Meeting on Tuesday, October 3rd from 7:30am-8:15am in Room 203 (Upper School). Families may enter through the CASP doors.
Principal Breakfast:
Please join us for our 1st principal breakfast on Friday, October 6th from 8:45am-9:45am in Room 221 (Upper School). We will further discuss the 21st Century Funding and gather family input as we make new furniture choices. All families are welcome to attend!
Library Committee:
Please share with friends and family the news that the Curley K-8 Library is receiving Shelf Help from the Boston Book Festival! from the Boston Book Festival! The organizers of the Festival are promoting and publicizing this wishlist, to help us re-open the library with new, hardcover children’s books. The Boston Book Festival is October 28 in Copley Square, and is a fantastic, free, family-friendly celebration of literature for readers of all ages.
Our first Library Committee Meeting will be Saturday, October 21 at 9 am, in the Community Room of the JP Branch Library on South Street (next to Curtis Hall.) Please join us to talk about next steps for fundraising, publicity, work in the library, and more.
Thank you to everyone who has helped the library, we look forward to a grand opening later in the fall!
No School:
There will be no school on Monday, October 9th in observance of Columbus Day.
SSC:
Please join us for our first SSC meeting of the year on Tuesday, October 10th from 5:30pm-7:00pm in Room 209 . All families are encouraged to attend and can enter through the CASP doors.
Music Class:
We are working hard this year to provide all of our students with as many resources in music as possible. Please join us in bringing more instruments to our two music classrooms! Click here to find out more!
Come join us at The 11th Annual Curley K-8 Fall Fling on Friday October 13th from 5:30 – 8:00PM
This is a enjoyable family event and fundraiser with food, fun activities, a raffle with major prizes and a DJ! Parent volunteers play an essential role in making this a great event for our school community. Please see links below to sign up to volunteer. The money raised goes toward important enrichment programs such as music, art, dance, Playworks and field trips for our children.
Please click here to sign up for a task that you are interested in helping with. Even if you have an hour to make a few phone calls or to pick up some pizza on the night of the event, every bit helps!
Parents, please look out for raffle tickets that will be coming home in your child’s backpack this week. We are asking families to buy, sell or return the tickets by next Tuesday, October 10th. Please contact Jessica at jlondonrand@gmail.com of at 617-694-2405 if you have any questions or would like to request additional raffle tickets.
Please contact Jessica London-Rand at jlondonrand@gmail.com/617-694-2405 (hablo español) or Molly Brigham mollykbrigham@gmail.com/617-519-0167 if you have any questions.
Curley Ambassadors of Dance (CAD):
is starting this fall! Kim Taylor Knight will begin rehearsals on November 14th at 4-5 pm in the Auditorium.
This year CAD will be performing at the MLK celebration at the Strand Theater in January, the Art Show in April and the District Arts Festival on the Common.
For more information please contact Kim at storyinabox@gmail.com
It’s Disney Musical Time for grades 3-5!:
If your child is interested in participating in the Disney musical please come to a parent information meeting October 16th or 17th from 5:30-6 in the auditorium. Auditions for the show “Jungle Book” will take place 19th and 20th at 4-5 pm also in the auditorium.
Can’t be at the meeting? Mail your questions to Kim Taylor Knight at storyinabox@gmail.com
Looking forward to meeting you!
Playworks:
We are thrilled to have Playworks as a returning partnership this year. Thank you to all families who assist us in funding this partnership. Playworks has been proven to decrease bullying behavior, increase physical activity and support learning. They provide elementary schools with a full-time recess coach, throughout the school day. Our coaches enhance and transform recess and play into a positive experience that helps kids and teachers get the most out of every learning opportunity. If any parent’s would like to reach out for questions or concerns about the program they can email Coach Jacqui at jacqueline.conley@playworks.org
Guide to BPS:
New this year, the Boston Public Schools is encouraging families to view the annual “Guide to the Boston Public Schools” and fill out the necessary back-to- school forms by accessing the BPS website at www.bostonpublicschools.org/familyguide. The Guide is available in English and nine other languages. This helpful guidebook contains summaries of many of the district’s policies, programs, and services.
A separate booklet contains forms that need to be completed by parents, or students 18 or over. The online form is available at www.bostonpublicschools.org/contact. We encourage you to go online to complete the form for each of your children as soon as possible. A limited number of the printed guides, as well as booklets containing the forms, will be available at our school office for the families of students who are new to the district or do not have access to the Internet. We thank you for your cooperation.
A Note from the Curley Nurses:
Please send in an updated copy of your child’s annual physical and immunizations. For more information you can email our nurses at Apumphret@bostonpublicschools.org and Mregan@bostonpublicschools.org
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.
