Thanksgiving: We will be dismissing for the Thanksgiving Break on Wednesday, November 22nd at 1:10pm. There will be NO afterschool programming on this day and all staff and students are dismissing at 1:10pm. We will also have no school on November 23rd-24th. Please communicate with your child’s teacher if you are making changes to your family dismissal plan.

Supply Drive for Puerto Rico: On Saturday Middle School Teacher, Nina Wessen, dropped off 852lbs of supplies to be sent to support those in need in Puerto Rico. Thank you to all the families who donated on 10/31:

Coat Drive: We are accepting donations of winter wear (coats, boots, hats, scarves, mittens, etc). There are wrapped boxes in both the lower and upper school lobbies to leave donations. We can use all sizes from 3T to adult. If your child is in need of winter gear, please let his/her teacher know by filling out and returning the coat drive flyer sent home in your student’s folder. If any adult is interested in helping this effort this winter season, please contact Fran Batuyios, Curley parent, at fbatuyios@hotmail.com
Thanks for helping keep Curley kids warm this winter!

School Preview Time: It is time for school previews and we could use your helping leading tours at the Curley! On Saturday, December 9th from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m there will be a citywide Schools Showcase at TD Gardens.
At the Curley school we need help leading tours on:

Tuesday, November 28th, 9am-10am

Tuesday, December 19, 9am-10am
Tuesday, January 23rd, 9am-10am
There are Helpful Hint sheets to everyone who volunteers with ideas of what to highlight on the tours.

If you are new to giving tours we can also pair you up with someone who has led them before.

If you are able to help out leading tours even one day, it would be very helpful. Please sign up on the doodle poll: School Tours

If you know of someone who is not on this list who think might be willing to lead tours, please let me know.

Please feel free to e-mail me: Arusha Hollister-Carlson: arusha_h@yahoo.com

Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SPED PAC): The monthly general meeting November 30 – BPS Update on Transition services/ Guardianship/ SSI
SPED PAC monthly meetings provide information regarding relevant special education topics. Meetings include the opportunity for parents to ask questions or discuss concerns surrounding these topics.
All parents and caregivers are welcome. Childcare available at all meetings and Spanish translation available upon request. Light refreshments will be served.

Meeting time: 7-8:30
Richard J. Murphy School
1 Worrell St
Dorchester, MA 02122
Further information can be found at : http://bostonspedpac.org/
If questions, please feel free to contact Curley parent representative Lisa Walker at walkerlm1@outlook.com

Jungle Book Production Updates: On Monday, November 20th at 5:30 to 6 I will be hosting a brief production meeting with interested parents and others in the auditorium. I will be outlining the production roles and what each entails. This is an overview meeting; we will meet as a team monthly to communicate progress. I am happy to announce Jaime Brice will be the costume chairperson. Please contact me with any questions at storyinabox@gmail.com (Kim Taylor Knight).

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.