This week’s Paw Prints from principal Jeff Slater:

• I would like to thank our school Guidance Counselor, Sue Trotz, for taking the lead in organizing our “Day of Care and Support” on Monday. She took the lead in coordinating our response to the shooting of one of our 8th grade students. Sue helped to organize a variety of trauma and counseling support resources from both BPS and our extended community. Because of her efforts, we had a hugely successful array of support in place for both students in staff in response to an extremely traumatic event.
• It was exciting to see students in Sara Silverstein’s class apply reading strategies they learned to the books they were reading during Guided Reading time! Her students are clearly internalizing these strategies as they work to become proficient readers.
• Please be sure to stop by the Curley on Monday for a “Day of Service” in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.! This event is presented in conjunction with Boston Cares.
• It was great to see Annette Suarez-Beaudrault’s 6th grade students working together as they learned about percents, discounts, taxes, and sales in math class this week! Our students love to learn together in pairs and small groups. One of Annette’s students commented to me, “That was fun… I like working like this.”
• I’m looking forward to seeing all of you on for Curley Night at the Museum of Science on Friday night from 5:00-9:00! This is an exciting Curley tradition!
• I had the pleasure of reading a lot of great poetry from students in Teresa Johnson-Javaloyes’ 4th grade class this week! We certainly have some talented writers!