This week’s Paw Prints from principal Jeff Slater: Several of our amazing Curley teachers helped to facilitate learning sessions for our staff at Tuesday afternoon’s professional development session. Kim Daly did a session on “Number Talks,” Danielle Moran shared information about how to access and use predictive data from the online web site, Caitlyn Gable… Continue reading »

Welcome (back)! Now that enrollment has settled down for the year, we have been able to include a number of new parents on our mailing list. Special thanks to parents Carrie Fletcher and Sara Mallach for their effort! So if you’re new to the site, welcome! You’ll find the all important Curley Calendar, news and… Continue reading »

This week’s Paw Prints from principal Jeff Slater: On Thursday, our 8th graders had the opportunity to participate in a high school awareness opportunity with Boston Arts Academy. We have so many talented students, and BAA is a great high school option for students who have an interest in the arts. Thank you to Sue… Continue reading »

Four updates concerning Health and Wellness, a Science fundraiser, the chance to nominate an inspirational teacher, and a word about more teacher web sites that have been set up. —————————– Health and Wellness Policy Revisions The Health and Wellness Committee led by Science teacher Stephanie Selznick and the Curley’s Guidance Counselor Sue Trotz, are helping to… Continue reading »

The Curley After School Program (CASP) is considering offering a before school program for Curley students K-8. The cost of the program is projected to be $5 per day per student.  The program’s hours will be 7:20am to 8:20 am Monday through Friday. Activities will include arts and crafts, jumbo and puzzle worksheets, and reading.… Continue reading »

Recently, a Curley team of teachers and families participated in the 2012 Walk Now for Autism Speaks. This event is a major fundraiser for vital research about autism, which is one of the fastest-growing serious developmental disorders in the U.S. This year the team raised $95 towards research! Though, Sunday’s rainy weather created muddy obstacles,… Continue reading »

This week’s Paw Prints from principal Jeff Slater: Did you know that Northeastern University is one of the Curley’s partners though the Mayor’s StepUp university partnership initiative? NU provides us with a variety of supports including on-site visits for students to support Science learning, retired professors assisting in our classrooms, university students to provide math… Continue reading »

The 6th Annual Fall Fling is this Friday, October 12th from 5:30 – 8 p.m. in the upper school gym. Use the Pershing Road bridge entrance. The annual Curley K-8 Fall Fling is our key fundraising event of the year – it brings in 40% of the money we raise to support music, art, and science… Continue reading »

A reminder the School Parent Council (SPC) meeting and elections are tomorrow night, Wednesday, October 10th, in the lower school cafeteria from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Principal Jeff Slater will start the meeting by sharing his key goals for this school year. The parents’ council elections will follow. Childcare WILL BE provided. Please bring a dish… Continue reading »

This Friday’s 6th annual Fall Fling is still in need of donated baskets! We have a few families who have offered to donate baskets for the Fall Fling (apologies to those who have already signed up), but we are in need of more! Each year, we ask families to create baskets filled with goods or… Continue reading »

This week’s Paw Prints from principal Jeff Slater: Laurie Ciardi’s 1st grade students taught me and my intern Clara how to play the “5 in Row” math game! It was great to hear students explaining their mathematical thinking in Connie Redden’s 2nd grade class! Asking students to explain their thinking is something parents can do… Continue reading »

October events at the Curley include the following: Parent Night – Meet Your Child’s Teachers Thursday, October 4th, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Your child’s homeroom Come and learn what your child will be covering during the school year, meet your child’s teachers, and get informed about their expectations for this school year. Parents will… Continue reading »

This week’s Paw Points, from principal Jeff Slater: Our Instructional Leadership Team (ILT) met on Tuesday. BPS is providing schools with funds to support our team. Funds will be used to designate teacher leaders in the following areas: Professional Growth & Evaluation, Rigorous implementation of Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks with differentiated supports, Data inquiry & Data… Continue reading »