You’ve probably heard from your (gleeful) kids, but if not, BPS has announced that all schools are closed Tuesday AND Wednesday, January 27-28. School buses will not be running. The Boston Center for Youth and Families will open a limited number of community centers for children ages 7 and older from 7:30am-6pm. Parents/guardians will need to fill… Continue reading »

There are NO After School Activities today, Monday, January 26, 2015. We wanted to notify families as early as possible that all after school activities are cancelled this afternoon. We want to assure that all staff, partners and students are home safely before the storm. That means today, January 26th that CASP, Tenacity, Bricks and… Continue reading »

This week’s Paw Prints from Principal Katie Grassa: AWC/General Education Integration Meeting: We will be meeting on Wednesday, January 29th from 3:00pm-4:00pm in room 121. We will check in with families around next year as well as begin to plan the rising 4th grade open house event. All families are welcome to attend. Extended Learning… Continue reading »

DonorsChoose.org, a fundraising site many teachers use to raise resources for specific classroom projects has been used by many, many Curley teachers to improve instruction for our students. There are THREE Curley projects currently in need of funding. Needs include a weighted vest to help autism students, and a variety of other technology needs including… Continue reading »

The School Site Council (SSC), the governing body of the Curley, met in a special session on January 6th to hear Principal Grassa’s budget presentation for the 2015/16 school year. The full draft minutes of the meeting are found here. As many community members already know, the Curley has gone through some very difficult budget… Continue reading »

This week’s Paw Prints from Principal Katie Grassa: Extended Learning Time: Many of you have seen the proposal around extending the school day for K-8 Schools in Boston. Our School Site Council (SSC) voted unanimously to apply to begin as part of cohort 1 in September. This week we will submit an application. This does… Continue reading »

This week’s Paw Prints from Principal Katie Grassa: New Building Signs: Many of you may have noticed the new signs hanging around the building! A few things you should know: Curley parents and staff handmade and painted 120 signs!  It took a lot of work so please encourage students to Care About Our School by respecting the… Continue reading »

Boston Public Schools is CLOSED TOMORROW, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8th due to the dangerous cold weather. The BPS website has the following announcement: Due to the dangerously cold weather, all schools are closed Thursday, January 8. School buses will not be running. Administrative offices, including BPS Welcome Centers, the Newcomers Assessment Center, Campbell Resource Center and 26… Continue reading »

The School Site Council (SSC) meeting where the FY15/16 budget will be presented by Principal Katie Grassa, will be held tomorrow, Tuesday 6th from 4:15pm-5:45pm in the library. Our regularly scheduled meeting was to be next Tuesday, January 13th, but the BPS budget office has given all schools a deadline of tomorrow to vote and… Continue reading »

This week’s Paw Prints from Principal Katie Grassa: Happy New Year: I hope that all families enjoyed time together over this vacation break and I wish you all a happy and healthy new year! 2014 brought a lot of positive changes to the Curley K-8 School and I can’t wait to see the successes and… Continue reading »

This week’s Paw Prints from Principal Katie Grassa: Happy New Year: I hope that all families enjoy time together over this vacation break and I wish you all a happy and healthy new year! 2014 brought a lot of positive changes to the Curley K-8 School and I can’t wait to see the successes and… Continue reading »

This week’s Paw Prints from Principal Katie Grassa: Congrats: A big shout out to the middle school girl’s volleyball team who advanced to the City Championship game this past Friday. Unfortunately, they did not win on Friday but they worked hard until the end and modeled sportsmanship. A special thank you to Mr. Bertoni who… Continue reading »

We are trying to get an early start to silent auction planning this year, so the first committee meeting will be held at Canary Square in Jamaica Plain (435 South Huntington Ave, Jamaica Plain, MA 0213) on Monday, December 15th at 8:00pm. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the Silent Auction (at… Continue reading »