Please join us on Tuesday, October 4 from 6:00-8:00pm in the Lower School cafeteria (and bring a dish or drink to share).  It’s time for a Curley community potluck dinner and our first parents’ council meeting of the year!

Principal Jeff Slater will to welcome new and returning Curley families and will talk about his vision for the Curley K-8. You’ll learn what the parents’ council does (the short answer is “A LOT!!”), find out how you can get involved, and help us choose this year’s parents’ council leaders. You can also find out about our School Site Council (“SSC”) (comprised of parents, teachers, and administrators), and we’ll elect our parent representatives to the SSC.

We welcome all participation – even if you haven’t had a chance to get involved before or are brand-new to the Curley!  As we hope you know by now, the Curley has a terrific, engaged parent community, and we look forward to your continued (or new!) participation this school year.  We have many very easy ways to get involved, and we also welcome parents who aren’t able to volunteer right now but are interested in learning more about the Curley.

Please bring a dish or drink to share.  Childcare and Spanish interpretation will be provided.

Hello Curley Mamas! A reminder that the 1st MFABS evening of the year (Mamas, Friendship and Beverages for Survival) is tonight.

Join us at Bella Luna/Milky Way at 7:30 pm  tonight for a casual evening of beverages and mama-ship. Arrive whenever you can (it’s a “soft” start-time), and leave whenever you need to.

In case you need your memory jogged, MFABS is a chance for mamas in the Curley K-8 community — and beyond — to get together for a drink and a chat. It’s just for fun; there are no dads, kids, or agendas other than to relax, vent, share, and otherwise take a load off our far-too-busy minds and souls.

PLEASE SHARE THIS INVITE with any moms who might enjoy a night out! For more information, contact Lindsey Weeramuni.

Our PACE Program teachers would like to remind everyone of the Greater Boston Walk Now for Autism Speaks event at Suffolk Downs this Sunday, October 2. Registration, an Autism Community Resource Fair with over 30 local providers and organizations, and entertainment begins at 9 a.m. The Walk itself begins at 10:30 a.m.

For more information, please visit the Walk Now for Autism Speaks website.

The Curley K-8 School’s PACE Program, which stands for Practical Academic Community Education, offers services for students with Autism spectrum disorders. Visit our PACE Program page to learn more.

A valued and long-time partner of the Curley K-8 School, Quest Adventures, is holding it’s Second Annual 5K Walk around Jamaica Pond this Sunday, October 2nd. Please consider participating to help raise money for this very worthy organization. Registration opens at 10 a.m. at the Jamaica Pond Boat House where Pond Street meets the Jamaicaway. The walk will begin at 11 a.m.

Quest Adventures has sponsored the Curley’s trips to St. Croix for several years. Each time, they have given a $5,000 seed grant and 7 months of direction and guidance in organizing, fundraising,  and executing the trips.

This past spring, eleven Curley middle school students, together with three teachers and Principal Jeffrey Slater, traveled to Discovery Grove, St. Croix to volunteer at the Christiansted Boys and Girls Club. They cleaned and painted the club building. They also worked with the children (above), helping with homework, teaching sports and leading team building activities and discussions on common teen issues.

You may also register for the Walk online or make a donation.

To help parents reach the Transportation Department more effectively, BPS have set up a dedicated email address: schoolbus@bostonpublicschools.org. This address is monitored by the Transportation Department daily and can be used to let them know about problems. BPS has set it up to be just as effective as a phone call. When contacting the Transportation Department, please remember to put as much information as possible, including student ID number and pickup/drop-off details, in the email.

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 at the Curley! This year’s event – on Friday, October 14 – is quickly approaching. Those of you who have attended in the past know how terrific the Fall Fling is, and it takes a lot of volunteers to pull it off. To make this year’s Fall Fling a success, we really need you to pitch in. Many of the things we need help with take two hours or less. Here are some easy ways you can help – please sign up!

Sell raffle tickets for a mere two hours outside of JP Licks this Saturday or on another upcoming weekend (prizes include an iPad, a kid’s bike, and an xBox 360):

• Sign up online now!
• Choose a two-hour block between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
• We need three families for each slot – kids are welcome (and are often great at persuading folks to support the Curley!)

Sell raffle tickets on your own to your friends, family, neighbors, or colleagues:

• Sign up online now!
• Tell us how many books you would like.
• We will get the tickets to you!

Make and donate a themed basket to be raffled off at the event:

• Sign up online now!
• Choose any basket theme you like – for adult or kids – and let us know

Help on the day of the event:

• Sign up online to donate drinks and bake sale items, or to help set up or clean up!

There will also be an informal meeting on the Lower School playground on Wednesday, September 21 at 2:45pm (rain date is Thursday at the same time) for anyone who is free at that time and is interested in finding out how to best help with this event.

If you have any questions about volunteering at the Fall Fling, please contact Jess Ormsby. Thanks in advance for your help – we couldn’t pull this off without all of our terrific Curley volunteers!

Curley K-8 School Open House
Thursday, September 22, 2012
5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
and Welcome Reception for Families
7 p.m. – 8 p.m.
(at the Pershing Road Bridge)

All parents/guardians can meet their child’s teachers, visit classrooms, hear about the curriculum and expectations for the year, and meet (or re-connect with) other Curley parents! We will provide a light dinner.

Noche para padres de la escuela Curley K-8
El Jueves 22 de Septiembre, 2011
5:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M.
7:00-8:00 P.M. Recepcion para los nuevos padres en
El corredor que conecta a la escuela Intermedia con la Calle Pershing –
Un plato de comida es bienvenido para compartir!

Todos los padres y personas legalmente responsables por los estudiantes estan invitados a la escuela Curley K-8 para que vengan a conocer los maestros de su hijo/hija. Visite los salones de clase, los maestros les explicaran el curriculo y las expectativas para este ano escolar. Asegurense de recibir una copia del curriculum.

ESPERAMOS VERLOS!!!
Para mas informacion puede ponerse en contacto con la escuela 617-635-8176 Est. 135
(Betty Alvarado o Maria Monteiro-Roby)

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UPDATE –
One of the Curley K-8’s invaluable partners, The  Harvard Achievement Support Initiative (HASI), will also be distributing Grade-appropriate bags of curriculum materials and school supplies to each student’s family. These supplies with be available in classrooms during the Open House.

Curley uniform shirts (white, collared shirts with the Curley logo) are now available for sale for K-8 students and adults.

They conform to the uniform policy and are $7 for children’s sizes and $12 for adult sizes. We have children’s sizes X-small, small, medium, large, X-large and adult sizes small, medium, large, X-large, and XX-large.

There are three ways to buy shirts:

1. From Mary in the Lower School office between the hours of 9:30-1:30 (As many of you know, we lost the Upper School secretary in the budget cuts last year. Because of her added workload, Mary can only sell shirts between these hours);
2. Send your child in with a check and the number/size of shirts requested and their teacher will give it to Mary during the school day. Checks should be made out the Curley K-8 SPC;
3. Place your order through the website’s Curley Shop.

Hello Curley Mamas! It’s time to gather for Mamas, Friendship and Beverages for Survival, MFABS for short.

Join us at Bella Luna/Milky Way at 7:30 pm on the last Thursday of each month for a casual evening of beverages and mama-ship. Arrive whenever you can (it’s a “soft” start-time), and leave whenever you need to.

By way of introduction for those of you unfamiliar with MFABS, this is a chance for mamas in the Curley K-8 community — and beyond — to get together for a drink and a chat. It’s just for fun; there are no dads, kids, or agendas other than to relax, vent, share, and otherwise take a load off our far-too-busy minds and souls.

PLEASE SHARE THIS INVITE with any moms who might enjoy a night out! For more information, contact Lindsey Weeramuni.

Hello Curley Familes,

Some of you may have noticed a Welcome Reception on our online calendar, tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, September 14.  The reception is going to be postponed, probably to the week of September 19 (next week).

Please stay tuned for more details!