Dear Families,

We look forward to welcoming you to the 6th grade at the Mary E. Curley School. We will like to invite you to a 6th grade orientation on Saturday, August 30 from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. This will be an opportunity for students and families to meet teachers and review details about the school. Although attendance is not mandatory, we strongly encourage you to make every effort to attend the orientation.

At the orientation, you will receive

• BPS Policy
• 2003-2004 school calendar
• Emergency card
• Lunch Application Form
• Sample School/Class Schedule

Summer Reading

Your child is expected to read one book this summer. Below is the list of books, you and your child can choose from.

Guests by Michael Dorris
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos
So Far from the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins
Going Home by Nicholasa Mohr
Bud, not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Hoops by Walter Dean Myers
The Winter Room by Gary Paulsen

Use the recording notes form for the reading, and record your notes about the book you chose to read this summer.

Please be informed that the students must bring the recording form and the book on the first day of school. Both book and notes will be part of the students’ first reading and writing project, and it will be graded as part of the first marking term.