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• District Updates
• Athletic Department Updates
• Extended Learning Updates
• Early Learning Center
• Berkowitz School Updates
• Clark Ave. Middle School Updates
• Chelsea High School Updates
• Messages from Community Partners

Congratulations to our students in the La Vida Scholars program! This group of soon-to-be high school graduates were honored last night at "The Reveal" where it was announced where they will be attending college in the fall.

Through the La Vida program, students receive support throughout the college application through 1-on-1 advising, academic support, applying for scholarships and more!

Congratulations to these amazing students who will be attending colleges and universities such as Salem State, UMass Boston, Northeastern and more!

Students from the Wright Science & Technology Academy and Chelsea High School presented at the Chelsea Research Festival yesterday! The students researched topics including marine pollution in Chelsea, contagious cancer, insulin and AI's role in loneliness. The students presented their research and answered questions from attendees, which included school district staff, community members, high school students and professional researchers.

On Thursday, May 29, we will host our fourth annual Youth Mental Health & Wellness Day from 3:00-5:00 p.m. outside at the Williams School!

The event invites all CPS students, families and the entire City of Chelsea Community to attend, participate in wellness activities, and learn more about Mental Health resources and support systems available to children and adults alike. A variety of events and activities have been planned for Youth Mental Health & Wellness Day including:

🔹 Food & Music

🔹 Physical Activity & Dance

🔹 Community Resources

🔹 Games & Activities

The event will focus on the whole minds, whole hearts and the whole Chelsea Chelsea Community. We hope to see you there!

We have a packed concert season coming up with multiple school concerts and community performances! Our spring performance schedule includea:

Mar 20 CHS Arts Night Out, Art Gallery 5:00pm, Student Film Festival 5:30, Concert 6:00

May 21 Williams Middle School Spring Concert, 6:00pm

May 22 CHS Performance at Woodlawn Cemetery in observance of Memorial Day, 10:30am

May 24 CHS Performance for Battle of Chelsea Creek, 11:00am

May 26 CHS Performance for Memorial Day, City Hall Front Lawn, 10:00am

May 29 George F. Kelly Spring Concert, 9:30am

May 29 Boston Children's Chorus End of Year Concert at Clark Ave. Middle School, 5:00pm

June 3 William A. Berkowitz Spring Concert, 9:30am

June 4 Cantare Performance at CHS Senior Awards Night, 6:00pm

June 6 Frank M. Sokolowski Spring Concert, 9:30am

June 7 CHS Graduation (Concert Band, Cantare, and Orchestra), 10:00am

June 11 Edgar Hooks Spring Concert, 9:00am

June 12 Deborah Sampson Award Ceremony with Select Cantare Trio at Massachusetts Statehouse, 11:00am

Check out the upcoming schedule for this week (May 19-24)!

Congratulations to our Red Devil Athletes of the Week!

Congratulations to our four spring track student-athletes on their GBL League Meet titles!

Intramurals are still going with the spring season. The BMS was victorious in the first unified volleyball match, while the WSTA was the victor of the first week of unified flag football for grades five and six. There are only a few weeks left, but the students and coaches are making the most of the time they have.

The Ping Pong program held their first ever Ping Pong and Game Tournament this week! Students and staff challenged each other to ping pong, chess, and corn hole for an end of the year celebration as the Extended Learning programming winds down for the year. With so many participants and activities, we expect Ping Pong, and many of our other programs, to pick up again in the fall! Thank you to all everyone who made this and our other programs so successful!

The theme for the ELC Community Assembly was Be Safe and Be a Worker. We were grateful to welcome firefighters from the Chelsea Fire Department, who visited our school to educate students about fire safety.

Students in Ms Fondulis’ class used sponge brushes to mix cool color tints of tempera paint to create a pond like the one in Impressionist artist Claude Monet’s garden. When their paintings were dry, they layered collage materials and oil pastels to create waterlilies , frogs and dragonflies.

Six classes of 8th grade students presented their Civics Action Projects in front of parents, peers, and guests in the library on Monday and Tuesday this week. Students have spent many weeks working in groups to take action on important issues that impact our community, such as immigration, air pollution, discrimination, and mental health. We are so proud of our students for presenting and making these important statements!

The Clark Avenue Middle School held its annual Spring Concert on Weds. May 14. Among the many ensembles who performed to a packed audience were the Cub Band, Percussion Ensemble, Jazz Band, and Advanced Band, all of whom are directed by Mr. Lee Thomas. Our CAMS students did an amazing job preparing for this concert, and performed many challenging pieces.

Chelsea High School senior, Rosalia Hernandez, donated handmade infant hats to the Young Parenting Program, which is located at Chelsea High School. She made over 50 baby hats and brought them in this week This is part of a senior project for National Honors Society. We are so proud of all of our Seniors!

The Young Parenting Program supports parenting and pregnant students by connecting them with essential resources, offering guidance, and helping them navigate challenges related to parenting, education, childcare, and personal development. The program also works with non-parenting students by providing prevention education and collaborating with outside agencies to facilitate workshops and presentations.

On Friday May 9th, Chelsea High School hosted the MGH Bloodmobile for our annual blood drive. The blood drive was organized by National Honor Society student Alanna Taylor in conjunction with the MGH school-based health center at Chelsea High.

The day started with 55 appointments on the schedule. There were 46 people that went to the bus, 5 were temporarily deferred, and 41 people gave blood successfully. 29 of those people were giving blood with MGH for the first time!

The donated blood goes through testing, typing and preparing for transfusion. MGH hospital has seen a great increase in liver transplant surgeries. These historically use quite a bit of blood. In just the first few months of this increase, the need for blood more than doubled!! MGH also has a busy sickle cell clinic whose patients depend on red blood cells, sometimes getting transfusions monthly.

Everyday there are people in the hospital whose lives depend on good, generous people like those at Chelsea High School. Everyone who signed up to donate should be very proud of their participation.

With each donation going to help 3 patients, the CHS blood drive has given a chance at life to over 100 patients!

CHS Senior, Nat Hem, has won the prestigious 2025 Congressional Art Competition for Massachusetts District 7! The Congressional Art Competition is a nation-wide contest. Winning works will be displayed for one year in the U.S. Capitol Building.

Nat’s painting features a view of Chelsea’s own Governor Bellingham-Cary House which fits the theme for our state: "Massachusetts Stories; From Past to Present". He will soon travel with his family to D.C. to be honored at the awards ceremony, and to view his artwork on display in the Capitol. Congratulations to Nat!

The family liaisons had their third family enrichment café workshop.

The Chelsea High School Percussion Ensemble and Jazz Band, both under the direction of Ms. Shannon Chick, performed at the DESE sponsored Partners in Equity Leadership Conference in Norwood, MA on Fri., May 9. Our students truly shined performing for education leaders from all over Massachusetts! Video of their performance can be viewed here:

Please see the link below for the most recent edition of the CHS Family Newsletter:

• CHS Family/Community Newsletter

Good afternoon CPS Families!

Registration for youth and teen summer programs with the Chelsea Recreation Department is now open! Examples of activities available for youth and teens include:

• Flag Football
• Volleyball
• Soccer for preschool students
• Karate for young children
• Ballet
• Filmmakers Class
• Field trips
• and more!

Click here to read more in the Chelsea Recreation Summer Program Guide

Click here to register

Join us for the 250th Battle of Chelsea Creek Celebration!

Explore the SSV Ernestina-Morrissey schooner—get on deck and discover its rich history!

American Militia Parade along Marginal Street featuring musket drills.

Step back in time with an 18th-century encampment, reenactors, and interactive activities.

Cannon display and salutes at noon and 2 p.m.

Enjoy local food vendors and the Governor Bellingham-Cary House Museum open from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Also, don’t miss the Memorial Day boat tour of Chelsea Creek!

Complete event details and parking information are available at chelseaprospers.org

Free Youth event for ages 7-14 on Saturday, June 21, 2025 from 2-6pm.