We have many activities scheduled through end of the year. Here is a sneak peek of next week:

6/3 Kindergarten Celebration of Learning Rooms 8/9

6/4 Unified Games

6/4 Kindergarten Celebration of Learning Rooms 1,4 and 5

6/5 SAIL Room 3 End of Year Celebration

6/6 Field Day K-4

6/7 Field Day Rain Date

Reminder next week's field day information!

On Thursday, June 6th, the Byam School will be having their Field Day!!! Each grade level will have the opportunity to travel around and experience different activity stations and demonstrate some of the skills they have learned this year.

Participants should bring water bottles with their name for this event. Students should be dressed in comfortable clothes and sneakers. If it is sunny, students should consider wearing sunscreen and a hat to school.

Schedule for Byam School Field Day:

•1st and 2nd Grade –Thursday June 6th- 9:30-11:00am

•Kindergarten – Thursday June 6th- 12:00-1:00pm

•3rd and 4th Grade – Thursday June 6th – 1:30-3:00pm

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Thanks,

Ms. Quinn

Byam Physical Education and Health Teacher

Pick Up of Medications

All medications need to be picked up from the Nurse’s Office by a parent/guardian or other responsible adult on the last day of school, Wednesday, June 12, between 8:30am – 11:30am, and 12:30-3:00pm. Items not picked up by 3:00pm on Wednesday, June 12 will be disposed of per district policy.

Asthma, Diabetes, Allergy, Seizure (and Other) Health Plans with Medication Requirements

If your child has asthma, diabetes, allergy which requires epinephrine, seizure, or other medical condition that requires special care or medication, each school year the condition related health form must be completed and returned to the health office by the first day of school.

Forms may be found on the school website under Department “Health Services” then “Health Forms.” Medication for school use must be turned in to the health office by a parent or responsible adult and not by your child. Please make sure all forms are completed, front and back sides. If you have any questions, please contact the nurse during school hours.

A Message for current Grade 2 Parents

In accordance with Massachusetts General Law (Chapter 71, section 57) and related amendments and regulations (105 CMR 200.000-200.920), Chelmsford requires all 3rd grade students to have a current physical on file in our health office. Please keep this in mind when making appointments over the summer for physicals.

Incoming 3rd graders should have a physical dated January 2024 to December 2024 and a copy submitted to the health office by December 2024.

Byam seniors and staff had a wonderful time connecting at the first Byam Senior Breakfast this past Tuesday morning. Thank you to our BSA for sponsoring and for the many senior and senior parent volunteers who organized a great event!

Dear Parents and Guardians,

School bus registration for the 2024-25 school year is underway. We need to begin to collect data on K-12 riders for the fall, so efficient routes may be developed for the start of the school year.

An “early bird” payment discount is available for registrations completed by June 30, 2024. Information pertaining to school bus transportation may be found on the Chelmsford Public Schools website at the following link: https://www.chelmsford.k12.ma.us/domain/90.

Also, please see the attached flyer and registration directions for more details. It is very important that every student is registered to ride the bus regardless of if there is a fee. Registering now allows the transportation department to begin building routes for optimum efficiency, and if you are required to pay a fee it saves you money by registering early.

A few reminders about student transportation:

• ALL K-12 STUDENTS who desire to ride the school bus to or from school MUST REGISTER EVERY YEAR, even if they are not required to pay a fee.
• ALL REGISTRATIONS AND PAYMENTS are processed ON-LINE using MySchoolBucks
• When registering, each student must be entered separately in MySchoolBucks. This means for families with more than one child riding the bus, a registration must be completed for each child.
• MySchoolBucks will provide assistance for using their on-line registration system if needed during the registration process. MySchoolBucks may be reached directly at (855) 832-5226.

REGISTRATION PROCESS

You will need to look up each student in MySchoolBucks and add each student to your account. Looking each student up will require name and LASID or birthdate. Each student must be registered separately. New students to the district please allow 24 hours prior to registering on MySchoolBucks.

It was wonderful having our Byam alumni come join us for a Senior Breakfast out Tuesday. Good luck class of 2024. You are destined for great things!

Dear Byam and Chelmsford Families,

Our district values your feedback! We are currently surveying The Chelmsford Public Schools families in order to gain insight into your perception of our school and district's effectiveness. We also want to better understand barriers to families accessing our schools and programs. To ensure we continue to provide high quality, rigorous learning experiences that meet the needs of our learners and prepare them for college and career, we need your feedback. We want to know what you think.

To administer these surveys, we have partnered with Panorama Education to conduct our 2024 Family Survey as we did in 2023 as well. Panorama safeguards your privacy, keeping your responses anonymous. The survey shouldn’t take more than a few minutes to complete and will be a valuable source of information for us as we work to make our schools and district as good as they can be.

You may complete the survey online through Friday June 14th using a computer, tablet, or smartphone by visiting the website below.

https://surveys.panoramaed.com/chelmsfordma/family24/surveys

We also have a QR code below to access the same survey if preferred.

If you have multiple CPS school-aged children, please feel free to fill out multiple surveys to represent each individual child’s experience. The first question on the survey will be a dropdown to select which school you are filling the survey out for.

We thank you in advance for your thoughtful responses. If you have any questions about the survey administration, please don’t hesitate to contact us, your building Principals.

Thank you in advance for your time.

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We're looking for another great person to join our Byam recess lunch aide team! We provide the training, position is 3 hours a day, 10:50 am to 1:50 pm. Call Byam office for more information!

We are looking forward to another great year in 2024-2025! For those interested and able to substitute as a paraprofessional or substitute teacher intermittently, please contact Betsy Dolan for more information.

Our 4th graders hosted Byam's annual "States Festival" on Wednesday. The students displayed their knowledge of their adopted state and acted as tour guides as they brought families on a trip across America. They also performed some songs to highlight all they've learned.

• 5/30/24: Byam Fenway Night
• 8/28/24: Back to School Social 5:30-7:30PM

No-cost Registration for Byam Events:

*Financial concerns should never stand in the way of families participating in school events. If you are interested in any Byam activities please contact Lyndsey O’Neil, our school counselor, to register at no cost: oneill@chelmsford.k12.ma.us

Want to get involved? BSA Help Needed

Here are some openings the BSA is currently seeking help on, reach out the bsa.chelmsford@gmail.com if you are interested in any of these positions!

Stay Connected to the Byam School Association, Click on the live links below for more...

https://chelmsfordschools.org/

Office: Secretary Dossin dossina@chelmsford.k12.ma.us

Clerk/Attendance: murphys@chelmsford.k12.ma.us

Assistant Principal Dolan dolane@chelmsford.k12.ma.us

Website: https://byam.chelmsfordschools.org/about/
Location: 25 Maple Road, Chelmsford, MA, USA
Phone: 978-251-5144