Superintendent's Weekly Updates

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• District Updates
• Extended Learning Updates
• Athletic Updates
• Early Learning Center Updates
• Berkowitz School Updates
• Hooks School Updates
• Sokolowski School Updates
• Browne Middle School Updates
• Morris H. Seigal Clark Ave. Updates
• Chelsea High School Updates
• Chelsea Opportunity Academy Updates

Thank you to everyone who came out and participated in this wonderful 5K race/3K walk! Proceeds from the race help fund the J. Barry Dwyer Memorial Scholarship, given annually to Chelsea student-athletes. Proceeds also support the CHS Track & Field and Cross Country programs.

Members of the district's History and Social Sciences Department attended the National Council for the Social Studies Conference, held in Boston this year.

Pictured are Clair Flores (WSTA Content Literacy Coach), Joe Hicks (CHS History Instructional Coach), Katie Schubmehl (K-4 Literacy and Humanities Coordinator), and Laura Hubert (Elementary Social Studies Lead & Library Media Specialist).

Chelsea Tree Lighting Ceremony, featuring Berkowitz Chorus, Dec. 5 at 5:00 PM, Chelsea Square

CHS Drama Club, Snow Angel, Dec. 5-7 at 7:00 PM, CHS Auditorium, $5 in advance, $8 at door. Contact Drama Club Director Iliana Valentin (valentini@chelseaschools.com) for advance tickets

Santa Visits on a Firetruck, featuring CHS Percussion Ensemble, Dec. 7 from 1:00-6:00 PM, Washington Park. CHS Performance at 3:00 PM

CHS Winter Concert, featuring Cantare, Concert Band, and Orchestra, Dec. 10 at 6:00 PM, CHS Auditorium

Clark Ave. Middle School Winter Band Concert, Dec. 11 at 6:00 PM, CAMS gymnasium stage

Sokolowski School Winter Concert, Dec. 12 at 9:30 AM, Sokolowski/Hooks Cafetorium

Berkowitz School Winter Concert, Dec. 17 at 9:30 AM, Berkowitz/Kelly Cafetorium

Hooks School Winter Concert, Dec. 18 at 9:00 AM, Hooks/Sokolowski Cafetorium

Williams Middle School Winter Band Concert, Dec. 18 at 6:00 PM, Williams gymnasium

Kelly School Winter Concert, Dec. 19 at 9:30 AM, Kelly/Berkowitz Cafetorium

ELC Sing-A-Long, Dec. 19 throughout day, ELC gymnasium stage

A friendly reminder that there will be no school on Wednesday - Friday this week (November 27-29) for Thanksgiving break.

Students will return to school on Monday, December 2.

We wish our entire community a Happy Thanksgiving!

Students in the WSTA Running Club afterschool enjoy the fresh fall air for their run! Come join us on Mondays!

In the art after school club the students decorated balloons inspired by Keith Haring for the Macy day parade.

Chelsea vs. East Boston tonight at Chelsea Stadium at 5:00!

Registration now for winter sports at CPS! Programs begin this Monday (December 2) for our middle school and high school students. Click these links to register:

Middle School Winter Sports Registration

High School Winter Sports Registration

For the November Family STEM project students and families at the ELC made turkey hideouts!

We asked families to donate one piece of fruit, and we put it all together to make a Friendship Fruit Salad.

First grade families joined their students in the classroom to recreate scenes from the Folktales we read in class.

Room 204 Thanksgiving & Balloon Parades at the ELC!

Our student council (3rd and 4th grade) met for the first time this year after wrapping up elections last week. The students were excited to hit the ground running and began discussions about our school-wide 12 Days of Holiday Cheer festivities!

First graders at Berkowitz had a fantastic Thanksgiving celebration filled with exciting activities like making butter, creating turkey handprint paintings, assembling math turkeys, and much more!

Our school-wide assembly welcomed families to celebrate the accomplishments of our students and recognitions as students of the month. It's always a great time to come together as a school community to celebrate each other and recognize the hard work of our students and staff!

The third graders from the Hook School went on a field trip to Plimoth Patuxet Museum. They had a great time!

All the students at the Sokolowski School participated in the 7th Annual Turkey Trot Fun today! The rain kept us inside but didn't keep us from having fun and moving! Students pretended to be turkeys and ran, jumped, dodged and "hid" from the farmer! During the event students wrote or drew something they are thankful for on a paper feather. The feathers were added to our Shark Turkey! This will be on display in the hallway by the main office. We ended with some turkey dancing and turkey stretches!

The week leading up to the event the students demonstrated the Action block of the Pyramid of Success and brought in 395 food items to donate to The Chelsea Revere Family Network! Our Student Council helped run the event. They explained the event to the whole school at our School Meeting, helped with the 1st Grade event, and sorted and counted cans! They were also able to take a walking field trip to help deliver the items! They were excited to help our school community and the Chelsea community! Happy Thanksgiving from the Sokolowski School! Gobble, Gobble, Gobble!

BMS afterschool Sole Train Club and 8th grade volunteers participated in the Turkey Trot. Students got to participate throughout the race course and cheered on the BMS students and staff that ran.

Huge shout out to the Sole Train team and our 8th grade volunteers! As well as coach Fields & Coach Rivera! I couldn’t have picked a better group to run my first 5K with ! - Ms. Marelyn

BMS held their annual Staff Potluck! Everyone brought in treats and food to share and got to spend time with one another.

Eighth grade students and faculty at CAMS took some time to reflect on gratitude this week. It was great to see in the display what everyone is thankful for!

The CAMS School Site Council met this week to discuss and generate ideas for family workshops to support student learning. We appreciate the excellent ideas shared by families!

The Chelsea High School Drama Club will be presenting their first production of the year, Snow Angel by David Lindsay-Abaire. The play will go up December 5, 6 and 7, in the CHS auditorium at 7pm. Ticket prices are $8 at the door, and $5 if purchased in advance.

Please contact our Drama Club advisor and director, Iliana Valentin, or producer, Bryan Pinales, with any questions and to purchase tickets in advance.

Support our young parenting/expecting students by donating a few essentials.

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

• CHS Family/Community Newsletter

The COA family gathered for its seventh annual COA Thanksgiving dinner. A record number of students, families, CPS staff, and community members celebrated the evening with an amazing potluck meal. Thank you to everyone who made this evening happen!

Chelsea Public Schools is a gateway school system that welcomes and educates ALL students.

Email: superintendent@chelseaschools.com