Hello Families,

A big thank you to the over 80 parents that helped out with either organizing or helping out on Author's Day. It was a hugely successful event and students enjoyed sharing their writing with their small groups.

Additionally, we would like to thank the numerous volunteers that assisted with "Engineering Day" today with our third grade students. This is always a fun end of the year tradition for them.

Coming up next week we have the Kindergarten Musical hosted by Mrs. Cooper and Fit Fest hosted by Mrs. Brown. Thank you to those parents who are volunteering for Fit Fest it is a student favorite.

Have a great weekend!

Respectfully,

Terri and Jayson

Dear 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 between Wednesday May 8th until Friday June 14th using a computer, tablet, or smartphone by visiting the website below:

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

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 your building Principal.

Thank you in advance for your time.

June 3rd

• Kindness Matters Day - Students & Staff Encouraged to Wear Kindness Shirts and complete a kind act
• Gr. 3 Field Trip to Lexington (Sanborn and Lewis)
• Incoming Kindergarten Student & Family Tours, 10:00AM and 2:00PM
• Tentative Student Council Meeting, 3:30pm - CANCELED!
• School Council Dinner

June 4th

• End of Term 2 Kindergarten
• End of Term 3 for Grades 1-4
• Kindergarten Musical (Richman and Patriquin), 2:15-3:00pm, Cafeteria
  
• Unified Games Day
• Tentative Whole School Reward

June 5th

• Gr. 3 Field Trip to Lexington (Krauch, Stagnone, Vasquez)
• Kindergarten Musical (Cassidy and Rigby), 2:15-3:00pm, Cafeteria

• PTO Meeting, 7:00PM, Virtual - Join Zoom Meeting

  https://us04web.zoom.us/j/79604897829?pwd=YpS981CJibukM37OgGZzw2JpWroMla.1

  Meeting ID: 796 0489 7829 -Passcode: i5aiF4

June 6th

• Fit Fest, Kindergarten - 9:10-10:05am
• Fit Fest, Grade 1 & 2 - 9:45-11:30am
• Fit Fest, Grade 3 & 4 - 1:15-3:10pm

June 7th

• Rain Date for Fit Fest (same times as above)

• School Spirit Day - Disney Day!

• High Five Friday w/ CPD and CFD

June 10th

• Grade 4 Field Day
• Its Summer Walk to School Day

June 11th

• Rain date for Grade 4 Field Day

• Move Up Day

June 12th

• Grade 4 Moving on Ceremony, Cafeteria, 9:30AM
• Anticipated Last Day of School for Students - Early Release Day - Students dismissed at 11:45am "Bubbles Send Off"
• Grades Available via X2 click here for directions

June 13th

• NO SCHOOL - First Day of Summer Vacation for Students - - See you in August!

Fitness for Cure: Thank you to the many students, families, and staff that attended and donated to Fitness for Cure. As a school with both online and cash donations we have raised over $1,403.01! If you are interested in contributing, the link is still open, please click here! As a school, we truly have made a difference supporting St. Jude's Children's Hospital.

South Row Newspaper: Check out our 4th Grade Student Council Spring Newsletter they have published. A special thank you to Mrs. Mathews and Mrs. Tice for supporting this group of writers!

Dear South Row Families,

Medication Pick Up

I am available for medication pick up June 11th during the hours of 8:40am- 3:00pm. I will also be available for medication pick up on June 12th from 8:40am-3:30pm. If your student only uses their medication during the colder months, feel free to email me and we can arrange an earlier pick up. If you have multiple students, please consider bringing an empty bag to carry the medication.

Weather Reminder

The hot weather is here! Please keep the weather in mind when your student’s are getting dressed in the morning. Please remember to send your students with water bottles and apply sunscreen before school. Students are not permitted to bring sunscreen to school. If your student needs sunscreen applied during the day please reach out to me. I can send you the necessary paperwork for their pediatrician to complete.

Warmly,

Nurse V.

vandevoordts@chelsmford.k12.

As we approach the end of the school year we would love to hear from you and your kids! If you have any feedback about the fundraisers, enrichments, events, or ANYTHING from this school year we want to know. Or if you have any suggestions for new things you can email us southrowpto@gmail.com or if you want to not have your name on it, you can send a paper message to the front office labeled PTO. Thanks for helping us continue to improve.

Wednesday June 5 at 7pm we'll be meeting briefly to chat about our budget and vote on whether or not we can purchase South Row t-shirts for our incoming Kindergarteners (something we hope to continue for all years going forward). We need as many parents as possible to vote. Zoom link is below. PLEASE DO NOT SHARE the link with anyone not in the school for safety and security. Thanks and we'll 'see' you then!

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/79604897829?pwd=YpS981CJibukM37OgGZzw2JpWroMla.1

Meeting ID: 796 0489 7829

Passcode: i5aiF4

We welcome you to check out ou Connections Calendar and provide feedback using this link.

Mental Health Awareness Month Ideas for the Classroom and School Community:

Please click on the "button" below to access resources and supports available. Do not hesitate to reach out to any support team member with any questions you may have.

**Please note: We continuously update the button below with new resources as they arise.

This section is comprised of the following items pertaining to food services

• Website
• Breakfast Information
• Tentative Breakfast/Lunch Menus

Dear Parents and Families --

Chelmsford Public Schools is utilizing on-line breakfast ordering again this year for ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ONLY.

Instructions on how to set up an account are below. If you need any help, please reach out to the school nutrition department at: (978) 251-5111

Set Up Your Account Now

Directions to set up your account and order:

1. URL Link: family.onlineordering.linq.com
2. Sign up now: Email, create password.
3. School District: Chelmsford Public Schools
4. Student ID: This can be found on x2- Child’s Student ID Number
5. Last Name: (You can also search and add siblings/family members at this time). Once this is completed, the student’s name should appear on page.

How to order meals

1. School Menu-breakfast online ordering
2. Scroll to day/week you are selecting breakfast (top right of page)
3. Find date, select meal option
4. Add item to cart/Select Add to order
5. Click on shopping cart icon at top right of page
6. Click Check out
7. Select pick up location: Elementary pick-up location classroom
8. Place order

Mrs. Terri Gilbert

Principal

gilbertt@chelmsford.k12.ma.us

Mr. Jayson Ramalho, M.Ed.

Assistant Principal

ramalhoj@chelmsford.k12.ma.us

Email: gilbertt@chelmsford.k12.ma.us
Website: https://www.chelmsford.k12.ma.us/Domain/15
Location: 250 Boston Road, Chelmsford, MA, USA
Phone: 978-251-5177
Facebook: facebook.com/SouthRowElementary
Twitter: @CPSSouthRow

• Mrs. Terri Gilbert, Principal: gilbertt@chelmsford.k12.ma.us, 978-251-5177 ext. 4
• Mr. Jayson Ramalho, Assistant Principal: ramalhoj@chelmsford.k12.ma.us, 978-251-5177 ext. 3
• Mrs. Shannon Vandevoordt, School Nurse: vandevoordts@chelmsford.k12.ma.us, 978-251-5177, ext.2
• Mrs. Debbie O'Neill, Secretary: oneilld@chelmsford.k12.ma.us, 978-251-5177, ext. 0
• Mrs. Kim Sepe, School Clerk: sepek@chelmsford.k12.ma.us, 978-251-5177, ext.0
• Absentee Line: 978-251-5177 ext. 1