Weekly Bulletin
For the Week Of May 20,2024
GRADE 8 MOVE-UP DAY AT CHS
McCarthy 8th graders will walk to CHS on Tuesday, June 11th during the school day. We are working with the CHS staff and student leaders to finalize the timeline. Students without permission or who are not attending CHS will stay at the school with an 8th grade staff member for the duration of the event.
I am excited to announce our end of year workshop series that will take place on two separate days--5/22 & 5/29-- after school 2:30-5pm at McCarthy. (Parker students will be joining us around 3PM) Please look through the form below for more information and to sign up! This is open to all students in grade 5, 6, and 7 who have participated in Drama club this year. Please complete form by Mon. May 20th. Please contact Mrs. Richardson with any questions at richardsonj@chelmsford.k12.ma.us.
Jodi Richardson
7-8 Choral Director/Musical Director--McCarthy Middle School
5-6 Choral assistant—Parker Middle School
Chelmsford Public Schools
Hello,
We have made a small adjustment to the MCAS schedule for Grade 7 ELA and Grade 8 Civics. We are moving away from Monday testing and will move to Tuesday/Wednesday (instead of Monday/Tuesday) for those two assessments. Please see updated schedule here.
Jeffery D. Parks, Ed.D.
Principal
McCarthy Middle School
Tuesday- Wednesday May -21-22 Grade 8 Mcas Civics
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.
Jeffery D. Parks, Ed.D.
Principal
McCarthy Middle School
Good morning
We have begun implementing Project Nourish with 24 students, first delivery expected this week. I have shared the flyer and information with you via google docs, and request that it be added to the smore. If you have issues with the flyer or google docs format, I can include a link as well....
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1buMv3TpM6YRh34C_hI6QRHGLaYp8eZZo8xjTEZzLY9Y/edit?usp=sharing
Email: mccarthy_attendance@chelmsford.k12.ma.us
Please Send Email: Prior to 9am on the day of the absence (same as current voicemail option) Please Include: Child’s name, Grade, and Reason for absence.
We encourage you to use the email option when reporting an absence, dismissal, etc. Parents are still free to use the phone system to report absences, but you are encouraged to use email for greater office efficiency.
If you prefer, you can certainly call the attendance line prior to 9:00am, at 978-251-5122, please press 1.
**PLEASE READ**
We will continue to send automated emails home when students are absent. You will receive the email whether you notified the school or not. In order for an absence to be marked as "Excused", families will need to provide medical documentation.
Thank you for your understanding.
McCarthy Middle School
Email: mannioni@chelmsford.k12.ma.us
Location: 250 North Road, Chelmsford, MA, USA
Phone: 978-251-5122
Contact Us: PTO.McCarthy@gmail.com
Lunch/Cafeteria Reminder:
Lunch/Cafeteria Reminder:
Our school is considered to be "nut aware" and not nut free. Although nuts are allowed, no students are permitted to share food in the building. It is also considered best practice not to have students bring in shelled peanuts for the safety of others. It is important for students to understand that if they are bringing in nut products, they cannot share them regardless of whether the other student is allergic or not. It is our collective responsibility to ensure that no student experiences an anaphylactic response and we can help prevent those events together.
While we have these discussions with students throughout the day, it would be helpful and appreciated if you would address this at home as well.
Our after-school Activity programs
Please contact your child’s counselor if you have any concerns whether it is attendance related or not. Specific class/assignment related questions or concerns should be directed to the particular teacher involved. Our counselor assignments are as follows:
Elyse Seero: Students Starting Last Name with H-N seeroe@chelmsford.k12.ma.us
Jessica Weaver : Students Starting Last Name with O-Z weaverj@chelmsford.k12.ma.us
McCarthy Middle School
Email: mannioni@chelmsford.k12.ma.us
Website: https://mccarthy.chelmsfordschools.org/
Location: 250 North Road, Chelmsford, MA, USA
Phone: 978-251-5122