Hello Families,

Monday May 6th is our monthly Kindness Matters Day! Also, the coming week is Teacher Appreciation Week. We are so fortunate to have the staff that we do at South Row and appreciate all that you do to recognize their throughout the year. A BIG thank you to our PTO and everyone who helped out to make the Teacher Luncheon a huge and yummy success!!

We will host our final Student Grade Level Meetings of the year on May 6th. Respect is the Pride core value we will highlight this month and through the end of the year. Our theme will focus on being our own person and we hope that this message resonates with our students.

Have a great weekend!

Respectfully,

Terri and Jayson

Monday, May 6th

• Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week begins- A special thank you to the South Row Staff!
• Kindness Matters Day, students and staff encouraged to wear kindness shirts and complete a kind act
• Student Grade Level Meetings w/ Mrs. Gilbert & Mr. Ramalho
• Student Council, 3:30pm, Pods
• School Council, 5:30pm, Conference Room
• PTO Board, 6:30pm, Conference Room
• PTO Meeting, 7:00pm, Cafe

Tuesday, May 7th

• Walk to School Day *weather permitting
• whole school enrichment "Johnny the K" performance
• Try it Tuesday

Wednesday, May 8th

• School Nurses Appreciation Day - Thank you Nurse Vandevoordt!
• Grade 1 Bubbles Enrichment Program
• Rising Kindergarten Parent/Caregiver Information Night, 6:00pm, Cafeteria

Thursday, May 9th

• No events

Friday May 10th

• School Spirit Day - Career Day
• PTO Movie Night, 6:45pm - SOLD OUT

May 13th

• MCAS Math - Grade 3

May 14th

• MCAS Math - Grade 3

May 15th

• MCAS Math- Grade 4

May 16th

• MCAS Math - Grade 4

May 17th

• Chelmsford/South Row Spirit Day
• Speech Pathologist Appreciation Day (May 18th) Thank you Mrs. Reticker & Ms. Yost!

May 18th

• Sunshine Dance

May 21st

• K-2 Fire Safety Program
• Rising Kindergarten Screening

May 22nd

• Rising Kindergarten Screening
• ELL Community Fair, 6-7:30pm, McCarthy

May 23rd

• Fitness for Cure Event, 8:00am
• Fourth Graders Field Trip to Parker Middle School
• Art Show, 6-8pm

May 24th

• School Spirit Day - Beach Day
• Rain-Date Fitness for Cure, 8:00AM

May 27th

• No School - Memorial Day

May 28th

• Senior Breakfast & Walk, 8:30am

May 29th

• Kindergarten Enrichment - Lights & Color

May 30th

• Authors Day, 9:30am

May 31st

• Grade 3 Engineering Day
• Gr. 4 Movie Night

June 3rd

• Rising Kindergarten Tours, 10:00AM and 2:00PM

June 4th

• Kindergarten Musical, 2:15-3:00pm, Cafeteria
• Unified Games Day
• Whole School Reward

June 5th

• Kindergarten Musical, 2:15-3:00pm, Cafeteria

June 6th

• Fit Fest

June 7th

• Rain Date for Fit Fest

June 10th

• Grade 4 Field Day

June 11th

• Rain date for Grade 4 Field Day

• Move Up Day

June 12th

• Grade 4 Moving on Ceremony, Cafeteria
• Anticipated Last Day of School for Students - Early Release Day - Students dismissed at 11:45am "Bubbles Send Off"

Basket Raffle Fundraiser: The PTO is asking for donations towards our annual basket raffle. Please consider donating. To see the theme for your classroom's basket please click on this link. Donations can be sent to the office. Cash donations are welcome too.

2 liter bottles needed - Grade 4 is in need of 2 liter bottles for a Science project. Please send into the office if you have any to donate.

Looking ahead:

• Grade 4 teachers are looking for donations of clear, colorless empty 2 liter bottles for an upcoming project. If you have any empty bottles you can donate, please drop them off at the main office anytime within the next week or two. Thank you.

MCAS Dates:

• Grade 3 - MATH MCAS - May 13th and 14th
• Grade 4 - MATH MCAS - May 15th and 16th

Please view the form below to learn about Authors Day and to sign up for volunteers. We need lots of volunteers to make this event possible. Thanks for considering.

Art Show: Click on this link to volunteer to assist Mrs. C with the Art Show. She appreciates your consideration!

We have made it to May and that means Fit Fest will be here before we know it! To make Fit Fest a success we will need parent volunteers! If you are interested in volunteering for this event, please use the links below to sign up. If all the spots are taken and you still would like to volunteer just send me an email (brownr@chelmsford.k12.ma.us) and I can add you to the list. Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to volunteer.

Fit Fest will be Thursday, June 6th this year, with a rain date of Friday the 7th.

Kindergarten will be from 9:10-10:05

1st and 2nd grade will be 9:45-11:30

3rd and 4th grade will be 1:15-3:10

We're using SignUp.com to organize our upcoming sign ups.

Here's how it works in 3 easy steps:

1) Click the appropriate link for the grade level you would like to sign up for

2) Choose the spot you would like (it may change by the date)

3) Sign up! It's Easy - you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on SignUp

Click here to sign up for Kindergarten

Click here for Grade 1&2 Sign Ups

Click here to sign up for 3rd&4th grade

Email me with any questions and again, thank you!

Sincerely,

Rebecca

Rebecca Brown

South Row Elementary

Physical Education

brownr@chelmsford.k12.ma.us

Click here to sign up for 3rd&4th grade

Click here to sign up for 3rd&4th grade

Dear Chelmsford Families,

Recently, the middle schools had a Pridewear sale and Ozzie Superfan sweatshirts turned out to be a big hit! All proceeds from Ozzie Superfan sweatshirts were donated to Officer Ozzie's care. Our friends at Center Sports have created some new items and opened up a one week store dedicated to Chelmsford's favorite community resource dog...Officer Ozzie! The online store offers sweatshirts and t-shirts in youth & adult sizes. The store will close on May 5th @ midnight. As a thank you for all that Officer Ozzie and Officer Sullivan do for our school and community, ALL proceeds will be donated to Officer Ozzie. How fun would it be to see Ozzie shirts all around our schools and town?!

Click link below to place orders:

https://ozziesuperfanonlinestore.itemorder.com/shop/home/

As always, thank you for your continued support of our community building activities!

Here is the link to our Sign-Up Genius for Engineering Day: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050E4EABA723A2FE3-48547296-2024

And here is the link to our Amazon Wish List: https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/2GRBP4VRI0SHE

Happy Spring Elementary Families!

👟 Lace up those sneakers! The 2024 Parker Pride Run is back! Run, walk or roll with families and friends along this 2 mile course through the neighborhoods surrounding Parker on Sunday, May 19th @ 9am. Early bird registration of $20 available until April 20th. Registration includes: event t-shirt, swag bag, refreshments at the finish line and raffle tickets. Prizes awarded for top three finishers for all grade levels and adults. https://runsignup.com/Race/MA/Chelmsford/ParkerPrideRun

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Our LAST general meeting of the school year is on Monday the 6th! There is still lots to hear about and learn at this meeting so please make sure you make plans to join us. We also need your help voting in our new governing board for next year. We see you in the South Row Cafeteria at 7pm.

A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who worked to make the staff appreciation luncheon a success! From the committee members who planned everything, those that helped provide food for the meal, those that donated decorations and favors, and those that gave their time to help serve and clean-up and anyone I missed. We are so grateful for our amazing staff members and we hope they felt our appreciation.

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

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