Important Dates:

• Monday October 9th No school (Columbus Day)
• Friday October 13th Spirit Wear Fundraiser last day
• Thursday October 19th Early Release @ 11:00
• Tuesday October 24th Eighth Grade Parent Night @ CHS
• Friday October 27th, Nashoba tour for interested students only, signed permission slips needed. will Leave @ 8:30 returning @ 11am

SCHOOL HOURS

• Front Doors open at 8:00 a.m.
• First Period bell rings at 8:10 a.m. (students should be in First period Class at this time)
  

• Dismissal is at 2:30 p.m.

Hello McCarthy families,

Our Day of Awesomeness from the fundraiser last month is coming up and need your help just a little bit more to make the day run as smoothly as possible.

If you have some time you could give to volunteer next week Thursday, October 12, at the event that would be greatly appreciated and so very helpful.

Thank you, as always, for your help and support.

Please use this link to sign up:

https://signup.com/go/ubqSmzX

McCarthy PTO

Chelmsford Public Schools is partnering with Remedium Pharmacy to offer a Flu Clinic for STUDENTS grades 5-12 on Wednesday October 18th. The flu clinic will be on site at each school. If you would like your child to receive the flu vaccine, please pre-register for the clinic using this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/tabs/13574DB0FA1CEE9C0A90-chelmsford5

The access code to sign up is: CHELMSFORD (all caps). Please note, there are 3 tabs to select for the school your child attends, CHS, McCarthy and Parker. Be sure to select the school your child attends under the correct tab. The times for the signs up will be:

CHS: 7:30am-9:30 am (CHS Learning Commons)

Parker: 10:00am-12:00 pm ( Parker Conference room)

McCarthy: 12:30pm-2:30 pm (McCarthy Conference Room)

The online registration for the Student Flu Clinic will close on Sunday, October 15th at 6:00 pm in order to allow time to process the registrations. Please register by 6:00 pm on Sunday October 15th! It would be helpful to inform your child that they are signed up for the Flu Clinic on October 18, and to inform them of the appointment time that has been selected. Please remind your child to wear a short sleeve shirt on the day of the clinic! Thank you for keeping our school community safe by getting a flu shot!! Please contact your school nurse for any questions. (add your names)

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.

McCarthy's annual Student Council Chelmsford Spirit wear fundraiser is in full swing! Extra order forms can be found in the mail room as well as a digital copy here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cuTkkht2LWTrmwisnpresmC0c_uXxvhrdqApYO9FIcw/edit?usp=sharing. Orders are due by October 13th with delivery in plenty of time for the holidays! Please see or email Mrs. Lanouette with any questions about ordering. Orders can be turned in outside the main office in the designated drop box. Payment can be made with cash (exact change please) or check made out to McCarthy Middle School. Thank you for your support!

2023 Clothing Fundraiser Order Form

STUDENT COUNCIL SPIRIT WEAR FUNDRAISER. ALL ORDERS DUE BY OCTOBER 13, 2023 Please enclose CASH or a CHECK made out to McCarthy Middle School. Your child should bring this form and money to the MAIN OFFICE. ALL SALES ARE FINAL # ITEM Please write in the number of each size you would...

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Our Recycle Day fundraiser and community event is about a month away. Could you please send the information below as a connect ed to your respective schools so we can start to get parent and student volunteers? Thank you in advance.

Erica Thornton and Ginger Skoog

Recycle Day Coordinators

Subject: Volunteer for Recycle Day, Saturday November 4th

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for Recycle Day!

On SATURDAY, November 4th (8am – 12pm) McCarthy & Center School PTOs are holding their very popular Recycle Day fundraiser, and they need volunteers!! Come help us greet drivers, unload donated items, and load those items into the recycle company's truck . All Middle & HS students are welcome to volunteer and earn up to 5 hours of community service. We also need parents to volunteer as well.

Signup at: https://signup.com/go/qAFOrSX

We appreciate your support!!

2023-Nov4-Recycle Day Volunteer Flyer.pdf

Dear 8th grade ,

On October 27th, students will have the opportunity to tour Nashoba while they are in session and see what it looks like to be a student there. We will leave around 8:30am and should return to school around 11:00am. This field trip is for interested students only. Anyone who attends is expected to make up all the work they miss in their morning classes. Permission slips will go out after the presentation next week.

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.

We will continue to send automated emails when students are absent. The email serves as notification that your student is not in school and will be marked absent.

In order for an absence to be marked as "Excused", families will need to provide medical documentation.

Thank you for your understanding.

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:

Moya Charig: Students Starting Last Name with A-G charigm@chelmsford.k12.ma.us

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

" Have you ever wanted to act sing, or be involved in the behind the scenes work for a musical?? Now is your time!! Information about this years school musical is posted at 4 corners, along with the join code for the new Drama Google Classroom. See Mrs. Richardson or Ms. Mayer for more details."

The Chelmsford Middle School PTOs are offering families a FREE evening of entertainment on Thursday, October 12th from 7-8pm in the CHS Performing Arts Center (PAC).

Perhaps your student has come home in the past raving about this amazing speed painter they got to see at an assembly in their school? Now's your chance to see what all the hype was about! Join us for an hour-long mesmerizing performance by ROB SURETTE and his AMAZING HERO ART!

Rob hails from Andover and is a Top-Tier Master Fine Artist for Disney and STAR WARS. He's had guest appearances on numerous television shows and at celebrity functions. He's created art from LEGO bricks, gumballs, lipstick, Lite Brite pegs, and more!

For the Chelmsford Middle School community, Rob will be performing his award-winning "BE SOMEBODY!" speed-painting show. Thirty years ago, Rob created this show hoping that he could flood kids' minds and hearts for one hour with awe, hope, beauty, love and self empowerment: inspire them to aim at the highest possible good in life; and change the way they look at the world. Since then, he has performed it over 4,000 times!

Join us for this amazing feel-good hour: Reserve your seat now with this link: https://signup.com/go/GvXSPjm

NOTE: Concessions will NOT be sold at this event.

If you have any questions, please reach out to: PTOParker@gmail.com or PTO.McCarthy@gmail.com

Contact Us: PTO.McCarthy@gmail.com

BUS REGISTRATION INFORMATION

All students are required to register every year if they would like to ride the bus, even if they do not need to pay a fee. If all students register to ride the bus, the district has more accurate student/rider data, therefore bus routes may be established with better efficiency and on-time performance. The determination of a fee or no fee is based on the grade of the student and the mileage between home and school. Please click link for more information on bus registration. https://chelmsfordschools.org/departments/transportation/

NRT Phone #978-323-0101

Email: mannioni@chelmsford.k12.ma.us
Website: chelmsford.k12.ma.us
Location: 250 North Road, Chelmsford, MA, USA
Phone: 978-251-5122