Byam Family Newsletter

Thursday is the last day of school. It is an early release day with an 11:45 dismissal. Report cards will be available in the X2 Family portal on Thursday afternoon.

This week has been action packed with a host of closing activities. Below are some of the highlights:

• We had a performance of the "Space Pirates" musical by some of our Byam actors
• Our 1st graders performed the traditional "Three Billy Goats Gruff" play for families and then enjoyed a books and blankets lunch outside
• Our 2nd graders visited the "Butterfly Place" for a engaging curriculum connection
• Athletes from Chelmsford and Byam had the first ever Unified Games on Wednesday
• We finished the week off with with a wonderful 4th Grade Celebration filled with amazing activities

Everyone had a wonderful day at the fourth grade celebration! Thank you to everyone involved in helping make this a successful event!

2nd Graders had a enjoyable field trip to the Butterfly Place this week.

More fun to come for our last week of school:

• On Monday, students will meet all teachers from the next grade level at lunches
• Monday is also our kindergarten celebration of learning with our students performing for families
• Our 4th graders have their annual states festival to show of their social studies knowledge on Tuesday
• Wednesday we will celebrate our all school reward for hitting our year long roar goal. Students will enjoy a block party recess/lunch with yard games, music and al fresco dining

The below is a reminder for current 4th grade parent/caregiver families.

Meet the Parker Middle School Administration

For: Current 4th Grade CPS Families

Who: Principal, Josh Blagg; Asst. Principal, Mark Souza

When: Tuesday, June 13th

Where: Parker Middle School Library

Time: 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

For additional access to the district family survey, a QR code has been created. More information is below, we are hoping for high participation on completion of this survey and we appreciate you taking a moment to complete this survey to allow us to better understand strengths and barriers for our Byam families.

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 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 2023 Family Survey. 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 Thursday June 1st and Friday June 16th using a computer, tablet, or smartphone by visiting the website below:

https://surveys.panoramaed.com/chelmsfordma/familysurvey/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,

Jason Fredette and Betsy Dolan

Congratulations to our 3rd and 4th grade musical participants. They did a great job at our in-school performance this week.

Families will receive teacher placements via email and US mail by July 1. Included in these placements will be a welcome letter from the teachers. On Monday, students will meet the whole grade level of teachers so that they have a name and a face when placements arrive.

END OF YEAR MEDICATION PICK UP

All medication needs to be picked up from the

Nurse’s Office

on the last day of school, Thursday June 15.

Medication can only be returned to a parent or another responsible adult.

Although it is an early release day, the health office will be open for your convenience from:

8:30am – 11:30am

then again from

1:00-4:30pm

MEDICATION PICK UP WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE

DURING DISMISSAL TIME

SO PLEASE PLAN TO PICK UP

MEDICATION AT THE ABOVE TIMES

Items not picked up by 4:30pm on Thursday, June 15 will be disposed of per district policy. Please contact Nurse Regan 978-251-5144 x6404 or regana@chelmsford.k12.ma.us by Monday, June 12 if you would like to make other arrangements for pick up.

Thank you!

Have a healthy and safe summer!

Nurse Regan

As a reminder below for a previous district communication, Bus registration is now open. Please complete the online bus registration to support efficient planning of bus routes this summer. Early bird discount for those registering before July 4th. More details below.

Dear Parents and Guardians,

School bus registration for the 2023-24 school year is underway. We need to begin to collect data on riders for the fall so efficient routes may be developed for the start of the school year.

An 'early bird' payment discount is available for registrations completed by July 4, 2023. Information pertaining to school bus transportation may be found on the Chelmsford Public Schools Transportation web page.

Register Now

Please see the attached flyer and registration directions for more details. It is very important that every student is registered to ride the bus regardless of if there is a fee. Registering now allows the transportation department to begin building routes for optimum efficiency, and if you are required to pay a fee, you save money by registering early.

A few reminders about student transportation:

• All students who desire to ride the school bus to or from school must register every year, even if they are not required to pay a fee.
• All registrations and payments are processed online using MySchoolBucks
• When registering, each student must be entered separately in MySchoolBucks. For families with more than one child riding the bus, a registration must be completed for each child.
• MySchoolBucks will provide assistance for using their online registration system if needed during the registration process. MySchoolBucks may be reached directly at (855) 832-5226.

REGISTRATION PROCESS: You will need to look up each student in MySchoolBucks and add each student to your account. Looking each student up will require name and LASID or birthdate. Each student must be registered separately. For students new to the district, please allow 24 hours prior to registering on MySchoolBucks.

For more information, see the attached flyer or contact the Chelmsford Public Schools Office of Transportation.

File attachments:
Memo - FY24 Bus 2023-2024 new bus trans flyer.pdf

We are humbly asking parents to consider volunteering for one small task each year. If your child is attending an event, please keep an eye out for future sign-up forms. Many responsible students can also help with parent supervision! In addition to event volunteers, here are a few larger roles we are looking to fill. We will teach you the ropes and "ease" you in. If any of these interest you, email bsa.chelmsford@gmail.com!

~Sincerely, your BSA Board

Office: Secretary Dossin dossina@chelmsford.k12.ma.us

Clerk/Attendance: murphys@chelmsford.k12.ma.us

Principal Fredette fredettej@chelmsford.k12.ma.us

Assistant Principal Dolan dolane@chelmsford.k12.ma.us

Website: https://byam.chelmsfordschools.org/about/
Location: 25 Maple Road, Chelmsford, MA, USA
Phone: 978-501-5144