CHIPS Weekly Update

CHIPS will be holding Parent/Teacher conferences in February. Teachers have sent information to families about conferences, including how to sign up. If you have any questions about conferences or haven't received sign up information, please contact your child's teacher directly.

CHIPS will hold a virtual information session for prospective families on Thursday, January 25 at 6:00 p.m. Pre-registration for new families will open in Friday, January 26. The link for the virtual information session will be posted on the CHIPS page of the CPS website. Please pass this information along to anyone you know who might be interested in CHIPS for their child.

Returning CHIPS do not need to re-register. If you haven't already done so, please respond to the CHIPS survey for the 2024-25 school year (link below). This will ensure that we have spaces reserved for our returning students before opening registration for new students.

Mr. Rega recently visited CHIPS! He brought his drums and our student had fun learning about music and rhythm and trying out the drums! Thank you to the CHIPS PTO for organizing this enrichment!

• January 15- NO SCHOOL- Martin Luther King Day
• February 8- NO SCHOOL- Parent/Teacher Conferences
• February 19-23- NO SCHOOL- February Vacation

Thank you to all who attended our most recent PTO meeting! Our next meeting will be on Monday, February 5th at 6:30pm at CHIPS. As always, there will be a link for those who would like to attend virtually. The meeting link is below.

The PTO has turned the CHIPS hallway into a Winter Wonderland! Thanks to all who helped with this project.

The PTO will hold its annual sock drive beginning next week. We collect new socks in all sizes and donate them to The Wish Project.

Please see the link for snowy day activities ideas to so with your child at home. Thanks to our occupational and physical therapists for putting this together!

Welcome to mid-January!

If your child is moving on to Kindergarten next fall, please provide a copy of their most recent Physical, with immunizations, to Nurse Kristen. If they have an upcoming 5th year appointment, please share once that physical has been completed. There will be reminders again later in the spring to submit this information along with further guidance for those students who turn 5 in the summer. This will help get a jump on the process, as Massachusetts requires a 5-year-old Physical with Immunizations prior to Kindergarten entry.

You may do so by:

email/scan - lynchk@chelmsford.k12.ma.us

fax - Attn: School Kristen Lynch (978)-251-5154 OR (978) 251-0732

paper copy - please inform if sending in backpack.

Thank you for your cooperation. If you need assistance finding a family practitioner, please reach out!

😊In the meantime, continue to enjoy their CHIPS experience!😊

On another 'wow, my child is growing up' topic, please enjoy the fun Superhero Potty Poem. When you click on the SUPERHERO and GERM, it will take you to a fun READ-a-LOUD book video. Enjoy!

Please use our absence line (978-251-5188 Option 0) or absence email (chipsattendance@chelmsford.k12.ma.us) to report your child's absence from school and be sure to state the reason for the absence (illness, appointment, travel, etc). If your child is out due to illness, please let us know the nature of the illness (fever, vomiting, cough, etc.).

Nurse Kristen can be reached by calling the CHIPS main number (978-251-5188) and selecting option 3.

Email: mcguirkm@chelmsford.k12.ma.us
Website: https://chelmsfordschools.org
Location: 170 Dalton Road, Chelmsford, MA, USA
Phone: (978)251-5188