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• District Updates
• Athletic Department Updates
• Extended Learning Updates
• Early Learning Center Updates
• Berkowitz School Updates
• Hooks School Updates
• Sokolowski School Updates
• Browne Middle School Updates
• Wright Science & Technology Academy Updates
• Chelsea High School Updates
• Chelsea Opportunity Academy Updates
• Messages From Our Community Partners

On Tuesday at the Grand Staircase inside the Massachusetts State House, the Edgar F. Hooks Elementary School was honored for earning School of Recognition status earlier this school year! Hooks Principal Dr. Kim Crowley and Superintendent Dr. Almi G. Abeyta attended the event and were recognized alongside 54 other Schools of Recognition across the Commonwealth.

Schools of Recognition are awarded annually to schools that demonstrate progress toward annual accountability targets, with an emphasis on improved achievement in ELA and math.

A special thank you to State Senator Sal DiDomenico and State Representative Judith García for recognizing the success of the Hooks too!

On Monday, students representing schools from across the district spent time to honor and celebrate the legacy and values of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the annual MLK Celebration event hosted by People’s AME Church and CPS at the Clark Avenue Middle School. Students in the middle school band as well as the Chelsea High School Cantare performed. During the event, elementary school and middle school students who won the MLK essay, poetry and art contest were recognized. Congratulations to everyone!

On Monday afternoon, elementary school students in third and fourth grade sang in the 23rd annual Boston Children's Chorus MLK Tribute Concert. Students have been practicing for this concert for weeks as part of the after school program offered at the elementary complex. They sang four songs on the Symphony Hall stage accompanied by other young students and BCC students.

Congratulations and thank you for representing Chelsea so well!

Check out upcoming games for next week.

Boys Basketball-J.J. Williams

Wresting-Chris Pacheco Celaya

Girls Basketball-Monica Cespedes-Cruz, Isabella Benz, & Sofia Gutierrez Joj

Chelsea Middle School Chorus begins each rehearsal with a vocal warm up. Students practiced pitch, tone, and breath control by singing "Do, Re, Mi" before moving into their main rehearsal

Open library hosted KPOP dance workshop last Friday! Students loved learning and teaching each other choreography from "Jellyous." Join us next week for a new song!

WSTA Art Club: Students enjoyed creating art using colorful yarn.

Students are learning new skills and having fun competing in Mr. Do's Ping Pong Program! Other programs include Creative Writing, Green Thumb, Debate, Cosmetology, D&D, and Fashion (just to name a few!). Contact kessarisp@chelseaschools.com for a schedule of the programs and just drop in. We love to see new faces join us!

Room 403 had a wonderful time learning through play!
Students collaborated, created, and explored while learning geometric shapes and spatial skills.
With, Mr. Mungillo, Mrs. Loussedes and Ms. Viviana, learning is hands-on and joyful.

Thank you to all of the families who joined us for our STEAM Night! It was wonderful to see students and their families working together to explore hands-on activities, problem-solve, and create. Your participation helped make the night a fun and meaningful experience for our school community.

301 had a special visit from Ms. Zanca‘s husband, Firefighter Jack. To wrap up our natural disasters unit, Jack spoke to the class about his experience working with wildfires in Massachusetts and fire safety. Every student got to try on his fire gear! Mr. Grajal even got in on the firefighting fun!

Students in Grade 2 Social Studies have been looking at Migration. Students looked at Push and Pull factors and sorted scenarios into each category.

Third grade has been working to incorporate parts of speech practice into our daily lessons. Here 105 is playing a “lucky nouns” game where they look at a picture and list all the nouns they see. Only some of the nouns are lucky and earn points!

This week in PE we went through stations that worked on physical fitness, skill and coordination. The pictures show our 3rd students working on each of the stations.

At Sokolowski School, our doors are always open to families. We value parents’ voices and welcome your ideas and feedback. Thank you for being part of these meetings and for partnering with us to support our students and school community.

Our school meetings are always a great opportunity to connect with students from each grade level.

Fourth grade students (S212) enjoyed a creative activity exploring the question: If you were stuck inside a snow globe, what would you do? Through writing and sharing ideas, students used their imagination and creativity to bring their thoughts to life. So… if you were stuck inside a snow globe, what would you do?

We are happy to share photos from our Family Guide to High School Success event. The evening was a great success, and we are grateful to the families who joined us and showed their continued commitment to their students’ futures.

We also want to extend a special thank you to our teachers and the CHS teachers for joining forces to support our students and families. Your collaboration and dedication made this event possible.

Proud to celebrate our students who were recognized at the MLK Celebration this past Monday for their hard work and dedication to Dr. King’s legacy.

CHS TRiO member Kimberly Ramirez Garcia was awarded the Posse Scholarship this week at the Fairmont Copley Plaza. Kimberly will be attending Centre College in Kentucky this fall 2026. Her family, Mr. Demapan, Mr. Cora, and TRiO were in attendance to celebrate her accomplishments! Congratulations to Kimberly, and we wish her all the best!

We are excited to honor the rich history, culture, and contributions of Black leaders, artists, and changemakers. Come be part of an afternoon filled with learning, community, and fun. Please see the flyer for details on all the exciting activities planned for February 27th from 3:00–6:00 PM. We look forward to celebrating together!

Ms. Zandbergs' Computer Science class has been building and coding robots to perform increasingly more difficult tasks all quarter. This week, they completed their final task to build a robot that could pick up a ping pong ball off a can and transport it to another can! Ms. Z says of the students, "The persistence! They kept trying. It wasn't easy." The teams built some incredibly creative designs that actually worked! Congratulations!

For upcoming events with the CHS counselors, please see the attached flier!

COA teachers and staff this week continued with ACCESS makeups, senior progress checks and mini-lessons. One of the featured mini-lessons from this week comes from science, where Ms. Kendall and some students made a model of the interior of the Earth in the hallway. Happy Friday to all of the COA community!

The Chelsea Research Festival will take place on Monday, May 18, 2026, at Chelsea High School, with presentation sessions from 1:30–3:00 p.m. and 4:30–6:00 p.m. Students will have the opportunity to showcase their studies alongside university professors and hospital researchers, with support available to help prepare them for the experience.

All subjects are welcome from history and health to chemistry, statistics, and more.

Learn more and get involved by visiting ChelseaResearchFestival.com or by contacting chelsearesearchfestival@gmail.com.

Chelsea Recreation & Cultural Affairs welcomes Chelsea residents for a free skate on Sunday, February 22, 2026 from 2:30pm-4:20pm.

In response to news this month regarding childhood vaccination recommendations, Chelsea Public Schools is sharing the following information and reminders with its community regarding pediatric vaccinations.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health sets the requirements for immunizations that school-aged children need for school entry. These requirements remain unchanged. Please visit our website for information regarding immunization requirements at school.

Earlier this month, DPH announced a change in recommended reference materials for pediatric immunization schedules. The department now recommends that clinicians in Massachusetts use the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule as the primary reference for the immunization of infants, children, and adolescents. Please visit the DPH website for more information and access to AAP resources.

If you have any additional questions or questions specific to your child, please contact your child’s school for more information.