CHIPS Weekly Update
April 10, 2026
From the PTO
Teacher Appreciation Week is May 4-8 this year and the PTO is planning on setting up something nice for all the staff in the building each day that week. Tuesday, May 5th we need your help! Use the link below to sign up to donate some special treats or supplies. Thank you for your support!
Our next meeting will be held on Monday, April 13 at 6:30 at CHIPS. If you would like to attend virtually, the link to join is below.
Important Upcoming PTO Dates:
April 10 (TODAY)- Last day to order Square One Art (order link below)
April 15- CHIPS Spirit Wear day
- April 28- Big Joe the Storyteller
The CHIPS PTO is on the CPS Website. Please visit our page!
https://pto.chelmsfordschools.org/chips-pto/
Below you will find a link to the CHIPS PTO directory. This is a great place to find information for playdates, birthday parties, etc. If your information is not in the directory and you would like it to be, please complete the sign up form that was in your child's welcome folder or contact the CHIPS office.
Book of the Month
May's Book of the Month is Hi, Pizza Man! Students love this silly story about a pizza delivery. Miss Megan will be visiting classrooms to read the story, and many of our classrooms have transformed their dramatic play areas into pizza restaurants. Below is a link to the story if you'd like to read along at home with your child.
Important Upcoming Dates
- April 20-24- NO SCHOOL- April Vacation
Health News
Spring has arrived...which means SEASONAL allergies for many of us. If your child has environmental allergy symptoms (runny nose, itchy eyes, skin rash) please let the nurse or their teacher know. This may help determine illness from seasonal allergies. As always, please keep home if there is a fever, mucous/secretions are unmanageable and excessive, or if your child is uncomfortable and needs further medical attention for a possible infection (sinus/ear/lung).
Speaking of allergies, our school has many students with FOOD Allergies, including Peanut & Tree Nut. Please refrain from sending nut based products in for snack time. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding. Below are helpful links for sneezy ~ watery eye ~ allergies as well as helpful allergen-free snack information.
Your child may return to school 24 hours after last vomiting and/or diarrhea episode and if feeling well.
Please use our absence line (978-251-5188 Option 0) or our attendance 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.
Little Free Library
Our CHIPS Little Free Library- such a fun way to help foster a love of reading in our preschoolers! Feel free to stop by with your child and borrow a book! Please remember to return the book when you are finished:) If you have books at home that you would like to donate, please put them in the Little Library or send them into CHIPS with your child. Thank you!!
Chelmsford Integrated Preschool
Email: mcguirkm@chelmsford.k12.ma.us
Website: https://chelmsfordschools.org
Location: 170 Dalton Road, Chelmsford, MA, USA
Phone: (978)251-5188