Hello Families,

Spring has finally sprung! It is time to enjoy the great outdoors with the trees and flowers blooming. With the onset of spring end of the year events will be coming quickly. Please make sure to stay current on our calendar so you don't miss out.

Please make sure to take our survey below regarding our effectiveness as a school and district. We value your input!

We have our final Student Council meeting on Monday May 5th. We are so proud of the leadership displayed by this large group of students at South Row. Their contributions have served to improve our school community.

Kindness Matters Day is Monday May 5th and on the 7th we will host our Kindergarten Parent Orientation at 6pm to welcome our incoming families and introduce them to all of the wonderful things that South Row has to offer.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Respectfully,

Terri and Jayson =)

Monday, May 5th

• Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week begins
• Kindness Matters Day - students and staff encouraged to wear kindness shirts/complete kind act
• School Council, 5:30pm, Conference Room - Canceled
• PTO Board Meeting, 6:30pm, Conference Room
• PTO Meeting, 7:00pm, Lab

Tuesday, May 6th

• The Butterfly Place - Grade 2 Enrichment

Wednesday, May 7th

• School Nurses Appreciation Day
• Rising Kindergarten Registration at Central Office, 9:00am-6:00pm
• Rising Kindergarten Parent Orientation, 6:00pm, Cafe

Thursday, May 8th

• Theme Song Thursday
• Rising Kindergarten Parent/Caregiver Input Form into placement sent out to families
• MA Audubon Enrichment Gr. 1 Enrichment (Abbott, Bullock)

Friday, May 9th

• School Spirit Day - Beach Day
• MA Audubon Gr. 1 Enrichment, (Frasca, Costello)

Monday, May 12th

• MCAS Math - Grade 4

Tuesday, May 13th

• Walk to School Day
• MCAS Math - Grade 4
• Box Top Task Force Meeting, 7:00pm, Zoom (link in PTO Corner)

Wednesday, May 14th

• MCAS - Math Grade 3

Thursday, May 15th

• MCAS - Math Grade 3

Saturday, May 17th

• PTO Sunshine Dance/Basket Raffle

Monday, May 19th

• Student Grade Level Meetings w/ Mrs. Gilbert & Mr. Ramalho

Tuesday, May 20th

• Rising Kindergarten Parent/Caregiver Input into Placement Forms Due
• Rising Kindergarten Screening

Wednesday, May 21st

• Rising Kindergarten Screening
• ELL Picnic, McCarthy Cafe, 6:00pm

Thursday, May 22nd

• Art Show, 6-8:00pm, South Row
• Fitness for Cure, 8:00am, Basketball Courts

Friday, May 23rd

• Chelmsford/South Row Spirit Day
• Fitness for Cure (Rain Date), 8:00am, basketball Courts
• Grade 3 Engineering Day

Monday, May 24th

• No School - Memorial Day

Thursday, May 29th

• Authors Day, 9:30am , Mark your calendars! Lots of volunteers needed!

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's 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 2025 Family Survey as we did in 2023 and 2024 as well. 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 May 1st and Friday June 13th using a computer, tablet, or smartphone by visiting the website below: https://surveys.panoramaed.com/chelmsfordma/family25/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.

In addition to our amazing lunch the PTO provided, we have a few other fun activities planned throughout the week to acknowledge our staff.

On Monday, we will be "rolling out the red carpet" and our students will be cheering and giving high fives to our staff as a small token of their appreciation. If your child will like to make a poster at home for this event they are welcome to do so.

Also, all week we will have a "South Row Wall of Thanks" on display. Staff, community members, families, educators, and colleagues are invited to write a message on the wall showing their appreciation of member(s) of the South Row community. If your child would like to write a message, feel free to write a message at home, and send it to the main office and it will be added. If you are in the building, you are welcome to write a message on the wall as well!

Mrs. C is looking for volunteers to support with the Art Show. Please click on the link if you are able to help with supporting this special event.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0D4CABAA22ABFC1-56051456-2025/112164240#/

Fit Fest is June 11th (rain date 12th)! Please check your emails for more information to volunteer. You can also click the link here to help out. Volunteers must have a valid CORI with the main office. Thank you! ~Mrs. Brown

Click here for K volunteers

Click here for 1st and 2nd grade Volunteers

Click here for 3rd and 4th grade Volunteers

Restorative Practices Parent/Caregiver Presentation: Click on the links below to access the presentation recording and padlet link that has resources for families.

• Presentation link

• Padlet link

MCAS Dates: MCAS testing for grades 3 and 4 are as follows:

Math

• Grade 4 - May 12th and 13th
• Grade 3 - May 14th and 15th

Recurring Reminders:

• Smartphones and Smart Watches: We strongly discourage sending your child to school with smart phones or watches. If your child brings either of these devices to school the expectation is that they are turned off and in their backpack.
• Snacks: Please remember to send your child in with a snack. The school has a very limited supply that gets depleted quickly and it is not to every students liking.

• PE Reminder: Please help your child to remember to bring sneakers when they have Phys Ed. Snow boots are great for recess, but unsafe for the gymnasium. Also on PE days, I would suggest students wear T-shirts or layers so they can take their long sleeve off when they get hot. Thank you!

• IIQ Help Desk Tickets: Some families have been using an unmonitored email for support with accessing the Aspen Family Portal. Instead, please use the incident IQ request form located on the CPS website under the parent drop down menu. Here is the direct link: https://chelmsford.incidentiq.com/guest/TKHNDKXH/parent-support#top .

Donation Link: https://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR?px=5385266&fr_id=161211&pg=personal

Basket Raffle 2025

We are looking for helpers during the Sunshine Dance to help us pull off the more ginormous basket raffle around! We need help with set up, ticket sales, basket claims, security, and clean up!

Use the link here to offer your hand! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E45A5AF2CA6F4C25-56490291-basket

Box Tops Task Force

Join us for our first meeting on Tues. May 13th at 7pm via Google meet. We will have a short discussion about areas we might want to consider utilizing our box tops winnings.

Zoom meeting: Tues. May 13th at 7:00pm

Virtual Meeting link: https://zoom.us/j/91269436905?pwd=NylAa4kbb9mdPe6seXQjiXVAM1mbQ4.1

Staff Appreciation Week - May 5-9

Join us in wishing the staff at South Row a very happy staff appreciation week, May 5-9! We kicked it off with a fun staff luncheon today to start things off right. Honey, honey, we are lucky to have you all in our corner!

We will be offering a virtual option for those that would like to join the monthly PTO meeting but can't make it in person. Please use this link to join the meeting virtually.

Dear South Row Families,

Spring has arrived! And so have allergies. If your student is experiencing allergy symptoms such as runny nose, sneezing, and itchy/red eyes, here are some things that might help:

• Have your child wash their hands and face and change their clothing after playing outside.

• Keep the windows closed (if possible) to keep the allergens out of the house.

• Talk to your child’s pediatrician about starting an over the counter allergy medication.

• If your child has eye irritation, talk to their pediatrician about over the counter allergy eye drops.

• Have your child shower before bed.

• Apply cold compresses to irritation eyes

• Apply warm compresses to the nose or face to relieve congestion. You can also try over the counter saline spray for nasal congestion.

Warmly,

Nurse V.

We welcome you to check out ou Connections Calendar and provide feedback using this link.

Please click on the "button" below to access resources and supports available. Do not hesitate to reach out to any support team member with any questions you may have.

**Please note: We continuously update the button below with new resources as they arise.

This section is comprised of the following items pertaining to food services

• Website
• Breakfast Information
• Tentative Breakfast/Lunch Menus

Mrs. Terri Gilbert

Principal

gilbertt@chelmsford.k12.ma.us

Mr. Jayson Ramalho, M.Ed.

Assistant Principal

ramalhoj@chelmsford.k12.ma.us

Email: gilbertt@chelmsford.k12.ma.us
Website: https://www.chelmsford.k12.ma.us/Domain/15
Location: 250 Boston Road, Chelmsford, MA, USA
Phone: 978-251-5177
Facebook: facebook.com/SouthRowElementary
Twitter: @CPSSouthRow

• Mrs. Terri Gilbert, Principal: gilbertt@chelmsford.k12.ma.us, 978-251-5177 ext. 4
• Mr. Jayson Ramalho, Assistant Principal: ramalhoj@chelmsford.k12.ma.us, 978-251-5177 ext. 3
• Mrs. Shannon Vandevoordt, School Nurse: vandevoordts@chelmsford.k12.ma.us, 978-251-5177, ext.2
• Mrs. Debbie O'Neill, Secretary: oneilld@chelmsford.k12.ma.us, 978-251-5177, ext. 0
• Mrs. Kim Sepe, School Clerk: sepek@chelmsford.k12.ma.us, 978-251-5177, ext.0
• Absentee Line: 978-251-5177 ext. 1