Byam Newsletter

January 10, 2025

Message from Principal and Assistant Principal

Mark Your Calendar

1/14 Early Release Day

1/27-1/31 Great Kindness Week

Early Release Day

Tuesday, January 14 is an early release day for professional development. Our dismissal time is 11:45 am and we will open the side gate at approximately 11:30 to stage our pick up vehicles. If your child is going home in a different manner than there typical Wednesday, please contact the school.

Kindergarten Report Cards

Kindergarten report cards will be open in the X2 Family Portal on Wednesday, January 22. You will receive an email from our clerk, Mrs. Murphy indicating they are ready to view. If you are unable to log in to the Family Portal, you can use this link to submit a ticket to our IT department. https://chelmsford.incidentiq.com/guest/TKHNDKXH/parent-support#top

Celebrating Us

Our first annual "Celebrating Us" multicultural event is set for March 19 at Byam. We are excited to launch this event. Please be on the lookout for our sign up form and flyer coming home next week so that we can plan our event accordingly.

Kindergarten Registration

WHEN:

Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Reserve your appointment here

WHERE:

Chelmsford Public Schools Central Administration Office, 230 North Road, Chelmsford, MA.

STIPULATIONS:

Children entering kindergarten must be 5 years of age on or before August 31, 2025.
Parents/guardians must complete the Google form above with contact information and preferred appointment time (appointments take approximately 15 minutes) within a three-hour window.
A staff member will follow-up with each parent to confirm date and time of appointment.

Byam Weekly Announcements Video

January Food Nutrition Breakfast and Lunch Menu Link

A reminder to all our families, breakfast and lunches are free. There is a charge for milk only. The December Breakfast and Lunch calendars are below.

Lunch Link for January: https://www.schoolnutritionandfitness.com/webmenus2/#/view?id=674dcfbde96f1ede8d7f7cc3&menuType=66bb731ee96f1e59524947ff&siteCode=3369&siteCode2=4552&showAllNutrients=false

Breakfast Link for January:

https://www.schoolnutritionandfitness.com/webmenus2/#/view?id=674dcf98e96f1ed58d7f7c9d&menuType=66bb72fce96f1e2a544947e0&siteCode=3369&siteCode2=4552&showAllNutrients=false

BSA Information

SAVE THE DATES:

2/1/25: Riverhawks Hockey Night

2/8/25: Sweetheart dance 4:30-6pm and 6:30-8pm

3/3/25: Roller Kingdom Night 6-8pm

3/29/25 :“Byam’s Got Talent” Variety Show

5/3/25 : Walk a Thon 10-2pm

5/6/25 : Byam Art Night, 5 - 7pm

Something sweet to look forward to! Dancing, pizza, Hearts and crafts! The Byam Sweetheart dance is right around the corner. This year the dance will be held on Saturday February 8th at CHS. Recommended time slot for k-2 is 4:30-6pm and for grades 3-4 is 6:30-8pm. Families with multiple children or schedule conflicts can choose either time!

Additionally, this year children will be allowed to bring up to TWO special adults! Tickets for this event will be 12 dollars each and will be available for purchase soon!

Byam's Got Talent (formerly the Hootenanny)

Hey all! Happy New Year! We are so excited to start planning the 2025 Byams Got Talent Show (formerly Hootenanny)! This year will be "Lights, Camera, Action!" If your child is interested in signing up for the show please fill out the registration google form. If your child is in 4th grade and would like to be an Emcee this year please let us know through the google form as well. There will only be room for roughly 10 Emcees so let us know ASAP!

If you have done the talent show in the past things may be a bit different, so if you have questions just ask! We won't be doing a zoom audition so please send as much information as possible about your child's act on the google form. We do need the acts to be under 3 minutes long and any music needs to be sent to this email as an MP3 as it gets closer to the show.

No stage experience necessary, we want ALL kids to feel welcome and excited to join the show!

Please submit your child's registration NO LATER than FEBRUARY 14th to guarantee their spot in the show!

We have also attached the information to submit advertisements to the program! If you have been to the show before you may have seen them in the program as well as running in the slide show before the show! If you are interested in submitting an advertisement to the program please fill out and submit the ad to shannflann@gmail.com. Also, if you would like to ask any local companies to do so we would LOVE their support!

https://forms.gle/NCLpDJefegnrCkdo8 - Registration Form

-Sarah Coffey & Allison Bartolini

Follow the BSA on Instagram

No-cost Registration for Byam Events:

*Financial concerns should never stand in the way of families participating in school events. If you are interested in any Byam activities please contact Lyndsey O’Neil, our school counselor, to register at no cost: oneill@chelmsford.k12.ma.us