Byam Newsletter

May 16, 2025

Mark Your Calendar

5/19-5/21 Lowell Mills Grade 2 Field Trip Rm 18 & 19

5/20 Lowell Mills Grade 2 Field Trip Rm 17 & 21

5/21 Lowell Mills Grade 2 Field Trip Rm 20

5/20, 21, and 22 Byam Kindergarten Screening

5/21 District English Language Learner Family Picnic at McCarthy

Now until June 13 - Byam Family Survey open

5/20 School Council meeting

5/22 Evening Performance of Byam Musical "We Are Monsters" @ McCarthy 6 pm

5/26 No School Memorial Day

Last Day of School

For your calendars, the official last day of school for students is an Early Release Day on June 17th.

BYAM 3rd and 4th Play "We Are Monsters"

Byam 3rd and 4th play actors will be having their evening performance of "We Are Monsters" on Thursday night 6:00 pm at McCarthy Middle School auditorium. More information below.

Field Day

On Friday, June 6th, the Byam School will be having their Field Day!!! Each grade level will have the opportunity to travel around and experience different activity stations and demonstrate some of the skills they have learned this year.

Participants should bring a water bottle with their name for this event. Students should be dressed in comfortable clothes and sneakers. If it is sunny, students should consider wearing sunscreen and a hat to school.

Schedule for Byam School Field Day:

•1st and 2nd Grade –Friday June 6th- 9:30-11:00am

•Kindergarten – Friday June 6th- 12:00-1:00pm

•3rd and 4th Grade – Friday June 6th – 1:30-3:00pm

Faculty and staff will escort students from station to station. We will need parent volunteers to help run the stations and assist in a variety of ways. If you are interested in joining us for Field Day by running a station, being a timekeeper, filling water buckets, etc., please go to the following link: https://signup.com/go/cfuVUuq and sign up for a spot no later than Monday, June 2nd. You will need a cori on file with the office to attend this event. Please make sure you sign up for the correct grade level. Please note that if it rains on Friday June 6th, all students will have field day on Monday, June 9th. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Thanks,

Ms. Quinn

Byam Physical Education/Health/APE

Officer Sullivan and Ozzy Driving One of Our Walk A Thon Winners to School

Family Survey

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 through 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.

BSA Scholarship

Each year the Byam School Association gives a graduating senior who attended Byam School. This year's recipient is Riya Jeena. Riya's essay highlighted the support she received as and English Language Learner from Mrs. Loew our ELL teacher and the impact it had on her. Riya was presented this scholarship at our BSA meeting on Wednesday. Riya has also been giving back to the Byam community while she interns with Mrs. Loew.

May Mental Health Awareness Month

Please join us in recognizing Mental Health Awareness month by spreading awareness and helping to reduce stigma associated with mental health. Please see the resources below for ideas of how to get involved this month.

Please consider WEARING GREEN on each of the remaining Fridays in May!

Mental Health Awareness Month Ideas for the Classroom and School Community:

Please consider wearing the color green on each of the remaining Fridays in May! (The green ribbon is the international symbol of mental health awareness.)
Enrichment Activities from Second Step
Kindness activities
Community/Sense of Belonging Activities
Self-care (for students and colleagues!)
Mindfulness & Self-Awareness

Mental Health Awareness Month Resources:

Mental Health Awareness Activities for Schools (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

NAMI, Mental Health Awareness, "More than Enough"

NAMI: "Identity and Cultural Dimensions"

Mental Health Action Day, May 16

Mental Health America Toolkit

American Hospital Association Resources

UNICEF Mental Health Toolkit

Finding Mental Health Supports in MA (Mass.gov)

https://www.caresolace.com/site/chelmsford

Thank you,

Shannon Bischoff

District Coordinator of Social Emotional Learning and Counseling

Thank you BSA

Thank you for this week's 1st grade MA Audubon Adaptation enrichment.

Summer Resource from Ms. O'Neil and Nurse Pappo

With the School year coming to a close and Summer right around the corner, Byam has some summer essential resources available for families. Any families who can benefit from additional support should fill out the form below. If you have any questions, please reach out to Lyndsey O’Neil, School Counselor, via email at oneill@chelmsford.k12.ma.us or Emma Pappo, School Nurse, at pappoe@chelmsford.k12.ma.us.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfP0RLvv8P9mM1ZbDtesCsTqZczW1DfXBubR_ak6oHjwoFq1g/viewform?usp=header

Byam Weekly Announcements Video

BSA Information

SPIRIT WEAR POP UP SALE 5/16-5/22!

Get your Byam and Chelmsford apparel before the close out of school! This is a short pop-up sale so don’t delay. Orders will be available for pick up before the summer break. Follow the link below to purchase. SPIRIT WEAR SALE OPEN 5/16-5/22... Shop closes at MIDNIGHT 5/22!

https://bsa.ptboard.com/formvw?store=4992&form=13

BYAM MUSICAL - FREE!! May 22nd at 6pm at McCarthy

Want to Know More?

JOIN THE BSA "VIP" LIST

The BSA struggles with trying to keep you informed without flooding your inbox. We understand some don't have the bandwidth to know more, while others are looking to get more involved...but don't know where to start. If you are one of those people looking to know more please take a moment to fill out the attached form. This does not lock you into anything but helps us filter our "extra" communication more directly to people looking to be more involved with the BSA!

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