Weekly Bulletin

Important Dates:

• March 20 - First Day Of Spring
  
• April 4 - Term 3 ends
• April 5 - Term 4 Begins

PLEDGE

DATE -----NAME------------H.R.

3/20- Alex H --209

3/21- Bentley S -204

3/22- Ava S.& Sienna-209

3/23- Phillipa N-135

3/24- Alanah C. -135

FLAG

Date --------Name-------------H.R.

3/20- Morgan & Isabelle -207

3/21 -Mararita B. & Rathavisal K.

3/22- Olivia & Michalee --- 207

3/23 - Ellie & Bella -- 207

3/24 - Visal -- 207

MCAS Schedule:

April 10 & 11 ELA Gr 5 & 8

April 12 & 13 ELA Gr 6 & 7

April 13, 14 & 24-28 ELA Make-ups

May 8 & 9 Math Gr. 5 & 8

May 10 & 11 Math Gr. 6 & 7

May 12 & 15 Sci Gr. 5 & 8

May 16-May 26 Math & Sci Make-ups

Hello Chelmsford Families!

Registration for Summerfest and SummerQuest full day summer programs will open on Wednesday March 22nd at 10 a.m.

Register on ChelmsfordCommunityEd.com.

Registration for Summerfest/SummerQuest is based on your child’s grade. Please make sure your child’s grade is correct for this school year before registration.

If you need to update your child’s grade, please email us at commed@chelmsford.k12.ma.us before registration opens.

Registration under the wrong grade group could cause you to lose your spot in Summerfest/SummerQuest.

Please see our website for complete details. All forms listed below will need to be filled out before you can complete registration for each program.

Summerfest: Open 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday. For students in 1st-6th grade.

Dates: July 5th-August 11th

Welcome to Summerfest 2023!

Summerfest is designed around choices! The children will be able to pick which areas they would like to play and explore during rotation periods to allow for an opportunity to play with neighbors or friends who are close in age. Our goal is to allow the children more time to do the things they really love, while still offering a variety of choices. We will have all our favorite areas open this summer: the STEM Room, Art Room, Chill Zone, Gym, Playground, Café, and Outdoor Rec.

Our program will be located at the Chelmsford Community Education Building, 170 Dalton Road 01824 Chelmsford, MA. Summerfest has weekly field trips or in-house guests, lots of air-conditioned spots to cool off, and sprinklers and water play will provide refreshing fun on hot summer days. The staff consists of certified teachers, educational support personnel, nurses, college and high school students.

Please see our website for field trip details.

Forms to complete before Summerfest Registration:

• Summerfest Application 2023
• Summerfest Contact Form 2023
• Summerfest Medical Information Form 2023

**If your child has an allergy or medication, additional forms will be due before they can start our program.

SummerQuest: Open 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Friday for students in 6th-9th grade.

Dates: July 10th-August 12th

SummerQuest is designed for kids entering 6th grade through entering 9th grade. We schedule our weeks with full day field trips that will bring your child to a variety of locations with exciting and enriching activities such as rock climbing, hiking, amusement parks, kayaking, ropes courses and more! We use these trips to create a social environment where kids can engage with their peers with guided independence.

We are offering 5 weeks of off-site field trips. Each Friday will be a ½ day community service project and a ½ day at Varney Park/Freeman Lake. Our weekly service project will help our teens foster an appreciation for our town and instill in them the value of giving back.

Forms to complete before SummerQuest Registration:

• SummerQuest Application 2023
• SummerQuest Contact Form 2023
• SummerQuest Medical Information Form 2023
• SummerQuest Walker Permission Slip 2023

**If your child has an allergy or medication, additional forms will be due before they can start our program.

Upcoming Dates for Half Days:

Thursday, 4/13

Middle School Track & Field is Back!

Calling all Grade 5 - 8 athletes!

The Middle School Track & Field Team is open to students of all abilities. In addition to practices, runners will have the opportunity to compete in meets with area middle schools. Participants of all abilities are encouraged to attend meets, although they are never mandatory. Students are responsible for their own transportation to and from any meets. This year, parents/guardians must register their child by April 6th. Event choices may include, but are not limited to: running events, hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, javelin, and more!!

Parents/Guardians must register their children by completing the following Google Form:

https://forms.gle/PUquoMj17CN2XTNG7

Get your tickets for Middle School Night at Fenway Park on June 1st!

Make plans to celebrate the end of the school year: Take the family out to the ballgame!

Your kids can join fellow students from both McCarthy and Parker to enjoy watching the Red Sox play the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday, June 1st at 7:10pm. Tickets are $40 per person with a portion of the proceeds benefiting both PTOs.

We have a limited number of tickets so you'll have to act fast to get in on the action!

1. Go to: https://givebutter.com/GNeaMa to place your order.

2. Print out our flyer as your reminder!

NOTE: Tickets will be emailed to you directly in May!

Email: mccarthy_attendance@chelmsford.k12.ma.us

Please Send Email: Prior to 9am on the day of the absence (same as current voicemail option) Please Include: Child’s name, Grade, and Reason for absence.

We encourage you to use the email option when reporting an absence, dismissal, etc. Parents are still free to use the phone system to report absences, but you are encouraged to use email for greater office efficiency.

If you prefer, you can certainly call the attendance line prior to 9:00am, at 978-251-5122, please press 1.

We will continue to send automated emails when students are absent. The email serves as notification that your student is not in school and will be marked absent.

In order for an absence to be marked as "Excused", families will need to provide medical documentation.

Thank you for your understanding.

Coming Soon

Bingo for kids: we will be having 2 events coming up for students - one for 5th and 6th graders and one for 7th and 8th graders. Each event will be held after school with an excellent teacher as our Bingo caller!

Roller Kingdom: pop on your skates for a McCarthy night at Roller Kingdom. We have rented out the space for the night and encourage kids to come join in the fun. Date to be shared soon.

The PTO would like to remind all McCarthy parents to please scan your receipts to help collect Box Top monies for McCarthy enrichment activities!!

Box Tops For Education Learn How clickHere

PTO

2022-2023 PTO Board : Risa DiVincenzo, President

Emily Dilworth, Vice President

Shanon Dahlstrom, Treasurer

Alicia Cunningham, Secretary

Contact Us: PTO.McCarthy@gmail.com

TUESDAY

Homework Club-- Tuesday Library All Grades Ms. Sherlock

5th & 6th Grade Art-- Tuesday Rm 120 Ms. Mayer

Student Council-- Tues 7:30 am Library 5 & 6 Ms. Dussourd/Ms.Lanouette

Student Council-- Tues 7:30 am Library 7 & 8 Ms. Dussourd /Ms.Lanouette

Jazz Band-- Tuesday Rm 125 Grades 6-8 Mr. Wright

Cross-Country—Tuesday/Thursday (Sept-October)

Track / Field-- Tuesday /Thursday (April- June) All Grades Mr. Felzani

Stand-Up McCarthy-- Wednesday Rm 132 A All Grades Dr. Hanlon

Dungeons & Dragons-- Tuesday All Grades Cafe Ms. Downing

American Sign Language Bi Weekly-- Thursday All Grades Ms. Meghan Fitzgibbons *Virtual *Bi-WeeklyASL - American Sign Language - Ms. Fitzgibbons - On-line from 3:40 p.m. to 4:00 email fitzgibbonsm@chelmsford.k12.ma.us - This club runs every other Tuesday.

https://classroom.google.com/c/MjA5MjE3MDU3MzEz?cjc=yqtuwha

https://meet.google.com/uap-oqyo-nzr?hs=17

WEDNESDAY NO ACTIVITIES

7 th & 8th Grade Art-- Wednesday Rm 122 7th& 8th Ms. Kiley

Yearbook-- Wed. 7:30 am Rm 107 All Grades Ms. Scheinbart

Festival Band /Atwe-- Wednesday Eve 6-8pm Grades 6-12 Mr. Wright Band Room

Festival Orchestra Wednesday Rm 124 Grades 6-8 Mr. Miller

Select Chorus-- Tuesday Rm 127 Grades 6-8 Ms. Richardson

Newspaper Club—Wednesday Rm 112 Ms. Lanouette

Back Stage Crew—Wednesday Auditorium Ms. Mayer

Mindfulness Stress Reduction Yoga—Wednesday Ms. Ramu Library

THURSDAY NO ACTIVITIES

Magic gathering Club-- Thursday Rm 219 All Grades Mr. Warnock

Writers Society-- Thursday All Grades Ms. McMahon Room 222

Live Smart—-Thursday Rm 133

Book to big screen—Thursday@ 7:30 a.m. Ms. Schroth Rm 216

Chromebook Repair Protocol: If your student enters a ticket through the IIQ Helpdesk while at home, they will need to drop off the Chromebook in the library when they come to school the next day. The Tech Department will collect the broken device and perform the repairs. Students may be able to get a loaner device while waiting for their device to be repaired.

When the repairs are done, the student will be alerted via their ticket/email to pick up their device in the library.

Please use this video tutorial for the process of submitting an IIQ Helpdesk ticket.

Please contact your child’s counselor if you have any concerns whether it is attendance related or not. Specific class/assignment related questions or concerns should be directed to the particular teacher involved. Our counselor assignments are as follows:

Elyse Seero: Grade 6 & Team 5-2,5/6 seeroe@chelmsford.k12.ma.us

Jessica Weaver : Grade 7 & Team 5-1 & 5-3 weaverj@chelmsford.k12.ma.us

If you need to reach out to NRT here is the phone # 978-323-0101

If any issues come up regarding the bus coming late, or not picking up your child etc.

Buses/ Transportation: I encourage families to register your students for the buses. There is plenty of room on our buses. Please use this link to register your students for the bus: https://www.chelmsford.k12.ma.us/domain/90

Email: mannioni@chelmsford.k12.ma.us
Website: chelmsford.k12.ma.us
Location: 250 North Road, Chelmsford, MA, USA
Phone: 978-251-5122