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Hello everyone,

We had a wonderful Art Show this week. Thank you to the volunteers who tirelessly worked to prepare student art work for hanging. We couldn't have done it without you. The new addition of a glow in the dark room added to the evening. Attendance was terrific! Thank you for you continued support for all of our events here at South Row.

Next up....the Sunshine Dance on Saturday from 6:00 to 8:00. Hope to see you there!

Additionally, we shared the district family survey through email this week and strongly encourage all families to complete the survey as the results help to inform future planning. Please consider completing this important survey.

Family SURVEY

Respectfully,

Terri and Jayson

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 2026 Family Survey as we did in 2023, 2024, 2025 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 6th and Friday June 12th using a computer, tablet, or smartphone by visiting the website below: https://surveys.panoramaed.com/chelmsfordma/family26/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.

Saturday, May 16th

• Sunshine Dance/Basket Raffle, 6-8pm

Monday, May 18th

• Incoming Kindergarten Screening

Tuesday, May 19th

• Incoming Kindergarten Screening

Wednesday, May 20th

• Grade 3 Engineering Day
• Kindergarten Discovery Museum (Lights and Colors) Enrichment Program

Thursday, May 21st

• Theme Song Thursday
• Fitness for Cure Event, 8:00am, Outdoor Basketball Court
• Free Event
• Donations accepted in person or through this link for St. Jude's Children's Hospital
• This is NOT a drop off event

Friday, May 22nd

• Spirit Day: Chelmsford/South Row
• Fitness for Cure Event (Rain-Date), 8:00am, Outdoor Basketball Court

Monday, May 25th

• No School - Memorial Day

Thursday, May 28th

• Authors Day
• Unified Games Day (District)

Monday, June 1st

• Kindness Matters Day

Tuesday, June 2nd

• End of Term 3 for Grades 1-4 and Term 2 for Kindergarten
• Try it Tuesday

Wednesday, June 3rd

• Fit Fest (Gr. K-4)
• Kindergarten - 9:40-10:20am
• Grades 3 and 4- 10:10-11:40am
• Grades 1 and 2 - 1:35-3:05pm

Thursday, June 4th

• Fit Fest (Gr. K-4) - Rain Date
• Theme Song Thursday

Friday, June 5th

• Added Spirit Day from Student Council: Wear Your Local Sports Jersey
• Grade 4 Movie Night

Monday, June 8th

• Grade 4 Field Day
• School Council Dinner

Tuesday, June 9th

• Grade 4 Field Day (Rain Date)

Wednesday, June 10th

• Tentative Whole School Reward
• Kindergarten Musical, 9:45am

Thursday, June 11th

• Incoming Kindergarten Building Tours, 10:00am and 2:00pm

Friday, June 12th

• School Spirit Day - Chelmsford/South Row
• Tentative Move Up Day (meeting new teachers for SY26-27)
• Whole School Reward (Rain Date)

Monday, June 15th

• Anticipated Last Day of School (Grades K-4), 1/2 day for students - Students dismissed at 11:45AM
• Bubble send off at dismissal
• Grades available online for families to view

Tuesday, June 16th

• Last Day of School for Teachers

It is very important that our data in Aspen (X2) is up to date. Please check your X2 family portal to ensure all contact information is correct and we have your preferred email address and phone number. You do this by clicking the family top tab and contacts side tab. This will display all the contact info for your user record.

As we all enjoy more time outside (finally!) I wanted to send some sun protection information:

Sunscreen tips:

• Choose a broad spectrum coverage ideally SPF30 or above. Mineral sunscreen is usually best for individuals with sensitive skin. There is limited data that sunscreen above SPF 50 provides more protection.

• Put sunscreen on 15-30 minutes before going outdoors and reapply every 2 hours.

Other sun safety tips:

• Sunburns can happen even on cloudy days as most of the UV rays can pass through the clouds! UV rays can also bounce back from surfaces (water, sand, snow and concrete).

• Wearing protective clothing is another great option to protect skin from UV damage. The UPF rating on clothing can help you identify clothing that protects skin best (a rating of UPF 50 fabric blocks 98 percent of the sun’s rays).

For more information about sun safety: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/at-play/Pages/Sun-Safety.aspx

Spring Allergy Season
Spring is here!! If your child experiences seasonal allergy symptoms such as sneezing, itchy eyes, nasal congestion, or coughing, Please contact your child’s pediatrician or allergist to discuss when to begin seasonal allergy medications.

Many providers recommend starting medications before pollen counts begin to rise, which can help reduce symptoms once the season begins.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss your child’s health needs, please feel free to reach out.

Respectfully,

Nurse Martin

Please use this link to sign up to volunteer on Author's Day. The event runs about 1 hour and requires many volunteers. Please use the link or more information and to signup.

3rd Grade Engineering Day

Do you have a 3rd grader this year? Are you an engineer yourself or just enjoy learning and experimenting alongside your kids?

3rd grade gets to take part in an all-day long engineering challenge - Engineering Day - and it's happening Wed. May 20th! Students get to be engineers and solve problems using the engineering design process. We'd love your cooperation in making this go off without a hitch!

Can you lend a hand or help lead a session? We Need YOU! Sign up HERE!

Have more questions? Please email: SRengineeringday@gmail.com.

The end of the year is quickly approaching and our 4th graders are going to be having some fun to celebrate the end of their time at South Row School. 4th grade ONLY Field Day will be happening on Monday, June 8th (rain date of Tuesday, June 9th).

In order to make this event come alive, we need YOUR help! These are memories your child will keep with them as they move on to middle school. If you can help us in some way, please click the link here to join: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E45A5AF2CA6F4C25-4thgrade1#/

We are looking forward to seeing many of you at the Sunshine Dance tomorrow night from 6-8pm! Come wearing something that makes you happy and dance the night away! Tickets for the basket raffle will be available for purchase. Come see these GINORMOUS baskets and admire all the effort that went into creating these masterpieces!

We hope to see you there and at many of our upcoming events shown on the graphic included.

-South Row PTO Board

The Sunshine Dance and Ginormous Basket Raffle are coming up TOMORROW, Saturday, May 16th from 6-8pm! The baskets are assembled and will be on display in the Gym and additional tickets can be purchased for a chance to win one to take home! 🧺

If purchasing tickets, payment can be made in cash, by check (made out to South Row PTO), or by card.

If you purchased tickets during our pre-sale ticket window, please stop by the PRE-SALE Ticket Table to collect your ticket stubs with your ticket numbers!

**Please remember that the Sunshine Dance is not a drop-off event and that parents should be monitoring their children. Thank you! **

If you are also interested in joining the Basket Raffle Committee and would like to learn more about the behind-the-scenes planning process, please let us know. Additional people would make it possible for us to create sub-committees (similar to the Pumpkin Fair) so we can divide and conquer more easily! This event lends itself to teams such as classroom volunteer coordination, donation collection, basket wrapping, presale ticketing, and day-of-event organizing. We’d love to have a few extra hands to be sure the Basket Raffle can continue once our kiddos move on from South Row.

Contact southrowptobasketraffle@gmail.com for more information!

Ever wondered what goes into making our South Row PTO events happen? Want to help out, but aren't sure where to start? We're currently looking for shadows for each of our upcoming events as parents will be moving up with their children.

Right now, we're still looking for shadows for:

- Scholastic Book Fair (for next year's fair)

- Basket Raffle

- Sunshine Dance

- Staff Appreciation Luncheon

We'd love to share what we know to keep these South Row School traditions alive for years to come! Interested in learning more about an event? Email us at southrowpto@gmail.com or chat with a Board member today! We'd love to have you!

2 WEEKS REMAINING to help support South Row PTO with your weekly grocery shopping! South Row PTO is participating in the Hannaford Helps Schools program! This 2026 program will run from April 5 through May 30. During this time, our community can support our school by shopping for specially marked items. For every 4 participating products purchased, shoppers earn 3 School Dollars. At checkout, customers receive a School Dollar printout that they can redeem online and direct funds to our school.

Using Hannaford To Go? With Hannaford To Go, School Dollars are not provided at pickup. Instead, about a week into May and again a week into June, Hannaford will email you a unique code reflecting the total School Dollars you earned in the previous month from qualifying purchases.

To redeem School Dollars, simply enter the unique printout code and store number on the Hannaford Helps Schools website or app, then select our school. Each School Dollar printout also includes a QR code linking directly to the website, making it quick and easy to redeem School Dollars.

Thank you in advance for participating! :)

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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.

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

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• Website
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Principal

gilbertt@chelmsford.k12.ma.us

Dr. Jayson A. Ramalho

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
• Dr. Jayson A. Ramalho, Assistant Principal: ramalhoj@chelmsford.k12.ma.us, 978-251-5177 ext. 3
• Mrs. Heather Martin, School Nurse: martinh@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