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Hello everyone,

It has been great to get students outside for a few recesses this week. Many have brought in boots and have enjoyed playing in the snow. We recommend families send in an extra set of clothes with their child if they are not wearing snow pants out to recess. The nurse has a very limited supply of clothing for students to borrow.

Our teachers participated in a professional development session around Math this week and specifically learned new ways to approach the challenging topic of subtraction. Teachers will also participate in professional development tied to Math content during their team meetings this month. Our Math Instructional Specialist, Karen Boisvert, will facilitate these meetings. Our staff actively participates in a variety of professional development opportunities throughout the year that include both academics and social-emotional learning.

Respectfully,

Terri and Jayson

Saturday, February 7th

• Choralfest at CHS, 9:00-3:00pm

Monday, February 9th

• Multicultural Festival Planning Committee Meeting, 3:45 pm, Conference Room (new families welcome to support the planning of this event!!)

Tuesday, February 10th

• Grade 1 Enrichment Program (WBZ Meteorologist Visit)

Thursday, February 12th

• Grade 4 Enrichment Program (Discovery Museum- Lights & Lasers)

Friday, February 13th

• Red, White, and Pink Spirit Day
• Gr. 4 Trip to Performing Arts Center (5th Grade Performances), 9:30-10:45 am

Monday, February 16th- Friday, February 20th

• No School - February Vacation
• Mon. Feb. 16th, 6-8 pm: Family Skate Night at Roller Kingdom Skate Night Tickets

Wednesday, February 25th

• South Row Science Fair, 6:30-8:00 PM

Thursday, February 26th

• Theme Song Thursday
• South Row Science Fair (SNOW DATE), 6:30- 8:00 PM

Friday, February 27th

• Chelmsford/South Row Spirit Day

Monday, March 2nd

• Kindness Matters Day
• Student Council, 3:30-4:15pm
• School Council, 5:30pm, Conference Room
• PTO Board, 6:30pm, Conference Room
• PTO, 7:00pm, Lab

Tuesday, March 3rd

• Try it Tuesday

Wednesday, March 4th

• Youth Art Exhibit Open House, Chelmsford Public Library, 5:00-6:30pm

Friday, March 6th

• School Spirit Day - Favorite Book Character Day

Saturday, March 7th

• Instrument Test Drive for Incoming Grade 5 Students to Middle School, 9-11am, CHS

Sunday, March 8th

• Daylight Savings Time starts

Tuesday, March 10th

• End of Term 2 Grades 1-4

Wednesday, March 11th

• Early Release Day - students dismissed at 11:45am - teacher professional development
• Book Buddies, Bullock and Duncan/ Rigby & Webber

Thursday, March 13th

• Teacher Preview Day for Book Fair, Library
• Boston Symphony Hall Grade 4 Field Trip, leaving at 9:30am

Monday, March 16th

• Book Fair weeks begins (students visit book fair on Library days)
• Placement Letter and Input Form Sent to Grades 1-3 families for SY26/27 from Principals

Tuesday, March 17th

• School Spirit Day - Green, Orange and White Day

Wednesday, March 18th

• Scholastic Book Fair Family Night and Game Night

Thursday, March 19th

• Grade 1 Enrichment - Professor Bugman

Friday, March 20th

• School Spirit Day - Chelmsford/South Row

Wednesday, March 25th

• Grades Available on X2 Grades 1-4

Friday, March 27th

• Tentative Whole School Reward

Monday, March 30th

• Family Input into SY26/27 Placement Process Due to Principals via google form

Tuesday, March 31st

• Try it Tuesday

Dear Families,

Please make sure your child brings or wears sneakers on the days they have Physical Education. Boots and other non-athletic shoes are not safe for running or participating in activities in the gymnasium. Students who do not have appropriate footwear will need to sit out for safety reasons.

Thank you so much for your support in helping your child be prepared and ready to participate!

Sincerely,
Rebecca Brown
Physical Education Teacher

Science Fair: Registration is now open for our annual Science Fair that will be held on February 25th from 6:30 to 8:00. The snow date is February 26th. For more information you can use this link and to register use this link.

Choralfest: This Saturday, Feb. 7th, is Chelmsford Public School's CHORALFEST! Twenty-five 4th grade students were selected from each school to perform in an all-town choral event. If your student would like to watch their friends perform, here is the livestream link for Chelmsford Telemedia. The concert begins at 2:00. Students learned two songs with me, and will be learning 2 on Saturday to perform the same day. There will also be middle school groups and high school groups. "Break a leg!" to those attending! https://www.chelmsfordtv.org/channels/watch-live/

Multicultural Festival Planning: We are in the early stages of planning our annual Multicultural Festival which will take place from 1:00 to 3:00 on Saturday April 4th. If you are interested in helping out in anyway please reach out to Terri or Jayson. Our next planning meeting is scheduled for Monday February 9th at 3:45. All are welcome to attend!

Coats!!: Students will be outside for recess most days throughout the winter months. Please make sure to send your child in with a coat as the temperatures are falling rapidly.

Family Resources: Please use the Family Resources link to fill out our form if your family would benefit from assistance. We offer a variety of resources throughout the year.

We will be having an ALICE DRILL the week after vacation (The Week of February 23rd). Please click the slides below to prepare students for the drill.

ELA - 4/8 and 4/9 (grade 3)

ELA - 4/14 and 4/15 (grade 4)

Makeup will be ongoing through the 17th

Math - 5/6 and 5/7 (grade 3)

Math - 5/13 and 5/14 (grade 4)

Makeups will be ongoing through the 22nd

This past Tuesday, South Row presented to the School Committee, highlighting our partnerships. Specifically, we focused on our partnership with UMass Lowell. Click on the video below to see our segment or the button to view our presentation.

Hello South Row Families,

Our School Council is excited to share information about our upcoming Science Fair scheduled for Wednesday, February 25th from 6:30pm-8:00pm. Please click on the link to view information pertaining to this special event. The document includes all logistics and event-specific details. Additionally, click here for the link to the 2026 Science Fair Registration.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to review the information and discuss it with your child(ren) to see if they are interested in participating. If you or your child(ren) are interested in seeing what the event looks like, please click here to watch a video from a past event.

Should you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out to southrowsciencefair@gmail.com.

Respectfully,

Mrs. Gilbert & Dr. Ramalho

• Students are expected to wear coats, hats, gloves, and boots to school in the winter months!

• Students will not need to put on snow pants to go outside. However, if students wear boots, they will be able to go in the snow. You will be able to:

• Walk around in the snow

• Run in the snow

• Build a snowman

• Make tracks through the snow

• Play follow the leader

• If students wear boots, they will NOT be allowed to:

• Throw snow / Kick snow

• Throw snowballs

• Get pants wet

• If students forget snow boots, they will be able to go outside but will only be able to play on the blacktop area and not in the field or snow-covered areas.

Hello South Row Families,

Thank you so much for all of the generous donations of clothing to the health office. I greatly appreciate your support! There is not too much to update this week for Nurse’s corner. We are primarily seeing cold-like symptoms at South Row and some flu cases. There have been no clusters or patterns for flu cases. I hope you all stay warm and healthy this weekend, and GO PATS!

Respectfully,

Nurse Martin

Email: martinh@chelmsford.k12.ma.us

Fax: 978-256-9475

PTO Corner

We hope you all have a wonderful weekend and are ready to cheer on the Patriots this Superbowl Sunday! The weeks that follow have lots going on and we hope you can join us! Check out what's coming up down below for more information.

Here's a look at what's coming up!

- Sat. Feb. 14th, 2pm: Harlem Globetrotters at Tsongas Center Globetrotters Tickets

- Mon. Feb. 16th, 6-8pm: Family Skate Night at Roller Kingdom Skate Night Tickets

- Tues. Feb. 17th, 11:30-8:00: Dine-to-Donate at Evviva Trattoria, Westford, MA

- Mon. Mar 2 - Fri. Mar. 6th: Community Read-In Week Sign up to Read

- Sat. Mar. 7th, 6:05pm: UMass Lowell River Hawks vs. BU Terriers at Tsongas Center River Hawks tickets

If you have any questions about any upcoming events, don't hesitate to reach out to us! southrowpto@gmail.com

- South Row PTO Board

LAST CHANCE to order tickets for the Harlem Globetrotters 100th Anniversary Tour is February 7th, so grab yours now before time runs out for a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the family! The Harlem Globetrotters' 100 Year Tour is coming to the Tsongas Center February 14th at 2pm! Grab your tickets today and a portion of the sales will also benefit South Row PTO! Tickets are running low, so if you're interested, grab your tickets NOW!

Skate night is back! Please plan to join other South Row families at our skate night, exclusive to our school. We'll be there on Monday, February 16th from 6-8pm at Roller Kingdom in Tyngsboro. Bring your own skates or take advantage of their rentals (skates or blades). Reserve your spot today for a lower price than at the door. $5 if you bring your own skates, $8 if you need to rent.

South Row Skate Night

Plan to get dinner from the concession stand and the PTO gets back a percentage of the food sales. Hope to see you there!

Sticking around this February vacation week? Want to enjoy a meal out and help out South Row PTO at the same time? Visit Evviva Trattoria on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17thany time from 11:30 am to 8:00pm. Flyers will be coming home next week. Make sure to bring your flyer and mention South Row PTO!

Our annual town-wide Community Read-In event is coming up, March 2-6th at CHIPS, Byam, Center, Harrington, South Row, and Parker. We are always looking for volunteers to read to classrooms across the district. If you choose to participate, please know you will not be placed in a classroom with your own student(s), but rather sharing a love of literacy with others within our wider community.

If interested, please fill out the form HERE and as the event grows nearer, a liaison will connect with you to let you know where you're placed for the week. Sign up to read once, twice, or even MORE! Show your Chelmsford pride by reading to our students!

Our next South Row Night at the UML River Hawks is coming up Saturday, March 7th at 6:05pm at the Tsongas Center! Come and represent South Row in your Chelmsford gear or rock your red, white, and blue for UML! Grab a friend and come hang to support our local college team! Tickets are available for purchase:

UML River Hawks Tickets

Seeking Treasurer

Our wonderful South Row PTO Treasurer, Courtner Cooper, is looking for a shadow to take over for her next year. Courtney's youngest will be off to middle school and we will miss her immensely, but she wants to help a new member shadow this year to get a lay of the land. Curious what a Treasurer does? Reach out to Courtney at southrowtreasurer@gmail.com or southrowpto@gmail.com with any questions!

Our next PTO meeting will be happening MONDAY, MARCH 2nd in person in the South Row Technology Lab, 7pm. We look forward to connecting with you, sharing what's been going on in the past month, and what's to come!

Can't make it in person? Join us using the meeting link provided in the Home Link newsletter.

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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.

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Mrs. Terri Gilbert

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