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• District Updates
• Athletic Department Updates
• Extended Learning Updates
• Early Learning Center Updates
• Berkowitz School Updates
• Hooks School Updates
• Kelly School Updates
• Sokolowski School Updates
• Clark Ave. Middle School Updates
• Wright Middle School Updates
• Chelsea High School Updates
• Chelsea Opportunity Academy Updates
• Messages From Our Community Partners

During the month of February Staff and Students celebrate love, friendship and appreciation for our community and friends. Schools find creative ways to celebrate!

"The only thing more powerful than hate is LOVE!" 🐰

Students at the ELC showing love for all!

Science is sweet at the Sokolowski School! Today all of our science classes participated in candy science activities. We used the Engineering Design Process to plan and create candy structures and the Scientific Method to discover whether conversation hearts would sink or float. All scientists showed super sharp skills!

In Expressive Art Club at the Clark Ave. with Ms. Kenney and Ms. Kay, love is in the air as students complete decorations of different hearts with kind words, words of affirmation, or other fun ideas that have been displayed throughout the school!

6th Grade Student Council students have been having a blast selling candy for Valentine's week. They're excited to make money for future events, and spread love!

CHS Main Office Staff welcome students and families with warm smiles and a beary friendly guest!

Central Office staff spread love, cheer, & cake pops!

CPS Admin Offices at 77 Webster are greeted with love by Rosie

Chelsea Public Schools Coordinator of PE, Health, & Athletics Alpert was named the Massachusetts Secondary School Athletic Directors Association (MSSADA) District 5 Athletic Director of the Year. This award is presented to an athletic administrator from each of the nine athletic districts in Massachusetts. Alpert was recognized as an individual who has displayed outstanding leadership and meritorious achievement in interscholastic administration at the local, district and state levels.

Congratulations, Amanda, and thank you for all you do to support CPS student-athletes, coaches and school communities!

Congratulations, Alex, and thank you for all you do to support CPS students and our school communities.

Good Luck to our Middle School Boys Basketball team (coached by Mehki Collins and Mannix Resto) as they play Everett this afternoon in the GBL Championship game)

Check out upcoming games for next week.

Boys Basketball: Agan Bosnjankovic

Girls Basketball: Angie Antunez Cruz, Fatuma Iman, Nyla Rodriguez

Spring Sports begin March 16, 2026.

Photography club's results of their poses and collage activities! They practiced making different poses and creating one image afterwards!

The students in the Yearbook Committee with Ms. Waxman and Ms. Metsky have been fundraising during the week and getting together earlier in the week to start completing the final parts of this year's Yearbook!

The Stock Exchange Challenge with all three middle schools has kicked off this week at the CAMS with Ms. Waters and Mr. Bernabe! Students are in an active competition to see who can make the most 'money' by learning how to buy, sell, and trade stocks!

Students participated in fun and engaging learning in D&D Club, Ideas in Medicine, Stock Market Team, and Running Club.

Our science teacher, Mrs. Sherburne (ELC), transformed the classroom into a laboratory of discovery. Through dynamic experiments, students explored the states of matter solid, liquid, and gas sparking curiosity, critical thinking, and genuine excitement for learning. The expressions of wonder and active participation reflected the impact of passionate and meaningful instruction.

Thank you, Mrs. Sherburne, for inspiring our young scientists every day.

Mr. Mungillo and Ms.Viviana

We worked together with the students to create posters as a follow up to our story All Are Welcome as part of our What is Justice unit.

Students at the Berkowitz celebrated the 100th Day of School by welcoming families into math classrooms to take part in special 100th Day activities. Students worked alongside their parents to practice counting to 100 with Fruit Loops, graph data, and explore fractions in engaging ways. First grade students added to the celebration by dressing up as 100 year olds! It was a great way to recognize 100 days of hard work and highlight the strong learning happening in our classrooms.

1st Grade celebrated the 100th day of school! We worked together to stack 100 cups and counted by tens all the way to 100. It was exciting for students to see the cups get taller and taller. We also made Fruit Loop necklaces. We counted 100 colorful cereal pieces and put them on a string. It took a long time, but we helped each other. Some of us made patterns with the colors. When we were done, we were able to wear our 100th day necklaces proudly!

Students in 305's math class perfected their 2x2 multiplication skills by participating in a "Box Method Rolling" game. They solved problems with a partner, analyzed each other's work, and gave feedback in real time. We are working hard to build these skills and apply them throughout other aspects of math!

The 4th grade students at Kelly learned about the artist Paul Klee and then experimented with materials to make their own abstract portraits using geometric or organic shapes. They then colored each section or shape using analogous colors to make these awesome looking portraits.

The month of February is American Heart Month and the Sokolowski School celebrated it in several ways. We also linked it to the ACTION and DETERMINATION blocks of the Pyramid of Success.

In Physical Education classes students learned about the circulatory system and how their heart works. As a culminating activity, all students participated in the Heart Obstacle Course during our Early Release day. Students moved around a series of obstacles as they pretended to be the blood moving around the body. Students crawled through a tunnel representing a vein, they army crawled through the right ventricle, picked up oxygen in the lungs by doing step ups, waited for the valve to open to move from the atrium to the ventricle, rolled down the wedge mat representing the left ventricle, traveled through hula hoop tunnels representing an artery, learned heart facts in the brain, delivered oxygen to the muscles by doing med ball slams and so much more! The students started by carrying blue objects to represent deoxygenated blood and after they went to the lungs they got a red item to represent oxygenated blood. Once they finished they went through the cycle all over again! In addition, students will learn how to take ACTION to keep their heart healthy and strong through healthy eating and exercise when we return from vacation.

Students also learned how to take ACTION if someone is having a heart related emergency at our School Meeting. Students watched a video created by last year's Student Council members and Specialist teachers explaining what to do in the event of an emergency. The whole school then learned how to do hands-only CPR to the tune of Baby Shark! Check out the Sokolowski Physical Education website for a video with directions on how to perform hands-only CPR and additional heart safety skills. Students were asked to teach at least one person at home about these life saving skills. Saving lives is serious; learning how can be fun.

On Tuesday, we celebrated 100 days of school!
Thank you to all the families who joined us and helped make this celebration so special. Your support means so much to our school community!

In Ms. Trigg's 5th grade science classroom at Clark Avenue Middle School, each homeroom competed for the longest amount of Deep Focus and Flow times! Homeroom 102 surpassed the rest with a total of 19 minutes and 11 seconds of diligent, independent, focused work and was given a Pupusa Party as a reward! Way to go, 102!

WSTA 5th Graders had their Quarter 2 Awards today and got to celebrate with some of their most special people!

This week in history, students practiced persuasive arguments by creating “tier lists” of Silk Road merchandise and debating the importance of various goods and ideas.

WSTA staff had a Charcuterie Board competition during their staff meeting this week, fair to say that the Wolfpack Fruit Salad was the winner

Ms. Mullings and NJHS students want to thank everyone who donated coats for families in need. With these donations we are able to help more of our community members stay warm!" - Ethan Vaz, WSTA National Junior Honor Society President.

CHS Senior Natalia Merino Barahona performed the "Star-Spangled Banner" at this year's State of the City for Chelsea's City Council meeting. Natalia performed beautifully, and will also be part of an upcoming trip, along with the CHS Cantare and Jazz Band, for a special performance in Walt Disney World.

Today, nearly 200 students participated in Chelsea High School’s first Student Summit of 2026! Freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors were invited to the library to share their experiences and perspectives as CHS students in small focus groups. The event was student-led, with discussions facilitated by our CHS Reimagination Student Team. We are excited to capture a wide range of student voices and look forward to elevating them again at our follow-up Student Summit on April 17th.

Ms. Osebhajajeme recently led a cooking class with our post-graduate students. During this lesson, students learned how to prepare basic sandwiches, including egg sandwiches and ham and cheese sandwiches. With Ms. Osebhajajeme guiding the instructions, students were able to take the lead in preparing their own meals while she provided support as needed.

In the photo, you can see Sunaina taking the lead and confidently guiding her peers during the cooking activity. This hands-on lesson helped students build independent living skills, follow step-by-step directions, practice kitchen safety, and gain confidence in preparing simple meals on their own. We are proud of the responsibility and teamwork our post-graduate students demonstrated. Thank you Ms. Osebhajajeme for believing in our students!

Chelsea High will be having a Grade 9 registration day for all CPS Middle School Students.

A great opportunity to have the students visit the school, know all CHS programs available, meet the school counselors, and select their electives of interest for the coming school year 2026-2027. At the same time there will be Family info sessions through the morning and afternoon.

Today, COA students and staff took part in a hands on and collaborative science lesson about sheep-heart dissection. Students identified the left and right atriums, left and right ventricles and other parts of the key organ. We wish everyone from the COA community a happy February break and we can't wait to see everyone when we return!

Join Chelsea Black Community - CBC this month for events to celebrate Black History Month including the annual Black History Month Celebration at the Williams School on February 26th (5:00-8:00pm). More details

The Chelsea Research Festival will take place on Monday, May 18, 2026, at Chelsea High School, with presentation sessions from 1:30–3:00 p.m. and 4:30–6:00 p.m. Students will have the opportunity to showcase their studies alongside university professors and hospital researchers, with support available to help prepare them for the experience.

All subjects are welcome from history and health to chemistry, statistics, and more.

Learn more and get involved by visiting ChelseaResearchFestival.com or by contacting chelsearesearchfestival@gmail.com.

Families and community members are invited to attend a Design Public Hearing to learn more about proposed Safe Routes to School improvements near the Mary C. Burke Elementary Complex and to share their input.

The project includes proposed upgrades to the traffic signal and intersection at Eastern Avenue and Stockton Street, construction of a 10-foot-wide shared-use path for pedestrians and bicyclists, and the closure of the Toomey Square roadway.

DATE | Thursday, February 19, 2026

TIME | 6:00 p.m.

LOCATION | Mary C. Burke Elementary Complex

Learn more and find additional details here:

Chelsea Recreation & Cultural Affairs welcomes Chelsea residents for a free skate on Sunday, February 22, 2026 from 2:30pm-4:20pm.