Hello Families,

We will be conducting our final ALICE drill this coming week. Staff will preview safety information with students prior to the drill. We will communicate with families when the drill is complete. This link will include the videos that the students will watch to prepare for the drills.

So many events are still on the horizon. Thank you in advance to the many volunteers that helped get our students' art hung for our annual Art Show. Also, a big thank you to the many Author's Day volunteers that will help make this beloved event happen.

Have a great weekend!

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 2024 Family Survey as we did in 2023 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 Wednesday May 8th until Friday June 14th using a computer, tablet, or smartphone by visiting the website below:

https://surveys.panoramaed.com/chelmsfordma/family24/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.

Monday, May 27th

• No School - Memorial Day

Tuesday, May 28th

• Senior Breakfast & Walk, 8:00am
• Gr. 2 The Butterfly Place Enrichment Program in Cafe

Wednesday, May 29th

• Kindergarten Enrichment - Lights & Color
• Popsicle Permission Slip due - If this is not completed, your child will NOT be able to have a popsicle at Authors Day

Thursday, May 30th

• Authors Day, 9:30am (roughly an hour event) - please review ingredients on form above

Friday, May 31st

• Grade 3 Engineering Day
• Gr. 4 Movie Night

June 3rd

• Kindness Matters Day - Students & Staff Encouraged to Wear Kindness Shirts and complete a kind act
• Gr. 3 Field Trip to Lexington (Sanborn and Lewis)
• Incoming Kindergarten Student & Family Tours, 10:00AM and 2:00PM
• Tentative Student Council Meeting, 3:30pm - CANCELED!
• School Council Dinner

June 4th

• End of Term 2 Kindergarten
• End of Term 3 for Grades 1-4
• Kindergarten Musical (Richman and Patriquin), 2:15-3:00pm, Cafeteria
  
• Unified Games Day
• Tentative Whole School Reward

June 5th

• Gr. 3 Field Trip to Lexington (Krauch, Stagnone, Vasquez)
• Kindergarten Musical (Cassidy and Rigby), 2:15-3:00pm, Cafeteria

June 6th

• Fit Fest, Kindergarten - 9:10-10:05am
• Fit Fest, Grade 1 & 2 - 9:45-11:30am
• Fit Fest, Grade 3 & 4 - 1:15-3:10pm

June 7th

• Rain Date for Fit Fest (same times as above)

• School Spirit Day - Disney Day!

• High Five Friday w/ CPD and CFD

June 10th

• Grade 4 Field Day
• Its Summer Walk to School Day

June 11th

• Rain date for Grade 4 Field Day

• Move Up Day

June 12th

• Grade 4 Moving on Ceremony, Cafeteria, 9:30AM
• Anticipated Last Day of School for Students - Early Release Day - Students dismissed at 11:45am "Bubbles Send Off"
• Grades Available via X2 click here for directions

June 13th

• NO SCHOOL - First Day of Summer Vacation for Students - - See you in August!

Volunteer Opportunities: Check out the volunteer opportunities and happenings from now to the end of the school year in this weeks newsletter! =)

Fitness for Cure: Thank you to the many students, families, and staff that attended and donated to Fitness for Cure. As a school with both online and cash donations we have raised over 1,403.01! If you are interested in contributing, the link is still open, please click here! As a school, we truly have made a difference supporting St. Jude's Children's Hospital.

South Row Newspaper: Check out our 4th Grade Student Council Spring Newsletter they have published. A special thank you to Mrs. Mathews and Mrs. Tice for supporting this group of writers!

Dear South Row Families,

The hot weather is here! Please keep the weather in mind when your student’s are getting dressed in the morning. Please remember to send your students with water bottles and apply sunscreen before school. Students are not permitted to bring sunscreen to school. If your student needs sunscreen applied during the day please reach out to me. I can send you the necessary paperwork for their pediatrician to complete.

As you may or may not know, I usually give Chex cereal to students if they forgot their snack. I am running very low at this point in the school year so please try to make sure your student has a snack every day!

If you have been meaning to send me any updated paperwork or information, now is the time!

Have a great long weekend,

Nurse V.

As the year winds down, the PTO board is still going strong. We do lots of planning during the summer too. And one of the things we hope to be working on is South Row spirit shirts for ALL incoming Kindergarteners. However, because of the cost associated with this idea we need to vote on it. We'll be hosting a BRIEF video meeting so that our treasurer Courtney can present all the details and allow for discussion if needed before we vote to approve this expense for next year. We'll have this on Wednesday June 5th at 7pm. We'll share the meeting link via email only within a week of the meeting. Thanks for taking some time to help us with this.

Please view the form below to learn about Authors Day and to sign up for volunteers. We need lots of volunteers to make this event possible. Thanks for considering.

Here is the link to our Sign-Up Genius for Engineering Day: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050E4EABA723A2FE3-48547296-2024

And here is the link to our Amazon Wish List: https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/2GRBP4VRI0SHE

We welcome you to check out ou Connections Calendar and provide feedback using this link.

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

Please click on the "button" below to access resources and supports available. Do not hesitate to reach out to any support team member with any questions you may have.

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

This section is comprised of the following items pertaining to food services

• Website
• Breakfast Information
• Tentative Breakfast/Lunch Menus

Dear Parents and Families --

Chelmsford Public Schools is utilizing on-line breakfast ordering again this year for ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ONLY.

Instructions on how to set up an account are below. If you need any help, please reach out to the school nutrition department at: (978) 251-5111

Set Up Your Account Now

Directions to set up your account and order:

1. URL Link: family.onlineordering.linq.com
2. Sign up now: Email, create password.
3. School District: Chelmsford Public Schools
4. Student ID: This can be found on x2- Child’s Student ID Number
5. Last Name: (You can also search and add siblings/family members at this time). Once this is completed, the student’s name should appear on page.

How to order meals

1. School Menu-breakfast online ordering
2. Scroll to day/week you are selecting breakfast (top right of page)
3. Find date, select meal option
4. Add item to cart/Select Add to order
5. Click on shopping cart icon at top right of page
6. Click Check out
7. Select pick up location: Elementary pick-up location classroom
8. Place order

Mrs. Terri Gilbert

Principal

gilbertt@chelmsford.k12.ma.us

Mr. Jayson Ramalho, M.Ed.

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
• Mr. Jayson Ramalho, Assistant Principal: ramalhoj@chelmsford.k12.ma.us, 978-251-5177 ext. 3
• Mrs. Shannon Vandevoordt, School Nurse: vandevoordts@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