Superintendent's Weekly Updates

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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
• Browne Middle School Updates
• Clark Ave. Middle School Updates
• Wright Science & Technology Academy Updates
• Chelsea High School Updates
• Chelsea Opportunity Academy Updates

Students and district staff joined together to support Senator Sal DiDomenico’s Annual Toy Drive, volunteering their time to help collect and organize donations for local families. It was a wonderful show of community spirit and teamwork!

At the MCB Elementary Complex, the Science and Technology teams teamed up with complex specialists to deliver fun, hands-on STEM activities for our 1st and 2nd graders during the Winter STEM Fair! Students designed the longest paper chains, built towering cup structures, engineered vehicles and bridges, raced feathers, balanced holiday pencils, coded robot mice, and more!

During Wednesday's professional development, the elementary Technology and Science Teams teamed up for STEM learning and participated in a collaborative STEM challenge!

The Intergenerational Literacy Program at Chelsea Public Schools closes out the year with various engaging activities with their students and families.

The month of December means a multitude of Winter Concerts at our schools! Check out the image below for the remaining concert dates next week. Contact your child's school for more information.

Chelsea Athletics Upcoming Games

We will have special holiday items in our on-line team shop for a limited time only! Orders must be placed by December 15th. Head to www.bsnteamsports.com and enter code WISH0466 to see all of the options from shirts to bags to socks and more!

Photography Club using photography and editing skills for this weeks activity!

Bulldog Adventure Club trying out a new game this week!

Our dance group practicing a new routine!

The Family Engagement Committee welcomed all students and families for hot cocoa, cookies and winter themed crafts. We ended the night with a movement activity to let out all our Busy Bee energy!

Room 403 kindergarteners are busy writing bees!

Guided by Mr. Munguillo and Ms. Viviana, students are practicing high-frequency words on their whiteboards while building confidence and creativity in their writing.

First graders (the coolest 6 and 7 year olds around) celebrated everyone’s favorite number on the 67th day of school!

Berkowitz Elementary School celebrated its Winter Concert this past week, featuring wonderful performances from students in grades 1 and 2, as well as the before-school Grade 3 & 4 Chorus. The beginner band, beginner violinists, and the drumming club also took the stage.

All of the students showcased their hard work and proudly demonstrated the Berkowitz core values of collaboration and determination! Congrats to all!

Last Friday, we had a Polar Express Family Movie Night and Toy/Food Drive. It was a beautiful night of community, family and spreading joy as we head into the holiday season. Everyone loved the movie, enjoyed some popcorn, juice and learned about the importance of giving, loving, sharing and caring for one another!

Grade 1 loved getting to celebrate STEM week through the various different STEM stations available Wednesday morning! They were able to practice using coding skills through robotic mice, practice their engineering skills through creating paper chains, and practice their science skills in learning about and applying the topics of balancing and weights to successfully balance a paper and pencil on just one finger!

Second graders have been continuing to learn, read, and write about habitats! This week we finished up water habitats by drawing a visual representation of an ocean, pond, lake, river, swamp, or tide pool. We then used our visuals to write a paragraph about it with an engaging topic sentence, details and a conclusion sentence. We love becoming habitat experts!

Third graders have been busy researching and drafting their informational books about the "First Thanksgiving." Next week they will publish their books using Book Creator.

4th graders in Ms. Hawthorne’s math class practiced their comparison skills by playing “Comparison War.” They were given cards in multiple forms and had to determine together which amount was greater. Once students were observed to be on the track to mastery, they were challenged by having to round their numbers to different place values and then compare. Students worked hard to build their math thinking, explain themselves verbally, and look at problems in new ways.

1st and 2nd grade students participated in our annual Kelly School STEM Fair! Students participated in activities such as Index Card Towers, Paper Chains, Marshmallow Structures, Cup Stacking, and more! They exemplified collaboration skills and showed perseverance through their activities. What a fun time!

Browne Middle School hosted an Art Night & SEL Night, and we want to thank all the families and staff who joined us on this cold evening. We truly had an amazing time painting and creating with you all.

In art studio with Ms. Gilmartin, students are weaving, painting and creating wearable art!

In the expressive art club with Ms. Kenney, students are focusing on different types of photography and creating Christmas ornaments using some of New England’s favorites: oysters!

In the yearbook committee with Ms. Metsky and Ms. Waxman, students have been gathering pictures and figuring out the theme for this year‘s yearbook.

In the literacy support club with Ms. Fields students have been reading for theme in their study group.

On December 4th, our CAMS library hosted comic artist and author Liniers for a visit. 150 fifth through eighth grade students, including our foundational multilingual learners, attended Liniers’ presentation about creativity, comics, and storytelling. Students loved reading his books beforehand and asking questions about his inspirations, his creature characters, and his career’s unexpected connections.

Thank you to Wondermore and the Chelsea Heritage Foundation for their support providing a book for Liniers to sign for each student.

On Monday, Clark Avenue hosted a Family Game Night. So many families come in to play games like uno, connect four, jenga, etc. We enjoyed great food & desserts together. A Gaga Pit was even set up for students to play Gaga Ball!

7th graders at WSTA put their arguing abilities to use this week! After researching they first Chinese emperor, classes competed against each other to debate whether his political projects were worth it.

Our WSTA Functional Academics Sip & Howl Cafe is helping staff stay warm on this cold Friday.

In honor of World Kindness Day on November 13, the Northeast Metro Tech Humanities Department launched a meaningful school-wide initiative: Postcards of Gratitude. This reflective writing activity encourages students to recognize an education worker who has made a positive impact on their journey—reminding us how even the smallest gestures can create lasting change.

We’re proud to share that five members of our Wolfpack were acknowledged by former WSTA students for the difference they’ve made: Mr. Haener, Ms. Asadoorian, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Ruggiero, and Mr. Flynn.

Thank you for your dedication, your heart, and the impact you continue to make on our students’ lives. Your work matters—and it shows

It's been an exciting week in the CHS Performing Arts department! Drama club started us off with their wonderful production of Neil Simon's Rumors. This was followed by our Percussion Ensemble's fabulous performance in Chelsea's Tree Lighting and Santa event. As we concluded our performance run, our students and teachers presented a spectacular night of music where our Concert Band, Jazz Band, Orchestra, Percussion Ensemble, and Cantare performed in our Winter Concert. A huge congratulations to all our performing arts students and teachers!

Conferences take place on Thursday, December 18th from 5-7pm.

The CHS School Counselors have exciting events on the way for the Class of 2026, please see the flyer for details.

This week, COA held its monthly School Site Council meeting on Wednesday evening. Students and families engaged in meaningful discussion with each other and worked on decisions together to improve COA and its policies. Students at COA also continued working towards graduation, finishing up capstone presentations, a final presentation for every COA graduate. It is wonderful to see students working towards their futures!