Hello Families,

The events at South Row are coming fast and furiously. Please consider volunteering and/or attending some of these well loved events. Volunteer opportunities are detailed below.

Please see the information just below this message. We are strongly encouraging all families to complete our Family Survey to provide us with valuable information that can help us better understand and support our community. We will have computers set up at school during upcoming events and will be encouraging families to take a few minutes to complete this important survey.

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.

May 13th

• MCAS Math - Grade 3

May 14th

• MCAS Math - Grade 3

May 15th

• MCAS Math- Grade 4

May 16th

• MCAS Math - Grade 4

May 17th

• Chelmsford/South Row Spirit Day
• Speech Pathologist Appreciation Day (May 18th) Thank you Mrs. Reticker & Ms. Yost!

May 18th

• Sunshine Dance, 6-8pm

May 20th

• Music Share Week in Music w/ Mrs. Cooper

May 21st

• K-2 Fire Safety Program
• Rising Kindergarten Screening

May 22nd

• Rising Kindergarten Screening
• ELL Community Fair, 6-7:30pm, McCarthy

May 23rd

• Fitness for Cure Event, 8:00am
• Fourth Graders Field Trip to Parker Middle School
• Art Show, 6-8pm

May 24th

• School Spirit Day - Beach Day
• Rain-Date Fitness for Cure, 8:00AM

May 27th

• No School - Memorial Day

May 28th

• Senior Breakfast & Walk, 8:30am

May 29th

• Kindergarten Enrichment - Lights & Color

May 30th

• Authors Day, 9:30am

May 31st

• Grade 3 Engineering Day
• Gr. 4 Movie Night

June 3rd

• Rising Kindergarten Tours, 10:00AM and 2:00PM

June 4th

• Kindergarten Musical, 2:15-3:00pm, Cafeteria
• Unified Games Day
• Whole School Reward

June 5th

• Kindergarten Musical, 2:15-3:00pm, Cafeteria

June 6th

• Fit Fest

June 7th

• Rain Date for Fit Fest

June 10th

• Grade 4 Field 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"

2 liter bottles needed - Grade 4 is in need of 2 liter bottles for a Science project. Please send into the office if you have any to donate.

MCAS Dates:

• Grade 3 - MATH MCAS - May 13th and 14th
• Grade 4 - MATH MCAS - May 15th and 16th

Dear South Row Families,

Thank you so much for the flowers, cards, sign, and gifts for School Nurse’s Day! I am so fortunate to be part of this amazing community!

We are still seeing positive cases of strep. It has decreased but unfortunately it seems to be sticking around. Please keep in mind that stomachache, vomiting, and swollen glands can all be signs of strep as well as your typical sore throat and fever.

I am preparing the 4th grade files for middle school. If there is new information that you want to be sure the Parker Health Office has available to them, please let me know.

Warmly,

Nurse V.

Teacher Appreciation: Many, many, many thanks go out to all of the people who made the incredible teacher appreciation lunch happen. It was a truly magical day where we were able to celebrate all of the teachers, staff, administrators, and bus drivers that touch our kids' lives every day. Whether you baked desserts, made salad, purchased decorations from the Amazon wishlist, donated to the candy and tea bars, volunteered for setup, cleanup, or the lunch itself, or were part of the fabulous committee, you were an important part of making this event a success, and it does not go unnoticed!

Sunshine Dance: Our Sunshine Dance is coming up fast on May 18th from 6-8. This event is FREE for all to attend and will have a photo booth, face painting and a DJ to help you dance the night away. Wear what you feel comfortable dancing in but make sure each child is with a responsible adult (this is NOT a drop-off event). We could use a few helpers to help the dance run smoothly. If you are able to help out, please sign-up here. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080945ADA72AA7FA7-49554119-sunshine **Even though raffle tickets will be sold at the event, there is no requirement to purchase or participate in the raffle in order to attend the dance. Can't wait to see you there!

Basket Raffle: The rest of the details about the raffle including prices and how to purchase them will be sent home in backpacks next week. A huge thank you to Ashley and Michelle for coordinating the baskets and to all the parents who helped donate items, collect them, and wrap them up. They look AMAZING and truly ginormous! Pictures of each basket will be posted on the PTO Facebook page soon. If you attend the Sunshine Dance and win a basket, you can take it home that evening but you do not need to attend the dance to win. Good luck!!

June PTO Meeting: The PTO has been working hard to give the students and staff an extra special year at South Row. We have been happily surprised by the amount of financial support we have received this year. Thank you so much!!

We also work hard to make sure that everyone feels welcome and is a part of the community at South Row. After reviewing all the expenses and funds raised this year, the board has come up with an idea we would like to institute for the next school year and each year going forward, FREE South Row t-shirts for all incoming Kindergarteners. But the anticipated cost is greater than $250 so therefore we need your help to be able to implement this new idea.

ALL PARENTS/CAREGIVERS are invited to a very brief zoom-style meeting on Wednesday June 5th at 7pm. Our treasurer Courtney will present all the details about this new idea AND her evaluation of the budget/funds. There will be time for discussion if anyone present has questions. Once any questions have been answered we'll take a vote from all present to determine if we can move forward with this expense. We NEED AT LEAST 5 parents who are not part of the executive board in attendance to complete this vote. We would greatly appreciate if you could set aside a few minutes from your evening that day to help us out.

The virtual meeting link will be shared VIA EMAIL ONLY from Mrs. Gilbert the week of the meeting.

Any questions can be sent to SouthRowPTO@gmail.com.

It was wonderful meeting so many of you last night at Kindergarten Orientation. We are looking forward to welcoming you and your child(ren) to the South Row family in August 2024.

We want to ensure that you have all the necessary information for your child's transition to Kindergarten. Therefore, we have attached the slideshow from the evening, the recording from the event, and the handouts that were distributed. These resources will provide you with a comprehensive overview of what was discussed.

• Slideshow

• Slideshow and Recording

• Handouts

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out to us.

Respectfully,

Mrs. Gilbert, Principal

Mr. Ramalho, Assistant Principal

Mrs. O’Neill, Secretary

Mrs. Sepe, Clerk

Nurse Vandevoordt, RN

• Please see the flyer and volunteer forms below.
• At this time, parents/guardians would need to plan to attend to supervise students unless we are able to get enough volunteers to make the event a drop off event. This will not be determined until closer to the date.

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.

Art Show: Click on this link to volunteer to assist Mrs. C with the Art Show. She appreciates your consideration!

We have made it to May and that means Fit Fest will be here before we know it! To make Fit Fest a success we will need parent volunteers! If you are interested in volunteering for this event, please use the links below to sign up. If all the spots are taken and you still would like to volunteer just send me an email (brownr@chelmsford.k12.ma.us) and I can add you to the list. Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to volunteer.

Fit Fest will be Thursday, June 6th this year, with a rain date of Friday the 7th.

Kindergarten will be from 9:10-10:05

1st and 2nd grade will be 9:45-11:30

3rd and 4th grade will be 1:15-3:10

We're using SignUp.com to organize our upcoming sign ups.

Here's how it works in 3 easy steps:

1) Click the appropriate link for the grade level you would like to sign up for

2) Choose the spot you would like (it may change by the date)

3) Sign up! It's Easy - you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on SignUp

Click here to sign up for Kindergarten

Click here for Grade 1&2 Sign Ups

Click here to sign up for 3rd&4th grade

Email me with any questions and again, thank you!

Sincerely,

Rebecca

Rebecca Brown

South Row Elementary

Physical Education

brownr@chelmsford.k12.ma.us

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.

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