Senior MacKenzie Stacy has a message for those currently in care facilities separated from their loved ones over the holidays. Actually, she has more than 400 messages. On very little notice, the Chelmsford High School senior is trying to brighten the coming days and weeks of as many people as possible –…

By Amy Sokolow asokolow@lowellsun.com CHELMSFORD — Chelmsford High School’s theater department is usually busy producing shows throughout the year: a murder-mystery in September, a fall musical in November, an original play for children in January, a play in early spring for the state drama festival and a night of one-acts in…

Project 300, the annual food drive which recently completed its 44th year at the McCarthy Middle School, collected 16,961 non-perishable food items between Nov. 16-23, to benefit the Salvation Army of Lowell over Thanksgiving and the holidays. The non-perishables were dropped at the McCarthy School and collected each day by the…

We’ve got this. It’s these three words that continue to leave Matt Bartos and Tammy Leary amazed and proud. Mr. Bartos, an English teacher at Chelmsford High School, and Ms. Leary, a Counselor at the Hawthorne House, are the long-time advisors to Leadership In Motion Everywhere (LIME), a student-run club that immerses its members…

When a high school student considers which world languages to study, Spanish, French and German come to mind, probably in that order. Mandarin, Arabic or even Latin might draw consideration. American Sign Language (ASL) usually isn’t even a passing thought. But some good folks in the World Languages department at…

CHELMSFORD, MA (Nov. 30, 2020) – Twenty-four student-musicians from Chelmsford High School – representing band, orchestra and chorus – qualified for the Massachusetts Music Educators Association (MMEA) Northeastern Senior District Music Ensemble, the MMEA announced last week. Seventeen of CHS’s 24 students received All-State recommendation and move on to audition…

In normal times, if Amy Brown were to give her Byam school art students an assignment, with pencils and paint at the ready, naturally they would skip over the pencils and start painting. Instead, perhaps unbeknownst to her third- and fourth-graders, she is teaching the vital role that preparation plays in creating…

LISTEN: Project 300 featured on WROR Morning Show WATCH: Tom Gallagher WROR 2019 interview CHELMSFORD, MA (Nov. 16, 2020) – Tom Gallagher, a mathematics teacher at the McCarthy Middle School, was recently watching a news item about the Salvation Army Store and Donation Center in nearby Medford. “It was about how…

WATCH: Sachi Badola performs ‘What Baking Can Do’ CHELMSFORD, MA (Nov. 16, 2020) – Chelmsford High School junior Sachi Badola was named the recipient of the Best Musical Theater Solo as Mount Wachusett Community College’s Theater At the Mount announced its first of seven monthly TAMY Award winners Sunday. Should Chelmsford…

CHELMSFORD, MA (Nov. 12, 2020) – Chelmsford High School’s Sachi Badola, a junior, and senior Allison Dorsey were named finalists for the Virtual TAMY Awards October Challenge in the category Musical Theater Solo, Theater At the Mount (TAMY) announced Monday. Ms. Badola and Ms. Dorsey are two of the five finalists among 45…