McCarthy Cross Country Teams Place in Annual Championships

Boys finish 8th out of 23, girls place 12th.

The following was submitted by Caitlin Klick. The McCarthy Middle School Cross Country Team traveled to Gloucester on Friday, October, 28th for their annual championships. The boys finished 8th out of 23 teams while the girls were 12th.    McCarthy was led by Peter McCarthy, who completed the 1.6 mile course in 10:08 (5:52 mile pace).  Tim MacNamara, Cameron Murphy, Sean Riley, and Colin O'Brien also ran well for Chelmsford.   McCarthy's top girls were Kristin Hohenstein, Kaylie MacArthur, Sarah Quirbach, Courtney Morgan, and Moira Andrews.  Dracut was the overall winner for the girls meet. 

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McCarthy Cross Country Competes Against Westford, Tyngsboro

Girls team win over Westford, fall to Tyngsboro and the boys head to Gloucester to defend the title.

The following was submitted by Caitlin Klick. On Monday, October 17th, the McCarthy Middle School Cross Country Team traveled to Westford for a meet with area schools.  The girls team defeated Stony Brook and Blanchard Middle Schools, both of Westford, but fell to a talented Tyngsboro team.  Chelmsford's Kelsey Tinker was 2nd out of 97 runners, completing the 2 mile course in 13:35.  Rounding out the top five for McCarthy were Allison Taylor, Giulia Rabbito, Annie Bailey, and Caroline St. Peter. The boys team outran Tyngsboro for the second week in a row, but loss close races to Stony Brook and to Blanchard.  6th grader Peter McCarthy led the way, finishing in 13:12.  Cameron Murphy, Sean Riley, Colin O'Brien, and Jake Hartshorn also ran …

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McCarthy and Parker Orchestra Student Fruit Sale

Help fund your local orchestra program.

The following was submitted to Chelmsford Patch. Please help support the McCarthy School Orchestra Program by participating in the students’ fruit sale. Proceeds from the sale will help us purchase a much-needed string bass and support the 7th and 8th grade orchestras’ participation in the Great East music festival in the spring. The Fruit Sale runs until October 23, 2011. Delivery will be the week of November 14, 2011 – just in time for Thanksgiving! This is an online sale, and payment is made through a secure website for your convenience and safety. Please visit the Parker and McCarthy School pages for a link to the sale page: www.chelmsfordk12.ma.us. If you have any questions or require further information, please contact our Middle …

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"Parker's Got Talent" is Tonight

About 50 performers will take the stage in acts ranging from singing and dancing to other talents.

Seventeen total acts will take the stage at McCarthy Auditorium Saturday night as Parker Middle School hosts its second annual Parker’s Got Talent. “It’s just basically kids throughout Parker…it’s a non-competitive show. And it's hosted by Jeff Parks who is our assistant principal,” said Tara Trainor, a sixth-grade language arts teacher who is coordinating the show with fellow teacher Jen Salmon and parent Barbara Skaar. “(Skaar) actually started the show…it’s mostly through her idea that the show came about,” said Trainor. The Parker event will consist of about 50 students in various acts including singing and dancing, as well as other talents. A group of students from Choral Director Christine Whittlesey’s select chorus will sing for the…

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Police Log

Chelmsford Teen Nabbed with Alcohol, Pot at 24-Hour Relay

The 17-year-old was arrested at the 24-hour relay at McCarthy Middle School.

This is a portion of the Chelmsford Police Log. All information is provided by Chelmsford Police. This information is open to the public. Friday Saturday Monday

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Police Log

Hudson Woman Arrested on Fletcher Street

Police arrested her on Fletcher Street and Chelmsford Street.

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IMAGE GALLERY: McCarthy Family Night

Wednesday's event featured a book sale and two volleyball games.

McCarthy Middle School held its last Family Night of the school year on Wednesday to benefit the PTO. Along with the school's Scholastic Book Fair, student vs. staff volleyball games pit two student teams, one of fifth and sixth graders and the other of seventh and eighth graders, against their teachers.

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McCarthy Takes Audiences to "Wonderland"

McCarthy's "Alice and Wonderland Junior" will be tonight and tomorrow night at the school's auditorium.

A cast of about 50 McCarthy Middle School students will take the school’s auditorium stage Friday and Saturday in its performance of “Alice and Wonderland, Junior.” The musical, based upon the 1951 Disney animated movie and Lewis Carroll’s original novels, was directed by sixth grade teachers Mary Brockmyre-Martin and Kathryn Chamberlain, who stage a production each year as an after-school student activity. “This is my seventh play, I think Kathryn has done for or five with me,” said Brockmyre-Martin, whose prior experience before McCarthy included directing college plays and television work on WGBH. The school’s musical productions, Brockmyre-Martin explained, are the culmination of a process going back to the early school year, with …

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"Historical Perspectives" Come Alive With Ben Franklin

McCarthy Middle School fifth graders enjoyed a one-man show on Benjamin Franklin's life.

To simulate his experiments with a kite, Benjamin Franklin rapidly turned the crank on his  Van de Graaff generator, holding a ball on a rod close by. A visible spark shot between the two devices.   "Fascinating! Do you want to see that again?" he asked. "Yes!" the audience of McCarthy Middle School fifth graders shouted in unison. This energetic scene summarized the tone for Wednesday morning's enrichment program at the school's auditorium, as actor Joseph Kidawski immersed the students in a one-man portrayal of the life of the famous American founding father and inventor. Kidawski, an actor for Historical Perspectives for Children, used a variety of costumes, props, and slides to convey Franklin's life and achievements as a child and …

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McCarthy, Parker Experience the Magic of “Harry Potter”

McCarthy and Parker students will have a special screening of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Saturday morning.

McCarthy and Parker Middle School students and their families are going to experience a special screening of one of the fall's hottest movies this weekend. A McCarthy PTO and Parker Student Council joint fundraiser, done in cooperation with Showcase Cinemas Lowell, will host a free screening of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" on Saturday morning at the theater. "Harry Potter is such a phenomenon and to do this with just kids from Chelmsford and have our own theater and time is really great," said McCarthy parent volunteer Karen DeChiara. DeChiara brought the idea to PTO Vice-President Amy Regan around the time of the October PTO meeting, remembering the example of a similar event that occurred at the Westlands Elementary …

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