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CHELMSFORD, Massachusetts (Oct. 22, 2025) – Dianna Fulreader, who has been the principal at Chelmsford’s Center Elementary School since 2016, has called it a career, officially retiring on Oct. 3. Fulreader announced her decision to retire in an email to colleagues earlier in the year, expressing her gratitude to all…

The Center Elementary School PTO hosted its annual Trunk or Treat event on Saturday, Oct. 18. Children decked out in costumes made their way through the creatively decorated sea of trunks, collecting candy and playing games along the way. The Center School Student Council also collected non-perishable food items for…

Center Elementary students, under the direction of music teacher Chris McGillicuddy, performed various tunes during the school’s annual family sing-along event on Thursday, May 22, 2025.

Center Elementary School held its Art Show on Wednesday evening, May 7, showcasing a wide array of work from students in kindergarten through fourth grade. The creative and colorful works included everything from clay sculptures and broken crayon mosaics to self-portraits and dot art. Here are just some of the…

The Center Elementary School Science Fair was held on Wednesday, March 12. Students in grades K-4 created myriad projects to show how volcanoes work, what causes erosion at the beach, how lava lamps work, how an electric motor works, as well as how to make slime and floam. Several projects…

The CSPTO sponsored a free Binglo Night for Center Elementary School families on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. Students and their family members played several rounds of Bingo under the black lights to win some incredible prizes like Principal for the Day, a classroom visit from Officer Dan Sullivan and Officer…

Center Elementary School held its 2024 Science Fair on Thursday, March 7. The student projects examined an array of topics, including static electricity, how clouds form, sinking versus floating, water erosion and how earthquakes occur.