Venice Returns to MED
During the months of December and January, third graders are learning about Venice, Italy in a variety of ways. Guest educator Tom Lee from the Spencertown Academy has led presentations using maps of Venice, held a discussion about the architecture and elements of the different buildings found in the unique city, and will present a visual thinking lesson that features a painting by famed artist Canaletto. Through these and numerous other workshops and lessons held through January 23rd, students at MED will experience the richness of Venetian culture and social history.
Students Commit to a Safe Holiday Season
Prior to holiday recess, the CHS chapter of SADD handed out "commitment pins" to encourage their fellow students to keep the season happy by using the power of caring and good judgment during holiday celebrations. By accepting and wearing the pins, students promised not to endanger their lives during the holiday season by drinking or doing drugs, or by riding with anyone who is under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Indoor Track & Field Team Holds Winterfest Benefit for Morris Memorial
During this year’s Winterfest in the Village of Chatham, Chatham High School Indoor Track & Field athletes held a bake sale to benefit the Morris Memorial. The team set up a table on Main Street and raised $365 for the local community center. The money was presented to Morris Memorial executive director Michele Kraham, in appreciation of the support the Morris has shown the team over the years.
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NJHS Hosts Senior Luncheon
This December,
Chatham Middle School's National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) hosted a Holiday Senior Citizen Luncheon in the school cafeteria. This yearly holiday gathering provides seniors with food, entertainment, and a way to connect with the young people in their community. NJHS membership is for students in grades six through eight who have an average of 90 or better in all core subjects and demonstrate outstanding qualities in character, service, leadership, and citizenship.
Students of the 1st Quarter
Chatham High School's Students of the Quarter for first quarter were selected by the CHS faculty based on their fine work and contributions to their classes. See who made the list...
CHS Chorus Performs in Holiday TV Special
The members of the CHS chorus recently traveled to WMHT studios to record this year's "Music for the Holidays" television special. This special included vocal talents of chorus's from throughout the capital region and included performances of "Estrelle Brillante", "Gesu Bambino" and "O Come, O Come Emmanuel." It aired on WMHT-TV Thursday, December 22 at 8 p.m., Friday, December 23 at 5 p.m., and Sunday, December 25 at 4 p.m. “Music for the Holidays” was also heard on Classical WMHT-FM 89.1 & 88.7 on Sunday, December 25 at 6 p.m. This was the CHS choir's second year being chosen to participate in this program. Learn More...
A Math Lesson for the Holidays
A lesson in arithmetic added up to a large donation of food for local families in need. This December, fourth graders at M.E.D. put their math and money skills to the test- by doing some holiday grocery shopping for the Ghent Food Pantry. Using nearly $200 the classes had collected, students budgeted their trip to the grocery store, kept track of their spending, and with a little help from their chaperones, brought their goods to the checkout lane for purchase.
The two classes purchased enough groceries to fill a large shopping cart to overflowing.Read more...
Meeting with Parents Focuses on Location of 5th Grade
The evening of December 1st, Superintendent Cheryl Nuciforo held a meeting for M.E.D. parents to discuss the possibility of the District relocating the 5th grade to M.E.D. You can view Mrs. Nuciforo's powerpoint presentation from that evening here...
BOE Appoints Amy Potter as CHS Assistant Principal
At its December 13 meeting, the Board of Education appointed Amy Potter as Assistant Principal at Chatham High School. Mrs. Potter will fill the position for the remainder of the 2011-2012 school year, following the resignation of HS/MS Assistant Principal Karen Bechdol, who left Chatham to pursue a career opportunity with Albany City Schools. Mrs. Potter has worked at Chatham for 18 years, as a special education teacher and recently as Dean of Students at CHS. Please welcome her to her new position.
At the Middle School, John Rivers will step into a full-time Dean of Students position for the remainder of 2011-2012. Prior to Mrs. Bechdol's resignation, Rivers' position as dean was part-time, splitting administrative duties with teaching physical education.
Character Education Youth Summit
Young leaders from the High School and Middle School attended the 10th Annual Northeast U.S. Character Education Youth Leadership Summit, held December 1st at Russell Sage College in Troy. Students participated in workshops that revolved around the theme of “Dignity for All Students”, with topics ranging from student leadership to diversity and anti-bullying practices. Chatham students were also able to interact and discuss pertinent school issues with other young leaders from around the capital district. Skills and ideas from the summit will be used by Chatham’s youth leadership teams to implement character based improvements at CHS and CMS.
String Quartet Out and About this Holiday Season
The CHS string quartet lent a little culture and ambiance to the Hudson Opera House and the J. Damiani Gallery during Hudson’s Winter Walk, held the evening of December 3rd. The quartet also played Friday, December 9 at the Columbia County Historical Society's Vanderpoel House, as part of the Village of Kinderhook’s annual Candlelight Night.
District Implements Food Service Point Of Sale System
Chatham is implementing a computerized Point of Sale (POS) system in all our cafeterias. The new system, NUTRIKIDS® POS, will increase our level of service and provide accurate school meal accounts. Both lunch and breakfast services will be included and processed on this system. Students will be required to memorize and use a personal 5-digit code when making purchases. This will begin on 12/6/11 at the Middle School, 12/7/11 at MED and 12/8/11 at the High School. Read letter to parents concerning NUTRIKIDS® POS...
Three CHS Vocalists Selected to Perform in “Melodies of Christmas”
2011 marks seniors Geena Eglin (alto) and Diana Jones (soprano) third season performing at the prestigious and highly selective "Melodies of Christmas" musical event, and joining them this year is junior Eddie Knight (tenor). The three will perform with the Empire State Youth Chorale at Proctor's Theatre on December 15th, 16th and 17th at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, December 18th at 3:00 p.m. The students will also appear on the Melodies of Christmas tin sold each season at Price Chopper. Through more than 30 years of support, Melodies of Christmas has raised over $6 million dedicated to the treatment of childhood cancer and blood disease, with proceeds going to benefit the Children’s Hospital at Albany Medical Center.
Fifth Grade Bags Big Bucks for UNICEF
Fifth graders participated in “Trick-or-treat for UNICEF,” a Halloween event where students collected donations for the United Nations Children's Fund as they trick-or-treated through their neighborhoods. Sophia Martino, Jenna Skype and Lauren Wrigley expanded the effort by holding a bake sale on Halloween to raise money for UNICEF. Altogether, the fifth grade collected a total of $615, a check for which was mailed to UNICEF on November 30th. The money will go to help children in need throughout the world.
Six CHS Teams Recognized as Scholar Athlete Teams
Six Chatham Panthers fall athletic teams were named scholar athlete teams by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA). The honor is reserved for athletic teams who realize a high degree of academic success while balancing an often full extracurricular schedule. For the fall, 2011 sports season, Chatham’s football, girls’ varsity volleyball, girls’ tennis, boys’ soccer, girls’ soccer and girls’ cross country teams all received scholar athlete recognition. Read more...
I'm Grateful For...
In November, CMS focused on the positive character trait of being grateful. As part of their English Language Arts studies, sixth grade students were asked to write essays on what they were most grateful for. Impressed with what the students had to say, interim principal Ms. Annemarie Barkman shared some of their essays with the entire student body during morning announcements. Read what students wrote about being grateful...
Community Service Club Hosts Dance to Help Local Families
Chatham High School’s community service club hosted a dance on Friday, November 18th to help raise money to supply Thanksgiving dinners to local families. After a plea by school social worker Tracy Kelly to help families enjoy their holiday, the students brainstormed ways to raise money and decided that hosting a dance was the best option. Students Cole Gleason, Geena Eglin, Junha Shin, Regina Behn, Phil Curran, Kyle Otto and Chris Otto organized the event. Through this fundraiser, students were able to assist four families with their holiday festivities.
Mix-It-Up at Lunch
Students in the CMS Leadership Club organized a school-wide mix-it-up event on November 17. During lunch, all CMS students were given assigned seating that placed them at tables with other students they usually did not socialize with. To stimulate teamwork and conversation, each table was tasked with developing, as a group, lyrics for a song that would be sung by Ms. Barkman during morning announcements. The activity was designed to challenge social boundaries and foster communication between different student groups.
Indoor Track & Field Team "Cleans Up"
During practice on November 16, the Indoor Track & Field team went on a “clean up” run in the Village of Chatham. While on their thirty minute, three-to-four mile workout, the athletes stuffed litter into plastic bags each carried with them. Together, the forty students collected seventy-eight pounds of litter. The clean up run was organized by team coaches Katharine Sager and Suzanne Wightman. Price Chopper supported the effort by providing the team with bags, as well as a $25 gift certificate that the team will donate to the Morris Memorial in Chatham, in appreciation of the Morris allowing Chatham athletes to work out on its small track in times of inclement weather.
Second Grade Artwork Featured at Downtown Gallery
Second grade students enjoyed playing the starring role as the featured artists at Artview Gallery, a professional display space located at 14 Main St. in Chatham. Under the direction of M.E.D. art teacher Susan Grybas, the young artists each created two self- portraits for their show- one life-like, the other abstract. The two self-images were than juxtaposed on a single piece of paper for display. The installation, titled "Portraits of an Artist," kicked off November 18 with an artist’s reception for the students, their families, and other fans of the arts. Artview Gallery donated their entire space for this installation, which included artwork from eighty-three M.E.D. second graders. Their show ran through December 3rd. View artwork...
Six Fall Teams Recognized as Scholar Athlete Teams
Six Chatham Panthers fall athletic teams were named scholar athlete teams by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA). The honor is reserved for athletic teams who realize a high degree of academic success while balancing an often full extracurricular schedule. For the fall, 2011 sports season, Chatham’s football, girls’ varsity volleyball, girls’ tennis, boys’ soccer, girls’ soccer and girls’ cross country teams all received scholar athlete recognition. Read more...
CHS Students Address Bullying With Art
Seniors recently created and hung an installation of art carrying their anti-bullying message to their peers. Graffiti-style posters implore fellow students to “Stand Together,” “Speak Up,” and “Be Respectful.” On the floor beneath the posters lie four human forms, all symbolic victims of the harm bullying can cause.
The students created their anti-bullying messages as part of their Fine Arts Workshop class.The class’s teacher, Mrs. Harrigan, presented a lesson in public art and spoke about the responsibility artists have to respond to social concerns with serious messages.
The seniors then each prepared their own message about a social issue contemporary to them, bullying amongst young people.
Middle School Students Honor Veterans
Chatham Middle School honored local veterans with a Veterans Day assembly, held November 10 in the CMS auditorium. Each year, CMS invites veterans from the community to attend the ceremony, and those veterans in attendance were asked to stand and be honored. For well over a minute, applause rang through the house as the entire school showed their appreciation for the veteran’s service and sacrifice. Read more...
Fall Festival of Shakespeare at CHS
The 2011 CHS production of Macbeth involved over fifty students in all aspects of theatre production; from acting and directing to lighting, sound, costumes, and set design.The production is run through Shakespeare & Company of Lenox, Mass, who’s directors, technicians, costumers, and actors worked with Chatham students every day since the last week in September through to the public performances held November 11th and 12th at CH, with a final performance held at the Fall Festival of Shakespeare at Founders’ Theatre in Lenox on November 17.
CMS and MED Students Build Literacy Skills Together
Sixth graders took a class trip to MED to share their reading and storytelling skills with some of Chatham's youngest learners. This service-learning project paired each sixth grader with a first grade reading buddy. Together, they talked about books and took turns reading to one another. Reading together not only benefited the elementary students, it helped the middle schoolers as well, putting them in a leadership role and giving them an opportunity to gain confidence in their own literacy. The sixth graders also got to show off their oral storytelling talents by relating tales they had developed with storyteller Barry Marshall, who recently held a week-long residency at CMS with the sixth and seventh grades.
Third Graders Receive Free Dictionaries from Rotary
Children were all smiles on November 3rd, when the Northern Columbia County Rotary donated dictionaries to every third grade student at Mary E. Dardess Elementary School. Rotarian Ed Zaik, himself an MED parent, visited each third grade classroom to personally deliver the books into the hands of our young readers. The dictionaries were a gift for the students to use throughout the school year and to take home.
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Fall Sports Awards
The Chatham Athletic Booster Club sponsored an awards banquet for athletes who participated in our fall sports program. The event took place at CHS the evening of Wednesday, November 16th. See list of winners and their awards here ...
CMS Recognized at National Character Ed Forum
During the 2011 National Forum on Character Education in San Francisco, Chatham Middle School was recognized as one of only three middle schools nationally to receive the distinction of "National School of Character." CMS received the honor in 2011 following numerous other character education awards. CMS guidance counselors Jackie Hoffman and Cyndi Herron, with technology teacher Sara Murray, attended the forum and accepted the award on behalf of CMS. They also presented a workshop on "Creating Character through Serving Others" and participated in many professional development events. Read more...
Herbs from the School Garden
Even with winter just around the corner, the M.E.D. garden still had plenty of tasty plants to offer. In late October, teaching assistant Mrs. Patty Goodwin took some 3rd and 4th graders out to the school garden to harvest some herbs before the cold weather and snow came. The students used the garden produce to create a stir fry with a mixture of vegetables and herbs. The children enjoyed tasting the “fruits of their labor.” Shown here, students cut basil and parsley for drying and preserving. The garden was "seeded" with an
initial grant from the Columbia County Health Department, and has been supported by donations
from Hudson River Bank and Trust
and
The Rhinestrom Hill Community Foundation.
Mentoring Program Harvest Festival
Students involved in the CMS mentoring program and their adult mentors hosted a Harvest Festival for local preschool children on October 26th. The event was held in the CMS gym, where middle school students paired up with their preschool buddies for a morning of fun and games, face painting, arts and crafts, and more.
The Harvest Fest is an annual event at CMS, and hosting it gives students the opportunity to build leadership skills, connect with their community in a meaningful way, and have a lot of fun in the process.
Staff Look-A-Like Pumpkin Decorating Contest
The sixth grade held a fun and creative pumpkin decorating contest this October, where students crafted pumpkins to look like Middle School staff. Students painted, drew, pinned and glued their pumpkins into round orange versions of their favorite staff members. On October 24, a winner from each homeroom, as well an overall Grand Champion, was selected from the many worthy entries. Learn who won and compare winning pumpkins to their respective staff here...
Halloween Parade
A little wet snow on the ground did not dampen the spirit of our Halloween parade. The afternoon of October 31st, our ghouls, goblins, pirates and princesses paraded around the building to show off their costumes to the large crowd of parents who gathered to watch. The annual parade is a longstanding tradition at M.E.D.
Financial Literacy
Heather Flanagan, High School Coordinator of Bryant and Stratton College (center), visited Chatham High School's Financial Literacy class in September. She presented fun facts about cover letters and resumes. Students are preparing their own resumes and job searching materials as part of the class.
Fire Safety Day
Volunteer firefighters visited CMS to talk with fifth and sixth grade students about how local fire companies help keep our communities safe from the dangers of fire. The firefighters showed off special firefighting equipment such as a heat imaging camera, and talked with the students about fire safety practices everyone should observe. Fire safety day is an annual October event at CMS.
CMS PTSA Book Fair
To promote literacy and raise funds for the many initiatives it provides CMS students, the Parent Teacher Student Association held an October book fair at CMS. The PTSA offered an exciting selection of age-appropriate reading material and accessories. Students could purchase items during school hours in the hallway outside the cafeteria.
Dutch Apple Pies
In honor of National Food Day (October 24th) and to enhance their social studies unit about the early Dutch settlers in New York, students in Mrs. Rossi’s and Mrs. Beaudoin’s fourth grade class made homemade Dutch apple pies. Students learned about the history of the pie and how early settlers had to grind their own spices, grow their own fruit, and go through much more in order to make an apple pie!
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Storytelling Residency at CMS
To kick off a week long residency at Chatham Middle School, the Storycrafters (Jeri Burns, PHD and Barry Marshall) held an assembly for sixth and seventh graders. Integrating songs and musical instruments, their stories honored world cultures by telling stories in traditional ways, and also through modern renditions of older stories. Throughout the week, Mr. Marshall brought his craft into the classroom, working with each sixth and seventh grade class to hone storytelling skills.
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Clubs take Environmental "Snapshot" of Hudson River
Chatham High School’s Ecology Club and Environmental Science Club took a field trip to the Henry Hudson Riverfront Park in Hudson to participate in the DEC’s 9th annual “Day in the Life of the Hudson River Estuary.” Students used hands-on field techniques to examine water chemistry, collect plant and animal specimens, and note temperature, turbidity and tide levels.
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Bringing History to Life
As part of their study of local history, fourth grade students from Chatham’s Mary E. Dardess Elementary School visited the Luykas Van Allen House and Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse this October. Located in Kinderhook, the buildings stand nearby one another and are operated as a museum by the Columbia County Historical Society. Historical society museum educators were on hand to give the students a guided tour of the culturally important structures and the history and design behind them. Read more...
Painting the Hudson River
Students in Mrs. Tomaso’s Drawing and Painting Class have been studying classic and contemporary Hudson River painters. On October 6th, the class took a field trip to the Henry Hudson Riverfront Park in Hudson to draw the breathtaking views of the Hudson River. Their drawings and photographs from that trip will be used as inspiration and prep work to enable the art students to create an oil painting in class. Read more...
Cultivating Knowledge
Third grade students started the 2011-2012 school year learning about plants and seeds. The students learned about the rewards and benefits of cultivating a garden and planting trees. To augment the section on plants, as well as the third grade’s upcoming exploration of Venetian culture (including Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons), third grade teacher Sandy Myers orchestrated the donation of a flowering crabapple tree for the students to plant and study. Read more...
Staff Race for the Cure
A team from Chatham CSD participated in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, held October 1st in Albany. Staff from M.E.D., Chatham Middle School and Chatham High School ran the 5 kilometer race or helped raise funds for breast cancer research. M.E.D. principal Kristen Reno organized Chatham’s Team, which raised over $1,000.
The Albany race is one of many Susan G. Komen for the Cure events held nationwide. The charity is a grassroots organization and a major source of non-profit funds dedicated to curing breast cancer.
Students Join Fight Against Juvenile Diabetes
Chatham students formed a team for the Junior Diabetes Research Foundation Walk for the Cure, held September 25 in Albany.CHS freshmen Danny Kneller, along with CMS students Lauren Wrigley Casey Wheeler formed the “Pathetic Pancreas” team to raise money for type one diabetes research. The three recruited classmates, teachers, coaches and community members who together raised over $5,000 for diabetes research. Pictured here, teammates (in green) head out on the five kilometer walk through Corporate Woods.
Helping Greene County Students Get Back to School
Students at M.E.D. participated in a District-wide effort to collect school supplies for Windham, NY schools. Students brought in pens, pencils, notepads and more to support fellow students in Greene County following the flooding there.
Together with students at CHS and CMS, they helped collect several cases of school supplies, which were delivered to hard hit schools in Windham on September 23rd.
Chatham Collects Supplies for Greene County Schools
in Need
To help out Greene County schools damaged by flooding caused by Hurricane Irene, Chatham Central School District held a District-wide collection of school supplies. Throughout September, students and staff at Chatham’s High school, Middle School and Mary E. Dardess Elementary School collected donations of pens, pencils, notepads, crayons, glue, and other everyday school and office supplies to replace those washed away by flood waters. Read more...
Tall Tales and Heroes
M.E.D. students met some larger-than-life characters from American folklore when the Columbia County Youth Theatre stopped by to perform their musical review “Tall Tales and Heroes.” Through song, story and dance, the young performers introduced students to well-known characters like Davey Crockett, Johnny Appleseed and Paul Bunion, as well as lesser known heroes like Molly Pitcher, Alfred Bulltop Stormalong, and Calamity Jane. This special assembly was held September 15th.
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Join One of Our Committees - Help Shape the Future of Chatham CSD
To coincide with District goals set by the Board of Education, Chatham Central School District is asking for parent, student and community member participation in a number of our committees and work groups. Volunteers will play an important role in setting goals and making improvements to our educational program. Learn more by visiting one of the links below.
Committee/Work Group Opportunities for Parents and Community Members
Committee/Work Group Opportunities for Students
Season Kicks Off Under the New Lights
The Chatham varsity football team took to the field the evening of Friday, September 9th to play their first game under the District's new lights. The panthers prevailed with a 42-6 win over Voorheesville in the Class C South Division competition. The new lights are brighter and set on taller poles, providing players and fans alike with a better view of the action on the field. The lighting project was approved by voters in 2010 and completed this summer.
District Hosts Booth at County Fair
Chatham Central School District hosted an informational booth at the 2011 Columbia County Fair, giving fairgoers the opportunity to learn more about how public education is being delivered here in Chatham. Board of Education members, along with District staff and student leaders, were on hand to provide insight into our school’s many programs, initiatives, accomplishments and challenges. This was the first year the District provided such a booth at the fair, which was held August 31-September 5.
Columbia County Reports Printing Error Regarding Acreage on Tax Bills
The Columbia County Real Property Tax Service Agency (CCRPTSA) has reported a printing error on the 2011-2012 School Tax Bills. When the bills were printed, each parcel’s acreage was erroneously rounded up or down, so the bills may display acreage that is different from the actual size of the parcel. This is a printing error only and this error does not affect the amount you owe.
The dollar amount shown on your tax bill is the correct amount of taxes owed. Your tax bill was not calculated from the acreage shown on the bill; it was calculated using the School District’s Tax Rolls, which display the correct acreage for each parcel.
For more information, please refer to the CCRPTA release issued 9/1/2011 regarding the acreage printing error.
New Hires Learn the Ropes at Teacher Orientation
Chatham welcomed its newest teachers with two days of orientation on August 24th and 25th. The new teachers were familiarized on the ins-and-outs of our buildings, educational program and academic culture. The new hires include kindergarten teacher Kimberly Cowles, special education teachers Kalyn Fleck and Kelly Lynch, science teacher Megan Perry, grade five teacher Jennifer Ment, and mathematics teacher Jessica Decker. Please welcome them to the District.
Successful Tale for Language Concepts program, thanks to CEF
Students from Mr. Botsford’s Language Concepts summer program became actors in a play of their creation. Their performance of “The Six Little Pigs and One Very Bad Wolf” was held in the Chatham Middle School auditorium on August 10 before an applauding audience. With their pig and wolf hats on, the students gave a performance they should be very proud of. The Chatham Education Foundation supported this program. Read more...
Three Chatham Students Sing with Statewide Middle School Honor Choir
This year's New York American Choral Directors Association’s Middle School 
Honor Choir, a chorus composed of select middle school students from throughout the state, included three students from Chatham (left to right) Cassie Pearson, Maddie Morrell and Sadie Kratt.
These talented young singers gave a free performance with director Craig Denison on August 21st in the Crowne Plaza hotel in Albany. The concert included selections such as “Bonse Aba”, “Revise Your Plan”, “My Funny Valentine”, “The Dove and the Olive Leaf”, and “Take Me to the Water.”
Chatham CSD Receives Gift of Driver Education Vehicle
This summer, the Chatham Central School District received the donation of a 2000 Plymouth Breeze for use in our newly expanded driver education program. The vehicle was the gift of Mackay’s Driving School in East Greenbush, whose owner, Peter Mackay, has been involved with our program for many years. The car will be operated by Chatham driver education students under the supervision of a certified driving instructor. It includes special features such as an additional passenger-side brake pedal for the instructor and markings alerting other drivers that the car is operated by a student driver. Read more...
Meet the New Leadership Team at CMS
Please welcome Interim Principal Annemarie Barkman and Assistant Principal Karen Bechdol to Chatham Middle School. As the Middle School's new leadership team, the two have been hard at work this summer preparing for when students return in September.
As Interim Principal, Annemarie Barkman brings to Chatham years of administrative experience in public education, most recently working as Interim Superintendent of Schools for the Coxsackie-Athens Central School District. Barkman takes the reins at CMS following former principal Gordon Fitting ‘s retirement at the end of the 2010-2011 school year.
Also new to CMS, but not to Chatham, is Assistant Principal Karen Bechdol. Bechdol is the current assistant principal at Chatham High School and will now split her time between the Middle School and High School in her new role as HS/MS assistant principal. Mrs. Bechdol replaces Assistant Principal Larry Burud, who also retired at the end of the school year.
Language Concepts Students Create with Clay at Local Studio
On July 28, Language Concepts students visited the home and art studio of one of M.E.D.’s students, Sam Bartlett. Sam’s father and mother are both visual artists and gave the students a tour of their home and studio. The Bartletts also showed the students various techniques for working with clay and the students had the opportunity to create their own works of art. Read more...
Chatham Welcomes Interim Principal at CMS
Please welcome Ms. Annemarie Barkman, who was appointed Interim Principal of Chatham Middle School by the Board of Education in June. Ms. Barkman officially took the reins CMS in July, following the retirement of Gordon Fitting at the end of the 2010-2011 school year.
“I am very happy to be here in Chatham,” Ms. Barkman said. “This is a bountiful area and a beautiful school.” Read more...
2011-12 Calendar of Events Now Available Online
The Chatham CSD calendar of events for the 2011-2012 school year is now available on the School Calendar weblink. The print version of this calendar will be mailed to District parents/guardians in late August.