Chatham Central School District - Everyone Everyday

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Nineteen members of Chatham Middle School's Service Club set up an afternoon of fun games for Chatham Kids Club, with spoon races, go fish, arts and crafts, and reading on Februar...

To celebrate 100 days in school, these First Graders turned into detectives to solve the mystery of the stolen pencil sharpener. Throughout the day they completed various 100-th...

Congratulations to Chatham Middle School special education teacher Lauren Wrigley on being named a News Channel 13 Top Teacher! Ms. Wrigley's segment aired the morning of Februar...

All five Chatham High School varsity teams made the grade and have been named scholar athlete teams for the 2025-26 winter season by the New York State Public High School Athletic...

As the teacher in the movie Wonder explains to his students, "When you are faced with the choice of being right or being kind, choose kind." As part of CMS' February character e...

This winter there was plenty of snow for our schools' ski clubs to enjoy. Here's a photo of some ofour MED Ski Club members at Catamount recently. Special thanks to our parent vol...

Dear Chatham Central School District Community, I am writing to share some exciting news regarding the improvements coming to the Mary E. Dardess (MED) Elementary School. As part...

Love snow? Our kids do, and so does the MED PTO! This winter, the PTO donated 40 sleds for our students to ride the playground's pow pow steeps with. The school erupted with cheer...

Mrs. Baskiewicz’s Kindergarten class turned into mini-meteorologists for Groundhog Day! On Friday, they practiced their prediction skills by guessing if the groundhog would see h...

Cosmic Bowling was back at MED in January. In physical education, students pre-k through 5th grade enjoyed learning bowling, space-disco style!!

Emily Haigh from the Columbia County Department of Health visited CMS to talk to students about the dangers of vaping (hint: it's bad for you!). In separate presentations for 6th,...

Coding is officially in session for our pre-k students! Katie Fahrenkopf from Questar III Model Schools visited Miss Gomm and Miss Mason’s classrooms to introduce Sphero Indi cars...

Dear Chatham Families, The health and safety of our students and staff remain our highest priority. I recently shared with you the results of our water testing for lead and I wan...

Mary E. Dardess Elementary School announces our registration dates for the 2026-2027 prekindergarten class. Registration for Chatham Central School District’s 2026-2027 universa...

Mary E. Dardess Elementary School announces the registration dates for our 2026-2027 kindergarten class. Registration for the Class of 2039 is now open! Chatham’s Digital Ki...

Students from the CHS Student Government, CHS Class Officers, and CMS Key Communicators, as well as officers from the CMS Service Club and National Junior Honor Society attended t...

January 2026 The Chatham Central School District encourages all students in grades 3-8 to participate in the New York State Testing Program. We know that in recent years, there ...

Chatham's youngest musicians debuted their talents at MED's 4th Grade Informance on January 16. Families filled the cafetorium to learn about what our orchestra, band and chorus s...

Congratulations to our talented CHS artists Finn Williams and Olivia Feiden. Their artwork has been selected for the Columbia-Greene Community College’s Juried High School Art Sho...