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MED's current HOUSE Challenge is collecting items for local animal rescues and shelter from March 17 to April 17. Fifth grader Dakota Williams personally brought in 215(!) pet it...

Having our older students lead with kindness and curiosity is what our school community is all about! On March 24, our 7th grade students traveled to MED for their second service ...

The CMS Manufacturing Club has been hard at work on the What’s So Cool About Manufacturing student video contest. Through this project, the team partnered with Sonoco Plastics to...

Chatham CSD is proud to announce that the Utica National Insurance Group has given us their highest award for safety excellence. Utica National, which insures more than 300 school...

Chatham High School's Introduction to Business class participated in the Junior Achievement Stock Market Challenge on March 27 at UAlbany. This is a live simulation where students...

Congratulations to our 2026 CMS Science & Technology Fair participants! This year’s winning projects are: 1st: Kaylie Williams (6th Grade) - Which household light bulb lasts the l...

Dear Chatham CSD Community, I hope your spring is off to a great start. At Chatham CSD, we have been working hard to balance our 2026-27 school year budget and I want to provid...

It's that time of the year again for a student favorite, archery in physical education! Pictured here is the CHS adaptive PE class and their buddies learning how to nock, draw, a...

Our 7th and 8th grade band, orchestra, and chorus performed at the Empire State Plaza in Albany on March 23 as part of Music In Our Schools Month. This marks their third year part...

Chatham Middle School's Kiwanis Builders Club (formerly called Service Club) served at the Chatham Area Silent Pantry after school on March 19. Club members donated boxes of cerea...

Our AP U.S. History and American History Through Music & Film classes visited the Norman Rockwell Museum in nearby Stockbridge, MA on March 20. While there, our students took a gu...

5th graders took a field trip to Museum of Innovation and Science in Schenectady on March 18. Students enjoyed a planetarium experience, a hands-on class about the planets an...

In science class, 5th graders are learning how to transport water. Students designed a water pump that could move 100 ml of water from one beaker to another. The constraints: the ...

6th graders just finished a project on American graffiti in art class. They used the local train as inspiration to learn about color theory, motifs and different lettering styles ...

MED's kindergarten classrooms were a whirlwind of glitter and green as our busy little leprechauns crafted special St. Patrick's Day projects. The real magic happened when it was ...

The Chatham Panthers celebrated the 2025-26 winter season with a Varsity Sports Awards Night on March 5. Girls Varsity Basketball Rookie of the Year - Ellie Davis Best Tea...

Mr. Botsford’s Language Concepts class received a special visit from some very cute guests, kids (AKA baby goats), from G. Ooms & Kids. The visit was organized by the Ooms family,...

Congratulations to sixth grader Kaylie Williams, who is Chatham Middle School’s Science/Technology Fair Logo Contest winner! Kaylie's design becomes the official logo for the sch...

With the CMS theme for March being ‘teamwork,’ the school hosted Proctors Theatre’s On-The-Go production of They Built America: Workers of the Erie Canal on March 4. The ...

Chatham Middle School held a chartering ceremony for its new Kiwanis Builders Club, the first of its kind in Columbia County. School counselor Jackie Hoffman has operated the Mid...