Chatham High School

Calendar Update: All CCSD schools and offices will be closed on Friday, May 27, 2022. We are modifying the calendar because we do not anticipate needing all of the emergency closing days that were planned for the 2021-2022 school year. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your child’s school office. Please be sure to update your calendars with this change!

Hello Families, A reminder that AM & PM Questar classes in Hudson will be held, as usual, on Thursday (4/14/2022). The district will provide transportation from the High School to Questar and back to the High School to any students who may need it. Please contact the main office (518)392-1570 if you are in need of transportation by Wednesday, April 13 at 12:00pm.

The CHS Senior Expo/Awards Night has been scheduled for Wednesday June 8, 2022 starting at 6:00 p.m. Be sure to update your calendars!

Our 3rd mandatory bus drill at CHS & CMS, originally scheduled for March 8, has been rescheduled to Thursday, March 24. CHS will dismiss all students early at 2:20 p.m. CMS will dismiss students at the regular time. Please be sure to update your calendars!

The Saturday, March 12, 2022 performance of "Little Women" is canceled due to the winter storm.

All CCSD after-school activities are canceled for today, Wednesday, March 9, 2022, due to the winter weather.

March 8, 2022: Out of an abundance of caution, all Chatham Central schools are exercising a lockout for the remainder of the school day. There is no threat and students were never in any danger. The lockout is due to an empty shell casing found on the MED playground this afternoon. Police have investigated and found no credible threat. As a precaution, outside activities are suspended until time of dismissal, indoor activities will continue as normal. After-school activities will be held as normal.

Attention AM VOTEC students & families, There will be no AM VOTEC this Wednesday March 9, 2022. AM VOTEC students are expected to be here by 11:30AM for their regularly scheduled 6th period class. AM VOTEC students are welcome to spend their morning here in the building. They will be placed in a study hall in the Cafeteria or the Library.

Tickets for sectional games are available on the Section 2 GoFan site. All spectators should purchase their tickets in advance at https://gofan.co/app/school/NYSPHSAAII

Enjoy the Winter Break! Classes resume Monday, February 28.

Sign ups for JV and Varsity spring sports open Monday, February 14 on Family ID https://www.familyid.com/organizations/chatham-athletics

Please be advised there will be no PM VOTEC Wednesday 2-9-22 due to a professional development day at the Questar building. Students are welcome to stay at CHS until dismissal; they will be placed in a study hall in the cafeteria or library.

Chatham Central School District will be closed Friday, February 4 due to the winter storm.

Panther Pride Day is this Saturday, February 5! Come show your support as the Panthers take on Taconic Hills in our annual day-long sporting and school spirit event.

February 2, 2022 Dear CHS Families, Chatham High School will be dismissing CHS students at 11:15 this morning due to ongoing power issues in the building. Afternoon CTE students will attend classes as normal. All after-school extracurricular activities, with the exception of sports, are canceled. A decision about sports will be made at 1:30 p.m. today. This emergency dismissal applies to CHS only. MED and CMS students will dismiss at their normal times. As you know, we have been having power issues at the High School over the past week, which appear to be stemming from a transformer not working properly. To address this issue in the short term, we have rented a generator to supply the building with power while we await the arrival of a new transformer. Today, the generator began having operating problems itself and began cutting out, causing recurring power outages in the building, which is the cause for today’s need for an emergency dismissal. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause as we work to get the issue addressed. Sincerely, Sal DeAngelo Superintendent

Dear CHS Families, Shortly before 1:00 p.m. today, we unexpectedly lost power at the High School. While the building has a back-up generator that supplies power to its critical systems, most other areas within the building are without power. We called in an electrical contractor and had students remain in their classrooms until our regular dismissal time. For this afternoon, athletic practices scheduled to take place at CHS have been relocated to CMS; all other after-school activities at the High School are canceled. It is our intention to have the problem solved this evening and to hold classes as normal at CHS tomorrow. If anything should change, we will let you know. Sincerely, John Thorsen CHS/CMS Coprincipal

On Saturday, January 22, the Panthers host a Coaches vs. Cancer basketball game here at the High School. Girls varsity will play at 12:00 p.m. and boys varsity will play at 1:30 p.m. There will be a donation bin at the entry table. Come out and support a good cause!

All Chatham CSD schools & offices will be closed Monday, January 17 in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.

There will be no CTE programs (VOTEC) on Wednesday January 12, 2022 due to virtual visits being held that day. VOTEC students are only expected to be here at CHS for their assigned classes. PM students are expected to be here periods 1-4 (7:54-10:52AM). AM students are expected to be here periods 5-9 (10:55AM-2:32PM). All VOTEC students are welcome to attend the full day; They will be placed in a Study Hall for their free periods.

Please note: The date for the CHS Pops Concert has been been changed from this Wednesday to January 19 at 7:00 p.m.