Chatham Middle School

Chatham Middle School welcomed 18 seventh graders into its National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) chapter with an induction ceremony held the evening of June 11. NJHS membership is ...

Our 3rd-grade students visited Chatham Middle School for their final shared event of the school year, Resilience Day! The day’s activities focused on the theme of resilience, defin...

On June 3, Chatham was excited to welcome the Next Festival of Emerging Artists to work with our 7th and 8th grade orchestra students for the third consecutive year. The group joi...

As part of Arbor Day at CMS, seventh and eighth graders participated in a dynamic, full-day event that beautifully combined physical activity with essential wellness education. T...

For their last service of the school year, the CMS Kiwanis Builders Club headed over to the Columbia County Fairgrounds where they worked alongside fair staff to clean up the grou...

Chatham Middle School hosted its 5th to 6th Grade Parent Orientation May 27 as the launch to upcoming activities to acquaint our soon-to-be 6th grade families. Administrative, cou...

The Columbia County Youth Bureau honored Chatham Middle School 8th graders Trent Dusenbury and Lila Macchiaroli at a special dinner and awards program held on May 20 in Huds...

On Saturday, May 16, 22 members of the Chatham Middle School Builders Club and National Junior Honor Society traveled to Riverfront Park in Rensselaer, where they provided support...

The CMS guidance department organized a blockbuster 8th grade career day for our half-day on May 15. The day began with a keynote presentation from Sandra Sworts-Gardner, Assistan...

The CMS Builders Club visited the Camphill Ghent senior living center to help out with the annual spring planting. Under the guidance of resident gardeners, they weeded, planted f...

Representatives from Sonoco plastics presented Chatham Middle School's What's So Cool About Manufacturing Club with some gifts for winning the most voted video in the WSCAM contes...

The NAMM Foundation has honored Chatham Central School District with its Best Communities for Music Education (BCME) designation for outstanding support and commitment to mus...

Grade 6 Honor Roll William Akin IV, Addison Barwell, Case Burrows, Tarun Cappo, Rashel Chilel, Caleb Coon, Evelyn Cruz, Kailash Flores, Evelyn Howe, Zoey Keyser, Belinda Marqu...

A huge shout out to Chatham Middle School’s What's So Cool About Manufacturing Club. If you recall earlier this month, we asked all of you to vote for their video about the Sonoc...

The Chatham Middle School Fishing Club hit the water for the first time this season, not to catch fish, but to release them. The Ghent Sportsman's Association invited the club to ...

The CMS Counseling & Guidance Department recently took 19 motivated 8th graders to a tour of Questar III in Hudson. This visit offered a first-hand look at the diverse Career and ...

Our 8th-grade artists recently completed a challenging ceramics project that combined sculpture with mechanical engineering. Students were tasked with designing and creating fully...

The gym was filled with high energy, loud cheers, and lots of teamwork when CMS hosted its Cooperative Games on April 2. Teams of students and staff worked together to tackle fun ...

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 ...

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...