Mary E. Dardess Elementary School

The pesky elves apparently snuck into the PTO closet overnight and took out all of their holiday blow ups! When students arrived the hallways were filled with them. What does th...

The seventh grade headed over to MED December 18 to bring some holiday cheer to third grade. The students read, played games, made a craft together, and made a lot of great connec...

This morning, Mrs Reno found a hand-scrawled note on her desk from the pesky elves. The elves wanted all the students to have hot chocolate and get to watch a movie in school toda...

Mrs. Reichardt introduced the NYSEG energy program to her 5th grade science students this week. They all took home a day pack filled with several energy saving items to help thei...

Oh no! It looks like those pesky elves have returned to MED. Students arrived to school Monday to find classrooms messed up and things moved around. Tuesday found the hallways str...

A kindergarten tradition at MED! Students and their family members enjoyed making gingerbread houses together on December 15!

Run, run, run as fast as you can… you can’t catch our growing readers in PreK! After exploring many versions of The Gingerbread Man , Miss Gomm and Miss Mason's classes used th...

As part of the third grade's unit on the human body, students learned how to use a microscope by scraping the inside of their cheeks and examining their cheek cells under the micr...

The Tuesday before the Thanksgiving break was a surprise HOUSE activity day at MED!

Thanksgiving came early to the halls of MED when our kindergarten classes staged their very own, super-fun Macy's Day Parade! After learning all about those gigantic, awesome ball...

As part of a community service project sponsored by the Chatham American Legion Auxiliary, MED, CMS, And CHS collected hundreds of items for military care packages that will be se...

November 20 was MED's second Effective School Assembly of the school year, during which we celebrated our students' collective achievement in class. November's theme at MED was "G...

5th Grade Science classes celebrated Thanksgiving early by completing a fun STEM activity! They read the book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet. Then, the kids followed c...

Representatives from Herrington’s and Questar III visited MED to give our fourth graders a hands-on woodworking experience. With a few tools, some guidance, and a little elbow gre...

The freshmen Class of 2029 held its first fundraiser on November 10! High School staff squared off against Middle School & MED staff to put on a fun and competitive event. The Hi...

MED honored Veteran family and community members with a special assembly held at the school November 7. Organized and led by the MED PTO, the event featured U.S. Navy Veteran Darc...

The third grade made some scaly friends when Reptile Adventures visited MED on November 5. This slithery lesson was the culmination of the third grade's Animal Classification uni...

An MED family favorite! Here are a few photos from our Halloween parade, More photos are posted to our Facebook page!

The 4th grade held it's annual pumpkin decorating contest! where student teams decorated pumpkins and everyone could vote for their favorites! 1st place: Dino Kid by Donnie, C...

October 24 was MED's first Effective School Assembly of the school year, during which we celebrated our students' collective achievement in class. October's theme was at MED was "...