Mary E. Dardess Elementary School

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 "...

As part of National Bus Safety Week, our transportation supervisor, Wally Engel, and bus drivers Diane Morse, Wanda Gawron, Carrie Sharpe, and Miranda Trowbridge visited classroom...

Heggerty Hedgehogs Hank and Helen are here! Miss Gomm's and Miss Mason's magnificent pre-k classes merged for a marvelous morning of phonemic awareness. Our prickly pals picked a...

Dear Students, October is National Bullying Prevention Month, and a particularly meaningful day within this month is National Unity Day , which was today Wednesday, Octobe...

First grade recently finished their second unit, The Human Body, in their language arts knowledge curriculum and celebrated with Doctor Day! Students participated in stations that...

All CCSD schools are participating in a community service project sponsored by the Chatham American Legion Auxiliary. We are collecting items to create military care packages tha...

Miss Mason’s pre-k class had a bushel of fun when Mrs. Ristau, MED's literacy coach, came in to teach an exciting unit all about apples! The classroom was buzzing with excitement ...

Stop, drop, and roll! October 10 was Fire Prevention Day at MED! Volunteer firefighters from Chatham, Ghent, Spencertown, and Tri Village showed the students what to do if there i...

Kindergartener's in Mrs. Baskiewicz's class enjoyed a fruitful lesson all about apples this week! They learned and labeled the key parts of an apple, identifying the stem, skin, f...

MED celebrates and encourages acts of kindness and compassion. Pictured here is our English as a New Language teacher, Mrs. Garcia, and her students caught being kind when they ma...