Mary E. Dardess Elementary School

MED pre-k classes held a special holiday celebration on December 19 with lots of family-fun activities in their classrooms!

The pesky elves got onto the loudspeaker in the morning and made an announcement that all students could enjoy a movie while having hot chocolate Tuesday! Food service supervisor ...

The first grade just wrapped up their “Different Stories from Different Lands” ELA unit, where they compared similar fables and folktales that originated in various regions around...

Looks like some pesky elves got into the school over the weekend to bring their idea of holiday "fun" to MED. These pointy-shoed pranksters can't help but cause mischief! Student...

A kindergarten holiday tradition at MED! Here are a few photos from our kindergarten's annual gingerbread house making activity with family members, held this year on December 1...

Miss Gomm's pre-k class has been reading different versions of The Gingerbread Man . On December 13 they rolled out dough, used cookie cutters, and baked, decorated, and ate thei...

Students got up close and personal with some scaly friends when Reptile Adventure visited the 3rd grade on December 1. While learning about different types of reptiles, the stude...

Effective December 4, Chatham CSD will officially begin using the Raptor Visitor Management System in all of our schools. Part of keeping our schools safe is knowing who is in our...

Lynn Bell and Mary Redler from the Rotary Club of North Columbia County visited MED today to give every student in third grade their very own dictionary. This is part of a long-st...

The third grade spread some Thanksgiving holiday cheer by caroling around the school singing some silly Turkey Day songs the day before break!

The day before Thanksgiving break our pre-k classes held a Friendsgiving feast!

Fourth graders put in weeks of research and hard work to build miniature Iroquois longhouses as part of their study of the history and people of New York State. On November 20, th...

Dear Chatham Families: We are pleased to announce that all students enrolled at Chatham Central School District will be able to receive FREE breakfast and lunch at school begin...

After reading the book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet and learning about the history of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, students in 5th grade science completed a ST...

5th graders participated in National World Kindness Day on November 13. Each student created two hands and wrote an act of kindness on each. The grade then put all of the hands ...

November 13 was MED's first HOUSE activity of the year. This year's Red, Blue, Green and Purple houses each got together for the first time to enjoy board games and a dance party ...

It was Doctor Day in first grade! After learning all about the human body in their core knowledge language arts unit , students in first grade participated in Doctor Day to sho...

The MED PTA honored Veterans from our MED families with a ceremony and breakfast on November 8. The PTA would like to thank all the Veterans who were able to attend, our guest s...

Students across the District were treated to the sweet sounds of The Yale Spizzwinks(?) a cappella group on November 3. After performing two assemblies for students in grades 2-8 ...

Here are a few photos from MED's Halloween parade! Our elementary students and staff showed up in costumes that were fun to frightening and everywhere in between! More photos are ...