October 31, 2023
The third grade's annual pumpkin decorating contest was yesterday and students were the judges! Their pumpkins were displayed in that hall and all the other grades were invited to...

October 30, 2023
America's oldest underclassman a cappella singing group, The Yale Spizzwinks(?), will perform at Chatham High School this Friday, November 3 at 6:00 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adult...

October 26, 2023
Mrs. Winter's Language Concepts 2-3 Class carved their Halloween pumpkins this week! Each student scraped, designed and helped carve the spooky faces! A big thank you to Wally Eng...

October 23, 2023
All CCSD schools are collecting for this community service project sponsored by the Chatham American Legion Auxiliary. Donations are needed for military care packages that will be...

October 23, 2023
5th grade science students received Living Wise energy saving kits today. These kits were donated by NYSEG to help families save money at home with their Smart Energy program. The...

October 20, 2023
Students in all 5th grade science classes are investigating how animals take in food to live and grow. In class, they are experimenting with mealworms and a potato slice. Students...

October 16, 2023
A group of pink Panthers participated in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Albany's Washington Park on Sunday, October 15. The group of CCSD staff walked to celebra...

October 13, 2023
In celebration of finishing their first knowledge unit all about fables, the first grade held their very own Fable Olympics! Students competed in four different games that were ea...

October 13, 2023
Friday was Fire Prevention Day at MED! Our volunteer firefighters from the Chatham, Ghent, East Chatham, Tri-Village, and Spencertown fire companies visited our elementary school ...

October 11, 2023
The Chatham Board of Education has appointed John Roloson as dean of students at Mary E. Dardess Elementary School, effective October 10 through the end of the 2023-24 school year...
October 5, 2023
October is Bully Prevention Month. Counselors will be having classroom discussions about what bullying is, how it hurts, and what we can do to prevent it!
Students will be...

October 5, 2023
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT SPONSORED BY THE CHATHAM AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIAR Y
REMEMBER OUR SOLDIERS! MED is helping with a community service project sponsored by The ...

September 25, 2023
MED held its first HOUSE event of the new school year with a surprise assembly on September 20. All classrooms were called to the gym, where students learned what color HOUSE they...

September 7, 2023
Our first day of classes was September 7 and families shared their first day photos with us. Check out all those smiles!
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September 6, 2023
CCSD families, help us celebrate our students' first day of the school year by sending us your first day photos! We'll post them here on our website and on our Facebook page that ...

September 6, 2023
It was back to school for staff on September 5, Chatham Central School District’s Opening Conference Day for the 2023-24 school year. Along with giving our faculty an opportunity ...

August 31, 2023
On August 30, Chatham Central School District hosted an orientation for our new faculty members to learn about our schools, programs, procedures, and culture. For the 2023-24 scho...

July 11, 2023
Welcome to the 2023-24 school year at Mary E. Dardess Elementary School! Here you will find our school supply lists for each grade.
Pre-K Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grad...

July 10, 2023
Say hello to parent-teacher chat and classroom announcements in the Chatham CSD app. Now it’s easier than ever to stay up-to-date with the district, schools, AND your student’s t...

June 23, 2023
June 23 was our last day of school! A Chatham tradition, the staff at MED were out in front to wave goodbye to the students as our buses brought them home for the last time during...