Mary E. Dardess Elementary School

This year, the elementary school has implemented Friday meetings, where faculty members coordinate school-wide discussion topics and activities for classrooms to engage in. These ...

Hudson Valley Community College baseball players were at MED March 2 to read to our students! Trevor Kniffin, MED’s long-term physical education substitute teacher, is an assistan...

Great news! For the first time, Chatham Central School District will be able to offer a universal prekindergarten program starting with the 2023-24 school year. Our pre-k program...

Students in Mrs. Baskiewicz's kindergarten class celebrated the 100th day of school today! Students celebrated by taking 100 steps in the school, counting by 1's and 10's, to see ...

Valentine’s Day math and graphing with candy hearts in Mrs. Kolb's 2nd grade class!

Mrs. Winter's Language Concepts 3-5 class took a special trip to the Columbia-Greene Humane Society February 13. The students used some of the profits from their classroom store, ...

First graders in Miss Flanagan's class conducted research projects. Each pair researched a significant person for Black History Month. Students read books, watched videos, and too...

When faculty members at MED suggested the school’s next HOUSE challenge be a collection of food and other necessities for those in need, nobody could predict what was headed their...

MONDAY - We Love To Be Comfortable! Wear Your PJ's! TUESDAY - Love Is In The Air! Wear Red, Pink or Purple! WEDNESDAY - Buddy Up! Students or teachers dress alike! THU...

Chatham's youngest musicians debuted their talents at MED's 4th Grade Informance on January 27. Families filled the cafetorium to learn about what our orchestra, band and cho...

Dear MED Families, Please be informed that Friday, February 3, 2023, which is on the calendar as a District Conference Day, will now be a half-day of classes for all MED stude...

TO BENEFIT THE CHATHAM SILENT FOOD PANTRY Collection Dates: Monday, January 23th thru Thursday, February 9th The MED “Houses” will have a friendly school wide competition t...

Registration for our Class of 2036 begins in February. Registration packets will be mailed to the homes of children who are on the Chatham Central School District census. If you h...

Students in Mrs. Van Note's 2nd grade math group performed a "math play" for their peers. Kalani Raggs, Rowyn Zwingelberg, Adrianna Hoch and Shelby Oddy wrote and starred in this ...

The Chatham Central School District will host a public information session Monday, January 30, 6:30 p.m. in the Chatham High School library to provide residents with information ...

Each first grade teacher taught a different holiday from around the world on Thursday! The classes “took flight” with their suitcases and passports to China, Egypt, India, and Mex...

As part of CMS' December theme of compassion, the guidance department and 7th grade team planned a cross-grade level event for our 2nd graders. The middle schoolers visited MED, ...

Chatham High School's National Art Honor Society (NAHS) students took a field trip to the MED to read stories and hand out handmade fleece hats to our kindergarten students! ...

Elves visited our school at night this week and put all staff on a naughty or nice list. The kids were beyond excited to search for their teacher on the lists. Wednesday morning, ...

Our third and fourth graders enjoyed learning about physics when Mobile Ed Productions’ Forces and Motion program came to MED December 14 . Students learned about Sir Isaac Newto...