Mary E. Dardess Elementary School

The MED PTA organized a 3-week long loose change collection. They set up four empty five-gallon water jugs in the school’s lobby - each with a different color representing MED’s ...

Chatham Central School District has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music educat...

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Dear Chatham CSD Parents/guardians, Chatham Central School District has received additional COVID-19 at-home rapid antigen test kits from NYS, which we will be sending home with...

Mrs. Winter's Language Concepts 3-5 class at the MED is proud and excited to announce the opening of their school store, The Panther Pantry. They will be offering this snack and s...

Please welcome Jessica Williams as our new secretary at Mary E. Dardess Elementary School. Ms. Williams is a familiar face here at MED; she has worked as a kindergarten teaching a...

This winter, 4th grade students enjoyed handcrafting their own books during an after-school Art Club with MED's very own art teacher, Mrs. Cynthia Gray. Over the course of four se...

In honor of Youth Art Month, Chatham’s visual arts department is hosting our second pop up art show to coincide with the CHS production of Little Women March 11-13. This pop up ...

Kindergarteners enjoyed the fresh coat of snow, warm temperatures and, of course, teamwork while building a snowman together March 10 at MED!

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Van Note's group actively practiced their sight words and numbers by throwing bean bags at each word or number they were learning.

Third graders in Mrs. Mulica and Mrs. Maraglio’s class enjoyed an ELA lesson where students had to provide details from the text they were reading to support their answers. For ea...

January 27, 2022 Dear Chatham CSD Parents and Guardians, Chatham Central School District has received additional COVID-19 at-home rapid antigen test kits from NYS, which w...

January 24, 2022 Dear Chatham CSD Parents and Guardians: The New York State Department of Health recently updated its guidance for COVID-19 isolation and quarantine , which ...

January 11, 2022 Dear MED & CMS Families, Mary E. Dardess Elementary School and Chatham Middle School will shift to remote learning for Thursday, January 13, and Friday, Ja...

The Mary E. Dardess Elementary School, Chatham, New York, announces the registration dates for the 2022-2023 Kindergarten Class. Registration for the Class of 2035 begins in Fe...

MED put out a house challenge in December for students to collect donations for the Everlasting Hope Animal Rescue in Hillsdale. The collection drive was the idea of fourth grader...

(Updated January 4, 2022) Dear Chatham CSD Parents and Guardians, On January 3, Chatham Central School District received our COVID-19 at-home test kits that we informed yo...

Congratulations to Mira Pierce, who is the winner of Chatham Central School District’s 2021 Spelling Bee. The 8th grader spelled her way to the top of a tough field of competitors...

Kindergarten students enjoyed a sweet end to their gingerbread unit and got into the holiday spirit with our annual gingerbread house activity. Students built and decorated their...

This December, MED held a holiday door decorating contest, and boy did we have a lot of cool entries! There were two judging categories - classroom doors and non-classroom doors. ...