June 21, 2022
The fifth grade celebrated their moving on to Chatham Middle School with a D.A.R.E. Graduation and Moving Up Ceremony for family and friends, held June 17 in the MED gym.
The ...
June 21, 2022
The kindergarten students have been counting down to the end of their school year with an ABC Countdown. They have enjoyed a wide range of activities like blowing bubbles for the ...
June 17, 2022
June 16 was the first day of our transition program at CMS for our incoming 5th graders. They met their new teachers and counselors, learned about clubs, special events, routines ...
June 17, 2022
As part of their forces and interactions unit, the third grade at Mary E. Dardess Elementary School conducted an experiment to see how many rubber bands a watermelon could withsta...
June 16, 2022
Chatham High School's band, chorus, and orchestra put on an in-house concert for MED students the morning of June 14. Students in grades three, four, and five headed over to the C...
June 10, 2022
On June 10, the Class of 2022 returned to their "roots" at CCSD with a walk through in their caps and gowns at MED Elementary School, where their journey began nearly 13 years ago...
June 9, 2022
For their end-of-the-year celebration this year, our kindergarten held a carnival for students and their families. Each student handmade four tickets for the event that they could...
June 8, 2022
If you heard a loud rumble coming from MED on June 6, you might have thought it was thunder (or the train), but no, it was representatives from the Lebanon Valley Speedway there t...
June 7, 2022
The MED PTA held its 1st Spring Family Fun Day at our school on June 4. The weather was beautiful and many community members volunteered their time to help make this event a succe...
June 6, 2022
The 5th grade enjoyed the great outdoors and more when Nature's Classroom on Wheels rolled into MED on June 2. Four guest educators from Nature's Classroom spent the entire sc...
June 3, 2022
MED 4th graders took a community walking field trip on June 3rd. They left MED and walked to the Tracy Memorial on Main Street where they met up with Mayor John Howe. Mayor Howe ...
June 3, 2022
Our School Resource Deputy, Travis Van Alstyne, organized a Law Enforcement Day for 5th graders on June 1, 2022. From the Columbia County Sheriff’s office, Sgt. Heath Benansky alo...
June 2, 2022
As our varsity baseball team headed out this morning to the Class C Regional Semi-Finals at the Bolton Ball Field in Bolton Landing, the Mary E. Dardess Elementary School was out ...
May 31, 2022
Mrs. Winter's Language Concepts 3-5 Class celebrated the ongoing success of their school store, The Panther Pantry, on May 31! Weeks after first opening their store, they have mad...
May 27, 2022
MED hosted a surprise house activity on May 26! In their respective houses, students rotated through four fun and exciting activities that allowed them to enjoy the wonderful weat...
May 26, 2022
The screening dates for next year’s pre-k program will take place in the afternoon of June 16, 17, 22, and 23. This targeted program was created to identify children with deficits...
May 20, 2022
Students from Mr. Botsford’s and Mrs. Winter’s Language Concepts class took a field trip to A. Ooms & Sons Dairy Farm in Valatie on May 17. While at the farm, the children hand-fe...
May 13, 2022
Chatham Central School District currently offers a targeted pre-kindergarten (TPK) program. We are assessing the needs of our community in regard to adding a universal pre-kinderg...
May 9, 2022
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 ...
April 29, 2022
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...