Mary E. Dardess Elementary School

5th grade science classes made lip balm this week! After watching a teacher-led demonstration on how heating and cooling affects materials, students were able to work in small gro...

January 30 was our third Effective School Assembly of the school year. January's theme was "Perseverance" and featured the 5th grade's Pledge of Allegiance Squad and Spirit Squad,...

First grade kicked off another round of celebration stations finishing up their "Early American Civilizations" unit. In this unit, they explored the similarities and differences b...

Ms. Martin and Mrs. Thorpe's 4th grade classroom had their monthly activity with Mr. Botsford's language concepts class. This month the students enjoyed listening to a read aloud ...

Students in Ms. Martino's WIN group (reading, math, and social emotional learning work time) listened to a read-aloud of the book The Magical Yet by Angela DiTerlizzi, an encour...

In physical education, students have been learning bowling for the past few weeks! To finish out the unit, they did cosmic bowling!

Fifth graders had an opportunity to join a service club that benefited the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Albany Medical Center. Sixteen students met weekly to learn how to knit ...

Mrs. Reichardt's 5th grade scientists are investigating the effects when substances are mixed with water. Students created a sugar water solution by measuring and weighing water a...

Registration for Chatham Central School District’s 2025-2026 universal prekindergarten program is open now through March 1, 2025. If you have a child who is eligible to attend pre...

Registration for the Class of 2038 is now open. Chatham’s digital registration information can be found here … Children must be 5 years old on or before December 1, 2025 to be e...

Miss Mason and Miss Gomm's kindergarten classes joined forces for a morning of exciting games with Mrs. Ristau, our incredible literacy coach. Watch out, world – these little read...

Mrs. Reichardt's fifth grade science students recently completed a lab where they used their senses to identify materials based on observable properties. Students used sight, tou...

The MED encore team (music, art, library, PE) was in peak form the day before our holiday break. They took a sleigh ride through the halls and then did some holiday rapping at the...

Those pesky elves were at it again the Friday before our holiday break! Students arrived at MED to find the hallway lights off and holiday inflatables lighting the way. Rumor has ...

The CHS Printmaking Class gifted each 1st grader and the students in Mr. Botsford's Language Concepts class with a handmade bookmark that was personally designed and printed by e...

Some pesky elves got into the school this week and have been causing some holiday havoc at MED. On Tuesday, teachers and students arrived to find their classroom furniture haphaz...

The sweet aroma of confection filled the air as our kindergarten classes transformed into a bustling construction zone of sorts. Armed with frosting, candy, and boundless creativi...

In collaboration with 4th grade's section on the Middle Ages, Mr. Roth's art classes studied the history of stained glass making in the medieval period. They learned how colored g...

First and second graders in Mrs. Van Note and Mrs. Kral's math groups are playing reindeer games! Students practiced adding, subtracting, and adding 10 more.

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