Mary E. Dardess Elementary School

The 2nd graders took a field trip to Trowbridge Farm. While there, the students got to learn about and pet the animals, play games, and enjoy a nice summer snack. They also got to...

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 withs...

Umbrellas are, of course, good for keeping the damp and drizzle off of you, but they work well to keep the hot sun off you too! Our kindergarteners have been doing an ABC countdow...

Mrs. Kral’s and Mrs. Kolb’s classes had a buddy meet up! Kindergarteners and 2nd graders read stories to their buddy and 2nd graders worked with their buddy to help them read thro...

Our pre-k celebrated a school year full of firsts with an end-of-the-year celebration for pre-k students and their families. Our smallest students took a really big step in their ...

Ms. Hogencamp’s fifth grade class and Mrs. Kolb’s class second grade class went "camping!" The 5th and 2nd graders worked together to create a camping mad lib, write postcards, w...

Students in Mrs. Reichardt's 5th grade science classes recently completed a week-long chemistry project where each lab group designed a volcano, made it out of eco-friendly papier...

MED students celebrated both Arbor Day and Flag Day on June 14. Highlights were lots of flag waving, the traditional Maypole dance performed by the fourth grade, the singing of ...

Over the last few weeks, Mrs. Van Wie and Mrs. Winter's second-grade class incubated and hatched a chicken! Trowbridge Farms in Ghent lent the classroom two incubators and provi...

Here are some photos from MED's Pre-K fun in the sun event.

The fifth grade celebrated their moving on to Chatham Middle School with a Moving Up Ceremony for family and friends on June 13. MED principal Kristen Reno congratulated the stude...

Chatham High School's Class of 2024 returning to their roots at Mary E. Dardess Elementary School for our traditional Senior Walkthrough today. The students and staff at MED lined...

For their end-of-the-year celebration, MED's kindergarten held a carnival for students and their families. The weather was great and fun and games took place on the school's lawn ...

During library time, 2nd graders made fortune tellers to review and talk about fiction and nonfiction.

Author and former CCSD administrator Mike Burns visited MED on Friday to talk to our students about being an author and read his children’s book Nervous Rex to the entire schoo...

First graders in Miss Flanagan's class and second graders in Mrs Van Wie & Mrs Winter's class recently became published authors! Each class embarked on a project to draft, edit, a...

Last week, Mrs. Reichardt's 5th grade science classes enjoyed designing and building STEM marble runs and ferris wheels! After creating a marble run, they blew the marble through ...

It’s the 5th graders last day at Nature’s Classroom! They’re off to the final activities of the week and then will be heading home! The 5th graders have had a busy afternoon of ...

On May 28th, students in the 4th grade embarked on an exciting team building adventure called My Side of the Forest, inspired by the novel My Side of the Mountain . This day-lo...

5th graders visited the MED library to help kindergarten set up a Story Walk for Nervous Rex, by Michael Burns, an author who is coming to MED on May 31!