Mary E. Dardess Elementary School

Second graders traveled to the Cohoes Music Hall to see Grace for President after learning about the beginning of democracy during their Ancient Greek Civilizations unit. part o...

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

The Mary E. Dardess Elementary School, Chatham, New York, announces the registration dates for the 2024-2025 prekindergarten class. Registration for Chatham Central School Distri...

The Mary E. Dardess Elementary School, Chatham, New York, announces the registration dates for the 2024-2025 kindergarten class. Registration for Chatham Central School District’...

MED's literacy coach, Lindsay Ristau, came up with an idea for Ms. Gomm's pre-k class to learn letter formation the good ole messy way with shaving cream. She visited the class a...

Mystery readers often appear in MED classrooms to spread the love of reading by sharing a good book. On February 26, principal Kristen Reno made a surprise visit to Mrs. Kral's ki...

Collection runs February 26 - March 14. Support our local animal rescues and humane society! MED's next HOUSE challenge will be for each HOUSE color to collect as many items li...

Mrs. Van Wie and Mrs. Winter’s 2nd grade class earned their reward for a class fort day! A lot of teamwork and fun was in order to make this day happen!

February 15 was our 100th day of school at MED! A bunch of classrooms showed their creative sides by celebrating in a variety of fun ways to show 100. There were shirts, posters a...

Inspired by a teacher online, MED first grade teacher Tara Van Wie reached out to a family friend (known by many as Aunt Sue) to help her with a big task. First, every student in...

CHS Media Arts students headed to Mrs. Ranita's kindergarten class at MED to deliver I Spy books to the students. Over the last three weeks, our Media Arts students designed, edi...

The Mary E. Dardess Elementary School, Chatham, New York, announces the registration dates for the 2024-2025 prekindergarten class. Registration for Chatham Central School Dist...

The Mary E. Dardess Elementary School, Chatham, New York, announces the registration dates for the 2024-2025 kindergarten class. Registration for Chatham Central School Distri...

Students in grades pre-k through three enjoyed a fun and inspiring show when Columbia County Youth Theatre (CCYT) presented Could You Hug A Cactus? at MED February 9. Based on ...

Students in Mrs. Reichardt's 5th grade science classes are investigating the properties of matter this month. Using hand lenses, they have been observing a variety of substances l...

First grade wrapped up its Ancient Civilizations unit with some celebration stations February 5! Students used their knowledge of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia to build pyramids, ...

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Baskiewicz's class celebrated Groundhog Day February 2! Students made predictions about whether Punxsutawney Phil would see his shadow or not before viewin...

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Ranita’s class have been doing Foodie Fridays this year. The class makes a food project and does an activity to go along with the creation. They have done ...

Its should come as no shock to anyone that our 5th graders have been hard at work in science! This month they have been learning all about electricity and the transfer of energy. ...

Mrs. Van Wie, Mrs. Winter, and Mrs. Madsen’s 2nd grade class has been learning persuasive writing. They talked about the opening and closing statements, persuading reasons, signat...